Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-12

! with the stairs leading to the attractive
| little gallery. Both are small canvases and
show exceedingly dainty handling In them
| the details are carefully wrought out, yet
the unity OF the whole has been preserved
| Zach piece Of furniture has its place and
| every accessory a reason for existence
| There is, moreover, atmosphere and light In
these miniature rooms which gives a feeling
| OF reality and lifts them above the illustra-
tive plane. Indeed, so altogether charming
| are they that the observer will naturally
wonder why more works Of similar char
acter are not produced. There is tre-
mendous charm in beautiful inanimate
things which is not always understood.
Objects or combinations of objects large
and small possessing rhythmical lines and
harmonious colors must. to the trained eye,
De constant source of delight, and be-
cause objects are naturally still they will
prove more restful in picture than fig
ures which at first sight are more attrac-
tive.
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Miss Hattie E. Burdette has finished this
week portrait study of young girl
which is very decorative and exceedingly
interesting. 1t is done in pastels and pic
lures against low toned background a
| maid with brown hair and eyes wearing a
frock of red bronze hue and a wreath of
autumn leaves. The girl herself is beauti-
ful. Her expression is one of youthful Sc
renity tinged by a CLINT of serious thought
She Is elusive-half merry, half sad-yet
w1thal personality very real and very
bewitching. The picture is intended, how
ever, more as a decoration than as a char
acter study and in the delightful color
scheme hes its first charm. 1t is rich and
harmonious In effect, the material has been
admirably handled, and the whole must be
considered an unusually notable work.
Mrs. Jane Brigham Child made recently
an excellent copy Of an old portrait The
subject Of the portrait was an old lady of
long ago. who wore thin white cap tied
under her chin and a small, light shawl
folded neatly over her shoulders. Her
name and the name of the painter were
both unknown to Mrs. Child, but the work
was far from uninterestirg. The original,
though probably by an artist of little fame.
was dmirable-Strongly constructed and
good in tone-and in making her copy Mrs.
Child succeeded not only in reproducing
the likeness, but the spirit of the painter.
She did indeed, more than this, for she OBJ
liberated in her work the rawness of new
material and obliged it to take the mel
lowness of age, thus giving it the tone Of
the old painting. This is thing most diff
ficult to do. and rarely is it done simply
and so cleverly.
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The annual meeting of the Washington
Water Color Club was held last Saturday
evening in the studio occupied by Miss Solo,
mons and Miss Perrie, in the Art League
building. The treasurer read a gratifying
report; plans for the coming year were dis
cussed, and the following officers re-elect-
ed: President, Mr. William H. Holmes;
vice president, Miss Bertha E. Perrle; sec
rotary, Miss Grace Z. Atwater, and treas
urer, Mr.. Carl Weller.
X X
The outlook for the Society of Washing
ton Artists exhibition, which opens in the
Hemicycle of the Corcoran Gallery week
from Monday, seems to be Frightening. At
least twenty-five notable paintings have
been promised by out-of-town artists, and
there is a considerable number Of good
canvases to be sent from local studios.
The jury to award the Corcoran prizes WIN
this year be composed of outsiders, artists
who are not members of the society nor res
idents of Washington.
Owing to illness, the art talk which Mr.
Richard N. Brooke was to have given at
the Corcoran School on Monday the 1th.
was postponed until Monday the 18th. The
subject will be The Law Of Light.
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At the Mckinley Manual Training School
Mr.. James Henry Moser gave lecture last
evening, under the auspices Of the Manual
Training Art Association Of Washington, On
1.-THE Art of Painting In Water Colors,"
which was both interesting and instructive
Mr.. MOSer is himself an en- thuSiaStic water
colorist and what is more he knows how TO
impart his enthusiasm to others The lee
ture was illustrated by examples Of his
own work.
Preparations for the st. Louis exposition
are absorbing much attention in the eastern
cities at present. The collection of paint
ings by Massachusetts artists has been
judged and exhibited in Boston and start
ed on its way west. In New York the leg
islature has just appropriated another
So, coo to meet the expense of the New York
jury and the cost of shipment, and in Phil
adelphia arrangements are being made for
the meeting of the international jury the
last of this month.
X r
In Boston the Whistler Memorial exhibit
ton is still attracting wide interest, though
a loan collection of the Liber Studiorum Of
]. M. w. Turner, which has recently been
installed in the Museum of sFine Arts and
deliberately catalogued, is worthily sharing
the honOrS.
X X
In Chicago the collection of works sent
over by the International Society of Paint
ers, Sculptors and Gravers is being shown
in the Art Institute and special exhibit
ton of Mr. Dalln's sculpture is being held.
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The exhibition of the New York Architec-
tural League closed on March 5, and until
the opening of the twenty-sixth annual ex-
hibition of the Society of American Artists
on the oath, the small exhibitions in the
dealers galleries will make up Gotham $
current art topics. Chief among these Is
the exhibition of pastels and paintings by
Mr.. Parker Mann at the Clausen galleries
which has been more than well spoken of
by the local critics.
John w. Alexander has been announced
the winner Of the Converse gold medal, the
highest honor in the gift of the Pennsyl-
vania Academy. This medal was established
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