Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-02


Dutch. French and German painters. Mr..
f7scher ID at present abroad
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THOSE who remember Mr.. Charles Living
ston Bull. who two Or three years ago held
position in the; National Museum and was
numbered among the Washington artists,
will be glad to hear Of his continued success.
He sees thinga in a different way from
y Reo P ans he finds read
the weirdness which Is characteristic or
Kipling's word pictures, but they are at
the same time scientifically correct.
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A July magazine contains reproductions
In color Of four paintings in the Corcoran
Gallery, Mother and. Child" by George de
Forest Brush: % The schism," by Vibert:
Landscape with Cattle by Van Maroke.
and THE Oyster Gatherers." by John
Singer Sargent which is now in the loan
collection. These were made by the three.
color Photographic process which has come
set forth both It's remarkable possibilities
and its present limitations.
From st. Louis comes little catalogue OF
the exhibits in the British section Of the
Fine Arts building, with an account Of
Ward, which is of special interest. Fore
words like prefaces are frequently a graf
ifcation only to the writer, but this is a
shining exception. 1t truly makes the read
er acquainted with the character Of the ex-
hibit and prepares his road for him, and It
has. moreover, the unusual virtue Of being
both brief and comprehensive. Some Of the
points Mr. Ward makes are significant and
worth repea ting. In the first paragraph he
calls attention to the difficulty in this pres
emit time when exhibitions are "incessant
and ubiquitous of getting together a good
collection but he declared that from q de-
sire to have British art we'll represented,
and to help our kin beyond sea" both am
ateurs and artists have come bravely and
generously forward, with the result that
the exhibit in st. Louis is better than that
sent to Chicago in '93. or the one which
was shown in Paris in 1900. After speaking
Of the space left in the ranks Of English
artists by the deaths OF Leighton. Millais.
Burne-Jones and Others he calls attention
to the fact that four of the Royal Acade-
my strongest men, Sargent, ]. J. Shan
non. Abbey and Boughton. are borrowed
in the British section. In treating Of the
arts and crafts, which were collected under
the direction of Walter Crane and make
a large showing. Mr.. Ward speaks enthu-
and turning to the students exhibit. he
discusses the schools as follows: ITO the
dispassionate observer the good and the
harm they do are both considerable. harm
In encouraging a number of artists to per-
severe in profession for which they are
not really fitted and good in guiding eyes
to a knowledge of the difference between
ugly and beautiful design and color, and
hence, to some understanding of the mean
ing Of beauty"
This value Of art, ethical rather than aes-
haiti
throughout this country during the past
few years, and 1t is interesting to note.
through published accounts Of closing ex-
ercises and exhibitions, that in three re-
formatories for women in New York state,
at the juvenile reform school and other
similar institutions. crafts, such as basket
weaving, bookbindng, cabinet making, etc,
are being taught, together with the trades.
In almost every case 1t is said that the
work has been well done, and that It, in
turn, has exerted a refining influence upon
the craftsmen.
On this same line, and controverting the
theory that the public must be educated
gradually to the appreciation of the best in
art, are the exhibitions held three times a
year at Whitechapel, London. The one of
these which has just closed was given I'D to
a presentation of Dutch art, and comprised
some of the best examples of the Dutch
masters extant. This exhibition was gotten
up under the direction of Josef Israels, and
was contributed to by the owners of private
coiectlons and public galleries. Those which
preceded IT were specialized upon different
theme, but were equally as notable and vet
1t is estimated that no less than four tbou-
SAND persons, jewellers in that section of the
city, visited the gallery each day.
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department store in New York is. It is
said, about to open a new and unioue
branch of employment. Its owner has dis
covered that artists do not succeed be-
cause they lack Judgment in selecting their
subjects, and he is. therefore, going to
engage a man whose special business shall
be to suggest salable themes for the paint
ers to expend their genius upon This he
believes is practical view of things which
would relieve art Of its commercial re-
strictions and artists of hampering neces-
sity. Farcical as 1t sounds and fmpractt-
cal as 1t would prove there is however a
grain of truth in this suggestion There
is more art than many dream in the Sc
lection of a subject.
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Two interesting exhibitions are in prog
ress in New England. Worcester, Mass,
which Is In the direct route of summer
travel, has opened. in its art museum. It's
Poland Spring, the well-known Maine
resort. Is holding It's tenth summer ex-
hibition of art Both of these exhibitions
have been well selected and have among
their exhibitors such well known artists as
John w. Alexander, Childe Hassam. + Al |
den Weir, Tarbell and Louis Loeb
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Blanks for the Chicago Art Institutes
seventeenth annual exhibition of Oil paint |
lngs and sculpture are out Announcing |
1t to open October 10 and close Noyemner
81.
Owing to repairs which are being made
and alterations to the building there has
been some doubt whether or not the Carne |
gle Institute would hold it's usual inter- |
national exhibition next fall, but within the |
past fortnight announcement has been
made that the committee has determined |
to build temporary one-story freproof |
structure In which the display can be |
placed. The jury of selection, which is to |
be composed of two Europeans and eight
Americans, is to meet in Pittsburg on Oc- |
tober 10, and the exhibition is scheduled to |
open November 2.