Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-25
A RI N O T E s.

washington Artists fifteenth annual which
was opened to the public in the hemicycle
of the Corcoran gallery on Wednesday In
spite of Indictment weather the private
view, on Tuesday afternoon, was well at
tended and delightfully."- genial; many or the
artists were present and congratulatory
spirit of mutual good will was abroad. Inc
attendance on the succeeding days mas Deen
,urcommonly large. and the increasing num-
Der of visitors has testified to growing IN
.erest. That 1t is the best exhibition ever
held under the auspices of the Society or
Washington Artists many are heard to de-
fare. and that II Is certainly one of the
most notable none can doubt. 1t consists
not only of works by distinguished artsts'
but of pictures meritorious and appealing
the exhibits are evenly excellent, but in
character very varied There are enough 10
pleasantly fill the gallery and not too many
to be seen with comfort. The first and last
impressions produced upon the visitor are
strikingly similar. and almost equally pleas
urable-thanks to the good judgment of the
Jury of selection and the excellent work of
The hanging committee. 1t Is an exhibition
which finds favor with artist and layman
alike which can be easily understood and
yet not too easily assmilated. Take. for
example, some of the most notable exhibits.
They are technically clever. brilliantly
painted. charmingly colorful. but beyond
this they are profoundly true. and while
impressive. at glance become more admi-
fable upon acquaintance.
Interest has naturally conferred upon the
Klree prize pictures-"At the Piano" by
Chas c. Curran; "a November Morning"
W Leonard Ochtman. and 1.-The Green
Calash." by Ellen Day Hale-and notwith-
standing the even excellence of the exhibits,
not dissenting voice has been heard to
oonfute the judgment of the jury of award.
Wis Is almost phenomenal and very worthy
~ note. The first of these pictures had al
-eady received elsewhere two prizes. and
" Gu nj nd
both In feeling and expression: the second,
while less apneaIing in subject. is even more
virile and significant. and may be consid-
ere1 not only chief among the landscapes
IN this exhibition. hut WORTHY to rank with
tho hest our COUNTRY has produced. and the
third-uttery different from either-is in it's
own way no less n'ea sing nor distinctly
ner,tOriOuS. In a measure these ho0O~ Win
news are tyreS of the whole collection.
with their virtues changed modified and
sanarqtelv multipliad nv VARYING DersO~ali-
ties in the several other exhibits They
aro hut three Of many: they may excel but
tNav DO not Ove~Shad dow. and n9ssiro from
the hPmicvcle the visitor takes with him
tho memory Of n dozen or moro "anvasHs
almost if not enually "a great. There are.
for i~ri@"oe I"l'us ROlshovar's sr'eUd'd'v
painted ''Sala Of DOge's Palace" F. w.
Po'""'dS convincing irtCr~rota tiOn Of a
"Filside Farm" John w hlnxarder's dec
ora tive DOrtrait study. Wir1iau1 NJ Chasa's
mastarlv Still Hfn. Rirpn H1rr'sOns marine
and Hnratin Walkers Oxen" Amor~ tho
nortraits NJ special note arc TO he Counted
living WileS ADMIRAL he likeness of Mrs
Gilbert. Mr.. F.. L. MOrse's cleo r-out and
VIGOROUS imTersOna ton Of nx-Governor
Hunt or Porto Rico. and Orlando RowINnd's
forceful portrait of himself while with the
TO~n nnta HE 6grra studies rruSt he rock
oueI Paul NoschcOwitz's picture Of a
r"thHr and child. Mrs. Pa~nar's nortrnit of
Miss Foulke and Janet Wheeler's painting
Of little 1ad
The exhibition will continue daily until
the 18th of April and none who find pleas
ure in modern works of art can afford to
miss It
Senator John F. Dryden has loaned to the
Corcoran Gallery of Art quite a large num-
Der of pictures from his private collection.
Some are the same which were shown In
the gallery's loan collection last season.
but several are recent and very valuable
acquisitions. Most notable Is water color
ny Josef lsraels-a Dutch interior. pictur-
ing with rude surroundings a peasant wo-
man and her three children. The woman is
Dehulng over pot of fire and a steaming
vessel, and her children, a lad of ten or
twelve holding n baby on his knee and a
girl of six or seven are watching her with
wrapt interest. The room Is bare and dim
ly lighted, the figures somber in dress and
expression, and yet there is something won
derfully interesting and appealing in the
finished work The personality of the peO-
pie Is very vital and intensely persuasive;
II Is subtle. and yet at the same time 1t is
easily understood. The dark shadows which
Turk In the corners are in a way impene-
trable, but they are thoroughly atmos-
phertc. and, passing to the craftsmanship,
each touch which has gone toward making
the picture has been laid on not only in pre-
cisely the right place. but with evident
emotion. 1t IS little more than study in
gray, and yet so perfect are its values that
the poverty of color is not in evidence 1t
Is remarkable example Of Israers skill
and genius.
To the right of this water color has been
hung a little study in oils of a French
peasant girl by Jules Breten and to the left
landscape by Corot. The Breton is prob
ably sketch, carefully finished In places
and yet boldly constructed. 1t shows
young woman with pole in her hands
resting idly against a tree In color Ii is
rich and luscious; in feeling reserved and
forceful. 1t Is delightful bit of painting
and charming picture. The Corot is In
teresting, but more usual. 1t is combina-
tion of the classic and the lyric. and was
probably executed during the period of the
painters transition from the one style to
the other. 1t is lovely in tone and inter
esting In effect but it seems to miss the
spontaneity and the poetry of Corot's
greatest works. There are also a Hob
bema, landscape of the quaint old type
painted certainly before 1909 which is won
derfully attractive and de Melville. a
cavalry charge. which Is remarkably spir-
tied and colorful Rousseau, exhibiting
the influence of the English school, and
IpuEutTtdu, Il young DdTe-1OOI girl SlJtlnE
on the grass with her knitting eXqusiteS
rendered. must also be numbered among
the most important of the newcomers
while among the old ones rewelcomed will
be found a pictorial child portrait by Sir
Thomas Lawrence a mastery landscape
attributed to DiaZ. a delightful Cain a
characteristic Monet. a Schreyer, a Rico
and others.
At the v. G. Fischer galleries on Monday
an exhibition will be opened of paintings on
silk by three Japanese artists Yokoyama-
Taikan. Hishida-Shunse and Shimomura-
Kwanzan. members OF the Nippon Bijitsuin
or Fine Arts Academy. OF Japan. These are
the men who stand for the revival of Japa-
nese traditions. who believe In the preserva-
tion of a distinctly national art. In 1897
they, with thirty-six others, seeded, as 1t
were, from the undermining western in
fluence pervading the government schools.
surrended their government positions, and
in a suburb of Tokyo established what they
chose to call the 'New-old School of
Japan" During the past eight years the
movement has gained in popularity and to-