Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-11
have been remarkable. but as etchings they
were q revelation.

nave Deen remarkable, but as etchings they
were a revelation.
A landscape recently painted by Mr..
Hobart Nichols Is on exhibition in the veer-
hon Gallery. 1t is an autumnal scene, tho
motive for which he found near his Mount
Pleasant home. pool OF water and a row
OF tail. shapely trees are seen in the fore
ground to the left. and to the right tho
grass-grown fields roll or over a not far
distant hill It Is late afternoon: the shad-
ows and reflections are long: the ruddy
light OF the sun bathes the hillside and the
treetops. and the first faint tints OF the sun
set splendor are appearing in the eastern
sky. 1t Is broadly handled and picturesque,
and carries with 1t the Illusion of light,
warmth and air.
Miss Bertha E. Perrie is painting a minia-
ture of Mrs. Harriet Turner. which prom
ises more than well. and is both subjective
| iy and technically OF interest
Many will learn with pleasure that Mr..
and Mrs. E. F. Andrews are on their way
home and will probably reach Washington
the latter part Of next week Owing to the
| open winter their new country home. In
the neighborhood OF the Virginia Theolog-
fcal Seminary, will be ready for occupancy
several months earlier than was antici-
pated. and they have therefore abandoned
their original plan Of spending the summer
In Switzerland.
The Fellowship Of the Pennsylvania Acad-
envy is holding Its fourth annual exhibition
| In Philadelphia at present and showing
| therein some interesting samples of modern
| work This exhibition. which is gotten to-
gether yearly by the alumni Of the acad-
envy. is unique in character. consisting or
artistic work, which for certain reasons or
limitations would not be eligible for admis-
SION TO any other OF the prominent an
nuals Thus John w. Alexander shows "A
Motive for Portrait" which illustrates
his method rather than his familiar re-
suits, and Mr.. Chase sends three vigorous
outdoor sketches. There are newspaper
and magazine illustrations, chalk and char
coal studies and sketches of all Sorts 1t
Is the informal side of art which is brought
into prominence, but with all the essence
OF the truth remaining.
There was good attendance at the sale
In New York of the paintings left by the
late ]. H. Twachtman. and a total of SIC
GIG was realized. The highest price paid
for a single canvas was $500, which was
given by Mr.. Freer of Detroit for Dry
ing Sails" 1t is said that the majority
of the purchasers were artists and archi-
tectS.
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Among the approaching exhibitions are
the thirty-sixth annual of the American
Water Color Society, which will be held
in the American galleries in New York
from April 10 to 30; the annual exhibition
of the Ten American Painters" in the
Durand-Ruel gallery. usual, the end
of this month; the Chicago Art Institutes
fifteenth annual exhibition of water colors
and pastels from April "a to June Z; the
sixty-eighth annual exhibition of the Bos-
ton Art Club from April to %; an impor-
tant loan exhibition in Bethlehem, Pa in
the Moravian Seminary Chapel in connec-
ton with the Bach Festival" from May
to 10. and the tenth annual exhibition
of the Cincinnati Museum of Art. which
opens May %.
The second annual exhibition of the An
glo-American Art Club has been held this
month in Nice.
In New York six or seven prominent art
lists, despairing of finding satisfactory quar-
ters. have Joined together and built a
studio apartment house at 81 West 9th
street 1t has recently been completed, and
was opened with an informal reception last
Saturday.
The San Francisco Art Association opened
exhibition of oil paintings and sculpture
last week: and in the same city a monu-
ment is shortly to be erected In memory of
the California Volunteers in the Philip
pines. Douglas Tilden is the sculptor and
the cost. $4,000. has been entirely raised by
popular subscription.
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Mr. William NJ. Chase is to take limited
of
for course of study this summer, and Mr..
Henry B. Smell proposes taking a class in
water color painting with him to either
Devonshire or Cornwall. England.
An International exhibition of photo
graphic work will be held at ST. Claude.
France next August. Several prizes are
offered and the work of both amateurs and
professionals is eligible