Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1910-12-08
THE ART OF MINIATURE
Beautiful Exhibition OF Paint.
ing In Little" By Annapolis
Artist
MISS WALTON'S STUDIO
Visited By Lovers 0f Ari Az Exhibit
Yesterday And Today

Yesterday And i0ddy
Amid quaint surroundings, in the
wing of the old Brice House, the stu
dio Of Miss Katharine Walton was
visited yesterday and today by large
number of art-lovers, who admired
the artists exhibition of minia-
lures.
The exhibition was public. no
cards being sent. The studio is
attractive and the atmosphere OF
the artist envelopes it. The follow.
ing miniatures were exhibited:
/. Miss Cynthia Garst; owner. Mrs.
2. Garst.
2. Mr.. Douvall. owner, Miss NJ. r.
Duvall.
3. Mrs. ]. S. Newman. owner, Mrs.
j. S. Newman.
4. Mrs. Clarence Williams, owner,
Mrs. C. Williams.
5. Teresa Brenan, owner, Mrs. Matt.
S. Brenan.
6. Lieut.. j. C. Cresap, owner, Mrs.
j. c. Cresap.
z. Mrs. E. P. Duval. owner, Capt.
d. Duval, U. S. A.
8. Mrs. Day. owner, Mrs. John
ScbouIer.
.. Mrs. Montgomery. owner, Mrs.
Parker.
10. Mrs. II. R. Walton. (unfn.
ished miniature).
II. DR.. H. r. Walton, owner, Mi SIS
K. Walton.
IL. Copy of an old miniature, own
er, Mrs. Matt. S. Brenan.
Is. Restored miniature, owner,
Mrs. Matt. S. Brennan.
Is. Painted from an old Daguerreo-
type, owner -.
Miss Walton is an art student of the
Maryland Institute and Charcoal
Club, Baltimore, and was a pupil of
Hugh Nicholson, r. S. M. p, of Lon
don, and Charles Wise, the we'll
known miniaturist. Miss Walton has
attained great success in her work as
a miniature artist, and her work has
been praised by leading miniaturists
of the times.
When approached on the subject
of her work by Capital staff repre-
sentative, Miss Walton kindly gave
some valuable and interesting data.
The art of miniature painting dates
back hundreds of years, and in order
to review it understandingly one
should begin with those early days
when the true miniaturists were
originally decorators of the early
missals. At what date the term
miniature" first arose in its origi-
nal home-Italy, and when it began
to be applied to those small portraits,
is not yet settled.
The art was introduced IN England
during the first half of the sixteenth
century. Life-size portraits are not
always pleasing, whereas this paint
ing in little" if not entirely a truth
ful likeness,is at least q gem, jewel,
charming souvenir embodying his
tory of years long past. The portrait
miniature was held in high favor in
all the European Courts. Each court
maintained its own miniature paint
er. Thus our forefathers brought
with them to this country of their
doption-America- love for
this painting in little," and one
scarcely finds a family descended
from the cavalier without at least one
of these treasured heirlooms.
Rich indeed is the proud possessor
of Holbein an lsabey, or Causway
A. Copley, Trumbull or a Peale.
Twenty years ago miniature painting
occupied but small corner in the
field of American art. Since then
rapid ahd increasing interest has been
shown in this painting in little, "
which has ever appealed to those of
culture and refinement, as we'll as to
the connoisseur. Today the field is
aglow with miniature painters of vi
tality and strength and the minia-
turist is we'll abreast of the great
progress being made in many other
branches of American art.
To see Miss Walton's exhibition of
rare miniature paintings is to admire
them and to give praise to the artist
hand that created these dainty
paintings in little, which require
the delicate touch, the keen artistic
sense, the temperament and atmos
phere that true artist must give
her work to make it a success-and
such an artist is Miss Katharine Wal
ton.
One of the miniatures, especially,
that of John Rawlings Duvall, has
been spoken of by the critics as a
masterpiece in miniature, having the
breadth of treatment of large por-
trait miniature.
No. Il painted from an old daguer.
reotype, Mr.. Alexander Habersham,
graduated from the United States
Naval Academy in 1s4T. The minia-
ture is owned by Mrs. A. W. Haber.
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