The Washington herald., 1909-02-21
ART EXHIBIT OPENS
Water Color Clubs Work
Excites Admiration.
OTHER CITIES REPRESENTED
ThrOng at COreoran Gallery Of Art
When Thirteenth Annual Exhibit
is Opened-Pictures Many IR Num-
her and Great in VaIue-JameS II.
Moser Gets Place of Honor.

Following close on the heels Of the mag
nidcent exhibition Of American oil paint
ings comes the thirteenth annual exhibit
Of the Washington Water Color Club.
which opened last night. and which was
attended from TO 70 O'Clock by a great
throng Of enthusiastic artists and art
lovers and many notables Of Washington
society
The exhibit is held in the hemlcycle Of
the Corcoran Gallery Of Art. and, while
the WORK Of Washingtonians Is prom
inent, as il should be in such an exhibit.
there are not lacking notable examples OF
the water color art from distant cities.
Never before has the exhibit Of the
Washington Water Color Club attained
so high a degree Of aIl-rOund excellence.
The pictures are many in number and
great in variety - landscape. marine
portraiture, still life, all are here. a be
wiidering maze Of color. a sheer delight
10 the eye and a JOY 10 the spirit that
yearns for beauty.
HOser Given Place of Honor.
The place OF honor IN the exhibit has
been given 10 the collected works OF Mr..
James Henry Moser. president Of the
Water Color Club. and it is plain that this
honorable place has not been given sim
ply because Of the Office he holds. but
through the merits Of his exhibit.
The center Of the group IS wonderful
picture OF a subject that so many artists
have essayed-and failed at-and in which
Mr. Moser has succeeded so we'll the
Washington Monument. The view shows
the noble shaft at sunrise and the pic
ture is painted with that marvellous tech
nicaI excellence which marks al OF this
artists work
Other pictures of Mr. Moser's are
Cornwall Woods" and "Afterglow," and
many others that have their Inspiration
in and about Washington. for il Is here
that Dir. Moser loves TO paint. finding
ample scope and material
MIR. Holmes Work.
Each artist who exhibits here has work
hung By Itself. and thus greater justice
is done it. and the arrangement offers
a marked convenience TO the spectator.
Here IS the exhibit Of William II Holmes
curator OF the National Gallery. and for
mer president Of the club. It is a group
OF water color pictures made by the artist
while on a recent journey from England
10 South America. including also a strik-
ing picture Of New York Harbor. n this
group are English landscapes. views in
Spain, and pictures OF the South AmeTi-
can coast. the whole a fine. pictorial rec
ord OF an interesting journey.
There is a group Of Spanish pictures
contributed by Everett L Warner. a
group that is radiant with sunshine and
brilliant with color Robert Coleman
Child has three pictures in the exhibition
pictures Of rare beauty. Other exhibitors
are Carl Weller. Bertha r. Perrie. Mss
Lesley Jackson. Miss Sarah BIunrOe. and
others who have Won prizes IN past eX-
hibitiOns-
Among the pastels IS a striking poT-
trait study OF an old lady by Miss Moves
and other pastels are exhibited by Miss
Grace TuTnbuH. OF Baltimore; Miss Har-
riet z Burdette. and Miss May Malone
Pictures from Other Cities.
There are quite a number Of pictures
sent on from New York, Philadelphia,
and Baltimore. and in addition there are
three borrowed pictures. borrowed Just
fo- this exhibit. two Of them lent by
". W ParsOn and one by c. c. Clover.
No prizes are 10 be awarded at this ex-
hibit: the pictures are displayed Just for
arts sake II IS an exhibition well worth
seeing. and from now until March 6 II
viii be open 70 the public free Of charge