Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-19
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| notable addition has been made this
| week to the National Gallery exhibit at the
] National Museum. The collection OF paint
| ings assembled by the late Lucius Tucker
| man Of this city has been generously loaned
| TO the institution for the period OF year
| or more by the collectors heirs-his chill
| dren and grandchildren. 1t consists Of nine
| teen or twenty pictures and has been ar
| ranged attractively on the west wall of the
| newly fitted gallery. AS every private coll
| lection differs from a public collection, so
| this will be found to be composed of paint
| ings especially selected for home, reflect
| ing an individual taste and intrinsically
worthy-works which bear close scrutiny
| and grow more interesting upon acquaint-
! ance. Covering a wide range of subjects
| and representing several styles. they exhibit
preference for the pictorial and an ap-
probation of the value of technique. The
| Spanish painter Zamacois, who lived during
| the past century, is represented by a paint
| ing of refectory which is both elaborate
l. in composition and admirable In rendering.
| At a distance it is effective and yet near
| to 1t manifests its chief charm. Every de-
| tail is conscientiously rendered and still
the unity of the whole is retained. AS a
piece of skilful painting 1t could hardly be
| eXcelled. Then there is a Vibert, dressing
! for the Masquerade" also cleverly ham
| died, but less happy in color combinations
| than usual-a picture which displays brill
| liant technique. but comparatively little art
| feeling-a type worthy in its way. but GER
| tainly decadent And Bouguereau, Early
| Morning. a mother and two children,
which IL lacking in force shows consum-
| mate craftsmanship and gives expression
| to uplifting sentiment: besides a still life
| painting by Descoffe. which while formal is
| for all time exemplary and charming.
Freer in rendering and fresher in color Is
| The Ferry" by Adrian Moreau. one OF
| the newer French school who has learned
! the meaning of air and sunlight and en-
deavored to interpret 1t. Drier crisper and
| more spontaneous is his brush work, though
| no more profound is his subject. Fishing
| for Eels" by Boyle shares some of these
| good qualities. and an interesting little
landscape by Crowinshield shows further
| application of the same principles.
! The sincerity and naivete of early land
scapes by w. T. Richards and F. 7. Church.
which are included in this collection, should
| be especially noted, for while rendered
after the manner of the old Hudson River
School, they show the loosing of past tradi-
| tons and the cropping toward the new. The
! love of nature is evident in Richards por-
| trayal of the autumn woods. and respect
| for interpretive art manifested in Church
| little Sunset" albeit that both painters
We're realists and are not accounted MEM
| bers of the advance guard.
And there is a Whistler, sketch in water
| color no larger than postal card, COM
| paratively unimportant and yet peculiarly
| significant and characteristic. A bit of the
| sea; beneath gray sky, with bare-masted
| boats dotted here and there along the hori-
| zon-smple, but satisfying: tin but spa
| cious Without legitimate reason for re-
| mark. 1t persistently declares itself and In
a measure explains the fascination which
| Whister's work eXertS and the poignancy
| of his influence. The frame In which this
picture is shown is of the type which the
| painter himself selected.
| Nor are these ALL The collection, indeed,
| is varied, and of its interest not easily ex-
hausted Each canvas is worthy of study.
and many are thought-provoking. They
add materially to ne National Gallery 3
| evidence of
| outside cooperation. That the project Will
| gain impetus by these means there -; no
doubt-for. after all interest 5eget1 interest
and reckoning the National Gallery g
| wealth, this for the present must be its
| largest asset.
Wide attention is being attracted by the
Corcoran Gallery's approaching exhibition
| of contemporary American paintings, which
| will open on - 9th of February On every
| side it has received hearty support, and
| in every way it promises to be splendidly
| successful In reference to 1t Mr.. Alex
ander Harrison wrote from abroad, 1t is
| what l have long had in mnd-a national
| salon at the national capital and -.om
| many other well-known men have come
| similar expressions of approval 1t will be
| of the greatest local Importance, but VIII
| be essentially national affair. 1t will do
much toward making Washington an &C
| knowledged art center, but it Should also
| help to spread throughout the land an APP
probation of current American painting.
| Many more canvases than could be given
| space were submitted to the jureS in BoS-
ton, Philadelphia and New York this week,
and many artists who do not commonly ex-
| hibit will be numbered wit its contributors.
| All works entered for this exhibition in
| this city will be collected on Monday and
! Tuesday of next week, and obviously must
be ready on the 21st instant. The local
| jury is composed of Messrs Richa:L N.
| Brooke, c. H. L. Macdonald. and Max
| Weyl, while on the final jury, which is con-
stituted both a hanging committee and jury
| of award. are Messrs. Irving r. Wlles. Ed
Breckenridge and Frank Duveneck. This
jury will hold its first meeting on Janu-
| airy IS.
| group Of landscapes by Mr.. Eugene
| Poole is now on exhibition in Morreys gal
| lery Mr. Poole is an erstwhile Washing
| ton painter, having occupied studio in
! Vernon row in the early eighties, and been
a member of the local art organization
! From here he went first to Cincinnati and
| then to Pttsburg. He is best known as a
painter of portraits, for it is only of recent
years that he has given his attention to
| landscape work. He has, however, in this
| field met with more than ordinary success
| His landscapes are studied. and while some
| times. perhaps, a little overworked, are
! veracous, and have the feeling OF out-of-
| doors. The majority are autumn scenes,
J but one that is specially pleasing is merely
a rough open field near Lyme. Conn. seen
on a drcary, fall day, beneath gray sky
| while another, equally strong and interest
| ing, pictures a bit of rocky pasture near
the little toy IF Mystic.
Several paintings by Nr. ]. II. Sharp,
whose exhibition at the Cosmos Club closed
last Saturday can now be seen in the Neer-
hot gallery Three are landscapes, pictures
of the Montana country and the great Gus
| ter battlefield, painted from the artists
| studio or dooryard; two are Indian por-
traits, painted with the utmost fidelity and
! artistic perception. and one is figure COM
position The Dead Spirit which has been
highly commended. but is after all. least
| painter-like in its execution. Early in Feb
| ruarv there will be an exhibition in this
gallery of the works of Mr. Lucien Powell,
followed later by one of paintings by Mr..
| Hobart Nichols.
| Mr.. Max Weyl has just finished two very
| interesting canvases-both autumn scenes,
! but extremely individual The one shows