Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-05

been hung portrait Of Mr. 3. Q. Messer
Dy Benoni Irwin. and game picture by
inss by Porto Rican artists. A. Marin Mo-
tlnas and +. Otter. have been placed. The
portrait OF Mr.. Messer is in many respects
remarkable work 1t Is forceful and SIM
pie; sympathetically rendered. pervaded
with personality and. moreover, an admira-
Die likeness. The Weenix painting is also
out OF the ordinary. though Of chief interest
Us an example OF remote and somewhat
lndiViouai school of Dutch still life painters
wmcn existed during the latter half Of the
seventeenth century In style 1t is rather
, INITIATIVE than fRterpretative, but it is rich
The Porto Rican pictures have been loaned
oy M. Vederico Degetan, and derive their
CMSL Importance as a demonstration Of ar
hs..o eHort In new quarter. They are.
nowever, Dy no means unworthy, when
judged by the strictest standard, but on the
contrary are truly earnest and promising.
Mr.. Richard N. Brooke. the president of
the Society Of Washington Artists, will
give an informal art talk" on pictorial
conception" at the Corcoran School to the
students and their friends, on Monday aft
ernoon, at half-past o'clock. This will be
the second in a course instituted this year
oy the director, and it will doubtless prove
not only very interesting but very instruc-
ary' Is to be given by Mr.. J. H. Moser.
MI. MAX Weyl has now in his studio in the
Corcoran building number of peculiarly
attractive studies, which he made out-of-
doors during the pleasant fall days. Sew
eral of these are autumn wood scenes,
showing the trees in the splendor of their
most brilliant foliage, and are broadly rem
fn1Ic nd oo1a NJ E,,f
intensely artistic and appealing are two
SIMPLER sketches which found their inspira-
ton near Lovers Lane in Georgetown. One
was done on gray day. and shows a part
OF the lane as 1t wanders upward toward
the crest Of a hill, between broad open
neids and beside picturesque and familiar
OLD stone wall. The other is a view on the
little creek which rambles down between
the Boyce estate and Oak Hill cemetery In
this last the late afternoon Is pictured; the
sun Is peeping over the tips of the highest
trees 10 the right and long dark reflections
tra1I In the silent water. The bank to the
left is bare and grass grown, and away be-
yond Is the city. Both paintings are broad
ly laid In, and neither is finished, but each
possesses deep poetic feeling and is full
OF peasant sentiment and true worth and
charm.
Miss Sara N. Bartle has Just finished a
miniature of Mrs. John Ryde of England
city as Marion Cutter, daughter of the late
navy paymaster general. 1t is simple pic
turesque and exquisitely wrought, SO that
though 1t Is exceedingly dainty and beauti-
full, 1t is at the same time rendered in a
thoroughly painterlike fashion. BY Mrs
Ryde's friends it has been pronounced an
excellent likeness, and as work of art 1t
can scarcely be too highly commended Miss
Bartle has but recently returned from Phil
adelph1a where, among other miniatures
she painted portrait of Miss Butler, the
granddaughter of Jay Cooke, the we'll
will go to New York to fill a number Of
commissions
Mr.. Lucien Powell has taken a studio for
the winter in the Lehman building, where
he has now on exhibition a number of
Venetian pictures and a few outdoor
sketches which he made last summer and
fall in Virginia. There he has also high
keyed Turneresque water color, showing
part OF the rocky pass to Mount Reale and
clear-cut, clever little study Of an old
half-ruined country house, both of which
are out OF his accustomed style, and while
less colorful than commonly, are more true
accurate and artistic
**
The exhibition of Mr.. H. Hobart Nichols
works at Veerhoffs, which for the past
fortnight has been attracting well-deserved
attention, closed the last of this week. and
has been replaced by a special exhibition
or color etch1ngs by Mr.. Howard Belmick
or Georgetown. Color etching which has
come come INTO vogue largely within the past
three years, is process similar to both
etchins and photography, but which in truth
ADMITS OF more individual and artistic
rendering of each separate print than either
OF these processes. Mr.. Helmick ia a
craftsman of the foremost rank and he bas
.peen most successful in his experiments in
color etching, combining in those which
ne previously exhibited the peculiar charms
OF etchings and of water color draw
rms present exhibition is, however the
nrst comprehensive collection Of his work
which has been shown. 1t will be omen To
the PUBIC from today until December 20
MISS Bertha e. Pertie held an exhibition
OF her water colors at No l West a,tb
street, New York, on the afternoon of No
vember n, which attracted considerable
attentlon and scored a success. The forty
summer sketches which coverad ~ III ~
or the well-lfghted front gallery sb"r,n15
70 sooo advantage and left with each Wis
ltor conviction of their veracitv os
sterling worth. ana
Inc loan exhibition Of portraits which 10
being held in the American Galleries NJ,
York, is still an absorbing event Of inter.
est IN art circles. 1t is the most notable
exhibition of it's kind ever held in MI.
country, and affords an unparalleled on
portun1ty to compare the works of the old
ana modern masters with those of the in
termedlate English school. Quite a nun
Der of the Washington artists wen+ a, nui ~
new y rk' last week to see the exhibition
ana among the best modern works Included
~ ~ 'pe catalogue are portraits by Mrs A.
Barney, Miss Juliet Thompson and
Prlnce Troubetzkoy, members of the Soci
ETY. or Washington Artists. Miss Thomn-
sons contribution is her recently COM
pleted portrait of Miss Frances Lamont
the daughter of Mr.. Daniel Lamont
which shows progress and added skill on
the part Of the painter. 1t is a three-nuar-
ter length, and pictures Miss Lamont In !.
dark. everyday gown. standing against q
heavy curtain; and while somewhat loose
in technique, Is in quality of tone and ricbo
ness OF color one of the most notable of
an the modern paintings: sargents por-
trait or Gen. Leonard A. Wood, which has
for some time hung in the loan room at
the Corcoran Gallery, is attracting mora
al tAn-.A To-