Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-01

salon N
the auspices of theo Metropolitan Camera
Club of New York and the Salon Ciuo OF
America, and the selection OF the pictures
rests in the hands Of q jury composed Q.
twenty-one of Americas foremost arusts'
headed by John La Fargo as cnaIman'
The Secretary Of State, Senator Depew'
Mayor Mcclellan and Mr.. J. Pferpont MOI
gan are among the patrons. and the Saxon
committee is made 7up of representatives
from almost every large city and state IN
the union. All amateur and pro1essional
photographers throughout the world haVe
been requested to send contributions. out
no special invitations have been issued,
and every print will be submitted on an
a purely artistic basis Almost as soon as
this exhibition was projected Ieques.ss
came from several cities to have II passed
on to them at its conclusion In new fork
in compliance to which the management
has Incorporated this extension IN It's prus
pectus. If. therefore, the trustees OF lne
Corcoron Gallery will loan the nemicycae
than probable. and the necessary 1unos 10
cover the expense of transportation are
forthcoming, Washington will have an op.
portunity of seeing next January the pest
work which up to now has been produced
through the medium of the camera.
In order to meet the expense OF this pos
| sible exhibition the Capital Camera CLUB
| at recent meeting passed resolution
| proyiding for a class of salon patrons VINO
| should contribute to the good cause 81 an
| nually. The privileges of this salon pa
| tronship aside from the knowledge OF nav
| ing assisted in bringing to washington d
| notable collection Of pictures, VIII De zen
! invitations to the private views OF potn TINS
| and the Camera Clubs own eXhlbltlon anu
| free admission at all times to potn. Inc
circular issued by the club to this enect
| and naiyely addressed to the washington
| public explicitly states that aid is not
sought to meet the cost of the usual an
nual exhibition which lis legitimate ex-
pense of the organization, always promptly
met and cheerfully paid" but rather an ex-
traordinary expense entered into for the
benefit of the public at large, as well as the
local photographers The camera Clup 10
one Of the most earnest ana enterprislns
organizations in Washington Its annual
| exhibitions have done much to raise the
standard of photography in this city and
| its actions have always been signalzed py
generous public spirit. 1t seems therefore
more than reasonable to suppose that the
| cooperation 1t now asks in its larger WORK
will be cheerfully given.
|
An exhibition of less local but greater ma
| tic al Importance is that of American and
foreign paintings projected by Mr.. William
| T Evans Mr. John Harsen Rhoades and
| other well-known collectors to take place
|, in New York, likewise in the early part OF
the winter. The nominal excuse will be
charity, but the actual purpose will be to
. demonstrate by means of the deadly par
, allep' the genuine worth of American art
1t Is to be loan exhibition and for some
? weeks the projectors of the scheme have
; been busily engaged selecting those can.
, | vases which would best carry out their in
tention. The plan is unique. American
and foreign paintings are to be hung sidt
:. | by side in pairs-the best with the best
y | that their relative merits may be attest
o | ed. A Sargent, for example, may b,
e | placed alongside Of a Lenbach, an Innes
l | paired with a Corot,, a Wyant with a Dau
e bigny, La Fargo with a Tissot and so OF
as the works resemble one another suffi
| GENTLY to admit comparison subjectively o
technically. This has not, rather will
not. be done from an arrogant assumption
of the superiority of American painting
nor through false sentiment of patriotism
but rather from a desire to give the publ
y an opportunity to form a just estimate o
J. the comparative worth of the home paint
ers. 1t will be a severe test, but if tn
% American paintings come up to it. as it
lie thought they will, it should be productiv
% of far reaching and benefcent results.
X x II.
u Mr.. William T. Evans, who is in the fore
NJ front of this enterprise, is not only an er
III thusiastic believer In American art, but
81 the possessor of one of the most notable CO
" lections of American paintings in this couI
10 try He owns no less than twenty car
~ vases by Wyant and at least half thu
n many by Homer Martin. He has eight
Is ten of Inness' landscapes and a notable co
m lection of Blakelock's works. He has som
e. Of the best of Twachtman paintings; e,
ne cellent examples of Ranger, Winslo
a. Homer and Murphy. Mr.. La Farges pi,
al
De comprehended in his collection as are ais
n several of Church's fanciful composition
e. three of George Fullers poetical interpret;
is lions and many other important work
IT, Over his mantle in his dining room Oh
-, home is the one-time Inness house in Mon
~ clair N. j., is panel, picturing the ADO
al alton of the Kings, carved typographical
ch and enameled in rich color by Mr. ]. Wi
is liam Fosdick; and in the center of his frol
= | lawn, on a holder pedestal stands in bron.
u MacNeirs noted work 1.-THE Sun Vow
SO From first to last Mr.. Evans collection
p valuable. varied and interesting and
ne itself strongly testifies both to the technic
L skill and artistic perception of our Amer
n can painters.
r. Mr.. E. c.. Messer, who actively resume
10 today the direction of the Corcoran Schot
er brought back from his six weeks stay
It's Virginia quite an assortment of Guido
MS sketches He was near Warrenton al
'n' about him on every side he found interes
~ ing paintable material. 1t is a quiet, IL
III eventful country that Mr.. Messer has pi
Dr. tured in his canvases, but at the same til
Up an exceedingly gentle and appealing OF
ny There are DID, half-forgotten roads windi
sat through the tumbled fields, there is a lit
ore stream seen both in sparkling sunshine a
IN in subduing shadow, there are stretches
co. grassland and long, low rambling sto
e.. fences Nothing novel, nothing startli
OF nor dramatic, but all very near to natur
Tho atmospheric, toneful, suggestive
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It'll Miss Hattie E. Burdette has designed a
executed in color, very charming maj
he zine cover, of late. 1t pictures a maid
tile with red gold hair, wearing a nasturti
an colored gown and dark blue mantle, lean
ana against a stone wall or parapet. Beyc
a. 49, her are the fields and stately evergr'
trees and directly behind her, forming af
a fashion a halo, is the pale, round mt
rising in a dull blue sky. The theme
this been somewhat conventionalized in order
ma | give prominence to the decorative mot
tiya and the composition, which sounds rat
complicated, is in reality comparativ
col simple The coloring is rich and harmon