Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-09

has bsen laid on Win broad dry brush.
but neither material nor accident accounts
for Its exquisite sabtlety or rich toneful
quality. The hair. the eyes and the gown
monious color scheme IL altogether attrao.
tive. It Is, of COURSE an impression. but II
IL surcharged with both the subjeot's and
the painters personality. and has been rem
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In his studio In tie Lehman building Nh
Lucien Powell has now on exhibition COL.
lection OF water color sketches made In
Venice during the osummer of 1901, and
shown in the hemicycle of the Corcoran
Gallery the following December. Colleo-
lively they almost cover the walls from
floor to ceiling, ands individually they win
be found fresh, colorful and genuinely at
tractive Mr.. Powell has recently painted
an interesting wood interior, which has all
the force of an oil combined with the
simplicity of a water color In the fore
ground two large birch trees are prominent
but beyond and on every side stretches
lfmitless masses of green midsummer foli-
age and golden midday sunlight. This Is
perhaps one of the most difficult themes
that a painter is ever called upon to han
die, and 1t is seldom that one sees it more
slillfully done than in this recent picture Of
Mr.. Powells.
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Mr.. r. LIE Grand Johnston has also taken
studio in the Lehman building, having
returned. to Washington shortly before
Christmas. He is at work at present upon
large canvas showing few sheep resting
on the border of wood 1t is broadly
painted. sunny and atmospheric. and, more
over, possesses that pleasing picturesque
ness which characterizes all of Mr.. John
ston's work.
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The seventy-ninth annual exhibition OF
the National Academy of Design, which
opened on January in the Fine Arts build
ing in New York. is said to be the most
ereditable show that organization has held
for many years. Over fourteen hundred
paintings were submitted to the jury of
selection, and of these only three hundred
and fifty were accepted. A painting by the
late Edwin Lord Weeks. entitled 'Ispahan."
has been given the place Of honor In the
vanderbilt gallery, and one of the special
features of the exhibition Is the unusual
number of paintings by nonresident Amer.
leans which are shown. The experiment of
substituting vanishing Day for the GUS
tomary evening reception and private view
proved eminently successful, several thou
sand of the leading New York sojourners
visiting the gallery upon that occasion
The awards have been made as follows:
iiiO iOSeoi plllc VI S2Jp IOT the pest DOT
trait, to w. R. Vonnohs portrait of his
wife; the 1nness gold medal for the best
landscape, to painting by Charles Warren
Eaton. entitled "Old Mill at Crecy-Moon-
light" the Thomas B. Clarke prize of $500,
to HI. M. Walcott, for a group of children
feeding sparrows in the park; the first
Hallgarten prize of $500, to Charles w.
Hawthorne for his Girl in Green;;' the
second Hallgarten prize of $780, to Mrs.
Louise Cox, for her portrait of the little
Misses Emerson. and the third Hallgarten
prize of 500. to s. J. Woolf for standing
hgure of a man with violin, called
Finale" ,..
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The sixty-ninth annual exhibition of the
Boston Art Club which Opened on the even
Ing of the same day is also said to be bet
ter than usual. One, hundred and forty
eight paintings and, five. pieces of sculpture
are included in it's catalogue, almost all of
which are by artists of note. No prizes
are given at this tsShia,itior but the club
makes, annually, }ahH appropriation of one
thousand dollars for the purchase of a
work or works shoMn:t =,
IAN tss Qs-MyE
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In the Lenox Library, in New York, a
noteworthy exhibition. OF early English mez-
zctints is now being held. Half of the
prints shown havesbeen loaned by Mr.. J.
Pierpont Morgan and che remainder have
been drawn from tie eadwaiader .Purdy
Kennedy, Hooe and Avery collections Al
most all are reproductions of paintings by
the famous English masters. and the ma
jorty portraits.
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The city council of st. Petersburg, Russia
offers large premium to those who will
In the future assist in identifying the ma
tiepal capital. for it has declared it's inten-
ton of heneeforth exempting from taxes
all new buildings which shall be adjudged
artistic and ornamental as well as useful.
French Politeness.