Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-28

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~ Vulnerable counter attrac-
tions of the holiday season.
~ the exhibition of contemporary
American painting at the
Corcoran Gallery of Art is drawing
many interested visitors. The attend
ance Sunday afternoon was over twelve
hundred. Many visitors have come
from out of town. and as the weeks
pass the list of these will be length
ened. The exhibition is being talked
about in the studios and galleries of
New York, Philadelphia and Boston.
and the consensus of opinion is that
it is exceptionally notable.
Four more pictures have found pur
chasers-a painting of fish by William
M. Chase: a little Gloucester picture.
entitled 1.-The Red Boat" by Louise
Upton Brumback; genre by /. II.
Caliga, entitled THE Seamstress,' and
an interior by Childe Nassau, show
ing young girl standing by table on
which is q bowl of gold fish before an
open sunny window These are all sig
nificant works. possessing pictorial in
terest Mr.. Chases painting is bril-
liant accomplishment. splendid IN
color and in the rendering OF
textures. To an extent it goes
to show that the way. thing Is
done is more important than the thing
itself, or that, in other words. one can
paint almost anything one presses Pr
vided one paints 1t we'll. very rev
people would be very much interested
in a fish, and yet as Mr.. chase mas
painted it, 1T is interesting 10 aIHiu ,
all: he has seen his subject with tne
eve Of an artist and interpreted 1t with
the skill of a trained technicfan; ne
has to the fullest extent employed art
..The Red Boat" by Mrs. Brumback. is
more usual achievement, but refresh
ingly simple and direct, painting ~ .nn,
which upon acquaintance pleasure might
he anticipated It is with pictures as
with reople some do and some DO not
make agreeable companions-this picture
sincere, frank. and sympathetic. Mrs.
Brumback is by no means well Known'
but she is rapidly gaining recognition.
Her winter home Is in Kansas City, her
summer residence is at Gloucester;
L H. Caliga, the painter OF the dc,
lightful little genre 1.-The Seamstress."
lives and paints at Salem. Mass. His
style is somewhat that of Tarbell, yet
his work has individuality and charm.
.HThe Gold Fish," by Chi1de Hassam. Is
an impressionistic picture of an interest
ing type, full Of light and air. but not
rendered in the manner which the I'M
pressionists affected, short strokes OF
clear color The color in this painting
Is held i'm large simple masses and fairly
glows-the illusion of sunshine has been
produced without resort to trickery OF
any sort but it is none the less dazzling.
1t is to such results as this that impress
sionism so called. led the way.
Not dissimilar In spirit and effect to
THE Gold Fish by Childe Hassam is
Summer" by Elizabeth Nourse. who.
though for many years a resident OF
France, is we'll known in this city. where
she first exhibited and where many of
her works are owned. In this picture
also a comparatively young woman is
seen before an open window beyond
which is foliage flooded with sunshine
again there is a table, glass and water to
re-echo the sparkle of light. But the
composition is quite different. as is also
the treatment Childe Hassam is a mas