The Washington times., 1908-03-22
CURTIS INDIANS ARE SHOWN
AT THE MORLEY GALLERIES


L. S. Curtis. for many years known
in this city and in all exhibition cities
OF the country by his remarkable stud
les of indian character. and OF Indian
life. is now exhibiting eighty photo
graphic studies AT Morrey's galleries IN
q street The exhibition Will be con-
tinued for the following week.
In the pictures contained in this At
tractive exhibition It is readily seen
that the methods Of expression OF mr..
Curtis nave not changed since mis- eX-
hibition in this city some time ago. In
his manner Of presentation he las
adopted a style peculiarly his own. For
landscape pure and simple ne seems to
have little or no fCndness- Such land
scapes as are seen are only landscapes
in a secondary sense. The study Of the
figure seems To have been the leading
thought, and the landscape is intro
duced as an accessory.
Mr.. Curtis has made portraits OF not
few Indian celebrities, and does not
manifest any hard and fast rules OF
lighting Some are broadly lighted.
some are in shadow. but all are inter
esting because OF the freedom Of the
work and the setting aside OF conven-
tionalities.
II is not. however. ia hts portraits
such as those Of GerOuomu. Red Cloud
Yellow Bull. Three Feathers. and other
chiefs, OF In some Of mis- studies OF In
dian women, excellent as they are. that
he shows his most artistic WORK. In
some OF his genre studies, such as THE
NdnlSuIng Race a single line Of In
| dian hoTsemcu filing slowly into the
SHADOW OF a. mountain PASS. or tn his
single inquire study The Scout Ia
. rEr|.s #-H rrHeHH
a vigorous horse, both ia silhouette. or
I In The Three Chiefs where one sees
/ the limtless prairie. ana the three
/ horsemen seem like the last remnants
/ OF "A mighty tribe of warriors. laat We
! can recognize the undertOne Of a deep
/ artistic feeling, and appreciate the SYM
1 pdLliy u AN artist who has for years
/ worked among the Indians and is uu-
/ consciously revealing has sympathy
/ through TIE Ntt llupl OF pHDLoeTauUv.
! A novel series OF etchings Is now on
! exhibition Ia The New York Public Lilo
( rary. These ctchiHgs are the work OF
/ OZlas Dodge, of Norwich Conn. WlL
l mas united In THIS process the art OF
! The etcher with the art-scIen e. OF
! .shOto-engravine- The drawing Or stch-
/ ING Is first made upon a gelatiue him
ana Whta completed print ls made
through TINS nlm upon copper plate
| which has been coated with d s0luIiOg
made sensitive by bI-ChTOmate Of pot
ash. The coating becomes insplublj
.fll-i4 tA lterC 10 IN lEul. ENCeUL rnDSs
portions representing the SraWluE which
are washed out, and the plate Is theT
etched in the usual manner.
The now art gallery erected in Balu
more by Henry T. Walters is neariui
completion, and Il is row expected tina
II VIII be ready u be opened 10 tht
public the latter part of this month
The opening OF this gallery viii Civ
to the public the first opportunity o
viewing the famous Massaranti colleC
ton. which was purchased by Mr.. Wal
tiers n Europe some years ago. ant
/ which includes examples OF some Of IN
most distinguished Of the Italian paint
| ers,
The attendance IN Boston upon IN
/ Copley Society loan exhibition OF IN
+ French masters Of 1880 is exceeding N
{ anticipated figures so far as pay al
; tendance Is concerned. and at this tim
the attendance promises to exceed IN
record breaking attendance OF tn
: | fgF -7-f1T axFrafrF1u Of