The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-04
at Keerhof Gallery
To Be Open to Public TOmOnOq

The first Of the series Of exhibitions
contemplated during ths present art
\ season at the VeerhoH galleries In F
street viii be open TO The public tomOr-
row, and include In the works Of art
/ placed on view not only examples Of the
art Of the painter in water cOlors from
some Of the Local studios. but viii also
! include water coiJrs from the studios
OF foreign artists whose fame is not
/ confined 10 the country which they
claim as home.
Among the work OF local artists viii
be found pictures by Powe{l. H Robert
Nichols. Lamasure, and Everett l. War
ner. the last. artist being represented by
a single picture Moonlight in which a
building OF crude and uninteresting pro-
| portions is the central spot IN a large
space bounded on one side by a row Of
tall poplar trees. In the composition
there is but little OF natural beau-y, or
Of an appealing quality. The force Of
the WORK seems 70 be ceutered in the
truth OF the statement. and the UOuaI
quality OF moonlight which enveioues
these plain surroundings in an air Of
mystery.
In the work Of Lamasure there IS
much 10 commend and admire and
there IS also ample proof OF decided
D
niQue. for Lamasure has a defrnpss in
! the use Of his medium which many an
artist may envy. but IL is In his own
| appreciation Of his arr. as shown in his
picture Night IN Virginia IN which he
has given us a glimpse OF q picturesque
I old home under tie soft and mysterious
/ light Of night in which values blend anL
forms merge u that degree that the
| work seems more a creature Of memoir
than fact presented through TIE skiIi
/ Of the artist
The Fails Of the Yellowstone" is the
subject OF the one painting in this ex-
hibitiOn BY Lucien W Powell. and IN
| this Mr.. Powell is seen iu one Of his
| best efforts As presentation through
the medium OF color OF The beauty OF 4,
that wonderland. the artist has sue
ceeded 70 wonderful degree and Yet
the success IS not Of that labOred quail
ity which clauOrs OF the work perform
ed, and vaunts itself OF the achievement.
II Is simple IN composition but subtitle
IN It's color arrangement, and tells the
story or the grandeur OF the mountains
| IN the graphic manner
Has Two Pictures.
H Hobart Nichols is represented by
/ two pictures: Evening IN Picardy'
and the "Sardine Factory" Mr.. Mich
OILS IS fortunate IN adapting himself 20
the point Of view Of the country in
which he IS painting. IN his Evening
l IN 4-dL-E I'D WHICH IS eE-e-A q -N---A
crossing a rough stone bridge-an ap-|
I prOach to a sruaE village, at the tvvI-
| light hour. in II IS Mr.. Nichols is eS-
sentialy French Al his pictorial sense,
and apparently under the influence OF
the French school.
In his other painting The Sardine
Factory" Mr. Nichols Is enthusiastically
| American, and sees the plain. and molot-
OnOus building with the eyes OF an
/ American. In one particular does he
carry from one country 20 another a
/ single characteristic. In his color and
| his tendency TO paint in low cool cOlOrs
/ he IS everywhere the same
Among other American artists repre-
1 scented A y Beach, Californian artist,
from the Pasture an old and somewhat
h3ckneyed title, but not by any means
hackneyed by the picture. which IS
marked by its own individuality and
small picture Venice in which the
color sense IS softer and IN more
pictures of Venice by Zeim. Turner, or
Powell The work is charming, but not
forcefuI
Among the foreign artists are pictures
by John ferris. a Scotch artist. whose
picture, 'HThe Bridge Of Ayr" possesses
a beauty Of color and form separate and
distinct from any architectural cOnsid-
erations. Beauty Of color that furnishes
SUGGESTIONS of new possibilities in color
and beauty Of form that at once makes
the work decorative. not in a specific, I
but in a more general sense.
Paintings of Tigers.
c. z. Swami, an English painter noted
for his clever animal studies, has two
paintings Of tigers, ''The Wounded
Tiger and AT Rest" Both are small
transcripts Of jungle life. The wounded
tiger IS writing in agony. The work is
an anatomical demonstration Of pain
and torture, smooth and yet vigorous.
The other painting Is the quiet life of
the jungle when the tiger IS quietly
resting ike an immense cat. phiIOsOph-
ical and calm.
Henri Stacquet, formerly president of
the Royal Society Of Belgian AQUarel-
lists, exhibits a small marine In which
shore and horizon seem 10 be forgotten. F.
and the whole emphasis IS given 10 the
largeness Of the sea and the foree OF
the waves The view given is as though /
the waves are seen from height. The .
action and strength is unmistakable. 4
the color is cold and tells the story or 4
chilling winds and binding spray
One drawing in black and white, the \
work Of Howard Pyle, IS included IN 4
sr-a@ Of