Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-27

O. 10 capable Of doing. and d not Q great
work OF art; which. to deserve the title,
must be more than clever, more than strik-
Ing. forceful and insistent: must be, In
mits, uplifting.
After several years absence from Wash
ington and a course OF study abroad. Miss
Catherine Critcher has resumed her classes
at the Gunston Institute. and taken a studio
at 1421 F street. Miss Critcher was a stu
dent of the Corcoran School. and one of its
gold medalists. In the early nineties sew
eral OF her portraits were shown in the So
ciety of Washington Artists exhibitions.
and during her sojourn abroad she received
nigh honors in the Julien school, and had
an important canvas in the Salon. This
painting she has now In her studio. 1t is
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT portrait of a young
oman, and is painted in a somewhat high
Key, with broad, dry brush, and, while
thoroughly individual. At present Miss
Critcher is at work upon a genre study an
American Interior" in which a little girl
In an old-fashioned rocker is the center of
interest
Mr.. Clary Ray is painting number Of
marines from studies made last summer at
Gloucester showing the sea in the unending
beauty of its several moods. These summer
out-of-door sketches are all specially inter-
esting. being fresh, breezy and very atmos-
pherlc. -Four he is working up into large
semi-decorative panels, which would be pc
culiarly suitable for the adornment of a
summer home, while others he is developing
INTO more serious studied pictures. Mr.. Ray
mas just finished large interesting canvas
upon which he has been working for some
time, showing glowing red storm sunset
over dark, restless stretch of ocean This
Is a dramatic picture, but the effect is by
no means forced. Though glowing with
color, it is harmonious in tone: the sea is
liquid and active. and the sky uncommonly
atmospheric.
So
MISS Sands Las mdae in pastelS an inter-
esting portrait of one of her little nieces n
child of about eight years of age whom she
has pictured seated with large, elaborate
ly Illustrated book in her lap. The face and
figure almost in pronle, which. with the
attractive color scheme gives the portrait
a decorative as well as a pictorial quality.
1t is well drawn and handled and is ex-
celent in both feeling and tone.
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A new edition of the catalogue Of the
Corcoran Gallery of Art has just been ISSUED,
which, though similar to the last, is in some
respects superior to 1t. The paper is heavier
and the half tone illustrations are clearer
and better. Two new, full page reproduce
lions have been added. One of the strong
painting of Mother and Child by
quired last year, and the other of Gilbert
Stewards portrait of Washington. which.
with John Neagle's portrait of Col. Richard
M. Johnson was recently transferred from
the Tayloe collection to the permanent col
lection of the gallery. AS whole, this
catalogue. which, by the way. is the fifty
ninth edition. is an uncommonly attractive
and interesting volume. 1t contains ZIG
printed pages, twentyfour full page half
tone reproductions and five half-page illus
trations, besides several vignettes. There
lie &C a N n nj fprawnr1 a
tory of the gallery and description of the
building. while in the catalogue proper
concise biogra phical notes of the artists and
items of interest connected with the crea-
ton acquisition of the exhibits. Artis-
tically it is believed to be more attractive
than the catalogue of any other American
gallery.
Two interesting portraits Of children. by
Carolus Duran, have lately been loaned TO
the Corcoran gallery by Mrs. A c. Barney.
and placed on exhibition in the lower loan
room.
The commodous studio which Mr.. E L.
Morse has been building street be-
tween 21st and 22d streets, Is now virtually
completed and ready for occupancy. 1t is
a rectangular, one-story brick structure.
the interior Of which is divided into a re-
ception hall and larger gallery or studio.
The latter is about twenty-four by forty
feet in dimensions, with both side and top
light at the rear end Over the reception
hall and opposite the windows is low,
picturesque gallery, reached by a flight of
steps against the west wall A large brick
fireplace occupies the central space on the
right-hand side, above the narrow shelf OF
which a burnt-wood panel by Mr.. William
Fuller Curtis has been set. The walls are
covered with dark-green burlap, and brown
wood has been used for both the architec-
tural construction and the furnishings
series of high-backed carved benches, col
ored with black walnut stain and uphol-
stored in brown velvet have been placed
around the wall, and oriental rugs cover the
polished floor; yet withal it is almost Sc
verely plain and presents the appearance
Of real work room, rather than pay
house. There Is room for growth and space
for development, and If environment inf1u-
ences the workman-the artist-it should
be conducive to the creation of only the
best.
scum in New York was formally opened
this week This addition is in itself a large
and imposing building. Facing on 9th ave.
nue. it is formed in the shape of a parallel
ogram, the total length of which is 305
feet. Its completion marks the first step
toward the development of the elaborate
design made by Mr.. Richard M. Hunt the
architect of the original structure, who in
tended that it should finally be used as the
main entrance.