The Washington herald., 1907-02-07

DIT. William S. Halsted, and Dr. Howard
A. Kelley, of the Johns Hopkins Univer-
sty, Baltimore. Sargent. by the way, is
the only exhibitor who has five pictures
on view The Sargents are all grouped /
together and they are fine samples of the
work OF an artist who has stamped his
individuality upon the art Of his time. |
and who has not inaptiy been compared
TO Franz Halls and Vclasquez.
Purchases by Gallery.
Much interest WAS taken, too. in the
works on exhibition which have been at
once purchased by the Corcoran Gallery
Of Art. These include Homer Winslow's
a Light on the Sea. a beautiful picture
of the sea at night. with a dim shoreline
in the right distance; r. NJ. Shurtleff's
''The First Snow, a landscape Of unusual
quality; Willard L. Metcalfs a May
Night" which took the first prize. This
shows the moonlight falling on the tail
and stately pillars of "a colonial mansion
and picking it out from the shadows OF
the great trees. The grass OF the slOping
lawn is bathed in tender haze, and in
the foreground but dimly outlined. stands
the figure Of the mistress of the mansion.
The effect is a wonderful one. and one
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with marked effect notably I'm the YES
pers of II. Hobart Nicols. the young
Washington painter whose technique is
admirable. His picture shows the same
kind Of moonlight as May Night" but
il has more action in it. 1t shows the old
danes of Katwyk entering an ancient
church for vespers
Another purchase of the gallery is
Childe Hassam's, North East Highlands
of the New England Coast" a powerful
landscape, rugged and strong. on which ii
seems as If the color had been laid on
with palette knife. "Peonies, by WI
ton Lockwood, beautiful fiower-piece is
another purchase, as IS J. J. Shannon
THE Girl in Brown" one Of the most
striking figure paintings in the whole col
eCtiOn
a fine landscape purchased is Edward
w Redtield's The Delaware River" and
Horatio Walkers Ave Maria" was also
secured.
The Hopi Desert.
One Of the most distinctiveIy American
landscapes in the whole coIlecuon-and
this, also. was secured by the Gallery-is
Albert L. GroHs The Land of the Hopi
Indian" It shows what seems at first
TO be a small stretch OF the Hopi desert.
arched over with a wonderful sky. But as
one takes in the view # seems that the
desert stretches out interminably. lone.
/ scar. and desolate. There is another pic
ture Of the same sort, equally worthy, and
painted by the same artist It is Arizona
Clouds" and in this he has obtained the
same effects; effects 10 be seen nowhere
else in the world but in our great West
ern country.
Another purchase is Mary Cassatt's
Woman and Child" a picture that has
been often reproduced III art magazines as
fine example of American figure work,
and a reproduction of IL finds place in the
catalogue. The last picture on the pur-
chase list is William Thorue's THE Ter
race" a reproduction of which is also used
TO illustrate the catalogue.
Pictures That Attract.
These are the pictures that attracted
the most attention because. perhaps. peo-
pie not quite sure of their own taste in
matters Of art like first to ste the pictures
that have the stamp OF expert approval
upon them. But there are many other
pictures here that must riyet the attcn-
/ ton because of their fine qualities and
/ their beauty.
There IS, for instance. that fine deeora-
/ tive piece, which arrived too late for COM
petition but which has fortunately been
hung 50 that it occupies the center panel
! Of the north wall OF Gallery A. II is
Henry 3. FuHerS big picture OF Life
! Disarming Death" It is, perhaps. the
/ most striking picture u the whole exhibit.
and one of the best pictures that Fuller
has ever painted. At shows Death, a
gauut and terrible figure. hiding his face
with his skeletCn-likc hands. his sOmber
robes entwined about his limbs. the flesh
Of which looks dead; while Life radiant
with the bloom of wondrous health, her
cheeks rosy, her graceful arm plump and
we'll rounded. has taken away his grim
scythe. and seems 10 stand upon the brink
of time, bidding our ancient enemy stand
/ back. It is a fine allegory, finely con
ceived, and the drawing is very firm. the
| coloring exquisite.
Marines on View.
The exhibition is not very strong in
marines-that is. there are not many OF
them in the gallery. but those that are
there are of superior quality. As the Wis
itor goes up the left stairs he viii see
the most striking of them, a large pic
ture Of Carlton r. Chapman, THE Bonnie
Homme Richard and the Scraps" It is
a large and a difficult subject, this battle
al close range between two of the old
wooden ships. their portfolios belching
flames, their masts and cordage shot
away and dangling in confusion. But the
artist seems 10 have caught the true
spirit of this glorious fight, and the pic
ture IS one To stir the blood
The most attractive marine in the ex-
Z L.
Sea" 1t shows a misty day on the New
foundland Banks; two men in dory are
i'm the act of hauling aboard huge FISH,
the while their boat lists dangerously
i is glOriously painted. Another marine
OF a different sort is Charles u. Wood
bury's At sea- II is nothing but a
huge wave in the swollen ocean far from
land. The picture shows distinctly that
the ocean is very deep here, and that its
bosom swels with majestic power. The
simplicity OF this charming picture adds
TO its grandeur.
The exhibit is strongest on its portrait
side, and among the striking examples of
this genre are the works of julius
ROlshOYcn. Irving 3. Wiles. William NJ
Chase. Albert Steiner, Frank Duveneck.
Wilhelm Funk, George De Forest Brush
who has two very charming child pic
lures: Louis Cox. Cecilia BeaUx. Frederic
p. NlnJOn. Alice Barney, Joseph DE Camp
Philip l.. Hale. and Thomas Eakins.
AIexandcr's Butterfly.
Other pictures that viii attract good
deal of attention are that highly decora-
tive work by Louis Loeb. The Summit,
which hangs at the south end Of gallery
3. Its brilliancy of coloring gives the
tone 10 the room. John W. Alexander
well-kn0wn picture, The Butterfly" is