Evening star., 1902-01-25
RT NOTES.

ART NOT ES.
Quite a collection Of Miss Perrieswork was
exhibited informally in Mrs. Andrews stu
dio last Wednesday afternoon 1t consisted
chiefly of the out-of-door sketches mace
last summer at Ipswich, the majority Oh
which had not been previously exhiplteo.
Some of them were bits of pure landscape
showing the fields, orchards and ODD py-
vays of the quaint old town, but more
were done down near the sea, and gave
glimpses of the bay and low salt marshes.
These were specially fresh, breezy and ar
tistic One showed a poetic Interpretation
of a broad distant stretch of meadow land,
sea and sky; another pictured with realism
the wind-swept dunes; third, part OF the
rugged shore where the trees had crept 10
the waters edge, while for a fourth a
gentle sunset furnished the scheme. All
were characteristic and interesting, as Well
as significant of the conscientious study
and unaffected skill which always makes
Miss Ferries work attractive
A charming pastel by LHermitte was
exhibited at the Fischer gallery this week.
1t is winter landscape, low toned ana
undramatic. In composition it is somewhat
commonplace, but in effect altogether un-
usual A group OF dark, small red-roofed
buildings, surrounded by gaunt leafiess
trees, occupy the right Of the canvas;
broad road over which shepherd ana his
flock is dimly discerned returning to the
fold on the left. The sky is clear, cold and
yellow, the foreground shrouded in shadow.
It is, however, the simplicity Of the hand
ling and the harmony of tone which COM
bine in producing a picture so restful in eff
r-i1 ant with ho ~
the crisp, wfntry air and full of the witch
cry of the twilight hour. 1t Is picture
which gets a hold not only on the fancy,
but the heart-one abound1ng In meaning
| to those to whom nature herself appeals.
/ What, then does it matter IL the road be a
| little too pink, or the grass shade too
green, as some critics complain? LHer-
| mite was not a colorist, 1t must be remem-
bered though he has produced some splen-
| didly colorful work. But he Is first and
I foremost a worker in monotint, an almost
| faultless draughtsman, with an amazing
knowledge of relative values of tone. For
| his inimitable charcoal drawings he is
chiefly famous, and it was the convincing
| color-sense that these displayed that made
| his friends and colleagues urge upon him
the use of paints and pastels.
|
| Since the early days of the Renaissance
| book plates have been in use, yet it is only
| within the past few years that any great
| interest has been taken in them in Ameri-
ca, an interest which now threatens to
| become, or degenerate, into fad" In
| England and on the continent the armorial
| emblems are frequently used for this pur-
pose but more universally the design is
| Individual, and meant. in some measure. to
reflect the personality Of the owner. The
making of these designs therefore requires
one peculiarly gifted. He must be an ar
| nd how ,1,pl;c
| at his finger ends. To this work Mr.. Ar
| thur P. Spear has given his whole atten-
| ton, and in it he has achieved considerable
| success. He has lately designed book
| plate for Mr.. A. M. Lothrop, which Is
| decorative and very suitable. 1t briefly pic
/ lures a portion of his library, through the
window of which a glimpse is given Of his
| native town. A purely conventional design
| serves as a border, and appropriate blank
spaces are left for catalogue numbers.
Miss L. ]. Foote, a student in the design
class at the Art Students League. has COM
piled volume of "Truisms," by Elbert
Hubbard, which she has printed by hand
| and illumined. The title page is severely
plain, bearing chiefly the signatures of the
| author and the iIluminator. Several Of the
| text leaves, however, are quite elaborately
decorated. The printing is good and the
| letters are tastefully illumined, making a
| QcCl0eQly drllSIlC dtiu uHiquc NOluIuc.
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| Mr. Richard N Brooke is painting a
| couple of important portraits, and has been
| also working up number Of his last sum-
mer's sketches. These landscapes he has now
about completed. and never, perhaps, has he
| ACCOMPLISHED better results. They were all
| done In the neighborhood Of Warrenton,
and are picturesque compositions, full of
| art and dazzling sunshine. In one Of a
sunny hillside. trayersed by an old gray
stone wall, these qualities are markedly
| evident, whereas in another, Of a cluster
| of leafless trees, silhouetted against a deli
: cately tinted evening sky, the more poetic
element predominates. 1t would be diff
| cult, however, to choose between these and
| one which pictures the rolling Virginia hills,
behind which a hot, red August sun is set
ting bathing the breathless world with its
| warm light. And SO, through the entire
| of nature, or of the season, with it's own
peculiar beauty and irresistible charm
| *
The story of ActRon and Diana has been
tcld anew, both in rhyme and on canvas.
by Mr.. e. H. Miller. The verse which his
picture, small Oil painting in monotint
illustrates, is as fellows:
I'm times of old. of myth and fog.
Acteon rowing dog.
And Diana was goose"
The scene Of the picture is the shore OF
| a brook Diana is represented by splen-
did specimen of white-crested goose, where
as Actseon appears as a pointer, whose
hesitating approach Is contemplated with
evident disapprova1 and marks of opposi-
tion by the goddess and her followers II
I is merry picture, done more In jest than
81 from serious intent, but 1t at the same
time possesses admirable artistic qualities
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The clever books of nursery rhymes which
Mrs. Andrews wrote and illustrated fo- he,
children have been purchased by the Amer
ican Lithograph Company. and win be pub
lished seriatim in Truth" and later In