Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-07
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astical art. Mr.. William Ordway Partridge
and Mr.. Henry Randall of New York are
the sculptor and architect. respectively.
The reredos is nearly eleven feet high and
about fourteen long, and dsh Gothic in pat
tern. The main feature is "a pictorial rep
resentation, in high relief Of the Last
Supper" showing a rather original ar
rangement of the apostles. This is directly
above the holy table, and beneath, on the
retable, are carved the words do This in
Remembrance of Me-" To the right and
left are deep inches, In which statues of
angelic figures stand. These are exceeding.
ly fine, being strongly modelled, full of char
acter and spirituelle. Both have their eyes
cast down and wear an expression Of Sc
renity and JOY. Across the top, forming
canopy or border, several feet in width, is
an elaborate device of Gothic architectural
ornament, which is very beautiful and eff
fective, and lends, as it were, new dignity
to the splendid Epiphany window which
rises above it. This window, which was
put in place several years ago, is one OF
the few examples in this country OF the
work of Holiday, the eminent English
artist.
The exhibition of school work has been
the special attraction at the Corcoran Gal
lery this week, and many laudatory COM
ments have been made upon the excellence
of the display. The classes have all dis
banded with the exception OF the sculpture
class, whose members are still industr ious-
ly at work.
Miss Edith Hope Ogden expects to take
a studio in New York about the 1st of July,
no thrna
months there in work and special study.
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Mr.. E. F. Andrews interesting portrait of
Dolly Madison is now on exhibition in the
Corcoran Gallery, in the room opposite the
hemicycle. 1t is rumored that the Cosmos
Club is considering it's purchase, and GER
tainly more appropriate place for it could
not be found with the exception of the
east room of the White House, as the build
ing occupied by the club was formerly the
gracious lady's home.
The model for the memorial statue of
General George B. Mcclellan, which was
entered in the competition recently held
in the basement of the Corcoran Gallery by
Mr.. U. s. ]. Dunbar and others, is now on
exhibition in Veerhof's gallery, 1917 F
The horse is we'll modelled. and the figure
of the general very characteristic, the at
titude being specially we'll chosen for its
individuality The pedestal is patterned af-
ter the Greek style of architecture, and is
rather ornate, but has been much admired
on account of the many emblematic fea-
lures, appropriate to both the hero and
the history of the Army of the Potomac,
which have been introduced. Mr.. Owens
to ! ~, A
the designer of the special ornamental fea-
lures. s-
The gallery at Veerhoffs has been occu-
pied this week by an exhibition of the work
of the art department Of the. Washington
high schools, consisting chiefly of collec-
ton of studies in color harmony. Many
of these were quite effective and interesting,
and showed keen appreciation of values
and knowledge of rhythnical beauty. Mr.
Kitson, the Boston sculptor. when he was in
the city at the time of the Grant memo
rial competition, examined this work and
spoke most enthusiastically of it. saying
that it was unlike anything he had seen
in any other public school in the country,
and that the results attained We're in his
estimation both excellent and remarkable
On Monday three paintings by Sir Philip
this gallery. One of these is the Mach
talked-of painting called the Vampire"
Mr.. Edward l.. Morse left here Wednes-
day for Chocorua Lake, N. H, where he
will spend the summer This is a quiet.
out-of-the-way place, as yet unspoiled by
the march of fashion. and with very pic
turesque surroundings. Mr.. Morse's new
studio on r street is now virtually COM
pleted and will be ready for occupancy upon
his return in the fall.
Mrs. E. F. Andrews has been doing some
interesting portrait work in pen and ink
lately. One drawing was of Mr.. Andrews;
another showed likeness of her brother;
third gave glimpse of their hospitable
studio. with her little daughter pictured in
cldentally; and two were Of dear old col
oIed nanny, of a kind which is nova
days well nigh extinct All were excellent
likenesses and showed clever handling of
material. They were done on rather a large
scale and were well put together, forceful
and sincere.
There has been no class work done at the
Art Students League this week and the
session may be considered over Much en-
thusiasm is, however, being demonstrated
over the lecture which Miss Morris Is to
give for the benefit of the school at the CO.
lumbia Theater Monday evening, and there
is every reason to believe that it will prove
a great success.
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The interesting announcement comes
from New York that a new artists organi-
cation has been formed there and that In
all probability another important annual
will be counted among next seasons great
exhibitions. This new art body Is the So
cety of American Portrait Painters. with
Eastman Johnson, A. A. Anderson and HUI
bert Vos as temporary officers, and William
M. Chase, John S. Sargent, Irving Wiles. r.
c. Porter, William Thorne, j. ]. Shannon
and others on it's membership roll. The So
ciety is still in it's infancy, but the inten~
ton Is to find suitable gallery in which to
hold an exhibition next winter with snace
enough to allow each member a certai,
amount of wall room that he may hang his
work in group, and to invite the noted
foreign artists who are in America to ex-
Eibit with them, so thatathe work of both
may be put to a fair test The. primary
purpose of the organization lis of course
to promote sociability among, the portrait
painters. 81.