Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-20
A R T N 0 ES.

The cause of art education sustained a
very real loss by the death OF Mrs. 8. e.
w. Fuller. who for thirty-ive years had
been supervisor OF drawing in the public
schools of the District Of Columbia. TO
her is largely due the excellence Of the sys-
tenn now in practice and the exceptional
merit of the work which has and is being
done. When a girl In New York she studied
wood engraving. TYPOGRAPHY and designing
at the New York School Of Art, which later
became the Cooper Union, and accomplished
more than fair results through the several
mediums. Coming to this city after the
civil war she opened school of her own
on Franklin Square-the Washington School
of Art. and continued 1t successfully for a
number Of years. even after she had as
sumed charge Of the work In the public
schools It is supposed to have been the
first art school in Washington. AS her
teaching required more and more time her
Individual work was laid aside but for 1t
she never lost either interest or enthusiasm.
Reared in a time Of extreme art barren
ness and trained along narrow lines, Mrs.
Fuller was peculiarly appreciative and un-
commonly broad minded. Not only did she
keep well abreast of the times, but in ad-
vance of her contemporaries. Believing
sincerely in the old methods she was open
to conviction and ready to adopt the new
when their superiority was demonstrated
And she taught not merely the students
herself progressed and infusing them with
her own enthusiasm. To her credit 1t may
be said that no city has better art work
produced in It's public schools and few as
good as Washington. In abandoning her
own career and giving herself to the edu-
cation Of others Mrs. Fuller chose uncon-
sciously the better part. The influence of
her work has been widespread and to the
utmost degree beneficent.
X
Mr. James Henry Moser, the president of
the Washington Water Color Club, is still in
town, finding in the neghborhood of this
city paintable material in great abundance.
The Potomac flats and the Great Falls
headlands are to him as fresh discoveries
and he has given himself to their transcript
ton with the discoveries zest And they are
new according to his Interpretation for each
painter sees with his own eyes and makes
his individual visions patent. 1t is his pre-
rogative to point out the unseen, and to hand
on, as it were, his own impressions. The
thing painted Is Of less consequence than
the thing seen-the subject matter fnSig
nificant in comparison to the way 1t Is set
forth. So 1t does not matter very much
where an artist works, but 1t Is also true
that the environs of Washington are pc
cularly picturesque. Never, indeed, has
Mr. Moser painted better pictures more
attractive ones than those Of the river
duced. One is sunset showing the light
OF the colored clouds reflected in the still
water of the stream from which the wooded
river shore divides 1t. In the foreground
Is a mass of green arowheads and across
the water the evening mist Is lurking
among the trees. 1t Is reticent in treat
ment, but very skllful; moduated in color,
but yet strong. And this Is only one of
many, various Impressions, differing but
slightly perhaps in composition but much
in effect and tone-pictures which have a.
definite appeal and yet possess much sub
tlety and true art feeling. No wonder that
in spite of the heat Mr.. Moser fingers.
Mr.. Max Weyl's studio is also open,
though the artist himself declares that he
does not expect people to be interested
in painted pictures In the summer Mr..
Weyrs own interest is perennial and some
of his best pictures have been painted here
at this time He has, indeed in his studio
now some exceptionally important can
vases, which he has but recently COM
pleted One is a small convas representing
a pool among some trees, another is a view