Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17
A R T N OF ES.


loan collection at the Corcoran Gallery of
Art One is a rough ske tch in OF 8 of Prince
bismarck, by Lenbach which Mr.. G. &.
Glover purchased in Europe this summer
The other is bronze replica of the famous
marble statue of George Washington, by
Jean Antoine Houdon. which is in the Viz
ginia state house at Richmond.
The Lenbach canvas, which has been
hung in the upper loan room next to
Sargents portrait of General Wood, makes
no pretenson of being more than 1t is.-a
rapid sketch,-but 1T more plainly demon
strates the painters unusual power than
many finished works. Upon close inspection
1t seems to have been constructed by a
collection of haphazard strokes of color.
but at a distance these become purposeful,
and display in an almost marvellous man
ner, the vital personality of the great Ger
man statesman. To all it must be of inter
est, but to the student, especially. as it
gives an insight into the manner ana
method of one of the greatest portrait
painters of modern times
The bronze statue of Washington, which
| is to be found in the lower room to the
| right of the stairs, has been. loaned by Mr..
Harry L. Laws. and is likewise of unusual
interest. There is about it something
strangely indicative of the conventionality
which markes the period of it's execution,
yet in this bronze figure of our first Pres1-
of mien which is at the same time impress
Sive and most admirable.
The summer holiday season is rapidly
drawing to a close. Most of the local studios
have been reopened and winter plans are
being discussed with the enthusiasm born
of rest and recreation. Not that the artists
have been idle. for each homecomer brings
with him or her abundant testimony to the
contrary in the form of thoughtful outdoor
studies, which, by the way. this year
| uncommonly varied and interesting.
Miss Mathilde Mueden, who is again in
| charge of the antique class of the Corcoran
School. spent her entire summer abroad.
She went first to Amsterdam and The
Hague, then to the Chateau de Chatillon,
in southern France; la ter to Paris, where
her sisters Joined her. and lastly to Baden
Baden. In Amsterdam she made a single
copy in the Museum Gallery, and in each
place a number of delightful studies of
peasants. interiors and buildings. All of
her sketches are tiny little affairs, done IN
pencil, colored crayon, or gouache, on pas
tel paper, and We're meant merely as notes
Tor future reference, but each shows careful
study and evinceS remarkable ability. One.
a wee bit of a sketch in colored pencils
smaller than a mans hand, pictures a con-
SlueTdDle pOTIlon OF Amsterdam DeVOnU
one of the principal bridges; another shows
a Dutch woman seated by window plait-
ing the lace for her cap; and third gives
a glimpse of peasants dooryard. In all
there is bigness disprop ortionate to their
linear measurement. and charm which
lies chiefly in the individuality of their rem
derng.
Miss Bertha z. Perria passed the greater
part of her vacati at Ipswich, Mass. and
has brought back with her thirty
ter colors, testifying to the paintable pos
sibilities of that neighborhood. These are
all fresh breezy studies, vigorous, vera
cious, and entirely sincere, which give one a
feeling of pleasant familiarity with Ipswich
and its attractive environment. Through
the work of the students of the Dow
School Miss Perrie became interested in the
crafts this summer, and before she return
ed to Washington she, herself, modelled a
small piece of pottery and designed and
executed very interesting brass lantern.
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Mr.. Hobart Nichols was for nearly three
months at Haven. On the coast of Maine
picturesque resort not far from Mt.
Desert. whence he returns with goodly
collection OF charming outdoor sketches.
Some of these will doubtless be given a
place during the winter in the prominent
ANIMALS but the majority may be seen
sooner in a private exhibition which Mr.
Nichols purposes holding in one of the local
galleries the early part of next month.
There is in the collection d variety of
themes such as only the coast of Maine will
yield,-rugged rocks and sapphire seas
quiet harborS, mysterious wood interiors
and rock-strewn pasture land all of which
are interpreted from the artists view point
with much skill, subtlety and meaning
Each is in its own way specially charming
ana thoroughly individual fun tryd-
led, yet peculiarly spontaneous, atmos-
pheTlc luminous, and pervaded with senti-
ment.
Mr.. Edward ke,neys is at work now
upon small group, representing a struggle
between wolf ana a wolf-man, which has
literary as well as an artistic interest
Mr.. kereys is especially interested in
wolves, having studied them both as {.
sculptor and a hunter, and has for many
years been attracted by the werewolf
myths. To him tie realm of folk lore
ti!e purely imaginative. and fanciful. has
urendinS delight, and while in the modelling
of animals he binds himself 10 anatomical
accuracy, he has used mythical creatures
more than once in the composition of his
small bronze groups. The present work
is the outgroWth, it WERE of a poem
written by Mr.. Kemeys recounting a
Wltch's search for her good gray nag"
Eesses between him and the werewolf 1t
IL this struggle which the sculpture illus
trates. and the powerful imagery of the
Poem has found clear expression in the
modelled figures. On a ledge of rock the
wolf and wolf-man are seen locked in
deadly embrace, swaying with the force
of the struggle. The werewolf is repre-
scented with a mans body wolfish head.
ruff, tail and hooks, and the wolf is gaunt
and sinewy. Both are admirably modelled
and as whole the group possesses unity
and great beauty of line.
A miniature by Miss H. S. Loury which is
| now exhibition in Shaw & Berry's win
dow will doubtless find many admirers. 1t
is of little lad playing a violin, and must
| be considered picture as we'll as a por
| trait. In color it is good, and the textures
of the brown corduroy blouse and leather
| belt are very well rendered
Many will learn with regret that Miss
Una Clark intends to spend the winter
| again in Boston. Miss Clark is teaching in
| a school in Cambridge and in one in Boston
proper, and has, moreover, temporary
charge of the classes in the Rhode Island