Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-13

gift with the stipulation that he should
! be accorded the privilege of withdrawing
any picture at any time and replacing it
| with a better one by the same artist. thus
assuring for each representation at his
| best.
| This privilege he has awaited himself of
| in more than one instance and doubtless
| will again. believing 1T is better to keep
abreast with the artists accomplishment
| as time passes than to wait for the ripper
| Judgment of passing years after they are
dead.
This collection is especially rich in the
works of George Innes and Alexander
| II. Wyant of Blackjack and Of Twacht-
| man, all OF whom, however, have laid
down their brushes for the last time.
In the main gallery hangs 1nness' Sun
down." large canvas full of warm sun
| light and gentle sentiment, with nearby
his Georgia Pines charming wood
interior and Niagara" an impression of
the gigantic falls. suggesting their majes-
ty and at the same time their little love-
Illnesses" while on an opposite wall is
his September Afternoon" character
istic summer landscape
Four Blackjack Paintings.
Four paintings by Blackjack are shown
in the same gallery. each different, and
yet all individual. Here. too, is one of
Wyant's earlier works. a picture of a
brook running through a wooded glen in
the Adirondaclls, a convincing portrait of
a place, splendidly wrought, but less win
some than his Spring or "Housatonic
Valley" and less emotional than his "Au-
tumn at Arkville," which hang in the
north corridor.
The Evans collection is especially strong
in landscapes. Henry w. Ranger con-
tributes four or five which are peculiarly
attractive in both theme and treat
Mummy e
sented by two, an early and a late work,
both notable for merit. There is ex-
cellent Tryon, a delightful Metcalf-"A
Family of Birches"-a Shurtleff wood in
terror, Gay and others.
James Henry Moser is the only Wash
ington painter represented. His even
| ing Glow-Mount Mcintyre holds its own
| among the most distinguished works in
the main gallery.
Centering the east and west walls In
the main gallery are "The Child OF Mary
by Elliot Daingerfield; a modern Madon-
ma. and ''Sibylla Europa Frophesying the
Massacre of the Innocents." by Hugo Bal
lin. both impressive. large paintings. Mr..
Balm is also represented by 1.-THE Les
SON. smaller canvas, but equally pic
torial composition reminiscent of 1tal-
ian influence, decorative and colorful.
AS a pendant to this hangs Boy with
Arrow" by Douglass Volk, a cha ming
pictorial portrait Of lad. Directly OPP
posite is Alphonse Jongers' excellent por-
trait of Mr.. Evans. Bogert's Sea and
Rain" Minors Great Silas at Night"
liams' ''Glade by the Sea- and Paul
Dougherty's Sun and Storm" are all to
be found in the main gallery.
Notable Marine Paintings.
There are in the Evans collection sew
eral notable marine paintings. In the
northeast gallery one will find Winslow
Homer's magnificent High Cliff Coast OF
| Name" Beyond, through the doorway.
/ is the painting by Paul Dougherty, to
which reference has just been made. In
| the southwest gallery are two powerful
| seascapes by Frederick j. Waugh and a
| plald coast scene by Emil Carlson.
The figure painters have not. however
been overlooked. In the northeast gallery
are decorative paintings by Henry b
Fuller and Henry Oliver Walker, study
| in brown by John w. Alexander, and ar
apeaiing picture of a mother and daugh
! ter, AN Interlude,'' by William Sergeant
| Kendall.
In tile main gallery, besides those pic
lures already mentioned, is 1.-The Siren,
by Louis Loeb. beautiful piece of tech
niale In the southeast gallery is set
i forth works by Church. Robinson. Curraf
and Low. 1.-THE Visit Of Nicodemus &c
pretended In the Evans collection. but i.
ut present lent for exhibition in Ger
| many.
Turning back through the galleries one
| will note with interest as possessing ex
| traordinary merit, landscapes by Charles
| IT Davis and William Lathrop, fresh in
| color and spontaneous in expression;
| subtle prescriptions by John H Twact-
| man OF moods Of nature; Venetian sun
set by Gedney Bunce. and inquire paint.
| ing in high key. 1.-THE White Parasol.'
by Robert Reid.
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