Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-03

valuable addition. There are IN THU
| loan coAection, Tor instance, some exceilen
canVases ny JOSEF Israels. Maris, kevel
| and Mesdag. several unusual examples OF
the art of Inness. IL Wyant and the leading
iater-day landscab ists Among the last
holding Its own wi h the best. is an autumn
| scene by Mr. Aax Weyl. one OF the fore
most OF our Washington painters. 1t 1!
| undoubtedly l6c4 theme-brown-red trees
| a pool OF water III the foreground and be-
| yond broad stretch of blue October sky
| simple compositfpn. yet painting which
| through quality II tone and strength OF
any collection.
| local art appreciation is a sumptuous cata-
logue of Mr.. Alien c. Clark's collection of
paintings, recently issued by. the owner.
1t Is a large volume, deliberately gotten up.
enumerattng about one hundred works by
some seventy-hve painters. and containing
not only interesting biographical sketches
OK the artists, but numerous fine half-tone
reproductions Of the catalogued exhibits.
There are some big names and some less
distinguished ones-foreign painters ana
American painters. representatives or the
early and modern schools Of this country.
and small cOterie of local artists. Glanc-
ing through the Illustrations. one comes
across familiar canvas by Mr.. Max Weyl.
Japanese snow scene by Mr.. James Henry
Moser and "a decorative head by Miss Hattie
e. Burdette, and running through the
tables or contents one will come here ana
there upon items referring to other mem
bers of the local fraternity. Mr.. Clark
has apparently sought the unusual, both
geographically and pictorially. and has COM
piled his catalogue with both thought and
great care. 1t is therefore. an interesting
addition to literatu of this order and "a
volume valuable in itself aside from all as
SOCiatiOn.
The majority of the local studios are still
closed. thei- occupants continuing to seek
new themes and recreation in untried fields.
MT. Messer has been now for several weeks
near Warrenton, Va. working in the same
neighborhood as Mr.. Brooke. Mr.. Gutherz
and his daughter are at Mt. Desert paint
ing number of important portraits Mrs.
Child and her brother. Mr.. Curtis. are at
Gloucester, where Miss erie has. for the
first time in several summers. studio. and
where earlier in the season Miss Atwater
and Miss jackson were to be found Mr..
Hobart Nichols is in Maine, and Miss
Mueden and Miss Critcher are still abroad.
The amour cement that Mr.. Henry Wal
tiers of Baltimore has commissioned Messrs.
Delano and Aldrich, architects of New
York. to draw up plans for new gallery
which he purposes erecting on lots adjoin-
ing the rear of his Mt. Vernon square resi-
dence. on the corner of Charles and Center
streets is of special interest to Washing
tonians. Mr.. Walters, following the ex-
ample of his father, has been very gener-
Gus in opening his collection of paintings
and porCelains to the public but until this
new gallery is built affording more space
for artings and cabinets 1t will be- i'm
possible for any one to see the miscellaneous
Masarant. collection which he purchased
two years go through agents in Rome. For
this collection MI Walters is said to have
paid fabulous price, and concerning It's
character much speculation has been made
IT is. therefore, with no common interest
that the project of the new gallery Is
hailed.
According to am cut-of-town writer.
statue of Frances Elizabeth Willard by
Miss Helen Farnsworth Mears is to be
placed in the Statuary Hall at the Capitol
by the state of Illinois. The work is fin
isLed, and the unwilling, it is said. will take
place next December. 1t is the first statue
of a woman to be given place in this
American hall of fame.
y. -
Berlin's magnificent new museum is near
ing completion and will probably be opened
formally next month. On the ground floor
are over seventy well-lighted galleries and
in Tie upper story are as many more. The
grand staircase is surmounted by dome.
and the interior finishings are in colored
marbles. After the completion of this
new treasure house the old museum Will
be given over exclusively to the exhibition
Of antioue art while the more recent one
now known as the new museum Will be
devoted to the Egyptian collection ana
plaster casts.
Dusseldorf the once famous art center,
is holding a unique fine arts and horticul-
tural exhibition, which is said to resemble
a worlds fair on small scale. Amid the
shrubbery in the main hall are to be seen
sculptures by Rodin, Bartholome and Lasae,
and in separate rooms collections of Men
zers and Zuloaga's works have been ar
ranged. There is a large international sec
ton in which many prominent British
artists and a few American painters are
with those of the continental
schools a section devoted to old German
masters many unidentified and a division
n which pottery and porcelain are displayed