Evening star., 1908-01-11

ton. Painting more often what he saw
than felt he has manifested anew the
fact that nothing Is commonplace, ana
shown patiently that art Is not negative
quantity.
Thirteen portraits. chiefly OF women
painted by Mr.. Emil Fuchs were placed
on exhibition today in the lower loan
room at the Corcoran Gallery. Mr.. Fuchs
10 q viennese by birth, but for the past
ten or twelve years he has made his hoSne
in London. He first gave his attention
to sculpture and won some distinction as
a medaliist and maker Of small placques.
The medal Of the Americana Hispanio so
ciety he designed and modelled. There Is
little in Mr.. Fuchs paintings. however.
TO suggest familiarity with scuipturai
methods-no great show Of strength or
manifest directness. II anything tney
arc over-smooth and superficial. They
are. to. be sure. fairly we'll drawn ana
skillfuily colored-pictorial.- but not vital.
The most. pleasing of all Is undoubtedly
the one OF Miss Marjorie Gould. which
has a certain simplicity and charm which
cannot escape attention. "A Little Girf'
likewise shows nice feeling In handling.
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treatment of textures, the arrangement
Of draperies. technical facility. Only two
Of, the thirteen portraits are Of men-one
Of these Is Mr. Sidney Smith seated non
chalantly on the corner of q table with
lighted cigarette In his hand. and the
other OF Mr.. Henry Wolf. the dfstfn-
guished wood engraver. with block
upon which he is supposed to be working
in his hand. The latter was painted en-
tirely by artificial light. and though hard
and somewhat metallic. is a good like
ness. A year ago an exhibition of Mr..
Fuchs portraits was held In Knoedler's 8
gallery. New York and favorably COM
mended. but the work SHOWN at that time
was, as q whole. better than that set forth
now. each example being of about the
and Mr.. Smith. AS a painter Of fashion
Mr.. Fuchs has scored considerable sue
cess. but he Is not to be reckoned with
those portrait painters whose produc-
tfons are at the same time works OF art.
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The Corcoran School reopened after the
week. and on the same afternoon Mr.
before the students and their friends
In the lower hemicycle hall. Having just
returned from holiday trip to Philadel-
phia and New York. Mr.. Moser took as
his theme Pour Exhibitions and a
Studio" and revived for the benefit Of his
hearers the pictures which he had re-
Gently seen. explaining their significance.
The exhibitions which Mr.. Moser re-
ferred to were those of the Philadelphia
Water Color Club. held in the Pennsyl-
vania Academy. the National Academy Of
Club. and Of the works of Mr.. Willard
Metcalf. while the studio was that OF
Mr.. Ben Foster. Passing over the first
briefly. Mr.. Moser dwelt at some length
upon the last and spoke with much feeling
Of the success attained through earnest
work and adherence to sound methods.
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Two more pictures have been purchased
by Mr.. Evans for the National Gallery
collection and will be added before many
days TO those which are hung in the
atrium: Of the Corcoran Gallery. They
are ''Birch-clad' Hills by Ben Foster,
and The Pasture Lot by Carleton Wig
gins. and will undoubtedly prove valuable
accessions.
The third annual meeting Of the Nation
al. Society Of the Fine Arts will be held
next Wednesday evening at Hubbard
Memorial Hall at $40 o'clock. Interest
Ing matters before the society will prob
ably be brought up at that time. the
election of officers will be held. and Prof.
Charles Zueblin Of the University OF Chi
cago viii deliver an illustrated lecture on
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On Thursday, evening. January 16. under
the auspices Of the National Society Of
the Fine Arts. lecture will be given
at the Public Library at p. m. by Mr..
William Dana Orcutt OF the University
PRESS, on Printing as Fine Art" This
Is the first of a series of popular art
lectures which il to be given at the Public
Library within the next ten weeks. 1t
will be illustrated with the stereopticon
and accompany q small exhibition OF ex-
amples OF artistic printing.
Miss Hattie e. Burdette has just fin
ished an admirable portrait OF Mrs. WILL
liam H. Wilmer In pastel. A Httle more
| than the head and shoulders is shown:
the face is turned slightly to the right.
but the eyes look frankly toward the OBJ
server. The gown. which Is low cut. is of
ivory colored silk and lace. and as q
background a tapestry Of .. a soft mode ID
color scheme In single key. and while
emphasizing the interest OF the head
gives to the whole a decorative feeling.
in color 1t IS charming, and as a like
hess very satisfactory.
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:. Miss Bertha E. Perrie is painting at
present a miniature Of Nancy French.
the little daughter Of Maj. and Mrs.
French. who is one OF her pupils. 1t Is q
half length, seated pose. and shows broad