Evening star., 1902-03-29

making d number OF very attractive and
clever posters. and a charming little por-
trait sketch from life of Miss Msude Adams
Inc last Is done in charcoal and white
chalk on gray holland. The face is deli
cately modelled and finished, whereas the
hgure is only indicated by a few telling
lines. 1t is drawn with much directness,
ease ana feeling, and is at the same time
an admirable likeness. The posters are
three in number. One is an Easter design
white, yellow and green-a maiden in an
egg shell chariot driving several resttge
Mares Another Is OF q fair young woman.
cIad In summer garb. holding In her ar1as
a great bundle OF the sweet spring blCs-
SONS. The third pictures the typical NO
man OF fashion, in stern street costume.
appropriately seen against a conventional
lied mass Of American beauty roses They
are all striking and original. The lines are
clear cut and sweeping and the co or
strong and rich. Altogether they are very
suitable and uncommonly well adapted Tor
the purpose for which they are intended.
So
Mr.. Gutherz has been pain<lne A number
OF landscapes from studies made out-of-
cocrs some time since. One is a wood in
terror. full OF sunshine and mystery; an
other Is hillside and wooded hollow, near
his summer cottage In Maryland, In which
the setting sun is seen gliding the tree
tops and family nlumIning the sky. A third
Is steep grassy slope near the historic
town of Dieves This last is specially in
teresting and attractive. Over the whole
is the soft mistiness of a gray days morn
ing. Away to the right one catches a
glimpse Of the calm blue sea, over which a
group OF sturdy wind-blown trees against
the sky line stand sentinel and up the
grassy height half-worn wagon trails wind
their way. Il IS charming in sentiment
ana so well-rendered that one is conscious
OF a longing TO climb the rough incline and
learn the secrets Of the untold beyond.
The twenty-fourtn anpual exhibition OF
the Society of American Artists opens today
In New York. More than 200 pictures. il
is said. Were submitted for admission,
which is over three times as many as the
gallery could accommodate. The prize-win-
ners have been announced as follows: The
new Carnegie prize of $500 for the best oil
painting. not a portrait. and the property
of the artist. TO J. Francis Murphy, for
October Fog" The Webb prize OF ssea
for the most meritoricus landscape painted
by an American. to II. Bolton Jones for
Early Spring" and the Julia A. Shaw
memorial prize of $500. for the best work
mardy.''
iAt NJ" ipEh uhllC Library Is eNhlhtf-
ing an interesting collection of about 200
photographs of paintings by the artist-poet,
Dante Gabriel Rossotti many Of which
ccme from the collection made by his
brother. besides some of the books he illus
trated. a number of the most important Of
those which have been written about him.
and the Germ and other magazines to
which he contributed II is rather an odd
coincidence that Edward Burne Jones' son,
Sir Philip, should be holding concurrent
exhibition of his own paintings in the
hnoedle galleries.
Another important picture sale is an
nounced in New York for the lst and 2d
OF April II will consist Of the paintings
belonging to the estate OF the late F. O.
Matthiessen, whose collection has been
known for some years as a most important
one. Several OF the canvases have been
long In the loan collection of the Metro
politan Museum. and their removal will be
considered great loss to that institution.
The new wing Of the Metropolitan
Museum is now virtually completed, though
1t will not be formally opened to the pub
lie until next November. The sculpture
han, which is the largest In the world, was
arranged last week with the fifty or more
groups and statues. which II is TO hold The
most of these are marbles and the work of
american seulptors. Many are late acqui-
sitions.
An Item of considerable interest which
comes from the west is the announcement
tEat Mrs. Winnie Ream Hoxle, the sculp-
ter of the Farragut statue in this city. has
again taken up her art work and is model
ing bust of Governor Ramsay. the ter
ritorial and first war governor OF Mime
sCta, which. when cast I'm bronze is to be
placed In the new capitol in St. Paul.
FSom Europe comes the news that Bar
tEoldi. the designer of the statue OF I.fber-
ty, has made lately a model for a colos-
sal monument to be erected in the little
town of Belfort, commemorating its three
famous sieges.
The circulars announcing the approaching
season of the Shinnecock Summer School
are out. Mr.. VIM. NJ. Chase will take
charge. as usual, the LIST OF July but in
the meantime he will go to London to have
his portrait painted by Sargent, which, IL
is reported, is a commission given by his
pupils, and when completed will be present.
ed by them to the Metropolitan or some
other public gallery. Truly a substantial
ana pretty compliment to both painters.