Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-06

brary. where rare books on art and edi-
lions rich with reproductions may be read
and examined with ease and pleasure.
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The exhibition of the Washington Archi-
tectural Club ct the Corcoran Gallery clos
ed today. That Of the Society of WASH
ington Artists may be seen in the hemi-
cycle for one week longer.
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The old town crier, in poster form, has
this week been announcing to the public
the dates. Easter Monday and Tuesday, of
the exhibition of the Society of Washington
Takers, which is to be held at the Art Stu
dents League. An auction sale of all ex-
hfbfted works of art will take place on the
evening of the 9th, Mr.. E. L. Morse acting
as auctioneer. This exhibition is made up
altogether of fakes upon the pictures ex-
hbited in the Society Of Washington Art
lists Annual, which are done by a. band of
the local artists and art students In a spirit
OF merry ridicule, and received by their fell
low artists and victims generally with
availability and in good part. The catalogue
Is specially entertaining, full of clever.
witty nonsense, and some hard hits, well
aimed. but harmless. Its cover bears de-
vice singuiarly like the seal of the Society
of Washington Artists, made. however, out
of a copper cent and a whitewash brush
the latter taking the place of the iliu-
minating torch Within may be found
"foreword." an amazing list of patroneSSeS
grand ladies of fiction), some modest tes-
timonfals some verses, burlesques and
fragments of wisdom that will require
neither a poet nor a philosopher to appre-
ciate. In fact all who would pass a merry
hour have only to visit this amusing and
witty exhibition.
Two Scotch landscapes are now on ex-
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Hamilton, the other by Noble, both of the
different in style and type the former be-
ing in bright green's, fresh and sketchy;
the latter rich In brown, heavy shadow.
low-keyed and more studied, in which may
be seen a beautiful contrast of light and
shade and strong, daring effects treated
with great skill and naturalness
Miss Daisy Brown is finishing an admira-
BILE portrait of Mr.. F. B. Mcclure. 1t is
done in pastels, is extremely well drawn
and an excellent likeness. Miss Brown is
also making an interesting design for a
panel for mural decoration which is to be
called Spring and represents an ideal
head of young girl seen against back
ground of peach blossoms, green fields and
an April sky.
Miss Mathilde Mueden has painted lately
a strikingly fine portrait of a young wo
man with bright golden hair, wearing an
evening gown of simple black. AS the
background is likewise dark and somber
the only touch of color is given by the tur-
quose blue velvet edging the bodice, with
bunch of violets caught beneath bow
on the left side. The face is very express
i've and the neck exquisitely modelled, the
pose easy and natural and the whole
charmingly toned and strongly painted.
During the months of May and June Miss
Bertha z. Perrie will conduct an out-of-
door sketch class in water color painting
and black and white.
Miss Juliet Thompson sailed today for
Europe, where she purposes spending two
or three years in uninterrupted study.
A remarkably interesting collection of
paintings by old Dutch and English mas
tiers will be on exhibition in the Fischer
Gallery during next week.