Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-08

is a portrait of woman, who, having
reached the quiet waters of middle life
has ripened in beauty of character-one
who is at the same time feminine and
strong. In rendering exceedingly subtle,
this portrait is most studiously painted,
the surface being so repeatedly over
wrought that it presents, on close exam
nation, almost the appearance of enamel.
In treatment it is extremely simple Only
the head and trif1e below the shoulders
are shown. The gown. which is of dull
green and red, leaves the neck bare. and
the modelling of the back and shoulder is
mastery In its simplicity. The figure is
turned partially away from the observer,
but the head is tilted forward with the
face in shadow. The expression on the
countenance is whimsical, enigmatic and
yet frank. The portrait is imbued with
definite personality. To an extent it sug-
gests a portrait by the same painter
shown last winter at the Pennsylvania
Academy In Philadelphia, but it is per-
haps more spirited. 1t is to be hoped
that this picture may be included in the
which will open in December.
IT is something Of surprise after
ascending three flights of steps in a
local business building to find ones self
confronted by Spanish door-the exact
reproduction of a door in the Alhambra.
Such is the entrance to William p. Silva S
studio at 1896 New York avenue. Mr.
Silva is a Chattanooga painter who has
met with almost phenomenal success,
both in this country and abroad, and
has just taken up a permanent residence
in this city. The door he made himself,
which at least gives token of versa tility.
1t serves as an excellent index to his
studio. which is indeed most picturesque
and attractive. On the walls hang post
ers of some of the great fairs and eX
positions held during the past few years
in Europe-for example. one of the eX-
hibition of Flemish art held at BRUCE in
commemoratiOn of the Golden Fleece, and
another of a great fair held in Seville,
Spain. both of which testify to the supe-
riority of foreign artists i'm commercial
design and color printing. Then, in way
Of decoration, the visitor espies a rare
India shawl, picked up in Paris for
song, and a Chinese dancing girls elab-
braltar for little more than the cost of
calico. besides brass and copper objects,
glass vessels like huge bubbles, and has
kets of odd shapes and weaves.
On the walls. moreover. are sketches
made not only Dy Mr.. Silva, but by his
colleagues i'll Paris. two by Chauncey
Ryder. one by Japanese student and yet
others by a gifted Frenchman who has
lately taken honors
Mr. Silva has spent the summer on the
coast of New England. at Gloucester.
York Beach and Ogunauit, and he has
brought back with him very many in
teresting paintings of the sea, the rocks,
the open fields. woods and sand dunes in
these localities. One of his Gloucester
pictures shows a fine row of trees on the
shore of the harbor beyond which rises
the little town. 1t represents what Is
known on the coast as a sparkling blue
day.. when the water is sapphire, the
sunlight as gold. Another of his larger
canvases is of the fog drifting in and
yelling the landscape as it creeps up one
of the salt tide streams. OF no less in
terest. however, are smaller canvases de-
plotting a bit of a pine forest interior.
broad stretch of marshland near the sea
across which cloud shadows are fitting
and a portion of sandy beach barricaded
by lofty dunes. In that picturesque, re-
gion there Is no end of paintable subjects
and Mr.. Silva has the gift OF perception
seeing eyes. His interpretations, fur
thermore. are sympathetic.
4 NEW window has been placed in
"A Epiphany Church on G street be-
tween 18th and 14th streets this week
which in its design is an innovation in
stained glass. Instead of figures, it
shows. in two TALL upright panels. land
scapes. one representing the dawn and
the other twilight. The coioring is very
rich, and the general effect decorative.
A hiIy country wherein grow pointed,
pines is pictured. and the design is suf-
ficientiy conventional TO lend itself -
the purpose of decoration. 1t was aoi
until the time of Claude and PrlNsin
that landscape was painted for its own
sake. and il was not until very recently
in rx1,.~