Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-13


holds the stock Of hisbrolxen mls]xet and
beneath his figure is fragment of q can
non. His countenance Is calm and repose-
full. so that the horE9r and ghastliness of
over him. 4
In spite of its conglomerate authorship
the group Is well composed anu strongly
modelled In 1t the masses of light and
shade are nicely arranged. and the Whole Is
immensely impressive If the desire was
to set forth the horror of war it is emf
nently successful. The rending of sacred
ties. the destruction OF human life and the
resulting reign of vicious principles are all
typifed. This was in accordance with the
sculptors original design. which was &C.
cepted. so that any adverse criticism of its
character. aside from its artistic merit
wisdom. Did that jury consider the effect
of a ten-foot horror Of bronze? Did IL be-
heve war an unmixed evil? Surely the pub
lie Is more in need of uplifting by the sub.
lime beauties of which art is capabie of
expressing than of being horriied by tho
sensational Interpretation of evil The main
statue. the subsidiary groups, figures and
reliefs are being cast at Providence, r. L.,
and the unwilling is expected TO take place
next October. --t
At the same time that the "War' grcno
of the Sherman statue was exhibited quite
a number of small works by tins late Carl
Rohl-Smith were shown. among which
were portrait busts of General Miles GEN
eral Dodge. Henry Watterson ard Henry
George, besides Photographic reproductions
of his elaborate soldiers and sailors r.anu-
ment in Iowa and some larger Ideal grolps
X
Stephan Sinding. who has had a large
share in the execution of the Sherman
monument. has recently been awarded a
gold medal for a group entitled Woman
and Man, which was exhibited in the vi
emma exhibition. He was represented at
the worlds fair, 1t will be remembered, by
a group called 1.-The Captive Mother"
A strikingly interesting poster-portraft
of Miss Jane Rivers of the Berger Stock
Company, who is to be the leading lady
next week in ''Dr. Jekyl and Mr.. HYDE"
was placed on view in the lobby of the La
fayette Square Opera House yesterday. 1t
Is the work Of Mrs. Robert Coleman Child,
and. while sketchy, possesses all the charm
of her more elaborate works. It Is an OBJ
long panel. and pictures the charming young
actress in violet hat and gown, against
a background of pearly gray. While less
conventional than the majority of posters
1t Is extremely simple, and in its harmony
of color and line somewhat reminiscent OF
the Japanese manner and method.
X
Not long ago Mr.. Child painted an at
tractive little landscape, showing bit of
the sea creeping In by a circuitous route
through the marshes. The sky is gray and
the water silvery, and even the meadows
are clothed in a dull sage green. 1t Is
done In gouache, and has the depth and
richness of painting in oils; but its spe-
cial charm lies in it's tonal qualities
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The Richmond Art Clubs exhibition,
which but lately closed, scored a great
success. Not only was. the interest sus-
tanned throughout. but an unusually large
number of pictures were sold. OF this
number were two little outdoor sketches
which Miss Mueden made last summer in
the south of France of the Chateau de
Chatfllon. They were tiny little affairs,
done in colored crayens on gray paper,
but were full of artistic feeling and mani
tested sterling qualities of knowledge and
individuality which are always patent to a
connoisseur, yet frequently not dscerned
by the general public. Miss Mueden ex-
poets to sail next week for Europe. where,
in Holland and France, she will spend the
vacation months with friends.
X
Mr. E. H. Miller and his family left the
city this week for their summer home in
the Catskill mountains. Upon his return
In the fall Mr. Miller purposes holding an
exhibition of his etchings. This would
prove an event Of unusual interest and i'm
portance. as Mr.. Miller's collection is large,
varied and of exceptional excellence.
painting by Mr.. Hobart Nichols which
is now on exhibition at Veerhoff's has been
attracting considera BILE attention this week.
1t Is a cloudy day theme, showing a broad
stretch of November landscape beneath a
billowy sky. 1t is extremely atmospheric.
and shows more than clever rendering
manifesting by it's sympathetic fnterpreta-
ton the latent beauty in even the most
somber phase Of nature
In the current magazine number of the
Outlook are three admirable drawings by
Mr.. ]. W. Gleason. The first Is of deer, the
second of wild ducks and the third of a
bear and her cubs gathering blueberries
All are more pictorial than scientific, and
are used as illustrations for an article on
wild Animals at Home" by William J.
Long.
1t is not often that woman finds herself
possessed of a painting more valuable than
she supposed or discovers In old family
portrait a masterpiece. 1t Is more often the
other way; yet this Is what has recently be-
fallen Miss Carter of Virginia, who is
now resident of Washington. In her old
home. "Oaklands," since her grandfather's
day, has hung. with other family portraits,
one of distant relative, Mrs. Willis. Coun-
selor Carriers sister, which was always sup
posed to have been by Copley, but. upon
being recently submitted to experts. has
been pronounced Hogarth- The coloring,
the pose and brush work are all character
fstic of Hogarth, and while even experts
sometimes err, there seems every reason to
believe In Its authenticity. Aside from au-
thorship. however. it Is an interesting and
a valuable painting. The lady, who is seen
seated In chair. wears an elaborate gown
of old gold and brown SATIN lace. null and
ribbon. In her corsage is a bow of old
rose silk and around her waist and skirt a
shawl OF the same hue is gracefully draped.
The harmony of the ensemble Is exquisite,
and the rendering of the lace and other
textures marvellous In the whole. more
over. there Is neither evidence of paint nor
painter. the one being but the means to an
end and the other forgotten In the result
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