Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-21


in the picture gallery the pictorial painter,
and excessive study from Nature the ideal
list or impressionist. A proportion of EACH
he declared, to be the all desirable course,
and this. he said, the division of the sea-
sons and the school year were bound to
give the student, provided he was willing to
take advantage of 1t. You have had" he
said, 'eight months of the academy and
the gallery, now go to nature for four
months and see what she can teach you.'.
He babe his pupils, when they left the
school at the close of the session, to forget
that they were students and believe that
they were artists; to layl aside timid ways
and seek out manner Of their own; to let
their inclinations loose, as it were, and
forgetting academic, necessary, rules en-
deayor to get hold of the feeling of Nature
He then gave them some wise counsel
about what materials they should take
with them. advising them not to burden
themselves with heavy paraphernaia or to
endeavor to make themselves too comforta-
BILE. In this connection he told an amusing
story of how certain well-known artist
had made his best sketch while harried and
hurried by goat that insisted upon de-
vouring his coat tails Mr.. Brooke said the
best time for outdoor work was before sun
rise and after sunset, or in other words
early morning and late afternoon when the
light and shadows were simplest, and he
ADVISED his listeners to avoid work in the
middle of the day He recommended the
use OF simple palette, and urged the i'm
portance of constantly carrying sketch
book. Oftentimes, he said, one would see
subject which was specially alluring at a
time when 1t was impossible to naint it
yet When II a sketch book were at hand If
might be quickly iotted down. He laid spe-
clai emphasis on careful, thoughtful sketcn-
1ng-a few good meaning lines rather than
an elaborate thoughtless mass. and he bade
ms hearers to open their eyes to eyery-
lining, ana practice above all things during
the summer months the gentle art of see
ing At the conclusion of Mr. Brooke's adj
md
Few relevant remarks and the Suggestion
oI fall exhibition of summer work was
generally discussed and approved by the
students and their instructors
Inc annual exhibition of the work of the
students of the Coreoran School will omen
next thursday evening with a private view
anu reception In the gallery. AT this time
the award of medals will be made and the
Winners or other honors announced The
Jury to make these awards is comnosed
out-of-town artists
MI Augustus st. Gaudens, to whom is
commonly given first place among Ameri-
can sculptors, occupied for three weeks re-
Gently studio on the main floor of the Art
League building. During that time he
mooeled portrait bust of Secretary Hay
ana large bas relief showing portraits of
MI ana MRS. Wayne MacVeagh These
were lhis week cast in plaster and shown
10 lie" persons in the sculptors tempo
rary studio. The bust of Secretary Hav is
an admirable work, feelingly modelled and
strong in impersonat ton; the relief of Mr.
MacVeash and his wife is in some ways
less notable and pleasing. In. or more
on
Veagh are seen, almost life size, seated
upon garden bench facing each other
she hoids dog on her lap and her gloves
In her right hand. He occupies his right
hand with book His. left arm and his
wires right are both extended on the back
of the settee, the Stats of which are ex-
actly parallel with the edge of the panel
Back OF Mr.. MacVeagh and extending
ABOVE his head is a pine tree such as is
oftenest seen on Japanese fans, each nee
die or which is carefully. expressed The
whole is in extremely low relief, and shows
exquisitely delicate modelling The faces
the hands and other separate parts are in
themselves beautiful, but In its entirety
the work is anything but happy The hui
man figure does not adapt itself kindly to
rendering in relief, and the arrangement of
the Two hgures in almost identical atti-
tudes doubles the difficulty and decreases
in proportion the possibility of graceful
expression. 1t is of course interesting.
skillful and unique, but it does not mani
fest either the personality of the subjects
or the power of the sculptor as does the
simpler, more usual aud direct portrait
bust. DE Ji.,7
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Mr.. Lucien Powell is at work now upon
third mural panel for the Colorado build
ing, G and 14th streets. This is rectangu-
lar in shape, measuring five by seven feet,
and is to be placed on the stairway 1t
pfctnreS hra hau
rugged gorge from the town of Ouray.
Its composition is excellent, and in color
1t is exceedingly charming The sky is in
tensely blue, but partly clouded; the noun
tain, shrouded in mist. takes on the colors
of the rainbow, and floating clouds OBJ
literate the rough outlines of the hills,
which disclose themselves in the fore
ground as the rocky walls of the gorge.
Through the center of the gap a little
stream of water is falling over the boulders,
and off to the right and left groups of
giant pines are seen. The general
scheme Is such that it will accord with
the two lunettes which Mr. Powell painted
and were some weeks ago put in place in
the hall of the Colorado building but other
wise 1t is quite Individual and will set forth
an entirely different phase of that remark
able country.
with Miss Noyes, at 913 F street. has lately
done some clever poster sketches Of cavalry
men and maneuvers. She has made sew
eral trips to Fort Myer with the purpose
of observation, and the result is a number
OF spirited and original studies both In
black and white and in color. One has
been done in crayon on pastel paper and
represents charge. The brown of the
paper has been left for the ground, and
the mems uniforms, the sky and the horses
are colored naturally: the shadows are i'm
pressionistic, and a bright crimson flag has
been put In the hand of the leader. It is
of course, only sketch, but as such 1t is
extremely suggestive and very cleverly
handled.
Mr.. Walter Paris leaves the city today
for summer in Canada He will spend a
part of the time at the home Of his sister
In Toronto and a part in travel. and plans
returning in October by way Of st. Louis
He will reopen his studio here in the fall.
Felix Ziem, the painter whose pictures are
well known In this country and who en-
joys vigorous, robust health at the age of
eighty-five, was recently married at Nice.
where he has lived for fifty years, to
charming Iad Of ,piro