Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-24

of these are done in pencil with tone and
color notes on the back. and have been
rapidly but carefully executed Many are
IN themselves exceedingly charming, and all
cially significant. Besides these outdoor
studies Mr.. Moser has found time to paint
number of interesting snocturnes. One Is
in oils. and pictures "A f,noonrise at Lake
Cornwall, Conn; another, in water color
shows the great luminous disc suspended
above the Anaoostia hills and reflected in
the river, while third largely in pastel,
pictures 1t rising from Behind the noun
tains at Lake Placid Each is in a differ
ent mood and key, yet all exhibit char
acteristicalIy broad and original manner of
handling. and are at The same time very
effective.
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Miss Anna Sands has recently finished an
attractive portrait study. 1t is of young
girl with brown hair and large thoughtful
eyes wearing fluffy pink opera cape over
a creamy-white low-necked evening gown
and has been done in pasel= The back
ground Is gray and atmospheric and the
general color scheme is extremely pleasing
It has been broadly treated and shows a
gratifying freedom of touch, but what is
o. deeper significance 1t manifests genuine
individuality and sets forth a real per-
sonality.
Mr.. Everett l.. Warner, who went abroad
more than year ago for special study, has
written one of his Washington artist friends
that he proposes spending the coming
water colors, "A Rainy Night on Broad
way" is to be seen here in the Corcoran
Gallery, and another, "A February Day. is
in the Pennsylvania Academy's permanent
collection.
A distinguishes group of artists has been
got together to furnish illustrations for an
elaborate edition of the Bible which is now
shortly to be issued by a well known Ameri-
can publisher America is represented by
Edwin Abbey and John M. Swan; England
By Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Sir Edward
Burne-Jones, Crane, Dicksee and Rivicre;
France by Constant, Gerome, Laurens, Pu-
Wis de Ctavanres, Rochegrosse and Tissot;
Germany by Kampf. Liebermann, Schneider
and Fritz Won Unde; the Netherlands by
Israels; Belgium by lie Vriendt; Sweden by
Adelfeldt; Italy, by Morelli, Michetti and
Segantni; Russia by Repin; Spain, by vii
legas, and Bohemia, by de Brozik. There
are to be c. hundred drawings in ALL re-
produced b. photogravure on plates eleven
by fourteen inches in dimension. Besides
these Mr.. Walter Crane has designed for
the work elaborate borders, tail pieces and
ornamental initial letters. The object is
10 produce a volume winch snail rival IN
artistic charm those which were published
before the invention of printing
BY the will of the late Amos w. Stetson
of Braintree. Mass, the Stetson art collec-
ton of Wellesley College has recently re-
ceived an additional number of valuable
paintings. Among these acquisitions are
Adrian Moreau's Going to the Fair JAG
by Daubigny; ION the Hudson by George
McCord. and other landscapes by Rousseau,
Cain, Monohablon and LeRolle. Mr.. Stet-
son also left the sum of 81, 800 to meet the
expenses OF repairing and framing the pic
lures when needful.
1t is reported that Mrs. Stanford has pur-
chased. at cost of 100000, a most valua-
BILE collection of japanese art objects for
the Leland Stanford. Jr.. University. The
former owner was Japanese noble, s.
Ikeda by name. who has spent the greater
part of his life in collecting rare examples
of the ancient and modern art of his
ration. and the purchase money is said to
have gone directly to the Japanese govern
ment to be added to the war fund.
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The famous Due de Dino collection of
arms and armor which was purchased last
spring on behalf of the Metropolitan Mu-
scum by Mr.. J. Pierpont Morgan for $780,,
600, has recently been placed on public ex-
hibition in the museums new wing 1t con-
sists of about 300 pieces of French, German
and italian work OF the finest order, among
which is a helmet which is said to have
been worn by Henry ~ of France, one
which is likewise supposed to have belonged
to Joan of Arc, and many other richly
wrought shields, swords and daggers made
interesting through association as well as
by intrinsic merit.