Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-03
ART NOTES

Ihere are now on exhibition in the Veer-
non galleries forty-six water colors painted
by Mr. Henry Plympton Spauldng of Bos-
ton. Five are Alaska pictures, ten are for
elgn subjects and the remainder are scenes
IN or ABOUT Gloucester, Mass The last are
the most recent and the best. The Alaskan
studies were made ten years ago when Mr..
Spaulding was at the outset of his art ca
reer and show excellent feeling for decora-
ton, careful study and good intent, but
are thin and unprofessional: the foreign
paintings are pictorial, more elaborate and
skillful, but as rule more conventional.
THE Mill Stream, Crecys, and "A. Creey
Lane are, however, both: above the ordin-
ary-goo9 IN color. well a aWnsand< force.
full. Among The Americas pIes1Tess q. sraas
scription:of two scho6ners lying at a wharf
on gray day, and realistic rendering Of
the rear of Mary AIMS House" are most
worthy of notice. The first is well handled
and peryaded by a pleasing sentiment, the
second is delightfully."- realistic and sympa-
thetic. Mary Ann" it seems was the
fisherman's washwoman and as proud of
the display on her clothes line as was ever
more astute artist. A "Cornfield in Octo-
Der" some gray, old buildings back of the
wharves" and a group of plum Island
Haycocks' have also merit and a picture of
a steamer and lighters has been well set
forth. Taken as whole the work shown
Is very uneven. Some of the paintings are
vastly better than others, and while a few
attain to a considerable height of excellence
number are exceedingly poor They lack
collectively construction and decision, but
they possess genuineness and sincerity.
They were undoubtedly painted out-of-
doors, from nature. and without CONNER
cial intent, and they WILL therefore he
found worthy of thoughtful consideration
Miss Alice Reading who has been out of
town for the greater part of the last year
has returned to Washington and reopened
her studio in the Art League building
About six months of this time Miss Read
Ing has been near Easton, Md. painting an
equestrian portrait of the late Lieut.. Henry
Herbert Balch, who was one of the organ
izers of the famous Troop A" of New
York city. This was done under the SUI
pervision of Mrs. Balch at The Villa
and has been presented by her to Squadron
A, in whose armory it is now hung 1t is
a large canvas. measuring six and a half
by ten feet in dimension and pictures, with
a simple landscape background, Lieutenant
Balch seated upon handsome bay horse.
1t was painted. of course. largely from a
photograph augmented by the criticism of
made careful study She used an ex-
tremely simple palate-literally three colors
which, it Is said. produced a most harmo-
NOUS effect. BY the members of Squadron
A the work has been highly commended
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Miss Ruth MCGOWAN and Miss Stafford
former pupils of Mr.. Howard Helmicls of
Georgetown, who have been for the past
year abroad. have likewise returned to tire
city this fall. Eight of the twelve months
they spent in study IL Paris and the re-
manning four in travel in England and on
the continent. Their trip was in every way
success. From the academic work in
Paris they gained confidence and skill, ard
in the galleries of masterpieces in France,
Holland, Germany and Italy, genuine in
spiration. OF the work of the modern Ger
man painters, as set forth in their great an
nual exhibition, they speak in high terms.
and of the strength of the American show
ing in the Paris salon they corroborate
current report. Many will remember with
pleasure the attra ctive genre entitled .'The
Music Lesson" painted by Miss MCGOWAN.
which was shown in the Society of WASH
ington Artists 'O1 exhibition. and will loo
for further products of her brush with
much interest.
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Those who have not yet visited the Wafer
Color Clubs annual exhibition in the hemi-
cycle of the Corcoran Gallery and those
who wish to see ii again will do well to
note that it is to run but one more week.
The next attraction in the hemicycle will
probably be the American Photographs
Salon, which opens about the middle of
January. In the Interim an exhibit
ton was to have been held at Stumpm &c
Lyford's Connecticut avenue salesrooms.
but this for obvious reasons had 10 be
abandoned. There is, however. talk Of a
loan exhibition at one of the leading clubs
Mr.. Richard N. Brooke has in his studio
in the Demonet building quite a number of
attractive canvases which he has recently
completed One is picture of a
rivulet flowing through sunny woods and
over rough, gray rocks. The foreground is
in cool shadow, the background flooded
with warm sunshine. 1t Is autums and
the leaves Of the trees have been turned to
shimmering gold; midday. and the suns
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