Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-08

vember or December a collection of Miss
Atwater's paintings is to be exhibited in
Denver, COL, by special invitation.
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There is now on exhibition in the V. G.
Fischer galleries a painting which aside
| from its artistic merit, is of rather unusual
interest. 1t is a picture of the Washington
| family seated upon the portico at Mount
Vernon, and was presumably painted by
| Edward Savage, who lived between the
| years 1851 and 1917. To the left of a table.
| upon which is spread plan for the laying
| out of the Capital city," General Wash
ington is seated with one arm thrown
around his adopted son, while on the oppo-
! site side, with Nelly Gusts bes de her. and
| her old servant, BILLY Lee" at the back Of
| her chair, sits Mrs. Washington, pointing
| with her fan to the famous drawing. To
| one side hangs red velvet curtain. but to
| the other the landscape forms the back
| ground. 1t is but a medium-s,zed canvas
| and the figures are small; they are, how
| ever, comparatively we'll rendered. The
| color is excellent. and the ivory satin of
| Mrs. Washington'S gown has been more
| than cleverly Interpreted There is unity
| in the composition and a depth of tone sell
! dom seen in an American painting of this
| period, and yet Savage, so far from being
numbered among the great men of our
|
| tiles not even thought worthy of mention
| There is in Harvard University portrait of
| Washington, painted by Edward Savage
| from life, which Josiah Quincy is quoted as
| having declared the best of the many which
| were executed, and so highly did Mrs
/ Washington esteem this family picture that
| engravings of it made by the artist We're
| left in her will to those who were nearest to
| her. One of these now hangs in the sitting
room at Mount Vernon, and another is said
! to be in the possession of Mrs. kennon OF
| Tudor Place. The original of which this is
| a study replica hangs now in the Bos-
! ton Museum. This painting. it is under
| stood, literally came to light in an old gar
| ret, where for many years it had been hid
| den away, and it is said to have belonged
| to a one-time famous statesman; but what
| ever it's past history may have been. 1t is
| unquestionably now picture which should
be carefully preserved by the nation
The Corcoran School reopened suspicious
| Iy last Saturday. The enrolment has been
| gratifyingly large, and the classes have
| been promptly reorganized. Many of the
| students have brought back with them col
| lections of summer outdoor work which
| evnce progress, and all have returned with
| renewed enthusiasm and apparent pleas
| ure. The monthly art talks which proved
| most successful and helpful last year will
| be continued during the coming session,
and 1t is thought that it Will be possible
| to have the first of the series given early
| in November.
An excellent plaster cast of Houdon's
bust of John Paul Jones has recently been
| given to the Corcoran Gallery of Art by
Mr. F. D. Millet the painter. This is at
| the same time an interesting and valu-
| able acquisition. 1t has been placed on
| exhibition in the lower loan room, together
| with other examples of modern sculpture.
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| A special effort is being made by the
| Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts to
| make the coming exhibition, which will
| mark the hundredth anniversary of the in
| stitution. in every respect most notable.
An individual appeal has been sent to all
| those who have been in any way connected
with the school, but every American artist
is asked to cooperate with the management
| to this end. The exhibition will open on
| January % and continue until March f. 1t
is to consist of paintings in oil and sculp-
| ture, and all contributions must be in by
| December 2S. More than 50 900 will be de-
| voted by the academy to prizes and the
! purchase of works. The jury of selection
| has as its chairman the veteran painter
| William 7. Richards, and is composed of
| Henry j. Thouron, w. Elmer Schofield,
| Maxfeld Parrish Adolph E. Borie, John
| w. Alexander, Robert w. Vonnoh, Walter
| Shirlaw, Kenyon Cox, Joseph de Camp,
Frank w. Benson and Howard e. Gushing.
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| The Pennsylvania Academy has been hav-
| ing some difficulty lately over a painting
| which was bequeathed to it in 1915, under the
| conditions that it ''be hung in conspicuous
position and good light The picture was
accepted, but the conditions not recorded,
so that in 1898. it was sold without scruple
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| course, the conditions were brought to light
| and an effort was made to repurchase the
picture without success. The descendants
of the original donor are naturally indig-
nant, and, finding other redress have is
sued a pamphlet setting forth the facts and
asking the attention of the public to the
need of providing adequate legal means
for securing the enforcement of conditions
attached to bequests.'' A better solution
than an appeal to legal measures would
seem to be a card attached to the back
of the painting and a restriction in the re-
ception of conditional requests.
The Art Club of Philadelphia will hold
it's sixteenth annual exhibition of paintings
and sculpture in the club house gallery
from November 81 to December Is. Lists of
works for exhibition must be sent in before
October 90 The jury of admission will con-
sist of James B. Sword. George Gibbs.
George Frank Stephens Peter Moran and
John Lambert. Two gold medals will be
awarded usual; one for the best paint
ing and the other for the most meritorious
sculpture.
The National Academy of Design will
open its annual exhibition in the Fine Arts
Galleries, New York, on December 80.
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Edward Moran's thirteen paintings Illus
trating the discovery of America and the
history of the United States navy are now
being exhibited in the Metropolitan Mu-
scum, New York. They have been loaned
by the artists widow.
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This museum sustained a severe loss re-
Gently in the death of the president CT its
board of trustees, Mr.. +. w. Rhinelander,
who was widely known as a connoisseur
and critic Mr.. Rhinelander succeeded in
the presidency Mr.. Henry Marquand and
will be succeeded it is rumored, by Mr.. j.
Pierpont Morgan, at present the first vice
president.
Spain has followed the example of Italy