Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-06
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The Washington Water Color Clubs an
nual exhibition, which, opened to the pub
lic on Monday in the hemicycle of the Cor
coran Gallery, has been of chief interest
this week. The daIy attendance has been
rather better than usual, and before We'd
nesday five pictures were sold. That two
of these were purchased for the permanent
collection of the Corcoran Gallery was a
subject of general eonsratulation, as 1t was
not only tribute to the extraordinary
merit. of the paintings, but also substan-
tally testified to the high standard of the
exhibition. The works thus honored were
Mr.. Everett Warmers picture entitled
broadway on Rainy Night" and Mr..
William II. Holmes High Up on the Blue
Ridge The former was the winner of the
first Corcoran prize and the latter was one
OF the notable group contributed by the re-
cipient of the Parsons prize. Both re-
markable water colors. and will be found
to be not only valuable but vastly inter-
esting additions to the gallery's already ex-
cellent collection of modern paintings The
other pictures which were ticketed sold
were Rain on the Racquette River" by
Mr.. Jas. Henry Moser; 'Lowlands," by Mr..
Carl Weller, and "A Bouquet" by Miss
Clara Saunders; each a covetable posses
sion.
There is indeed in this exhibition a larger
number of pictures than usual which are
pcturesquely charming as well as tech
nIcaliy admirable. 1t is an exhibition which
is more impressive on a second or even
third visit than the first and none who
can avail themselves of the privilege should
fall to see 1t. On week days it is open
free to the public from $50 am. to 4:30
pm, on Sundays from l to pm, and on
Wednesday and Saturday evenings from
= to 10 O'Clock. 1t will continue until the
18th of the month.
Mr.. William Fuller Curtis is at work upon
a series of three panels in burnt wood
which give free translation of the ancient
fable of the three sacred monkeys of NIX
ko. Beautiful maidens impersonate the ira
ditional characters, and focks of little par
rots stand for the chattering gossips which
folklore negatively suggests. In the central
panel the maiden is squarely facing the
observer, and in the sides they are turned
toward each other. The first covers her
eyes with her hand, the second shuts out
all sound from her ears and the third
guards with her fingers her lips signify,
evil" Speak no evil" The spirit of the
original oriental proyerb has been we'll pre-
served and given new force and interest in
the interpretation.
Mr.. Curtis method of work is IN itself
rather interesting in that he always draws
and models his design in pencil on the
wood before he proceeds to the work of
carving and burning. In this first state 1t
is as finished as in its completion, and it
would be difficult to say if it were not as
artistically interesting, though naturally
less effective or enduring. There is some
thing specially delightful about the I'M
equivocal directness of the clear, sweeping
lines, and peculiar charm In the low re-
lfef-like modelling of the simple shadows.
In this same manner, though paper,
Mr.. Curtis made last summer an admira-
Bile profile portrait from life of Charles
Eliot Norton, the illustrious scholar and
teacher.
Mr.. Rudolph Evans left here this week
for Chicago, whence he goes to personally
superintend the placing of his model for the
Morton memorial In position and readiness
for the approaching competition. This
memorial is to be erected in a public park
in Nebraska City TO commemorate the sig
nal service the late ]. Sterling Morton rem
dered his country in establishing ''Arbor
day" Mr. Evans. design is effective and
sincerely artistic. 1t consists of a broad
slightly elevated platform of brick and
stands bronze statue of Mr.. Morton In
front of the pedestal is the graceful figure
of wood sprte unfolding a young but
stalwart sapling in readiness for planting
and to the rear, removed to a suitable dis
lance, is a semi circular seat of the stone
fashioned after the pattern of those Of an
cient Greece and Rome. On the back of the
seat Will be placed two pictorial bronze bas-
reliefs illustrating certain phases of Arbor
day, and running entirely around its up-
per edge will be sentences descriptive of
the character of the man whom the people
desire to honor. The scheme of the whole
Is wonderfully pleasing. 1t is well proper
toned charming in color and graceful in
lire. The statue of Mr. Morton is we'll
modelled and characteristic, and the little
wood sprite admirably carried out. The
work is original and clever, and will I'M
doubleday add to the young sculptor's
reputation. Mr.. Evans goes directly from
Chicago to New York, where he intends to
aagain spend the winter.
Miss Juliet Thompson, who also has
taken recently a studio In New York, has
been holding this week an exhibition at
knoedlers, consisting Of twelve of her pas
tel portraits, which has attracted wide at
tention and called forth much favorable
comment The originality of her work, to-
gether with its strength and daring seems
indeed, to have taken the great METROPOLIS
by storm and won for her an enviable place
among ats coterie Of capable artists. The
Herald, Journal and other papers COM
mented in the highest terms on her full
length portrait of Mrs. Frank B. Moves. and
the likenesses of Miss Nathalie Barney.
Mrs. A. J. Parsons, Miss Poor, Virginia
Wheat and Madam Cambon have all come
in for their need of praise. Miss Thonp-
son is shortly to begin a portrait of the
charming actress, Miss Ethel Barrymore.
Mr. Moser has also been winning Iaure,s
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