Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-28

smaller art centers. and must be well worth
seeing.
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Miss Suzanne Gutherz has just finished an
excellent portrait Of Mrs. Rust-Smith Of
this city. 1t is a three-quarter length, and
the figure is we'll placed on the canvas.
Seated in q light mahogany chair beside
small table. Mrs. Rust-Smith is shown in a
picturesque gown Of gray crepe de chine
with q white lace yoke, wearing gloves but
no hat. The background is a bit of old
gold drapery. which takes in its folds a
CLINT of opalescent color, and on the table
are some pink roses in a tall glass vase.
1t Is perhaps trif1e conventional, but 1t is
admirably done. an excellent likeness, and
remarkably clever piece Of painting The
ideal portrait is far to seek. but those who
have done most toward perpetuating 1t are
they who have held to fundamental truth
and made least effort to be original. Indi-
vlduality is something which cannot be
forced, and a craving for novelty Is a
stumbling block to many Miss Gutherz
has had excellent training, which, coupled
with exceptional ability, manlfests itself in
her work. and must in time place her In the
front ranks of contemporary painters.
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Two uncommonly interesting portraits by
Gilbert Stuart have recently been acquired
by the Metropolitan Museum. They are
likenesses Of Don Josef de Jaudenes Ne
bot, first Spanish minister to the United
States, and Dona Mathilde Stoughton de
Jaudenes, his wife, and were painted In
New York in 1904. Probably they were
taken to Spain on the recall of the minister.
for they were found in that country very
lately in excellent preservation by an agent
Of Knoedler & Co. of New York Far more
elaborate than the majority Of Gilbert
Stuart's work. they are thoroughly charac-
lett onln 10 ri nd hQp nntn,
the flesh tint less chalky than commonly
and features firmly modelled and expressive.
The minister. who Is pictured in a dark
blue coat scarlet breeches and white stock
ings, was, according to an inscription, only
twenty at the time the portrait was painted,
and his wife. who wears marvellous head
dress, but il most daintily gowned. was at
the same time only sixteen. The portraits,
ing than usual. but, aside from the person.
atty Of the originals. they have intrinsic
charm, and must always bear record to the
extraordinary skill OF one of our earliest
American painters.
At a special meeting Of the National So
ciety Of the Fine Arts. which Is to be held
in the assembly hall of the Cosmos Club,
Friday evening. May 3. Mr.. James B.
Townsend Of New York will deliver an ad-
dress on art Education in the South"
Mr.. Townsend Is the editor Of the American
Art News. and Is well known both as q |
writer and lecturer on art. He directed the
art exhibit which was held at the Charles
ton exposition. and has managed most sue
cessfully the southern travelling exhibition
to which reference has previously been
made.
On Tuesday evening. at o'clock, at the |
Public Library. Mrs. William H. Holmes
will deliver an illustrated lecture upon the
'sGreat' Styles in Furniture" which will be |
the last in the course given under the aus |
pices Of the National Society of the Fine
Arts, Mrs Holmes will treat of the various
types of furniture. showing examples of I
EACH and will lay special stress upon their |,
art merit and value It is subject In |
which she herself is much interested, and |
upon which she has put much study. The |
illustrations shown by stereopticon have |
been specially made for the lecture.
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Miss Anna Sands has recently made In /
pastels an attractive portrait Of Miss sey-
rnour... It Is considerably less than half
size. and manifests distinctly pictorial
motif. The sitter IL shown in q pink sum-
mer gown against a landscape background.
There II certain conventionality In the
treatment Of the trees and vistas which reie-
gates them properly to secondary considera-