Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-14

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otter an adequate view of the achievement
Of one who hlls q definite place In the an
to present some record Of the accomplish
tnent of q notable group OF reproductive
etchers.'' 1t will. like the Rembrandt ex-
hibition at the Library Of Congress, con-
tinue through the summer months.
This, the proverbiaIly dull season. is the
time when the artists gather material for
their future work and the special exhibi-
tons for the coming season are planned.
Like the pictures, some of these exhibitions
do not materiaiixe. but from the many some
few of note will take definite shape. There
has been a good deal Of talk concerning q
great sculpture show to be held In New
York, toward the expense of which Mrs.
Harry Payne Whitney has promised to sub
scribe 10000 It Is to be held, 1t is now
thought, In the american galleries, and an
elaborate plan for its arrangement has been
laid out. Among other features there will
be an Italian garden, on a miniature scale,
in which works purposed for outdoor set
ting can be satisfactorily shown. 1t Is to
been heretofore held in this country-more
elaborate as well as more complete.
tors is planning an exhibition which is to
be both current and retrospective. 1t will
consist Of work produced within the last
twenty-five years and is purposed for the
encouragement of the art. The petition
which was sent in It's behalf by the society
to the London council says that since the
time of Henry VIII, when all images were
destroyed, the art of sculpture has been
looked upon with a certain conscientious
lsfear, SO that when public buildings required
sculptured decorations the sculptor had to
be imported, with the result that some OF
England's greatest monuments stand to the
credit of foreign men. This, according to the
plea, should be altered. for from 1t accrues
a national loss" In all parts of the world,
as well as in England, this art has been
neglected but in recent years in every land,
but specially in our own, it has made giant
strides toward progress and perfection.
The photographers, too, under the lead Of
| the Photographers Association of America.
are planning notable exhibition. 1t is to
| consist of just one hundred choice exam
! pies and Is to make a circuit of the princi-
| pal art galleries and museums. Pictorial
| photography has come to be reckoned with
| the fine arts, and is without doubt potent
| factor in the art world today. The camera
puts picture-making within the reach of
| many, but 1t is an elusive medium and
| needs both wise and skilful handling to re-
| turn good results. The pictorial photogra-
| piers aim to show the application of art
principals to mechanical device-its posi-
| bilites and hopes-and in most instances
| they succeed through their demonstrate tons
In producing genuine works of art.
~
There is not much work being done in
local studios at present. The majority of
the artists have left the city for cooler
chimes, and those that remain are but
painting leisurely. Mr.. James Henry
| Moser has divided the week between
Niagara and Warren. Pa, but will, return
on Monday to his new studio in the LeDroit
+ building. From the Falls he wrote en-
Enthusiastically, declaring that he had never
so fully realized their subtler beauties be-
fore-the arrangements of line and color
made by fragments of the great cascade.
Miss Sands and Miss Burdette have
moved from the fourth to the sixth floor
of the Evans building, where they now
occupying the studio used at one time by
Mr.. Dunbar and more lately by Miss
Lowenstein and Miss Scudder Miss Bur
dette went to Oakland today for fort
night of rest and recreation, but will prob
ably be in town the greater part of the
summer, she has large piece of deco
rative work on hand.
An interesting school of lace making has
been opened in New York, primarily for
the benefit of the Italian immigrant wom-
en-. 1t was conducted during the past win
ter by italian lady, who Is an expert
enced teacher and who brought over with
her. samples, fine old Italian laces and
modern ones made in the present-day
schools. The pupils have proved apt and
| q tn
artistic. An interesting account is given
of it by writer in current magazine.
This is another step in the right direction.
|
! The imperial Russian art exhibition.
which was brought here for the St. Louis
exposition by a st. Petersburg furrier, has
proved 1t seems. something worse than a
white elephant. 1t arrived too late for the
fair, and when exhibited in New York
brought In comparatively small returns.
There are claims against 1t now amounting
to about $4,000, and in it's interest the
| public-sprited furrier has lost a small for
| tune To begin with, 1t was poorly Sc
lected and artistically unworthy, per-
| haps it did not deserve success-but this
does not always follow.
|
An awful fate has befallen the Largest
painting in the world '-"Golgotha, by Jan
| Styka. According to the American Art
News it has been sold to a European syn
dicate for s11S,000 and is to be cut up into
| theater curtains for Chicago.
The portrait of Philip II OF Spain, by
Whistler which belonged to the late Sir
Henry Irving, and at the sale OF his eff
fects in London was purchased for s25, 900,
was procured, 1t is learned, by Mr.. George
| c. Thomas and is now In his home In
| Philadelphia.
LEILA MECHLIN.
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