Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-24
ART NOTES..

Extensive changes have been made in the
composition Of the Corcoran Gallery's loan
collection recently. Abbey's picture of the
Trial OF Queen Catherine" loaned by Sem
ator Stewart has been borrowed for the
Pennysivania Academy's approaching CEN
tennlal exhibition, and the large collection
of modern, foreign paintings belonging to
Senator Dryden has been removed to the
owners home. These have been replaced
In part by Rembrandt PeaIes equestrian
portrait Of Washington, marine by James
Hamilton, landscape by Edward Gay and
a genre by Susan Watkins; the remaining
exhibits have been rehung and given more
space, and the room presents both a dignt-
fled and attractive appearance. The three
new pictures are, large canvases and inter-
estingly diverse. The marine, by James
Hamilton. has been loaned by Mr.. Henry
May, and is of the type which found favor
decade or more ago. 1t belongs to the
days which interviewed between the classi-
cal and the realistic schools of painting A
broad, panoramic. view of a harbor is
shown. Boats of several varieties are pic-
tured coming and going; the water Is dark
and ominously green; the sky Is clouded but
1liumined by the setting sun, and through
an aperture, to the left, shaft of daz-
a diversity of interests an fnconer11itv of
effects which is haUd to reconcile 1t seems
improbable that with such a sky there
should be no answering color in the water
and that with so much light in one section
there should be So little in another And
yet it may be true! At least it is pictorial.
spectacular ana not unwittingly painted.
The Gay landscape, loaned by Mr.. William
Macbeth, also shows variety of interests.
1t Is numbers of1llttle pictures placed on
a single canyasa II is called wind in the
Grain Field end sets forth, beneath a
breezy, gray sky a wide expanse of ripe
wheat fields tPhe, Country is low but roll
ing and the sky fine and vista are unbroken
save by a grQuplno three or four fruit
trees on neafbynhill top. In the middle
distance there isR farm wagon and harvest
ing party and here the interest focalizes.
and here, taken apart from the rest of the
composition isTafeharming little picture.
There is, however, too much diffusion of
light for a, coneenfration OF interest The
artist has copied nature, but he has not
made picture. He has Reproduced what
he saw before him with accuracy and skill.
but without emotion, and he has, therefore,
failed to make his work either inspiring or
impressive. The third canvas is the proper
ty of Miss Charlotte Cullen, one of our To-
cal artists. and is by an American woman
who has won no little distinction abroad
The painter Miss Susan Watkins. was born
In California, in 1876, studied in Paris nm
der Collins, and in the Salons of '99 and 'O1
received. respectively, honorable mention
anu u mSQal u ING tIlrQ class. Tl1S was
itself q Salon picture. It shows before a
low. French window opening into q gar
den. two young women; one seated on the
sill, arranging flowers in vases, on table.
against the easement, hat in hand, watch.
Ing her. Both wear white, simple gowns
of soft material. The one is siIhouetted
against dazzling lightA the other Is In the
shadow. There Is something very charms
ing about the pose of the figures, something
very delightful In the sharp contrast OF tns