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the gray paper remaining uncovered. This
centers the attention on the face, and If 1t
be less serious, It is surely more pleasing
than the usual Conventional portrait.
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Mr.. William Fuller Curtis has another
panel in burnt Wood on his easel. So far
only the drawing is done, but from it one
can well gain an idea of the conception.
1t represents the beautiful Love Of Boti-
celli, whom all sFlorence openly admired
and reveref1eed, as seen in her last long
sleep, "beautifuTleven in death" Somber
ana solemn in theme, yet too rich in beau
ty OF line and expression to be in any way
well as burned, and will be unusually elab
crate, both in design and workmanship.
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Miss Edith Hope Ogden has modelled
small draped figure, which she intends to
cast and call I'll Penseroso." 1t is an ideal
woman seated in a chair, leaning forward,
her right elbow resting on her knee and
her chin in her hand, deep in pensive med
uatlon: 1t is strongly put together in a
somewhat sketchy way, yet thoughtful and
tul OF meaning.
Ilssot, whose series of water colors Illus
trat1ng the life of Christ is so widely
known and popular, has lately completed
a new series illustrating the Book of Gen.
esls, which Is now being exhibited at the
Paris Salon. The first series recently
purchased for the Brooklyn Institute of
Arts and Sciences, and 1t is believed that
this last will ere long be brought to this
country.
Though the Pan-American exposition has
been officially opened, 1t will be some time
before itS artrp will no
for the public's view. The art gallery will
not be completed until the last Of this
month, after which time must be allowed
for hanging and cataloging, SO that an
official announcement has been made that
the pictures cannot be seen until after the
1st of June. Over one thousand paintings
in Oil, water color and pastel, including
about one hundred and twenty-five in the
Canadian section, will be shown, most of
Whlch Will be by men and women of un-
questioned prominence in the art world
At least tenth of these have won prizes
In the late exhibitions, and the entire col
lection Of the Shaw fund prize winners
have been secured There will be an inter-
national section, and one devoted entirely
to the works of deceased artists, such men,
for instance, Inness, Hovenden, Wyant
and Homer Martin, which will be loaned
by the various Well-known collectors In
all, it promises to be an exhibition well
The exhibition of paintings by the late
G. S. Truesdel opened in the Hemicycle
of the Corcoran Gallery this afternoon,
some delay having been caused by the
tardy arrival of a number Of the impor-
tant canvases 1t consists of about seventy
paintings of sheep, cattle, landscapes, flow
ers and portraits, and is the largest and
nent artists work that has ever been ex-
hbited in Washington. The style of ham
ding displayed is varied as the sub
jects, from the most finished and literal to
the semi-impressionistic Medal winners
and rough sketches hang side by side, both
possessing certain admirable qualities in
common and all worthy of special notice.
There is an air of out-of-d doors about them
all, reality in the sunshine, which is
their having been painted altogether in the
open air Then, too, Mr. Truesdell knew
better than many how to get at the heart
of the SUBJECTS for though most of his
compositions are extremely simple, and
even ordinary, they all possess an appeal
ing beauty that Is quickly felt and readily
understood, Many will recognize with
pleasure a number Of these pictures as old
friends for some have been previously ex-
hlbted in the Corcoran Gallery and others
loaned by their Washington owners, but
the majority have never been publicly eX-
hibted and represent much of the artists
last and best works. The exhibition will
continue for two weeks, and is free to the