Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-30

ticable, also lighter, higher-keyed scheme
was adopted which interpreted somewhat as
lures the general atmospheric effect.
The New York medel again presented q
third and diverse pfoblem. for 1t was o.
asned chiefly g denaonstrate the engineer ss-
tenn which has 6uyfowed under both the
North and East rivers In order to &C.
this the SIDE Ct the ~af
the tunnel. and the top Of the model to
picture q portion of Hoboken. New York
proper and Long Island City. This upper
| section is on the order Of the Philadelpha
| model. and scarcely less interesting the
hill of Hoboken, the towering New York
| buildings and the low house dotted portion
J of Long Island City affording sharp con
trasts and opportunity for artistic effects,
but 1T will doubtless be to the remarkable
tunnel construction that the visitor VIII nrst
direct his attention. 1t Is impossio,e ,,r 10
| reckon the amount of labor that such work
entails. but 1t Is certain that much OF lts
success is due to the artists ability to sup,
plement each others efforts. 10 De at the
| same time a carpenter an engineer,
| plaster worker and an artist is gwen 10 Jew
individuals. and though Mr.. and MRS. Mil
| deleff do not say how they divide their
| labors, 1t is true that the honor OF the
| works successful accomplishment may be
equally apportioned.
Mr.. William Fuller Curtis finished, this
|
burnt wood panel which In composition
was quite different from any he mas
| heretofore executed or exhibited In TINS
city. 1t was a small panel, wider than II
| was high and was given over to repre-
| sentation of pure landscape. In the 1ore-
ground to the right and left were rugged
| grass-grown hillsides, dotted mere anu
there with sturdy trees, while beyond
| reaching to the sky line. were other Ails
| beautiful in their imposing simplicity AT
| the foot of which river wound Its way.
! The sky was clear and cloudless, put across
| its space two or three great birds were
| pictured leisurely drifting. About the
| whole there was an air or rest; ne
| mosplere seemed rare and clear the lanoe
| scape natural and fresh from the iand "
| the Creator and right well did 1t Illustrate
| or interpret the verse by an almost I'LL
| known writer which runs:
| Lift me- o Lord above the level plain, -,,..
| Beyond the cities where life throbs ana tnfhis'
| And In the cool airs let my spirit gain r, ,,,s
| The stable strength and courage Oh ihy hi'
On dull background of brown TINS verse
| was carved and burnt in plain type De-
| meath the picture and thus became CO
herent part of the panels composiIioh. ame
| landscape fitted the verse, ana the 'S els
| the landscape, each supplement1ng ana liuo
, ninatinr the other. and both together give
| EXPRESSION to a beautiful, uplifting thouenl
| too subtle to admit of less synipa , =, az
or more prosaic rendering. rms surrey - taohe
| ideal of art but with less skiliul ,eoI.
| nihue it undoubtedly could not nave peen
accomplished. This panel is IN every a eaaa
| exclusively finished; the gradatlon Vi .ou M
the color of the browns, the aoi ND what
separate objects are charming; "a VIZ W.,
| 20 more the unity of the whole mas peeh
| Ill nreserved AS a decoration 1t Is al
together delightful and as WORK VI "a.
| n has unusual value. 1t was eAe S,.
as a commission for the Rev Ernest o, Hzs,
rector of st. Thomas Church, New 1orA
| city.
| A niece of decorative sculpture Is oc
| cunvinp Mr. Edward Kemeys' attention al
| nresent For an over-mantel panel To pe
nlaced in a home in Morristown, N. j., ne
is modelling a bas relief picturing ou1aio
hunt such as is no longer SEEN Under inc
| cover of wolf skins two Indians WIN po"e
| and arrows are creeping up, unsuspecteu,
| toward a small herd of buffalo, p"o OIL
| whom have paused to look curiously at the
| strange forms Of their approaching 1oes.
| In the center of the panel, In very 10"
| relief. is a butte, beyond which rises the
outline Of the rolling hills. and pe1ore
which stretches the lmitless plains Inc
| bufralos. in high relief, are seen TO the
left, and the huntsnnen In their wiio ols-
guise are creeping up from the right. MI
| way exchanging the bow and arrow for
| a gun. and his work has that spirit OF
| realism about it which none other than an
eye witness could give It, And YET 10 a
great extent it is suggestive, and mos IT'S
| greatest charm in those things which IL
purposely leaves to the observers magma
| ton When it Is completed 1t is to be cast
in durable plaster, and tinted the o eelor
| make both a unique and very effective in
| terror decoration.
| The Pennsylvania Academy has announc-
ed the purchase of canvas entitled Quiet
| Hours" painted by John w. Alexander,
which was exhibited at the Pennsylvania
| Academy's annual exhibition in 1903, and
was recently shown in the Society of Wash
| ington Artists exhibition. 1t will be placed
| with the other works acquired through the
| Temple fund, which are supposed to consti-
| tute the best collection of contemporary
N,American paintings in this country. This
| announcement has been hailed with general
| delight as 1t will keep in this country and
| permanently place on exhibition painting
| which is not only one of the most rep
resentative works of a leading present-day
painter but one of the most notable can
| vases which has been executed during the
! past decade.
| Among those pictures purchased from the
recent water color exhibition at the acad-
| envy in Philadelphia were Mr. Robert Cole
man Childs interesting painting of the
| Chesapeake marshes and water color by
| Mr.. James Henry Moser, picturing a storm
| on Ausable lake. both of which were in
| cluded In the catalogue Of the last local
| water color show.
| Mr.. Harold Macdonald has just finished
| an admirable portrait of ex-Secretary Her
| bert. 1t is a small canvas, representing
| only the head and shoulders, but both as
a likeness and as painting it is unusually
| satisfactory. The background and the cloth
| ing are severely plain, SO that the interest
| is concentrated in the head and figure,
| which are well constructed and strongly
| modelled. and which. moreover, truly set
| forth the personality of the sitter.
| The distinguished Dutch genre painter
| Albert Neuhuys is to visit Washington
within the next fortnight. He and his wife
are making tour of the United States,
| and write from New York that they are
| charmed with what they have seen already