Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-21

playing no great genius, Is decidedly COM
mendable and manifests the results OF good
teaching, combined with natural taste and
earnest. thoughtful study For violin
and sheet of music. cleverly rendered, she
received the second honor In the division OF
negro work at the Atlanta exposition and
before then, in the west she had won con-
siderable distinction. Her portraits, which
are almost exclusively of people OF her
own race. are well drawn and characteristic
and some of her still life studies. both in
charcoal and in oils, are artistic and de-
cidedly creditable.
The annual loan exhibition of the Copley
Society. which has come to be looked upon
by Bostonians as one of the events Of the
year, is now in progress This season, land
,rape paintings have been made the chief
feature and important groups by Turner.
Cerot and Monet occupy places of promi-
nenee. Besides the works of these greater
lights there are excellent examples of VIII
son, Contable Cain. Rousseau and others
and admirable collection of portraits by
the masters of the early Dutch and English
schools.
Mr. H. H. Ali is holding exhibition OF
his recent works in his studio. room LIZ,
Corcoran building which will be open to
the public the greater part of next week.
Quite variety OF paintings are SHOWN
among which some misty effects In land
scape and studies Of old mems heads are
most notable.
There has been an unusual amount Oh
activity in New York art circles this win
ter, and now that the season Is drawing
to a close there ms almost a confusion
of interesting events scheduled for the
next few weeks. OF chief Importance IS
the twenty-ffth annual exhibition of the
Society Of American Artists. which viii
open in the Fine Arts building on March
%. Following this. in about three weeks,
will come the annual show of the Ten
American Painters, which is to be held at
Durand Ruels. usual At the other
prominent dealers, a succession OF import
ant one-man shows Are already announced.
while in the American Galleries few more
valuable collections are awaiting exhibition
and sale. Among the former is group OF
paintings by D. w. Tryon, which opens
today in the Montross Gallery. and among
the latter Is a collection of pictures by the
late John H. Twatchman, the great artist
teacher
The New York Municipal Art Society is
holding it's second annual exhibition in the
National Arts Club in which lively inter-
est in the making of the "city beautiful is
manifested and practical plans for it's ac-
complishment are shown. AS example. the
model Of the electrolier which is to be
erected in front of the Fifth Avenue Hotel
as an isle Of safety" at the expense OF
the society.
The subject of the erection of a large
permanent exhibition hall, in which rep
resentative exhibition of American art
could be annually held is again being agi-
cd in this time such
purpose that it would seem probable that
the much-talked-of American Salon may
yet be established in that city.
The sxty-eighth exhibition Of the Boston
Art Club is scheduled to begin April and
to continue through the 25th. Original
works In water color, pastel and black and
white, which have not been previously ex-
hibited in Boston, are eligible, and $500 has
been placed in the hands of the mana gers
with which to purchase one or more of the
pictures shown in the exhibition.
The Boston Museum Of Fine Arts has
recently purchased for $4,000 portrait by
Van Dyke of an "unlovely lady," presum-
ably one Maria Anna van Scheedt. which
was shown in the Van Dyke exhibition in
Antwerp in $780, and in the London Royal
Academy in 1900.
Baltimore Is Just now taking several
steps ahead in the art world. One Of its
churches is to have three new windows
by LaFarge, which have been highly COM
mended by the New York critics-Ruch-
stuhrs splendid memorial statue. 1.-The
Spirit of the Confederacy," Is being erected
near Druid Hill Park, and in the ninth ex-
hibition Of its Water-color Club which
closed today, majority of the foremost
American water colorists were represented.
A fine collection Of etchings by George
Cruikshank, which has been on view for
years in the Royal Aquarium. London Is
shortly to be sold on account of the closing
of that institution.