Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-18

opportunity to become further familiar with.
her work. The prints, made In true orien-
tai manner, are simple, clear cut and clev-
er, but her water colors are, oddly enough,
done in the Dutch method-serious, studied
and specially strong.
1t was the Dutch who first took to Japan
the art Of the west, and, as far as the
two nations are apart. there seems Pc
culiar fitness in the combination The sub
Jects and their composition are purely jap
anese The painting on the sem1-circular
wall called "The Gossips represents girl
in a shady garden whispering to woman
within doors, whose form, and that of her
children, is silhouetted upon the paper wall
Of her house. The light is from the rear
the foreground Is in shade, and the shadow
pictures are the chief point of interest
The arrangement is excellent, and the use
of heavy color notable. 1t Is pictorially
attractive and yet sturdily painterlke
and child transcribed against an open-air
background. and ION the Stairs" two cum
ming little Japanese children seated near
the top of an odd flight of steps examin-
ing picture book. hang on the opposite
wall and while perhaps trife less finish
ed, are equally virile and interesting. They
are uncommonly rich in color and direct in
handling.
The frames of these pictures are in them
selves worthy of mention. They are of
wood, black in color, fiat, and about four
inches in width; deliberately carved in a
conventional design, appropriately suggest
Gu ny edCIl painting Iney are not lntru-
sive, but upon examination will be found
exceedingly decorative and skillfully exc
cuted.
By Japanese Artists.
By odd coincdent there are in this exhi-
bition not only Japanese pictures painted
by an American, but eastern pictures
painted by Japanese artists after continent
tai methods. Mr.. Hiroshi Yoshida and his
sister, whose combined works were, 1t will
be remembered, exhibited last spring at
Veerhoff's, are both opponents of the mod
ernized school of Japan, but. in spite Of the
inception of foreign ideals, they have re-
tanned that subtle Japanese feeling which
Is pre-eminently the product of the east
Cherry Trees by Twilight" by Mr. Yo-
shida, to which was awarded the first Cor
coran prize, Is delightfully."- clever and ex-
hibits keen artistic perception, and "A Misty
Day. his sisters work. contributes a pleas
Ing color note. besides Boosting indivldu-
ally, some sterling qualities. Theirs is in
deed the art of picture making and though
some may ask why in America these paint
ers persist in producing faraway scenes, so
long as they attain this standard they can
not be reproached.
From an inherent similarity In feeling and
expression 1t will be natural to consider
next two decorative panels by Mr. Victor
Msndeleff of this city. Both are interpre-
tations of the lotus flower; one the Corean
variety, is painted with its foliage against
II,
| common kind, is pictured In conjunction
with an exquisitely carved nimbus Mr..
| Mlndelen comes of Russian parentage and
is an architect by profession, but he highly
| regards the art of the cast, and himself
| produces somewhat after the Japanese
| method His flowers are studied at first
hand and then pictorially reduced to types
| ms nrst motive is decoration. This trait
| tnese panels distinctly portray, but in ad-
| dition to it they show excellent craftsman
| snip, hne color and finished technique
Distinctively American Subjects.
| When last year a collection of water COL
| ors done in this country was exhibited In
London, an Indian picture by Mr.. Couse
was the only one which, in accordance with
English views. was found indicative Of the
art of America. Following the same line
OF reasoning a painting by Mr.. Ialcien
Powell of the Grand Canyon, Arizona. -
IS notably unique. 1t pictures the most
cnaracterlstic and dramatic scenery of our
| great west. but 1t sets it forth in a man
| ner SO sincerely mastery that the majesty
| OF the subject is forgotten In the art of
| It's Interpretation. 1t Is toward evening
| and the last rays of the setting sun battle
the tops of the giant cliffs. Overhead the
| SKY is a leaden blue, and in the depths of
the chasm darkness is gathering It is
distinctly an impression; the forms are
| to the beholder's imagination. In color.
| 1t Is brilliant but temperate; in values,
admirably sustained. The light of the sun
| is warm but luminous, the shadows dark
but not impenetrable. Never has Mr.
Powell accomplished a more noteworthy
work, and seldom Is one Of greater merit
and maturity to be found.
| For fear OF misunderstanding 1t should
| be directly explained that TO be typieally
| American painting need neither portray
| Indians nor western scenery. The badge
| of the American school is unaffected sim
certify, and this in uncommonly large meas
| ure every picture in the present exhibition
| manifests.
| Mr.. Moser, the president of the Water
| Color Club. whose work. by the way met
| with special favor In London, is repro
| sented by five landscapes, which are at
| the same time both characteristic and tyDi-
| cal. Uncertain Weather, Adirondacks -
| shows blue mountain and a remarkably
| atmospheric wet sky; Morning on Lake
| Placid sets forth with utmost subtlety
| the mist rising at dawn of day; Gathering
| Shadows" interprets with sympathetic un-
Outstanding late evening among the hills;
while AT 1ntervale' house and dra-
matte cloud have been added to an other
1 wise quiet scene, and MT. Everett" IS
| seen. as from a window, lying with its
| neighboring peaks STEPPED in dazzling mid
| day sunshine. They are all--al but the
| iast-feeting effects reproduced and record
| ed of necessity from memory They stand
| for the painters own point of vision, but
| they convey to the observer definite and
| true impressions. They are the themes
| which Mr.. Moser knows best how to por-
| tray. and in the Interpretation of which
| he has won well-merited distinction.
/ Few Landscapes,
There are comparatively few pure land
scapes In the exhibition, THE Massanutten
Mountafnsn by Mr. r H Miller for many