Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-31
A R T N 0 T E s.

The eighth annual exhibition of the Wash
iHgton Water Color Club will be held in the
hemicycle of the Corcoran Gallery from
November 80 to December II, inclusive.
November 20 and p will be receiving days
for exhibits and the private view will be
held the evening of Saturday. Novem-
Der %. The trustees of the Corcoran Cal
lery have again offered prizes of $1C0 and
$50. respectively, for the best two paintings
in the exhibition. and Mr.. A. j. Parsons
has also generously renewed his offer OF
$50 for the best land scape painted in water
colors by a Washington artist. This ex-
hibition is yearly largely composed of
the local artists summer work. and col
lectively manifests the freshness. delight
and enthusiasm bred in open-air studios.
The work shown Is, however, studied and
thoughtful, and compares most favorably
with that to be found in the principal out
of-town exhibitions, In which. in fact.
many of the paintings are later given a
place. They have always been worthy and
interesting. and there is good reason to
believe that this eighth annual will be we'll
up to the standard.
number of our local artists will be
represented in the Philadelphia Art Clubs
November and continues until December
ID. The executive committee of the So
ciety of Washington Artists, complying
with the request of the art club, acted as a
Washington jury. and the local contribu
tons were judged and shipped from a
dealers gallery this week. Owing to the
fact that the exhibition is considerably
earlier this year than heretofore. and that
several of the well-known painters are
arranging to hold individual one-man shows
In the near future, the collection forwa rded
was smaller and less notable than usual.
1t was, however, by no means unworthy.
Miss Mueden sent her portrait of her faith
er, which the third Corcoran prize in
the last S. W. AS exhibition; Mr.. Morse
a portrait study of a Salvation Army las
sic" which he painted last spring; Mrs. Bar
ney, two characteristic portrait sketches.
and Mr.. Robert Coleman Child. couple
of recent outdoor pictures. Mrs. Bar
ney's works We're interesting and unique.
One showed the head of a young girl sill
houetted against the light and the other
was a faithful study of Arab sheik.
The first was sketched with oils on rough.
dark burlap. woven with black, white and
gray threads, which was used a cover
ing for the frame as we'll as the canvas.
The other done in pastels on gray
paper, and was partly finished and partly
IN outline. Both were sketchy and intan-
gible. but clever. intensely artistic and
pervaded with that haunting personality
which characteriZes all Mrs. Barney's work.
Mr.. Child's contributions We're likewise an
oil painting and a pastel. The former
showed a meadow bordered by trees. across
which a number of little hay stacks had
been tossed in happy, gOssipy groups;
while the latter pictured, from the pre-
cncts of fiowery garden, Mt Chocorua
rising majestically above the surround
ing lowland verdure. Both were interest
ing compositions, but the conjunction of the
imposing grandeur of the mountain with
the simple beauty of the flowers was spe-
cally attractive, giving play for a varied
color scheme as well as instituting a less
desirable comparison.
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There are now on exhibition in Veerhoff 5
three portraits by Mr.. Domingo Bolivar,
South American painter of some note. Two
of these canvases are portraits of the dplo-
matte representative of the Argentine Re
public. Mr.. Merou, and his wife, and the
third-the smallest and best-is of Dr. Re-
gan. This last has. in the matter of like
ness, been highly commended. but neither
of the former can thus Law claim to dis
tinction, and, while sharing in common Ger
tain painterlike qualities which demand re-
spect, none possesses the stability, sincerity
or individuality of 4 great work.
MT. james henry MOSeF returned TO
Washington this week. after long summer
and fall at Lake Placid. where he spent
not only a most delightful but most
profitable holiday He brought back with
him fewer pictures than usual not because
he has been less Industrious. but because
many of his sketches were claimed by his
summer neighbors almost as soon as they
We're finished. If lacking in quantity, there
iS ral lat 1nGT to
ity, for in technique. composition and senti-
ment these latest works will rank with the
best that Mr.. Moser has done With the
exception OF two or three which were
painted near Mrs. MOsers home in Corn
wall, Conn. during the early part of the
summer, all are cloud effects in the
mountains. One pictures Il gray day on
the lake, with the mountains shrOuded
i'll StlVery rain. and another shows a
detachment of black, angry storm clouds
marching in broken ranks across a pur-
pie height. The first is atmospheric, subtle
and full of gentle sentiment, whereas the
second is strong, virile and impressive
a third gives glimpse through torn
storm curtain, and a fourth shows
golden sunset following Il showery after
noon. All are broadly treated with a
simplicity which signifies the work of "a
master craftsman and each is not only
careful study, but an artistic interpre-
tation. setting forth and preserving for
all time the charm of a fieeting effect.
Mr.. Edward kemeys has moved his studio
from his home on Dupont circle to the Art
Students League building, where he has OBJ
tanned spacious quarters on the second floor
in the rear. There he will be able to en-
large and cast the four bears which he has
made for the entrances of the Missouri
state building at st. Louis, and there he
can exhibit many of his casts and bronZes
of animals, which have, for lack OF room
been stored away ever since he came to
Washington. The studio which Mr. Kemeys
has taken was formerly occupied by an
architect, and is peculiarly fitted for his
purpose. Well lighted from both north and
south windows. 1t is divided by half wan
and columns into two apartments a recep-
ton and a work room. In the first are q
broad brick mantel and open fireplace set
tees and tea table, and 1t is here that the
SCULPTOR and his wife promise a Welcoma to