Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-12
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A Il L N U L ES.
Great interest has been manifested this
week in the Grant memorial models. At no
time during the regular hours has the base
ment of the Corcoran Gallery been without
its quota of critical visitors. Indeed, no
art event throughout the winter has at
tracted wider attention. and this. in a way.
is an encouraging sign, showing an In
creased interest in national art, and being
at the same time Indicative of the much
desired civic pride.
Mr.. st. Gaudens, who is one OF the dis
| tingushed members of the park comms-
sion which acted as an advisory board to
the Grant memorial jury of selection, has
taken studio temporarily in the neighbor-
hood of the Albany, in which to execute
some lately received Washington orders
These will probably occupy him about
month, and as he is not only a great sculp-
tor but an enthusiastic teacher, he has con-
sented to give, during that time, regular
criticisms to the sculpture class of the Cor
coran school.
Some excellent work, by the way. is being
done in that class at present A model is pro-
vided every afternoon. and all the students
are thoroughly in earnest and enthusiastic.
During the morning hours they are free to
follow their own line of thought under the
guidance and advice of the instructor, Miss
Ogden; and Miss Alice Hill, who has but
lately returned from New York. where she
has been studying this winter. has been oc-
cupying this time modelling portrait
study of little lad of seven or eight years
who is sitting cross-legged on the floor with
his hands clasped firmly on his ankles in
the rocking attitude so often assumed by
children. 1t is well put together. spirited
and forceful, and shows marked advance as
well as much promise.
Miss Ogden, to whose enthusiasm, skill
and devotion. this class owes both its orr
gin and excellence, and who was herself a
pupil of Saint Gaudens, is at work upon a
portrait bust of a little boy wearing a
jaunty sailor cap. 1t is scarcely more than
a sketch, but is modelled with much feeling,
and possesses that suggestion of uneXpend-
ed strength which is the special charm OF
all Miss Ogden's work.
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1t is interesting to note that two of the
current magazines have designs by Wash
| ington artists covers for their April
number. The Worlds Work shows a re-
| production of a decorative scheme in sculp-
ture by Miss Ogden, as a head piece to its
list of leading articles and Everybody S
| Magazine is made significant of the season
| by a semi-conventional spring landscape in
| fresh, clear colors by Mr.. Walter King
| Stone.
Mr.. L. Amateis is making in marble a
| bust of the late Calderon Carlisle, which is
an excellent likeness and satisfactory ac-
| complishment. He is also at work upon his
model for the Mcclellan statue, the COM
petition for which is to follow closely upon
| that of the Grant memorial.
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The next attraction in the hemicycle OF
| the Corcoran Gallery will be an exhibition
| of paintings by F. Hopkinson Smith, who
is not only on artist, writer and engineer,
but knows better than many what pleases
and appeals to the general public. AS a
painter he has restricted himself almost
| exclusively to Venetian subjects, spending
| a portion of each year in that artists para
| disc, sketching again and again the familiar
| scenes with unwearying zeal. The eXhi-
| bition will be open to the public as soon
| after the 18th as it is possible to hang the
| pictures, and will continue for a couple OF
| weeks.
Mr.. Powell has been occupied during the
winter months repainting and developing
| into pictures several of the notes and
| sketches which he brought home with him
| from Italy last fall. A glowing, golden
Venetian sunset is the theme in the most
| imposing of these, which is set forth on a
| large gallery canvas in the artists happiest
manner. The sky and sparkling water are
| its most important features, for the OBJ
| server stands, as 1t were, gazing down the
avenue-like length of one of the principal
| canals. In the foreground to the left a
/ group of sailboats, with their gay-colored
wings, are noticeable, but not conspicuous,
| on either side are yelled by a light mist
! The perspective is excellent and the effect
| of sunlight very realistic. 1t is exceedingly
| atmospheric and splendid in color, and will
| surely take its place among the best that
| Mr. Powell has produced He has also al
| most completed large marine, a canvas
| about six by nine feet, showing a bit of
| angry sea beneath a black threatening sky
| in mid-ocean. The waves, like rocky peaks,
seem to pile up unendingly. 1t is the mo-
| ment preceding the storm, when the wave
creSts are being whipped off in spray, and
there is an evident agitation Of expecta MT
| unrest The motion is well suggested, and
| the color strong and true. There is no
| forced dramatic effect, yet the picture pos
sesses the awe-inspiring power of the great
| deep. In contrast to this picture, in both
| size and sentiment, is a most attractive
| Venetian nocturne, which must also be
reckoned among Mr.. Powells winters
| work. 1t shows two Shadowy groups of
| buildings against clouded, moonlit sky. A
| long, narrow silvery reflection shines on
! the unruffled surface Of the canal, while