Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-18

sky and from both views it makes pleas
| ing silhouette. One other point is to be
| counted in its favor. Unlike so many public
| monuments 1t seems to have been made for
| the place it occupies. Standing on elevated
! ground the statesman-physician has been
made to incline HIS head as though looking
down naturally upon the observer.
X
Many will be interested to know that
among those accorded place in the arts
palace at the st. Louis exposition is Mrs.
Alice Archer Sewa1l James. nonresident
member of the Society OF Washington Ar
lists. She IS represented by figure COM
position called 1.-The Temptation of Cupid.
which was privately exhibited in this city
some months ago. and by a small bust por-
trait of herself. Her Holy Family" which
attracted such marked attention in the So
ciety of Washington Artists spring exhibit
ton, is now being shown with her "Por-
trait Of a French Gentleman in the Art
Museum of Cincinnati. Mrs. James will
spend part OF the summer on the New
England coast occupying her studio at
Coventry Hail. her fathers residence. In
York village. Me
York village, Maine.
From Paris comes the news that Mr.. Ar
thur w. Sparks has had a painting ac-
cepted and exhibited in this years Salon.
sparks was pupH Oh f1OWdIu IleI-
mick of this city. In 1900 he went to Paris,
in the employ of the American commission
of the Exposition Universelle. and at the
close Of the exposition he remained in
France to pursue his study of art. He en-
tered at first the Julien Academy. but
passed from 1t by means of a competition
to the Ecole des Beaux Arts. where he Is
now a student.
X
Miss Bartle has recently returned from
New York. where she painted. among
other mins lures. most charming one OF
Miss Marie Kieckhoefer. who~is we'll known
in musical circles. Aside from being an
excellent likeness it is delightful in color
and technique. 1t Is extremely simple and
dainty. but at the same time strong and
broadly handled. and thoroughly pervaded
by the sitter's personality. Indeed. one sell
dom a more genuinely attractive and
satisfactory work of this kind
Miss Hattie E. Burdette has been ma king.
as an illustration for short story, written
by former Washingtonian, little picture
In charcoal Of young girl seated in
porch rocker on a vine-draped piazza, be-
yond which a bit Of pleasant country Is to
be seen. 1t Is an excellent composition and
has been we'll put together. but its CHIEF
charm lies in its skillful handling and the
things 1t suggests but leaves unSatd. Illus
traitors too often forget that 1t is the au
thor's prerogative to tell the story.
The first American Photographic Salon
will be held under the auspices of the
Metropolitan Camera Corporation of New
York and the Salon Corporation of America.
from December to II, 1904. in the Clausen
Galleries 3S1 9Th avenue New York Sec
rotary Hay Senator Plat. Senator Depew,
Governor Odell and Mayor Mcclellan are
to be the patrons Mr. John LaFarga IS
the chairman of the jury and Mr. Curtis
Bell of the salon committee. Arrangements
and announcements have been thus early
in order that all who may desire to send
work can have the entire summer in which
to prepare 1t. circular giving full par
ticulars can be obtained by writing to the
chairman at 1O2 West 1O1st street, New
York.
Under the leadership of Mr.. Edward H.
Coates. the Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts has projected scheme for the
establishment of Gallery of National Por-
traiture in America. similar to the Ma
tional Portrait Gallery in London The
academy has already collection of paint
ings which would form nucleus. and the
object is to add, gradually, by purchase and
gift to 1t, by interesting the general pub
lie in the plan. There is, of course, a wide
difference between national gallery and
gallery of national portraiture, the latter
being dependent for its chief interest upon
the personality and celebrity of the in
dividuals who are portrayed but selected
with the wisdom which marks all the ac-
tons of the Pennsylvania Academy even
such might become of great artistic as well
as historic value.