Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-09

land lady, sedate and serene, making dec
grafton as she stands all unconscious in cap
and cape. Mr.. Me,chers ID apt to give his
pictorial painting the effect Of q design, but
they are always pleasing and invariably
strong.
In Gallery "C.".
It is in gallery "C' that Miss Cecilia
Beaux's work Is displayed. and it Is there
that Horatio Walkers three canvases are
to be seen. That Miss Beaux has mastered
the art of painting none who observes her
work can deny. but perhaps one may have
reason to ask whether she be as great an
artist as a craftsman. Certainly she has
great power and skill. Horatio Walker is,
on the other hand, one Of our few American
picture painters-one who commanding
his medium uses it well. Much Of his time Is
spent in Canada and many of his themes
have been found beyond the border of 1.-THE
States" Commonly he has set forth large
canvases. often he has sought dramatic eff
which he interprets. His ave Maria"
which has been purchased by the Corcoran
Gallery, pictures lad hating with his yoke
of oxen before a roadside crucifix to rever-
emily tell his beads.' There are strong con-
trasts of light and shadow, beautiful sky
crossed by diverging rays, and a feeling in
the whole of invigorating joy. While dra-
matte it is not overwrought, and in render
ing it is truly mastery.
There Is a lovely Blakelock, Moonlight"
loaned by Mr.. William T. Evans, in this
gallery. with several other nocturnes Of spe-
cial note: A curious painting called 1.-THE
Bouquet" by Marion Powers. who though
one of the very late arrivals" having
but lately completed her student days, is
q prize winner in the Pennsylvania Acad-
emy's exhibition this season: and Irving
Wiles' portrait Of Paul Cornoyer, who is
himself admirably represented by a New
York street scene which hangs in gallery
GA Wet Day, Madison Square,
Abbott Thayers beautiful "Caritas'' oc-
cupies the vista at the south end of the
front tier of galleries, and with dignity
does it hold its position. The more familiar
one grows with this painting the more love-
ly 1t becomes and the more uplifting. Ger
tafnly 1t dwarfs the more trivial works
with which 1t has been brought in con-
junction. Paintings by William Keith flank
the entrance to this gallery and help to up
hold the standard which the Thayer has
set They are both landscapes, large can
vases and not dissimilar in character. One
is owned by Senator Clar {, and the other
was sent directly from California by the
painter. They are conservative works rem
dered with much reserve force and a real
izing sense of the pictorial.
Notable Portraits.
Attention should also be called to J.
Mcclure Hamilton's portrait of Mr. Co.'S
mo Monkhouse" and to vonnoh's pictur-
esque portrait Of Ethel Harnich as Lady
Teazle," which was shown last year in the
National Academy Of Design. and could
have been placed here to better advantage
If American art has the right Of distinc-
ton it is on account Of such paintings as
the landscapes by Murphy, and Ranger,
Davis, Achtman and Weir, which are to
be found in gallery &C." Studies, perhaps;
passing effects, yet true interpretations
opening the eyes of those who will look
fore realized And yet probably Charles H.
Davis best work is in the next gallery
with the ultra impressionists, finding affinity
there through its freshness of color and
spontaneity of rendering. With these
sparkling canvases-for some so truly tran
scribe light that they are actually dazzling
is to be found Miss Mary Cassatts
woman and Child" curiously unromantic
kind of beauty which is not always un-
derstood, and In way which is distinctly
individual Jules Guerin, who began as an
architectural colorer and then became an
illustrator, has taken still another forward
stride and produced a picture of Bridge
Winter which in this gallery ranks with
the best
But one large gallery and the atrium
remain. Where the great canvas, Ready,
About" by Vail, usually hangs when the
Corcoran gallery's permanent collection Is
In place, large and spirited marine,
Surf" by Emil Carlson is now seen. In
paintings of 1.-THE Sea" and October
likewise a marine); Walter Deans Deep
Sea-" picture of coast fishing; George
Wharton Edwards "Sunken Reef and
Alexander Harrison's Curling Breaker"
Here, too, are Groll's Land of the Hopi
Indians" a notably fine transcription of the
spacious west; two of Schofield's patterned
poster-like landscapes, full of crisp air and
fine suggestion; Redfield's prize picture and
Hobart Nichols delightful little painting Of
the sunny katwyk Dunes Here it is that
William T. Smedley's portrait of David
Bispham Is to be found and his more in
teresting and notable painting of the baby
Dorothy O." to which in New York was
recently awarded the Proctor prize.
Two other portraits in this same group
demand attention-one Of Mrs H, painted
by Henry Oliver Walker with dry, firm
brush, and one OF young girl on terrace,
by William Thorne. gracefully Transcribed.
There are still many other exhibits Of
note-works which should delight and must
command respectful admiration. We have,
it has been said, no American school, and
1t is true that each painter Is inclined to
seek out a new way, to adventure in unex-
plored regions, but while this causes the
present onlooker some bewilderment and
lends an element of experimentation to the
mass of production. 1t points to progress
and indicates health. That the march Is
forward this exhibition amply testifies, and
that the movement is vigorous and de-
termined 1t likewise shows.
LEILA MECHLIN