Evening star., 1901-10-05

for the Fort Wayne court house. This has
proved large undertaking, mechanically
as well as artistically. as. it is six feet in
height and two hundred in length. 1t is the
kind of work, though, In which Mr. Gut
herr takes deepest interest and most surely
excels. The thought in II, which is very
beautiful, has been deveIoped and elabo-
rated as the work progressed yet now as it
approaches completion 1t is essentially the
same as In the preliminary sketch. The
coloring is very effective. and the har-
mony of tone most pleasing. AS soon as
this is finished Mr.. Gutherz will begin the
designs for frieze for the Montana state
house, which he hashbeen commissioned to
execute. r.
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Miss Burdette is making a study of
little head, in pastels, of a young girl with
dark hair, crowned with a wreath of red
poppies. 1t is nicely handled and very ir,-
teresting, the coloring being specially in
tune with this season of bright vet gentle
harmonious shades.
During the dull season Mr.. V. G.. Fischer
mad some radical alterations made in his
galleries. The show windows were alto
gether removed and the rooms extend ed to
the limit of space Showcases for the GU
rios and bric-a-brac were placed around
and against the walls, and the pictures
rehung chronoiogically. collection of
etchings by Whistler, Seymour -Hdien,
Rembrandt and other famous etchers oc-
cupies the right wall in the south gallery,
and one of rare colored Autographs the
Ieit In the north room may be found the
Oil paintings, and in the small rear gallery
are old masters only. Mr.. Fischer fas
brought back number of these vaIiaol
old paintings from, Europe, which he will
shortly put on exhibition.
AS something of an adjunct to the picture
world of Washington should be mentioned
the small gallery which Mr.. A. McCreary
has opened at 1116 f street. His wall space
is extremely limited so he can only show
a few paintings at a time, but these he
means to have always of the highest order
OF excellence. At present there are on view
a Hogarth, a David Teniers, a Jacque and
two or three paintings by local artists.
The Washington School of Design has
U street.
We find the following interesting an
nouncement in the October number of the
Chicago Monumental News:
wv. Clark Noble has just completed
model for colossal statue to American
w WOHldnnOOO 1Or erection IN washington, u.
c.. The design embodies an arch of marble
16S feet high, standing on base 200 feet
wide in the form of an oval, and broken
by sweeps of steps On either side of the
arch are to be bronze panels, thirty-eight
feet high, bearing groups of figures in low
and high relief. One of these will be a
symbolic design showing the spirit of the
people descending to lay offerings Oh wo-
mans altar The other side represents the
Heavenly Host issuing forth to receive the
souls of dying soldiers. At the front and
rear of the arch are two other groups on
pedestals detached from the main design
Death, scattering poppies over a fallen
hero, while Woman ministers to him. is the
subject of one of theme while the other
portrays Columbia joining the hands of enc
mics whom she has feconeHed. Groups be-
meath the gabled ends of the arch show a
mother and daughter sending forth their
men to battle, and Victory bringing back
to them, bereaved, the sword and palm.
Lofty pillars, surmounted by figures repre-
senting Victory, are gte be placed at the
approaches. Surmoqnting the arch will be
the chief group of theSeonposition symbol
izing Woman Gloriffed. She is rising from
her throne to greet War and Peace, Litera-
ture and Art, Science and Industry, who
approach to lay homage at her feet. AT
her side are two welcoming Genii and
above her head hover two angels with
overarching wings. Inside the arch is
planned a memorial hall for recording the
achievements of woman. Plans for the
erection of the work have not been made''