Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-26
ART NOTES..

Mr.. Edward Kemeys has finished this
week the enlarged model for the first of the
pair of bears which is to flank the entrance
to tie Missouri state building at the st.
Louis exposition. The original working
model only about ten inches in length
and six In height, but the one recently COM
pleted is more than life size. 1t represents
a black bear descending a slight decline.
whose attention has been caught by some
unusual object, and who for this reason
has paused an instant. His LETT fore foot
is raised as though the purpose of. a for
ward step had been recalled, and his head
is stretched up and out, that he may bet
ter peer inquiringly beyond him. The atti-
tude is very Characteristic, and specially
suits the position in which the figure Is to
be placed The whole has been broadly,
vigorously modelled but the anatomy of the
brute beast has been carefully studied and
the construction is in every respect excel
lent. 1t has been modelled in plasterine Of
a brown green tint. which strongly resem-
bles bronze, and is in feeling and effect I'M
commonly interesting.
MIR. James Henry Moser has just made
number of little water colors from some OF
his last summers pencil sketches, which
are as charming as they are novel. These
are only five by seven inches In dimension,
but each Is a finished picture and possess
es as large qualities IS though 1t occupied
the usual sized Whatman sheet. 1t is diff
ficult thing to confne a landscape within
such narrow limits without reducing 1t to
a miniature or a fancy card, but this Mr..
Moser has unques;iOnably accomplished,
for, while far from sketchy or impression
fstic, his little pictures are broadly painted
and as truly works of art as are his larger
ones. Several Of these recent pictures are
cloud effects on the mountain, similar to
degree in composition to those recently
shown in the Water Color Clubs annual ex-
hibition in the hemicycle of the Corcoran
Gallery, while others are sunsets. nocturnes
and woodland views. The making Of little
pictures is to Mr.. Moser not a new de-
parture. for years ago he sent home from
Europe to his wife sketches OF size which
would go into letter, among which many
a clever and genuinely worthy little picture
is to be found, and many of his Washing
ton friends show with just pride even
timer sketches which have come to them
in the same way as souvenirs of more re-
cent summer holidays.
There is now at Fischer's a number of re-
markable paintings by Marcus Simons.
young American artist who resides In Paris
One pictures st. Marks Square In Venice
directly after the fall II the Campanle
when the air still full of the dust of
centuries" which, by the glowing sunlight
was turned into golden vapor; two are col
orful Venetian pictures. and two are SYM
bolical landscapes All are marvelousy
colorful. vigorous, yet poetic. and upon eX-
sentiment than appears upon the surface.
The last two mentioned are, however. by
far the most extraordinary, being tech
nicaly and subjectively out of the beaten
track. One OF these. entitled. when Light
and Shadow Meet" pictures a castle.
broad, strong river and bridge, on which
stands a cruciflx, at which the dark shadow
OF the foreground meets with the back
ground sunshine. The river, on which a
little red-sailed boat is seen, symboizes. Of
course. the river of Time. the bridge the
span of mans days and the cross eternity.
Very much the same thought is brought out
in the other painting, which shows the sun
setting at the end of a long avenue OF gaily
bedecked boats IN the midst, and to the
right of which is seen a throng or people
waiting on a platform around tall cross
for the blessing of the cardinal. who stands
on the steps of the nearby palace; and the
thought expressed Is that though the sun
sets. the fleet goes out. and the people dis
perse. that all be changed. the cross VIII
remain unchanged and Interchangeable, as
the symbol of Immortality for all time and
ages. For the twentieth century this Is an
uncommon demonstration of religious FER
vor and the works themselves exhibit i'm
aginative and thoughtful qualities which
few OF any age have surpassed. They are,
moreover. of value without their symbol
ism. which enhances but does not make np
the sum and substance of their merits
! A most interesting collection of color
etchings wood blocks, monotypes and ltho-
/ graphs has Just been put on exhibition In
the southwest gallery OF the Library OF
Congress, under the auspices OF the print
division The work shown comprises color
etchings by Rafaelli, Helen Hyde. Louis
Potter, George Senseney. Chahine. Robs.
8Iordant and others, and monetypes and