Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-02
ART NOTES.

Mr. Lucien Powell is engaged at pres
ent upon a large and interesting work
the painting of two lunettes for the main
hallway of the Colorado building at st.
Louis They are about twenty feet in
length and not over four in height at
the top of the arc, and both are to be
given over to a presentation of charac-
teristic Colorado scenery On one is pic
tured Pixies Peak and the surrounding
country, and on the other is shown
panoramic view of the town of Ouray
and the mountains in which are situated
Mr.. Walsh's famous mines. For the pur-
pose of mural decoration these are rather
unusual themes but the artist has handled
them in way that makes them both
suitable and attractive. The first, repre-
senting the Pixies Peak region, is as yet
scarcely more than laid in, but the Sec
ond, setting forth the impressively beau
tiful environment of the little mining
town, is far enough on toward compile
ton to give an idea of the final result. In
the foreground, as though viewed from
height, the little, low-roofed village is
seen stretched out on plain, In the
shadow of the great mountain range
beyond are the foot hills. green but I'M
wooded, on the other side of which rise
the precipitous cliffs of the treasure
stored mountains. Mr.. Powell has so ar
of position has been given to splendidly
colorful red sandstone mountain which
stands nearest the town. and from which
the range grades off in color and appar-
entity diminishes in height both to the
right and left. To the right the great
peaks grow bluer and grayer, and to the
left, where one catches a glimpse down
a long defile, they are more chalky and
less insistent. Giant pines have been used
singly and in groups in the foreground
with good effect, and the scheme of the
whole, both in general composition and
color, is very pleasing. Mr.. Powell is
primarily a coforist. but he also mani
tests in his pictures a strong feeling for
decoration, which peculiarly fits him for
the execution of such work as this. He
knows better than many how to combine
brilliant colors tremendously, and how to
deal in pictorial manner with scenic
enects, and there seems every reason to
believe that in these mural paintings he
will be represented at his best.
Mr. Carl Gutherz, who represented Wash
ington on the international jury for the ST.
Louis exposition that recently met in Phil
adelphia, is painting a picture which,
though pathetic. will probably prove of
great popular interest 1t is called 81
Promised ma Misses I'd Bring Him Home"
and represents a wounded negro carrying
his young masters body off the field of
battle-a scene not uncommon in the civil
war. In the foreground the figure of the
faithful servant with his Hfeless burden
looms up against gray scene of confusion
and a hre-lit sky. A day of fierce conflict
is over; troops are hurrying hither and
thither: the ground is strewn with the dead
and dying, but from the mass comes the
wounded black man striving to fulfill the
promise made to his white mistress This
is the kind of sentiment which appeals to
the gallery, but 1t is a deeper and more
thoughtful meaning which Mr. Gutherz
would have read into his picture. 1t is at
the root of the negro problem at which 1t
is purposed to strike. suggesting. as 1t
does. the Unborn faithfulness of the negro
race and yet-to-be-learned nobility in SER
! vitude. 1t is. like all of Mr.. Gutherz's
paintings, deeply thoughtful work and
may be truly said to possess a potent lit
erary as well as an artistic value
Miss Suzanne Gutherz has met with very
gratifying and well-deserved success in her
poster work, having had several of her
designs attractively brought out by leading
commercial firms within the past few
months. There is certain dash and spirit
| about all her work which Is bound to make
| 1t attractive. but behind this are sterling
| qualities which make it at the. same time
poster sketch of a young girl driving
which is specially interesting and meritori-
Gus, presenting more genuine type of the
wholesome American girl than has yet APP
| parently been discovered. She has also
| pictured in poster style. with colored cray
| ons and charcoal on gray paper, a winsome
little maid reading magazine. a fair
| young kindergartener, and college MAI.
besides getting together in charming form
| dainty little volume containing blue
| prints of her other works for the benefit of
certain well-known publisher.
! Miss Hattie f. Burdette has just finished
/ an excellent miniature of Mrs. Allan c.
| Clark of this city. 1t pictures its subject
| wearing a gray h'gh-necked gown and
white fur-edged opera cape, against an opa-
descent gray background. and shows in its
| execution admirable handling of textures
| The head is not only good in color and
| well modelled. but strongly individual, and
! the treatment of the dress and accessories
Ii broad and free. In every way 1t con-