Evening star., 1914-06-06
VIE National Gallery Of Art has
just received a valuable acqui-
sition. a painting by Guy G.
Wiggins-''G Gloucester Harbor."


sition, a painting by Guy c.
Gloucester Harbor." :"
This painting was shown in
the most recent exhibition Of tho Ma
tional Academy of Design, New York.
and was much commended Later 1t was
purchased by William T. Evans and pre-
sented to the National Gallery. becoming
part Of the Evans collection. It is
quite large canvas and is broadly paint
ed. The coloring is fresh. the values are
nicely adjusted and the general effect is
very atmospheric and extremely pleasing
Gloucester harbor has been painted time
interpreted.
Those who are inclined to wonder what
the charm Of Gloucester is will find their
answer in this picture. The sky. the
water, the air. the light. are all here with
the quaint old wharves and the fascinat-
ing shipping which gives animation to the
scene There is a charm and romance
about boat which is inexplicable,
and it should be remembered that ten
thousand fishermen go annually out Of
Gloucester harbor. The boats manned
by these men are well built and pictur-
esque and they come and go like birds
fitting to and from their place of abode.
A group of these fishing boats is seen in
Mr.. Virgins picture to the left with
their sails furled. or in some instances
Tapping idly in the breeze, In the off1ng
one sees more boats and a steamer, the
one in all probability which runs between
Gloucester and Boston. As a portrait of
place nothing could be better and, as in
the higher type Of true portraits. charac-
ter is interpreted as well as mere phys
iognomy.
Guy Carleton Virgins was born in
Brooklyn, n. Y. in February, 1888, the
son of Carleton Virgins. the well known
painter of cattle and landscape He stud
led under his father and at the National
Academy Of Design. He has exhibited
tions and the leading exhibitions in other
Cities. The Metropolitan Museum, New
York, has in its permanent collection one
of his paintings entitled THE Metropoli-
tan Tower; the Brooklyn Institute has
his Berkshire Hills-June" and in the
National Gallery is, besides his "Glouces-
ter Harbor." his Columbus Circle, Win
ter presented by Mr.. Evans some time
ago. He is undoubtedly to be reclxoned
with the strongest of the younger Amer
lean painters-those in whom at present
the promise Of American art rests.
LOUCESTER has for years been
~ great resort for artists. Some of
Wfnslow Homer's best pictures were
painted there. Childe Hassam spent
year after year in Gloucester; and there
have been others there who have come
and gone and who were no less famous.
A few summers ago Frederick Waugh,
the well known marine painter. went
there as he supposed for a single season.
with the avowed purpose of painting in
his studio pictures of pirates. Not that
pirates abound in Gloucester, but Mr..
Waugh had just finished at that time his
buccaneers" and had similar subjects
in mind, and Gloucester offered appro-
pirate atmosphere and setting. But the
pirate picture was never painted-the
setting proved too absorbing. and all
who saw exhibited at Macbeth's. In New
York, the series of virile sketches made
that summer by Mr.. Waugh will not re-
gret the one unpainted picture: Instead
of spending one summer at Gloucester,
Mr. Waugh spent several there.
Duyeneck, Birge Harrison and Murphy
have all been visitors to Gloucester in
recent years Miss Cecilia Beaux has
her summer home there, way down on
Eastern point on the way to the cape
Ann lighthouse. hidden away among the
thick foliage as in the heart Of a wood
land. and yet overlooking the nafoor.
Because of the paths through these min
iature woods her place has the name
Green alley Some say, it Is true,
that Gloucester is not now what II once
was, that it has been spoiled by summer
guests and consequent sophlsucAioh' III
but there is still the broad open moor
! land living between the coast and the
harbor, still the rugged coast quite un-
| spoiled, still the harbor with its sailing
craft, still its splendid sunsets seen
across the water and over the Nasholia d
hills. So the painters still go theIe anu Anu
find material inspiring and lovely Tor
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| A PORTRAIT of Cardinal Antonio
a Aeliardi, chancellor Of the holy see
painted by Carroll Beckwith, has been
recently loaned to the Catholic unfver'
| sity. It was painted two years ago IN
Rome and represents the cardinal IN his
robes Of office seated in q high-backed
armchair, such as Is seen in portraits ol
prelates painted by Titan and Raphae'
| and the men of their time. 1t is an ex-
.remely expressive portrait, characteristic
| and individual.
| Mr.. Beckwith has had many distin-
guished sitters. He Is represented in the
John Heron Art Institute Of Indianapolt.
by his portrait Of his confrere; William
NJ. Chase, and in the National Gallery oy
a canvas entitled ''The Blacksmith. ane
also by The Emperor" In the curren,
exhibition of the Albright Gallery he
shows a very beautiful and expressive
portrait Of a lady, ''The Authoress.
A SPECIAL exhibition of illustrated
4 works by Ludwig Richter Is now OF
view at the Library Of Congress In the