Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-12

indeed be considered primarily as a study
in greens. AS such 1t is most interesting;
the handling of both the color and material
being eminently skillfuI. To the right on
a table. bowl of pink roses has been in
PRODUCED with excellent effect and to the
left a soft scarf of the same tint helps to
complete the scheme. 1t is broadly ham
died and atmospheric. but less appealing
than the majority of Mrs. Child's works.
Mrs +. J. Smith sends two very serious
and well-rendered portrait studies in pastel,
and Miss Bertha Noyes contributes one in
charcoal and colored chalk which is more
than promising
From Out of Town.
From Miss Louise Tracy Hull, who for
several years was an instructor in the local
Art Students League, and is now residing
in New York. comes study of little red
haired lass named Betty" A simple por-
trait rendered with much sympathy and
artistic feeling
Among the other out-of-town contribu-
tors c. P. Grippe of Holland, Theo-
dora Willard. Susan P. B. Robins and Louis
kronberg of Boston, Louise Wood and MIR.
and Mrs. Colin Campbell Cooper of Phila-
delphia, and Elizabeth Shipper Green of
Villanova. Mr. Grippe sends lowland
landscape which is poetic in feeling, but
conventional in form-well painted, but
lacking in conviction; Miss Wood contrib
utes. besides an unusually strong portrait
ir water color. an admirable genre, From
Hand to Mouth" and an attractive land
scape: Miss Robins shows a picture of a
Yorkshire fisherman and Two interesting
and unique Spanish garden scenes. and Mr..
Kronberg exhibits another of his ubiquitous
ballet girls.
Mr. Cooper is represented by view of
Pittsburg which gives an excellent idea
of the character of the dirty manufacture
ing city. but while cleverly rendered, is
less important and individual than his for
mer skyscraper pictures. His wife. Emma
Lampert Cooper. sends a pleasing picture
of Boston Stump. England and d we'll
composed but poorly drawn genre. Theo-
dora willard a new contributor, shows
single work. "Ebb Tide, East Gloucester"
which is. however one of the most striking
Of the water coors. 1t pictures a group
sunlight. beyond which. half lost in mist.
are seen fishing boats drifting with the
tide. There is a pronounced contrast be-
tween the foreground and the distance: one
clear cut and decided, the other vague and
indefinite, and while there is a feeling Of
harshness in the treatment of the rocks, a
photographic rawness, this tends toward
making the painting both attractive and
impressive.
By Local Painters.
Turning again to the work of the local
painters, contributions made by Mr.. Lucien
Powell, Mr.. +. Carl Smith and Mr.. Walter
Paris will demand consideration. Mr..
Powell has struck higher note than usual
this year, and is peculiarly well represented
by two grand canyon water colors and a
rich, colorful study of thickly wooded hill
sides The majestic in nature has always
appealed to Mr. Powell and his transcript
lions of western scenery have been exceed
ingly true, but they have lacked the seri-
Gus painter-like qualities which go to make
these latest works notable.
Mr. Carl Smith also makes most cred
liable showing, his old man hoeing in a
cabbage field and Dutch interior possessing
both charm and appeal, and his After the
Storm" showing most excellent cloud eff
feet Mr.. Paris exhibits three landscapes
and decorative study, all Of which are ex-
ecuted in his characteristic manner, with
great truth and fidelity. One of these is an
land, painted in midsummer, when the world
was intensely green, and for picture Of
this sort will be found both remarkable and
attractive.
1t would be hard to point out three paint
ers whose manner of expression was more
diverse than this trio and for that reason
they are specially interesting, studied col
lectively. Each has a distinctly different
standpoint and method, yet in the end all
three attain almost equally successful re-
suits.
From Far Japan.
Those who remember the popular exhibit
ton Of Japanese water colors which was
held in the hemicycle two seasons ago will
seek out with interest the two pictures In
this exhibition by Mr.. Hiroshi Yoshida and
his sister. Miss Full Yoshida, who have
fingered in this country for pleasure and
profit. A large part Of last summer they
spent at Gloucester, but 1t is by Japanese
scenes that they are still represented. Mr..
Yoshida sends q nocturne. Ferry at Night, !"
and his sister view of "Fuchu Village
Near Tokyo" neither Of which rebounds to
the painters credit. The first aims at
its light. and the second Is thin and aca-
demic, while both lack the ingenliousness Of
former work.
Approaching in sympathy at least the old
oriental art work Of Japan IL decorative
panel OF Rosa 6etigera," painted by Mr..
Victor Iindele6. Here Ia both breadth and