Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-07

the past summer, and is forceful ana CHAR
acteristic. The sky is partly clouded the
water gray ana restless. and the rocks
bare and rugged, but 1t has in 1t the nat
ural fascination of the sea and the fresh
vigor of the salt breezes, and manifests
in its execution much thought and techni-
Miss Alice Foster reopened her studio in
the Ames building some weeks ago, and
recently she has painted there study in
oils of dogwood foliage which Is keenly
artistic. The dull red-brown leaves and
scarlet berries were thrown in a loose
bunch on dark polished table, and their
charming shapes and colorful qualities
found on the canvas broad but accurate in
depreciation.
Mr.. Macdonald is painting a second por-
trait of Admiral Remey, which is to take
the place for which the first, which he did
last spring, was originally ordered, the
admiral having determined to keep that
himself This later work is small can
vas showing only the head and Shout
ders, but is no less excellent likeness nor
good a painting 1t has, indeed, been done
with unusual directness, and will, it is
thought. rank among Mr.. Macdonald's most
successful works.
Mr.. Hinckley is now painting a portrait
of General st. Clair, which will eventually
be hung in the Military Academy at West
Point. 1t is a three-quarter length, and Is
said to represent both the sitter and the
painter at their best.
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Miss Peixotto and Miss NoYes, two eX-
students of the Washington Art League,
have taken and attractvely fitted up
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street.
A new painting by Mr.. George de Forest
Brush is now attracting much attention
in Buffalo, where it is on exhibition. 1t is
called The Family" and pictures mother
and five children-presumably the artist s
personal possessions. Mr.. Brush has been
for the last year in Italy, and this paint
ing is said to show the influence OF the
Italian masters, and while brilliantly PANT
ed, is declared to be below his established
standard. 1t is deliberately framed and
valued at $4,000.
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The New Amsterdam Theater on 41th
street near 7th avenue New York. which
has just been completed, is in some respects
a remarkable building. On it's facade are
bolizing the musical drama of the past, and
in the entrance hail. which occupies the en-
tire breadth of fifty feet, there is frieze
of twelve panels in relief by Hinton Perry
which refers to music and the drama sep
arately, according to modern lnterpreta-
ton; while within are mural paintings OF
size and Importance by Edward Simmons,
George Peixotto, r. W. Finn and Miss Os-
tertag.
The jury of admission for the Carnegie
exhibition, which opens on Monday. accept
ed, from the many submitted, ISL pictures
by American artists, which, with the 10
from the International Society, will consti-
tute this years show. Almost all of the
foremost American painters will be repre-
sented and the announcement of the
awards is awaited with much interest
The commercial history of a canvas by
Millet, entitled 1.-The Woman With the
Lamp" which has recently been given pub
licity by the picture changing hands, is al
most as interesting as it is extraordinary.
1t seems that the painting was originally
purchased from the artist in 1872 by M.
Durand- Ruel for L, coo francs. who almost
Immediately resold it for twice that
amount. The next year it was placed on
the market and NJ. Durand-Ruel bought it
back at public auction for $500 francs to
sell it a twelve months later for 1925. 1t
seems, however, to have-had no long resting
place. for a few years later it came again
to the dealers hands, this time for 30 coo.
and was almost directly sold at an advance
of per cent. Then came its longest period
Of single ownership, followed by last re-
turn to NJ Durand-Ruel's establishment in
lieu of 10000 francs and its subsequent
l. go, ic nuTn nld
by NJ Preyer the well-known Amsterdam
dealer,