Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-19
ART N CITES.

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ing circuit Of the small cities of the mid
die west. This travelling gallery as &,
is called. Is made up of eighty paintings
and twenty etchings. loaned by artists and
collectors of Boston. Philadelphia. Chicago
and Washington. and has proved universal
ly popular. A hundred more towns have
made application for It than could be In
cluded on It's circuit, and wherever II has
stopped special pains have been taken to
set 1t properly before the public. Its object
Is to interest and familiarize persons who
have not the advantages Of home galleries
or travel with the best current art and In
this 1t has been esninently successful. There
IL no better way Of educating the public
than this. A knowledge Of art il not got
from books, but from actual seeing. Those
who are familiar with the works Of the
masters rarely pause to admire CONNER
cial genre Nor is this particular exhi-
bition the only one in the field. The club
women OF Kansas have circulated similar
art galleries" and have succeeded in inter-
esting not only the people but the legisla-
ture Of their state to the extent OF liberal
appropriation; the Minnesota club women
have been equally enterprising, while those
OF Texas have for four years been indie
pendently carrying on the good work. Many
of these exhibits consist of Photographic
reproductions of paintings by the old and
modern masters, while others are given
over to practical Illustrations Of good In
terror decoration and furnishings and to
art objects of all kinds. Over twenty
thousand school children are said to have
visited one on a single circuit. These cam
not but make an impression and tend to the
cultivation of taste The movement is good
and vigorous and should commend itself
unqualfedly. The art committee of the
general federation which has this work In
charge is composed of five members. one of
whom is Mrs. c. w. Schneider OF this city.
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Though absent from Washington for over
four years many will remember with In
terest the work of Miss Berta NJ. Hanson
and be glad to know that she has reopened
a studio here. Miss Hanson studied both
under Mr.. Howard Helmick and at the
Corcoran School, where for two years prior
to her departure she was a member Of the
faculty. After spending one year In the
west she went abroad, studied for a year
In Paris, lived a year in Antwerp and
went, finally. from there to Madrid, from
whence she has comparatively recently re-
turned. Her experiences were interesting
and we'll worth recounting. Desiring to
measure her strength. or at least put 1t in
competition with others, she took the en-
trance examinations for the Ecole de Beaux
Arts with seventy-four other women, two
of whom besides herself passed. Once ad-
united to all the classes she studied dill
gently for a season, and then, fearing the
academcians rut. exchanged the school
for a little studio in Antwerp and her
French teachers for the great gallery of old
Dutch masters. VelasqueZ led her to Spain
and for twelve months she lived quietly in
madrid copying. with special privileges, in
the Prado gallery. From there she has
brought back with ner three large, notable
canvases-copies of Velasquezs portraits Of
Mariana Of Austria of the quantity
In To Mario
OF Fernando with his dog. All are admira-
bly, rendered. and while following closely
the spirit Of the originals are something
more than slavtsh reproductions. Miss Han
son Is specially clever craftsman and TO
this adds feeling for decoration and keen
sense OF color. At present she is execut-
Ing some Interesting, small portraits OF
children, and for later days she has some
decorative schemes on hand
Summer this year came so close upon the
heels Of spring that the landscape painters
were almost defrauded of one Of their chief
harvest seasons. Mr.. Max Weyl, however.
took advantage of the few short pleasant
days and gathered considerable sprng-time
data on the Potomac lowlands and ON the
hills north of the city. Near Tenleytown he
found in an open field beneath a partly
clouded sky group of blossoming apple
trees which literally made themselves into
a picture and richly rewarded TRANSCRIPTION.
1t Is not often that q blossom picture is
satisfactory, but this one is. 1t is neither
too tangible nor too pretty, Mr.. Weyl has
handled his theme broadly, but he has
plainly suggested the evanescence of the
flowers. He has also painted of late q num-
Der of little pictures in Oil, which are par
ticularly attractive. One gives a glimpse of
blue sky and water at the terminus of a
path through thin oak woods, and another
q broad stretch Of marshy land in conjunc-
ton with quiet sunset One OF Mr.. WeyPs
canvases view on Rock creek. is included
In the permanent collection of the Albright
gallery IN Buffalo, and another has been
given place in one Of Bostons foremost
clubs.
Mr.. E c. Messers duties as principal of
the Corcoran School leave him little leisure
for personal work, but in some way he has
found the time during the past few months
to get a number of canvases more than
under way. He has painted a broad view
OF open country traversed by single stone
fence, which suggests the worlds spacious
ness while 1t interprets the restful pause Of
early twilight; and glowing sunset
through rain, which Is as true as 1t is novel
and at the same time gentle and emotional,
besides several small pictures OF equal in
tereet and consequence. Among the last,
quite recently finished. are two Of unusual
ictc-a 6utecl udLuiHS lHTOuSu UaTk CLOUDS,
beyond a shadowy world, and a daylight
picture Of a sloping pasture and clump Of
commonplace trees. In composition none is
complicated-for subjects the painter did
not go far afeld-but each has been loving
ly rendered and through its own interpre-
tation leads the observer directly and rev.
erently back to nature, which Is, after all,
the real aim of art.
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Several of the local architects have de-
clared their intention Of attending the inter-
national congress of architects, which will
hold a session in Lonoon from the 10th to
the 21st of July. This is the first interna-
tional congress Of architects to be held in
an English-speaki country and promises
to be an event of much note. Among the
topics for discussion are THE Architect
Craftsman" THE Planning and Laying Out
Of Streets and Open Spaces In Cities" THE
Responsibility of a Government in the Con-
eervation of National Monuments" and
The Education of the Public In ARCHITECT
ture." An exhibition, moreover, will be
held In connection with the congress, which
will illustrate chronologlcally the develop
ment of English architecture from the Nor
man conquest to the time OF Sir Charles
Barry and will set forth paintings by Eng
lish architects and examples Of English fur
niture and silver work. In addition to this,