Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-11

the influence Of both methods upon the
style and practice of American water
colorists.
"Water-color painting" Mr.. Moser
said, lis at present in transition
state. and to endure must be considered
more seriously than it is by many.
For the fexibility and scope OF the
medium he made strong plea. citing
the works of Sargent as evidence of
measure of attainment AS Mr.. Moser
is one of the leading water colorists
not only of this city. but Of America,
what he had to say upon this subject
came with authority.
NOTWITHSTANDIN stormy weather
~ the auditorium of the National Mu-
scum was filled to its capacity Tuesday
evening when Charles III. Caffin delivered
an illustrated lecture on Nelasquez. I'M
der the auspices of the Washington So
ciety of the Fine Arts. Mr.. Caffin in
ariably treats of art from the stand
point of the far-seer, relating 1t to life
in its various phases. The great need
of the age he said, as well as the great
! need of art, is organization, and 1t Is
this which we find carried to its high
! est perfection in the works of Neias-
quez He pointed out. Furthermore. that
beauty in the art of Italy and the south
was that of line and color. of idealism-
| a type-whereas the beauty OF the art
of the north; with which that OF We
| lasQueZ was most closely related. was
| the beauty of character. In NelasqueZs
| limitations, he declared, the painter had
found his opportunities. That he was
! truly an impressionist he explained ana
demonstrated.
Between truth of ison an dtruth of
| Interpretation, Mr.. Caffin drew a nice
distinction, as did he also between feel
| ing and Intellectual quality in work oil
art. In exhibiting lantern slides or We
lasuuez's masterpieces, Mr.. Caf1n de-
scribed with special vividness and en-
thusiasm the coloring and treatment OF
textures. The next lecture in this course
will be on fAlbrecht Durer and 1s 10
be given by Prof. Blaney Of Rice Uni
versity, Houston, Tex.
KISS HATTIE f. BURDETTE has re-
1V1 Gently been making some attractive
decorative designs in line and color
Some are for book covers. others for CAL
endars, head and tail pieces. decorative
borders and the like. All show keen
sense of rhythm and a rarely fine imag-
NATIVE tendency. In spirit the designs
are light and yet they are we'll balanced
and carefully thought out. Technically
they are admirably rendered. OF this
kind of work the supply today in this
country is all too small.
X
A PAINTING by Max Weyl. entitled
EARLY Autumn-East Gloucester
Massachusetts," is now on exhibition in
a florists window at 18th and H streets.
This is one of the canvases painted by
Mr. Weyl last summer and is very SINH
lar in style to the work by which he is
represented in the Corcoran Gallery's
current exhibition. In his studio Mr..
Weyl has other canvases painted during
the past season in this popular artists
resort, the paintable possibilities OF
which seem ineXhaustible. So enthusi-'
astic is Mr. Weyl over the picturesque
ness of Gloucester that he has pur-
chased a place there and expects to re-
turn each summer.
THE exhibition of the paintings loaned
i from the Evans private collection to
the Maryland Institute, Baltimore, which
was postponed Christmas week, will open
Tuesday and continue for at least
fortnight. The Walters Gallery. Balti-
more, is again open to the public. During
January, February and March admission
may be had. by ticket. on Wednesdays
and Saturdays. LEILA MECHLIN.