Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-23

dra wing accurate and yet when all Is said
it's chief charm lies not so much In its
technicaiities In Its personal appeal It
IS not the likeness alone which interests.
but the expression.
The portrait of President Roosevelt. which
Mr.. Irving wfles recently painted In this
city, was exhibited last week in the
trustees room of Columbia University. New
York together with the portraits OF DR..
Nicholas Murray Butler and Prof. John w.
Burgess which are likewise intended for the
University of Berlin All are standing por-
traits. but that OF the President is some
what larger than the Others. 1t is an ex-
celIent likeness says the New York Times.
1.-The expression serious, but not so anxious
of brow, not so pugnactous OF look anu
gesture as the famous standing likeness u
John S. Sargent, that one which shows the
President gripping the ball which termi-
mates a newell post as he descends the stair
1t takes place between the forceful pre-
sentation by Sargent and the iackadaisicai,
pretty figure by Chartran. but Is much
nearer the Americans than the French
mans portrait.
Among the most important of the Metro
poltan Museums recent acquisitions Is
picture by Whistler, THE Failing Rocket
or, as it was called by the artist, a Noe-
turne in Green and Gold 1t was present
ed by Mr. Harris c. Fahnestock VINO Is d
member of the board of trustees ana COMES
from the collection of William HelhefiaillI
of London. The museum bulletin oesciip nc
IL as perhaps the most beautiful or the
series which were inspired by trellioi Lo
Gardens at night. with their 1llurnlndtiohS
and fireworks, their dancers anu spSo .AIo,
appearing as so many bits OF prignl co n
against the soft darkness of the Lonoon
night sky in summer. 1t was one Oh -
canvases shown in the LONDON heiitoi ie'i
,,-oIn a
the time of the famous Whistler vs. Hushiii
trial
The Academy of Design in New YORK an
nounces that it will hold two exhibitions
next season instead of one The first called
a winter Exhibition" will open in the Fine
Arts Galleries December 81 and close on
January 20 while the regular amman eX-
hlbition (the eighty-second) Will De lhoVeu
forward SO as to cover the time between
March Is and April 81, 1907. me change
has undoubtedly been occasioned by the
union of the academy and the Society OF
American Artists, and Is probably the result
of temporary compromises sectioi i9
salon in lieu of the projected grand al
fair for which there is still no suitable
gallery.
Mr.. Walter King Stone, who at one time
had a studio in this city, but now resides
In New York. was in town quite recently
He has given most of his time since he
left Washington to Illustrative work, and
has accomplished along this line some ex-
cellent results. His studio is in the Bronx
Park and his interest still chiefly in the
transcription of birds and mammals. There
was always a definite feeling for decorative
forms found In his work, well as indi-
vidualty. and to these now added great
er sureness of touch. He has just finished
the illustrations for series OF hfty-tWo
nature essays, which will be brought out
in book form comparatively soon by one
of the leading New York publishers.
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Some notion os the value of the prints
exhibited from time to time at the Library
of Congress can be obtained by a knowledge
of the prices brought by certain examples
at a recent sale In Leipsic There a single
copy of Albrecht Durer's Melancholy
sold for 1880 and of his Adam and Eve"
for 50 215 while his knight Death and
the Devil brought S957.50. Rembrandts
Landscape with Three Huts' commanded
81, 200, his portrait of Clement de Jonghe
1890. his rare Landscape with Square
Tower s1,525, and his Christ Teaching
$1,o27.5o. "A portrait of Macmillan l by
Lucas van Leyden reached So $50, and Alt
dorfer's Christ on the Cross brought
$4ST-50
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High prices still obtain abroad for we'll
authenticated works. 1t was thought that
the high tide in picture sales was reached
last season, but even larger amounts have
been given lately in the London auction
rooms Illustrating the tremendous increase
in valuation of the works of the modern
Dutch school will be found the statement
that a tiny Maris, "On the Towing Path,
for which the artist received originally
about $40 sold at Christie's the other day
for over 5000.
The Cincinnati Art Museum is holding
a summer exhibition. which includes works
by about $50 well-known artists among
whom may be mentioned William NJ. Chase,
Douglas Volk and Eugene Paul Ullman.
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In New York last Saturday a colossal
bronze statue of Washington by Henry
Merwin Shrady was unveiled 1t stands at
the terminal OF the new Williamsburg
bridge and represents Gen. Washington
mounted upon a noble steed facing the
rigors of the winter at Valley Forge. Mr..
Shrady won, 1t will be remembered, some
years ago, the commission for the Grant
Memorial to be erected in this city.
LEILA MECHLIN.