The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-11

The seventh annual eshloltion of the
Richmond Art Club will lre a revelation
to the residents Of this old, historic city
when they pay their first visit to the
old Talcott house, which is the exhibition
hall. at No. i East Franklin Street. For
days past worAs of art, whic.. include
some of the finest specimens of the ar
lists brush, from New York, Boston.
Chicago and Washington. as we'll as
specimens from other cities. have been
received, and are now hung, in good
lights. on the walls. The American paint
er and the American sculptor has sent
some Of the finest products of his genius.
and many pictures to be seen will stand
the test of time and will be remembered
in years to come. The specimens from
tho brush of these celebrated artists. as
well as our home talent, which compares
very favorably. all things being taken in
to consdcra ton, will be extremely in
teresting to the visitor during the week.
especially if they compare the play OF the
artists fancy in the various departments
of art. The greatest possibilities are with
the artist; he is free to sound the note
Of pure ina gination, or to strike the
chord of broad sympathy, which shall eN'.
tend to the whole of nature from man
down through the world of living things
to the shadowy woods in which we may
find the voice of friendship. He may lay
q quoting hand on sorrow, or awaken
the slumberng sense of power The spirit
of the worker is painted in with brush.
fashioned in clay or chiseled out in mar
bic.
This exhibition is not so much to show
the works and improvement in the home
school. but to interest the people OF this
city in art by showing them, without
going from home, the finest works OF
some great masters.
ELLIOTT DAINGERtIELD.
Perhaps among the most celebrated ar
fists exhibiting is Elliott Daingeriieid. who
was born in Virginia, but now is classed
amongst the New York artists. He is
best known by his NIadonnas. two Of
which have been copied all over the
world while his genre work has won for
him the name OF the american Millet." "
The canvases which will be seen here are
we'll known in New York, Philadelphia
and Boston, where they have been eXnio-
tied during the past year. The most am
bilious OF these, ,Lida and Her Swan, :
was first exhibited at the annual eXhl-
.biton Of the Society of american Ar
fists a year ago last March, When IL re-
ceived much Favorable comment from IN
6ividual and press critics alike. Mr.. Dain-
| cerfie!d is past-grand master of the art
of color and his more partial friends
have made for him comparisons with the
old masters themselves, wherein ne sui
fered no dispara cement The other pic
| lures are known as The Song of tho
| Mocking-Brd'' a tender moonlight scene
| done in the mountains OF North Caro-
| lima, and .''Tis Love That Makes the
World Go Round" a chubby boy, an
ideal Cupid turning a globe in his hands.
MI. @Daingerheld's genius is not con-
! fined to one form Of expression, for he
| is also a poet of ability. and many OF his
pictures are the accompaniment TO lines
| of great beauty and artistic value
Born in Virginia of the well-known
| family of that name, his parents removed
tc Fayetteville, n. e., soon after the
war, where he grew to manhood. Gong
to New York 10 study art. he has heWn
| his way to the top, where his leadership
| is acknowledged not only as a painter
| of nictures, but as an able instructor as
| we'll Two days in every week during
! the winter season he spends with his
| class in Philadelphia. while among his
nupi,s there are prize winners on both
! sides of the Atlantic. His summers are
sDent at his home in Blooming Rock,
/ n. c., where his winter students follow
him for the benefit OF the outdoor work
ir the Blue Ridge Mountains.
| His studio is among the Brother
hood, in the Holbern buildings in West
! Fifty-ffth Street. and MS Monday after
| moons are very popular. not only for
what he has to show but for his charm
| ing and unaffected personality, which
makes q visit to him social as well as
an artistic treat
/. A. Josephi is another prominent eX-
tibitor While he is chiefly miniature
| painter. Of which this country holds the