The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-24
News of Artists
And Their Worn.

A Young Birmingham artist whose work
is exhibited at Rolls Is Miss Carrie Hiii,
who is becoming better known every
year for her landscape work. MISS hin
has never studied outside of the Blrming-
ham studios, and while some of her con-
temporaries were in New York and Paris
she made the best of her opportunities at
home All of her work represents bits OF
woodland about Birmingham, charming
country roadways losing themselves III
soft distances. She has recently painted
some small landscapes in winter, the
bare branches of the trees, little stretcn
of road along a hillside and winter SKY
as background. Her work Is attracting
much attention.
The news of the week in New York and
foreign studios is interesting. M Carolus
Duran has just completed portrait OF the
Countesse de Castellaine. which is TO pc
exhibited at the Circle de L'trion Artist
iaue. She is wearing black velvet dress
and a large black hat
Ten celebrated old masters which the late
Baron Arthur de Rothschild bedueathed
TO the state were delivered this week at
the ouyre. The collection includes TOUR
famous Greuzes and two Teniers.
Several notable exhibits were held In
New York. The National Art clups eN-
hibited paintings by American artists ana
81 The salma srndi club there was col
lection of pastels and paintings by Z. Is
Naegele md George II. Nc Cord
william de Leftwich Dodge had an exhl-
hition Of nortraits and landscapes at the
Durand-Ruel galleries The Natioilai
Academy of Design held its seventy-nlnth
annual exhibition.
The twenty sixth annual exhipitioh VI
the Society of American Artists VIII open
in nine Arts building No. 215 West tlity-
sa,,ontb street. on March &c and close
on Nav / "varnishing day Will be
March "a. and the reception will take place
on March %.
There are twenty-seven members OF the
society on the Jury, and the Hanging conf
mittee is composed of Messrs. Paul Moscn-
covitz. Frederick w. Kost and irving H.
Wiles.
Tbe artists in the Watts building nave
been very busy this week MRS. Joseph
stern. member of Miss Smlths IRE
class left on Thursday for Philadeipnia.
to enter the Academy OF rine Ar's' mlss
smith has received favorable CRITICISM
on tapestry recently eNhiSi'e" o.
of the art stores.
Mice Rumph is developing some picanin-
nv sketches and her life classes are do
ing good work.
Mrs Raulston. who takes a strong in
terest in all the progressive movements
of the day is devoting some of her time
10 the study of the principle of compost
tion. having spent several months last
summer at the New York School of Ger
annie Art. She studied design with Mar
shall Fry.
Miss Douglass will exhibit some of her
water color work shortly
OF interest to china decorations and coll
lectors is the grows of that most import
ant of English china manufactures, Coal
port, situated on the banks of the Rive
Seveon, between Ironbridge and Bridge
north. in Shropshire. Some interesting
facts are set forth in the following arti-
Gle in one of the art journals:
Constant additions have been made to
the works until 1t is said they cover more
ground than any other china works in
England Nearly 500 people are employed
there A large and increasing trade is
carried on with this country where Coal
port chine is we'll known and liked A
fine exhibit to the value of $4,000 was
sent from Coalport to the World Fair
at Chicago The productions of the Coal
nort works take foremost place among
the best porcelain. MANY of these being
extremely good both in color and decora-
ton A lovely shade of apple green.