Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-08


without being somber. and makes his
figures. houses. ships and other factors
In his pictures stand out by bold strokes.
His work Is always easily distinguish
abe on the walls Of an exh bition.
Alexander Robinson was born in Ports
mouth ~ H.. In 1859 He began his art
studies In Boston at the Museum Of r ne
Arts and then went to Paris. After re-
to New York. hut In three years was
again back in Paris. In 1896. after travel
ing in France. Spain. northern Africa.
Holland and Belgium. he settled down
In BRUCE. being charmed alike with its
duaintness and beauty. He gives much
Of his time to teaching and thereby
earns competence so that his paint
ing is In reality his play work. Yet he is
described as an indefatigable worker,
never parted from his sketch book and
never tired Of striving for that which
he never to his own satisfa ction entirely
secures. His work is colorful decorative
and distinctly out OF the ordinary.
IN little less than month Mr.. Lucien
". Powell of this city Will start on
a trip to the east which he has been Plan
ming for some time. Sailing February =.
Mr. Powell will go to Madeira, then into
Spain. from Cadiz to Seville and Granada,
to Gibraltar. .Algiers, Malta, Athens.
Constantinople. Smyrna. thence to the
Holy Land, Samaria, Galilee. Damascus.
Joppa. Jericho. Bethlehem. Nazareth and
Jerusalem; finally returning by way of
Rome. Villefranche, Cherbourg. Bremen
This trip has been planned for Mr.. Pow
ell by several friends and patrons.
and already he has orders for more
sketches than it seems possible to exc =
cute in the time given. His intention is
to gather material for future resort and
development. Mr.. Powell first studied
art in Philadelphia under r. n. Brooke.
now OF this city. and Edward Moran.
School of Art. and in Paris, after which
he travelled in Italy. To Edward Moran.
Turner's works and the Italian sojourn
may be attributed the development of
character Of his work. More than the
average painter. perhaps. he has been
successful. and his pictures have steadily
increased N merit and In estimated
until the oath OF this month. but he will
probably. not reopen 1t before next fall.
planning to go directly to his country
home in Loudoun county, Va. upon his
return to Amer ca. Next autumn he
hopes to hold a large and comprehens We
exhibition of his work. Mr.. Powell has
just finished large and impressive can
vas representing view In the Grand
Canyon.
THE Art Talk which was to have been
! given at the Corcoran School last
Monday afternoon by Mr.. Moser was
postponed until next Monday. to suit not
only the oonven ence of the speaker. but
many OF the students who were DESTROYS
Of attending the lecture given by Miss
Norris on 'Pageantry and the Masque.
The subject will be THE Place of Water
Color in IN Academy Institution"
MIR. MosER has just removed his
AVA studio from the lie Droit building to
1914 G street, where he has recently
taken a spacious apartment. There he
has almost ideal quarters. such as are
not often to be had in this country OF
modern dwellings. They are on the top
floor of an old house. lately remodeled for
apartments. and he has his studio. with
north light, opening upon a broad
veranda. This room communicates with
another Of equal size, having a southern
exposure. which Is furnished as the liv-
ing room with charming taste and appro-
prtateness. On the simple colonial man
tel. in old English letters, is well
chosen quotation from Whittier. and on
De walls are certain pictures possessing
for the owner special significance. In the
studio there are no art objects, and no
play" save small group made up of
works by Everett Warner. Charles II.
Davis and other Of the painters col
leagues. Wednesday Mr.. Moser received
his classes at his new studio in way or
housewarnlin1, and there Saturday
afternoons. between and o'clock, he
purposes this winter to be lat home"
to all.
" int
"A was given by Mr.. T. Lindsay Blay
ney at the Public Library Tuesday even
ing, under the auspices Of the National
Society of the Fine Arts. Mr.. Blayney's
subject was 1.-THE Beauties Of Gothic
Art" which he illustrated not only ver-
bally, but with stereopticon slides of ex-
logical exposition of Gothic art has not
been given, nor have more elaborate pic
tor.al illustrations been shown. Not only
did Mr.. 81 yney use unusually large
slides, but beautifully colored ones-his
own coloring 1t was afterward learned
upon inquiry. AS a reason why Gothic
architecture could not be satisfactorily
produced today. Mr. Blayney gave the
it manifestly impossible to secure the
necessary artisans able to give the requi-
site labor. At the outset OF his lecture
Mr.. Blayney made a plea for the develop
ment OF the artistic side In America, de-
claring that unless our country con-
tributed to the art OF the world as a
nation 1t would fail to find worthy re-
membrance.
cCPPLEMENTING the lecture on
- Gothic art is an exhibition OF photo
graphs Of many. OF the great Gothic
cathedrals selected from the Library of
Congress collection and set forth In the
cases on the second floor Of the Public
Library This collection of photograih ms
will be on view for the next three weeks.
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MENTION is made and illustration
lV1 given in the current number of the
Monumental News OF sculpture by Isidor
Konti for the bureau Of American repub-
hes in this city. Mr.. Konti's contribu-
lions to that building" 1t says. consist
Of a large allegorical group representing
South America, which will flank the en-
trance and balance Gutzen Borglums
group. North America the panel in
low relief on the exterior. San Martin
and Bolivar the companion to which is
likewise by MIR. Borglum. washington
reltefs In the interior in gtlded bronze.
allegorical and decorative in character"
The groups and nels on the exterior
are In Georgian marble and are being cut
here-the figures in the round are nine
feet In height. The group Is made up of
a woman and boy. the one typifying
Wisdom. Protection and Peace. the otner