Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-09
AR T N O T & s.

is q mistake to suppose that their advent
means the cessation of all activity. Indeed
1t is quite the contrary. Though the Cor
coran School Is closed quite a number OF
the students are continuing their studies,
some IN summer schools. others under local
instructors. During the month of June
Miss Mueden will conduct class In still
life and portrait painting at her studio on
three days OF the week. and the Aquarelie
Club. made up Of members OF the water
color class of the Corcoran School, win take
occasional sketchinE trips into the nearby
country under the guidance OF Mr.. James
Henry Moser. its president and director
The Corcoran Gallery. moreover. which ID
at present specially rich in treasure, will
remain open for several weeks. and though
for the next three months there will prob
ably be no special exhibitions In the deal
ers. galleries each will contain works
worthy Of more than passing note.
Many of the artists have, 1t Is true, al
ready left town-people are leaving earlier
this year than commonly-but there are
| quite a number who by commissions or
other reasons will be detained In town for
| an indefinite time. Mr.. E. c. Messer has
not yet made any vacation plans; Mr.. Carl
| Gutherz. while retiring to his summer home
| near Rockville, will not for the present
| close his Church street studio; Mr.. Mac
! donald has too many portraits on hand to
| contemplate immediate departure; Mr.. Max
| Weyl still thinks the Washington country
| delightfully."- paintable, and looks upon this
as his harvest season. while Mr.. e. H. Mil
| Ter. for some 1.-THE same reason, is In no
hurry to leave.
As the result of a recent trolley trip from
| Hagerstown to Frederick. Md. Mr. Moser
| has painted In water color landscape
| which transcribes the aspect of that Sec
| ton of the country on typical day In
| June. 1t shows. beneath partly clouded
! sky, the rolling hills and low. broad val
| leys, dazzling in the fresh brillancy of their
verdure and yet dignified In their calm
| strength. Though the scene is almost
| panoramic It is not grandiose. The bigness
| of the world is pictured. but also its simple
| charm. The handling is broad the treat
| ment very unaffected, and yet the result is
finished and in every respect satisfactory.
| The color alone is lovely and with this is
| carried the conviction of truth. 1t Is I'M
\ doubtedly one of the most successful works
| that Mr.. Moser has produced, and 1t has a
spontaneity which bespeaks mastery of me-
| dunn and ease of expression.
|
Turning aside from her regular work for
| the purpose of recreation, Miss Hattie E.
| Burdette produced in pastel this week a
| most charming little work-a head of a
| young woman seen against semi-conven-
| tional landscape background. 1t is scarce
| ly more than a sketch. and yet as 1t stands
| 1t Is complete. mere suggestion, but
| tangible and felicitous. The woman s
features are good but she is scarcely beau
| tiful. and her charm lies not much IL,
| comelipess as in gentle nobility of ex-
preston. The background is subservient.
| but has been made a factor in the de-
| sign, and a crescent moon explains in a
measure the gray half light. which lends
| to the whole charm and mystery. 1t is a
| fantasy, but delightfully."- sane-a work Of
| the imagination built up upon strong
structural basis.
The Washington Architectural Club held
its annual meeting last Saturday night and
elected officers for the ensuing year fol-
lows: President. Mr.. William D. Window;
vice president Mr. Percy C. Adams: secre-
tary. Mr.. H. s. MacAllster; treasurer Mr..
W. w. Youngs: directors. Messrs. Louis A.
Simons, Francis B. Wheaton and Clarence
L. Harding; auditors, Messrs. Weissen-
born and Armstead. Owing to the fact
that, on account of building operations, the
club has had to relnquish its old quarters,
this meeting was held in borrowed rooms.
which. being unillumnated, were lighted
for the nonce with Japanese lanterns. Thus
1t partook somewhat of the nature of q
garden party. and being uncommonly well
attended, was specially festive. 1t was
close of one of the most successful seasons
in the history of the organization.
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Next week in the several high schools
there will be informal exhibitions of the
students art work, which should. and prob
ably will, prove specially interesting.
While the public schools make no pretense
of training artists, they do accomplish
much in the cultivation of taste. AS Mr..
Messer very truly said in his address last
week to the students of the Corcoran
School, 1.-The appreciation is as important
factor In the development of art as the
producer" and the public schools as we'll
as the art schools are undoubtedly train
Ing appreciators. Their teaching is I'M
questionably elemental, but 1t should be,
and 1t is both sound and peculiarly adapt
ed to present needs.
Miss Louise Hull, who a member OF
the faculty of the local Art Students
League and is now in charge of the art
department of the Stanton Female Semi
nary, was in the city for few days on
her way TO Philadelphia, from whence she
sailed yesterday for Europe. During the
past winter Miss Hull. In addition to her
teaching, produced series of very attract
i've mural decorations for the childrens
ward of the Stanton Observation-Disclosures
from Mother Goose. She is going abroad
in few weeks by her friend. Miss Sallie
Humphreys. who had charge of the design
classes at the league. and their erst-while
pupil, Miss Ruth Supherd Clements
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Miss Clements, by the way, who won, II
will be remembered, the prize offered by
the Countess Cassni for war poster, has
recently come out second in a competition
instituted by the management of the James
town exposition for emblem. The prize
offered was 800, and the widest range was
allowed the competitors in choice of sub
ject style, etc Contrary ts the expecta-
ton of the committee In charge many we'll
known artists sent In designs. For this
reason a second place was no small honor.
So excellent in fact was Miss Clements
design considered, and appropriate for
its purpose, that 1t was purchased by those
in authority.
Miss Janet Scudder. who has been in
Washington for several months, closed her
studio here this week and left with friends
for Cape May. In the early part of the
summer, after a brief rest she will execute
a number of portraits at various country
homes, but later she will go to Europe Miss
Scudder Is to be numbered among the fore
most sculptors of America. Her work is
virile but keenly artistic and II is directed