Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-09

and Miss Mathilde Mueden. Miss lesley
Jackson and Mr.. Leisenring were made
members of the board OF manage9 Plans
for the next annual exhibition, - be held
In the coming fall, were discussed and re-
ports read. but the special feature of the
evening was poster competition In which
all in attendance Joined heartily and mer-
rily. Each was given identical design
In outline and an equal number of colored
crayons to complete the work, and when
all were finished three prizes were solemn
ly awarded without prejudice; the first,
sketch contributed by the president of the
club; the second a brass candle stick, and
the third bit Of pottery.
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An exhibition Of paintings by Mr.. Lucien
w. Powell opens on Monday in veerhoff's
Gallery and should prove of general inter-
est to all. 1t will consist Of about forty
paintings in oil and water color and will
cover wide range of subjects There will
be sketches made in the Azores. at Gibral-
tar, Naples, Venice Rome and Florence:
carefully wrought Venetian scenes; pictures
Of the great canyon of the Yellowstone and
quiet Virginia landscapes-a great variety.
and truly pictorial themes. Mr.. Powells
work is too we'll known in this city to need
either Introduction or praise. but it may be
said that while sometimes declared remi-
niscent of the works of Turner and Moran,
1t Is in truth sincerely individual, seriously
studied and delightfully."- colorful. The Cor
coran Gallery owns one of Mr.. Powelfs can
yon water colors. and large canvas by him.
representing portion of the Yellowstone
region, Yves recently presented to the
National Gallery by a member of the board
of regents Of the Smithsonian Institution.
Mr.. Edward Lind Morse and Mr.. Everett
L. Warner both formerly Of this city.
are represented by two examples, each
in an exhibition Of water colors which is
now being held in the Art Museum Of
home in Stockbridge, and Mr.. Warner Is
at present on his way to Spain, having
sailed from Boston for Gibraltar within
the last fortnight.
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In special exhibition of paintings by
Messrs. Tryon and Dewing, held last week
and this In New York, two late accessions
made by Mr.. Freer to his collection, which
will eventually find a permanent home in
this city, were shown. Both were by Mr.
Dewing. One was called La Coincidence"
and represented, with characteristic SUBJ
tlety of manner, young woman in light
colored nondescript gown, seated In
plain chair near wall, gray in color and
striped perpendlcularly; the other pictured
with exquisite deicacy of touch and ac-
curacy of handling a figure of a youth, clad
in red, holding mandolin on his knee, and
sitting against dark-blue curtain. The lat
ter Is almost in miniature. SO small are
its proportions, and by its care and acute
ness suggests paradoxical combination
Of the methods of Messonier and Whistler.
On Monday afternoon a lecture. in the
women's course of Columbian College, will
be given on French Architecture by
Prof. Percy Ash at the George Washington
University.
Over fifty thousand people have visited
the Corcoran Gallery's exhibition Of contem-
porary American paintings since it opened
on February Z. Tomorrow is the last day
and admission will be free to all from 1870
to pm. Twenty-four pictures have been
sold-thfrteen purchased by the Corcoran
Gallery for its permanent collection and
the remaining nine by chance visitors. Mr..
Redf1elds "Lowlands Of the Delaware" to
which were awarded the V. G. Fischer prize
and Corcoran bronze medal. was one Of the
canvases sold the latter part of this week.
as were also The Magic Forest" by IT.
wing; Couse; "Dogwood Blossoms" by WI,
lard Metcalf;. "AQueduct at Little Falls,
by Ernest Lawson, and THE Lonely Sea"
by D. ]. Cue.
In every respect the exhibition has been a
success. 1t has awakened wide interest,
Many have learned from it and great num-
bers have found in it pleasure. 1t has been
both instructive and profitable. and its
benefcence will be realized more fully
when the event itself has become a part
of the past. It has been truly a national
affair. While awakening Washington 1t has
affected outlying districts. The pictures
purchased go to Chicago, Pittsburg,
Rochester Detroit and other remote cities.
Among the visitors to the exhibition have
been persons from all parts of the United
States and from many parts of the world.
Artists and critics from Philadelphia, New
York and Boston have come to see 1t and
profess to have been stimulated by it.
Again and again the question has been
asked whether or not such an exhibition
would become an annual event, and at
meeting of the trustees held the latter part
of this week it was determined to repeat
1t two years from now, hoping thereby to
uphold an equally high standard and pur-
posing to have no less adequate funds for
purchases and current expenses. This next
exhibition will be held in the midwinter of
1908 and 1909, and already ienator w. A.
Clark has placed in the hands of the board
of trustees $1,000 to be distributed at that
time in prizes.