Evening star., 1902-01-04


well painted and the child's face is sweet
and appealing. In her fun length picture
OF a iady the pose. expressive OF action
and the vibrancy of the atmosphere ere
the most striking features whereas in the
pastel OF a laughing brunette IL is the dar-
ing color scheme that is at once no.
tieeaole The fourth, a portrait OF an ell
derly gentleman. is conscientious piece OF
work worthy CT commentator.
Mr.. z. F. Andrews, the director of the
Corcoran School Of Art, reports a daily att
tendance for the year averaging lao pupils.
i not including the ten or twelve copytsts,
| which is not only an evidence OF faithful
ness on the part OF the students. but Of the
true benehcence OF the institution.
The sculpture class Of the Corcoran
School is doing good work. and showing
marked progress. Next week the members
viii begin studying from life. Miss ogden.
who is In charge. and TO whose excellent
instruction and increasing enthusiasm the
good results are chiefly due, is herself now
working upon large and important COM
position-a decorative panel to be used as
the door of tomb. 1t is as yet scarcely
more than put together, but is already
forceful and expressive.
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Mr.. Carl Gutherz has returned TO his
home, after an absence of about six weeks.
He went west to superintend the placing
In position of his frieze for the Fort Wayne
court room, but visited Chicago, St. Paul
and Memphis while absent.
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The seventy-seventh annual exhibition
OF the New York Academy Of Design
opened to the public yesterday in the
galleries OF the Fine Arts building.
215 West 51th street. Three hundred and
eighty-nine pictures have been accept
ed, and sixteen pieces OF statuary and
bronzes. Notably fine canvases are scarce,
and the general average of the exhibition is
said to be rather below the average OF for
mer years. The Thomas b. Clarke prize OF
$500 for the best American figure compost
tlon painted in the United States by an
American citizen" was awarded to Elliott
Daingerfleld for his painting THE Story OF
the Madonna" The three Julius Hallgar-
ten prizes of $780, $500 and 500, respect
lively, were awarded-the first to T. Irving
Couse for his picture called The Peace
Pipe; the second to Louis Loeb for his
picture of THE Mother" and the third to
Will Howe Foote for "The Blue Vase"
The Hallgarten prizes are for the three
best pictures in oil colors painted in the
United States by American citizens under
thirty-fve years OF age" The Inness gold
medal, which is presented by George Inness
jr., I'm memory of his father, and is awarded
to the best landscape in the exhibition, was
won this year by the painting called "Glou-
cester Harbor," by Walter Clark.
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From an official report we learn that near
ly million and half of people visited the
international art exhibition lately held in
Venice, but from Chicago comes the news
that over 1000 persons visited the exhibition
OF Nerestchagin's paintings in one day; SO
"a bahlnd he al al
ali.
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That the Borghese Villa and its famous
gardens at Rome have been purchased by
the Italian government is an interesting
announcement. The villa with its treasury
Of art is to be turned into a public mu-
scum, and in the grounds the king purposes
erecting monument TO his father, the late
King Hunlbert
A prize of $500 Is offered by the man.
ayers of the ST. Louis Worlds Fair for the
most appropriate and best model for an
emblem to be used for the seal, stationery,
etc, Of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Company. The competition is open to all,
the only condition being that the emblem
must tell the story of the Louisiana pur-
chase. To insure adherence to this condi-
tfon a historian is to be one of the members
of the jury of award. which is to be COM
posed also of two artists, two sculptors and
two architects. This jury is to at once se-
lect eight sculptors, who to be COM
mlssioned to design an emblem, for which
they will receive $3.50 but their work VIII
be considered merely on a par with that of
all other contestants. Six months have been
allowed for the competition, and invitations
have been sent through ministers and
those OF foreign powers to every country
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Some little criticism has been created by
the omission of the committee in charge at
the Charleston exposition of the names Of
certain iustrious American painters from
the list inscribed on the walls Of the fine
arts building. Especially that of Washing
ton Allston, who was a native of South
Carolina.
The Shah.