Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09

print division. Five tables, with a suitable
| number of chairs, have been placed in this
new section, and therein are also to be
found the racks of current art magazines.
The accommodations now are very salts
factory, the general arrangement all that
could be desired
Mr.. Max Weyl has now in his studio in
the Corcoran building a number of recently
finished canvases which will be found wor-
thy of special note One Is a view near
Asheville, summer landscape trees
and meadows, bit of water and sunset
sky; another pictures late afternoon on the
Potomac lowlands, while a third Is char
acterlstlc autumn scene. In point OF merit
IL Is hard to discriminate each has its
measure OF virtue and it's individual charm
All are broadly brushed In and show much
strength in their handling, besides we'll
balanced values and pleasing color
Miss Hattie e. Burdette is making In
pastels an interesting decorative pamela
picture of startled wood nymph pausing
in her Arcadian progress to note perhaps,
an approaching danger. Only the head and
shoulders are shown but these, with the
landscape background, are sufficient for
the composition. The maiden is young and
fafr; innocent but souless: child of the
forest, with its sunlight in her hair and its
shadows in her eyes. With one hand she
draws back her wind-blown locks with The
other presses to her her unaffected gown.
TO the right, at a trifiing distance, Is a
sturdy tree, and to the left, in the way of
interference. some leafy branches have
been introduced. It Is an old but not a
usual theme, and its manner of handling
displays both skill and Imagination. The
color scheme is high keyed but harmon
ious; the figure well drawn and nicely
placed.
Mrs. kemeys has recently modelled in a
size suitable for reproduction either In
plaster or bronze the little figure of
young bear. Bruin with all the mock am
liability of his race Is represented as seated
upon the ground, observing with indolent
interest the emptiness of hollow stump
HIS fore paws are appraised his body
slightly bent forward. He Is roguish and
yet at the same time serious; ready for an
adventure but plainly cautious. Including
the base the figure does not stand more
than eight inches in height but in spite
of its dfminutive dimensions it has been
manipulated with considerable breadth. 1t
is an exceedingly clever work, SCULPTURE
esque in It's comprehensive simplicity, and
significant in it's accuracy as we'll as
through the latent charm of its expression.
One which should find favor with both con-
notsseurs and those less learned
The T-Square Club of Philadelphia is
holding in the galleries of the Pennsylvania
Academy Of Fine Arts its twelfth annual
exhibition, consisting of architectural draw
tngs, sculpture and decorative designs
From all accounts, It Is an interesting and
notable show. Among the largest and most
important buildings set forth by design are
Boring and Tilton's immigration building
for New York, our local Municipal build
ing by Cope and Stewardson, the capitol of
Wisconsin by Cass Gilbert and Benjamin
W. Morris Princeton dormitory. There
Is work from the Universities of California,
Cornell and st. Louis, designs entered in
various important competitions and ex-
emples of the current accomplishments of
holders of travelling scholarships With
the sculpture are groups by Gutzon Borg
lum and Massey Rhind, and included in
the art and crafts section are some in
teresting specimens of pottery, bronze and
mosaic.
II
The first and possibly the most impor-
tant art sale of the season will be that
of the Heber r. Bishop collection, which
has just been announced for January by
the American Art Association. While Mr..
Bishop left his splendid collection OF fades
to the Metropolitan Museum, he reserved,
for the benefit of his heirs, a valuable array
Of oriental pottery, arms, armor and tex
tiles as well as French pictures. 1t is these
objects and articles which his executors
will now dispose of at public auction and
which WILL it is thought, constitute the
most notable sale since the dispersal of the
Marquand collection. 1t will be held at
Mendelssohn Hall and presumably will oc-
cupy ten days.
An American, Mr. Wilmann, has pre-
scented to the Ecole des Beaux Arts the sum
Of n fSh r
1900 francs each for the benefit during
vacation of three students, painters, sculp
tors, architects or engravers, to enable
them at that time to follow their own
bents EMBARRASSED by financial need
Miss Mary A. Kirkup held an informal ex-
hibition of her work on Thursday of this
week in the studio which she has recently
opened at 1410 G. street Landscapes in oil
and water color, flower paintings and still
life studies were shown, many OF which
merited hearty commentator. A picture
of old church at Rye, England, was spe
cially good in tone and atmospheric. and
the transcription of bit Of shore at Lake
Champlain particularly strong and painter
like in rendering Many will remember
with pleasure the contributions which Miss
Kirkup made to the twelfth annual exhi-
btion of the Society of Washington Artists
and will be glad to know that she is per-
manently established in this city.
A large collection of paintings and draw
ings made by prominent American artists
and illustrators will be placed exhibit
ton in the hemicycle of the Corcoran Gal
lery next Thursday, December IA. 1t has
been got together by Golfers Weekly, and
will include works by such men of note as
Maxfeld Parish, Kenyon Cox, John La
Fargo Andre Castaigne. Jules Guerin,
Howard Pyle, G. D. Gibson and Frank Du
Mond. When It was shown in the American
Art Galleries, New York, last month It
created wide and favorable attention.