Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-26
ART NOTES

IN the Fine Arts Galleries, New York, has
proved an event of national Importance. 1t
was instituted by group of collectors who
wished to tangibly demonstrate the merit
of American art. and it consists Of 1oO
native and 100 foreign paintings. These
were gathered by Mr.. William T. Evans
and Mr.. Frederic Bonner from private col
lections and from dealers, and they repre-
sent the work of the foremost of the last
century's painters on both. sides of the sea.
Portraits and mural decorations have been
almost exclusively omitted, and certain
great men are missed from the catalogue of
the exhibitors, but exhaustive display
was not attempted, and no partiaIity was
shown. To the contrary, both the Ameri-
can and foreign sections have been wisely
selected and each individual canvas has
been hung to the best advantage. Among
the foreign works are four great paintings
by Delacroix, an exquisite Millet, little
canvas showing an unfamiliar TRANSCRIPTION
Of Cleaners" several excellent Corots,
two famous Rousseaus, four Dupres, no
less than seven Daubignys and six can
vases by DiaZ. There is a celebrated
Turner, picture of two children by Slr
Thomas Lawrence, a landscape by Monet
and a genre by Israels Montlceih Is rep
resented by seven richly colorful and 1mi-
gative canvases, Neuhuys by three OF MS
appealing Dutch interiors; there are ex-
amples by Mauve, Maris and Welssen-
bruch, by Couture, Ribot and Degas. Turn
ing to the American section, there are nVe
landscapes by Inness, including two OF spe-
cial beauty-the Wood Gathers, loan
ed by Mr.. Hearn and Shutdown the prop
erty of Mr.. Evans; six by Wyant, hVe by
Homer Martin, four by Francis Murphy
and one by Chide Hassam. Winslow
Homer's mastery "Alls Well" of the Bos-
ton Museum, is there besides his dramauc
H.. nd
erful marines; William M. Chase is repre-
scented by still-life painting of an EngnSh
cod, rendered with consummate Skin,
Horatio Walker by his well-knoWn oxen
Drinking" and by yet more mastery cat
tie painting, 1.-The Narrower" Theodore
Robinson by a charming presentation OF
young girl sitting on the edge OF country
bridge, and by picture OF Iwachtnan
house in winter, and Twachtman himse1
by two admirable inland waterscapes Inc
"Caritas" and the Virgin Enthroned or
Abbott Thayers are both SHOWN, anu d
group Of figure paintings by George uIie.
notable feature. John LaFarge is repre-
scented by his celebrated picture OF Ihe
Visit of Nicodemus to Christ by an alle-
gorical female figure and by an lmpresslve
iandscape and Thomas Dewing SHOWS,
among other things, an idealic pastoral en-
titled Summer" There is, besides THESE
most notably, group OF ten " nis'ieiS'
which set forth at the same time the prii.
genius a.. +1,o
schools compare? Can the work OF oul
native painters be rated with that Oh thoSe
abroad? In both instances the answer cdh
he made in the affirmative. The Ameficah
paintings compare throughout more lnan
fayorably, and in the field OF ianoscape
they stand pre-eminent. II mas S;,, n1 of
with truth, that through a diversity ~
methods it is impossible to measure merit
but the end in all art is Vlrtuaily tne sam
and weighed by a single STANDARD coihph
tive values can, with reasonable cotIec.
nass he determined. The foreign art Is
more pictorial. but at the same time Ilore
superficial; the American more elue: g.
cere and interpretative. The one Is az III
the more pleasing, the other In the emu
more convincing.
The annual exhibition OF the washington
Water Color Club continues to attract coh-
siderable attention. One picture mas peen
sold-"A New England Door Yard, painted
by Miss Atwater and purchased oy MI
Theodore Roosevelt-and all have come IN
for fair share of honest appreciation. I'm
fortunately the original plan to open the
exhibition two evenings in the week mas
had to be abandoned. 1t can however, be
seen without charge every Wees a uaS i'o''
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An informal exhibition OF water coiois Wy
Miss Grace E. Atwater was held yesterday
afternoon at the Misses Eastmans school,
18th street and Massachusetts avenue. IL
consisted of thirty-five sketches ana hhlsh-
ed works made during the past few sum-
mers on the coast of New England some
had been shown before in the leading local
exhibitions. but quite a number were ex-
hibited for the first time. Collectively they
made a pleasing display and individually
thew possessed much charm Miss AtWa-
ter's work is forceful and vigorous and her
choice of subjects is peculiarly happy her
sketches are in almost every instance
painterlike and pictorial, and, therefore, APP
peal to both artist and layman. Inc New
England coast has been such popular re-
sort for the artists of America that one
would suppose no portion of 1t remained I'M
pictured, yet it was really an unlainii lai
side which Miss Atwater set forth in her
sketches There were, to be sure, some
rocks wharves and nshing schoonefs, pul
the majority were in preference transcript
lions of quaint buildings gardens ana VS.
tas both picturesque and unusual one
showed little white-washed cottage be-
side which grew great ciump OF soloen
glow and a tangle of other gaudy colored
blossoms Another pictured mass OF PINK
phlox growing in an oddly formed and truly
New England fence corner, ana a thlfd re-
produced the corner of interesting old
mansion over-shadowed by the spreadlns
d
was a delightful picture of little PROVINCE
town nesting close to the sea, an eXcellent
TRANSCRIPTION of the historic old church and
neighboring warehouses at Portsmouth, a
subtle rendering of fog, and an interest
ing Interpretation of a windy day. The en-
tire collection is to be sent almost immedl-
ately to Colorado, where, the middle OF De-
cember. it is to be exhibited by special re-
quest.
Mr.. Lucien Powell has recently reopened
his studio in the Lehman building and is
now busy painting two large canvases rep
resenting views in the Grand Canyon. One
is similar in Subject to the picture. by
Mr.. Powell, which received honorable men
ton in the Water Color Clubs exhibition
and shows through veil of heat-mist the
strange formation and iridescent colorlng
of, the Arizona cliffs. The other pictures,
from a height the canyon, at the bottom
of which, lying like a twisted ribbon, is the
great Colorado river. He has chosen for
this second transcription the hour of sun
set and shown in contrast to the dark walls
of the canyon u burning, yellow sky. 1t Is
a majestic subject and one which less skill
fully handled would become taudry and UNI
real. But Mr.. Powell has made a thorough
study of that country and he Will I'M
doubtedly do it justice. He spent the great
nv Of la ct summer in the Grand Can