Evening star., 1917-01-14

two very beautiful miniatures, one of
Mrs. Benjamin G. Riegel of Southport
L. l., and the other of Mrs. Riegefs lit
tie daughter Katherine. aged five years.
Both miniatures are painted in Miss
Bartle's characteristic style. with great
refinement and finish. yet with that
sincerity which invariably carries con-
viction. The figure of the little girl has
| as a background a spring landscape
in reality a bit of the Riegels' coun-
try home at Southport. In her minia-
ture painting Miss Bartle always allows
| the tint of the ivory to show through
her paint, but she does not hesitate
| to use strong color when 1T is desirable.
and she allows it to flow freely from
her brush. 1t is thus that the best of
the miniaturists have worked.
| The Washington Water Color Club, of
which William H. Holmes is president
and Miss Bertha E. Perrie secretary, will
hold it's twenty first annual exhibition in
the Corcoran Gallery of Art from Feb
ruary 3 to Is. Works purposed for this
exhibition will be received at the Corcoran
Gallery, New York avenue entrance, Janu-
ary 26. The exhibition will comprise
works by both local and out-of- town
! artists.
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| Edmund c. Tarbell. the well known
Boston painter, has lately come to Wash
| ington with his family and will remain
here for two or three months. This is
very gratifying. for Mr.. Tarbell is one OF
the most distinguished of our present day
painters. and his coming here would seem
to indicate an appreciation of the city IS
| charms.
Surely there is no place in this country
| that can rival the National Capital as a
producing art center SO far as aspect and
atmosphere go. And If 1t is not CONNER
cial. why SO much the better. But there
| is no exhibition this season, even in
| New York, in which SO large record
| of sales has been made as in the Cor
| coran Galierys current exhibition, and
most of these sales have been made
| to Washingtonians. But, leaving all
that aside, Mr. Tarbell's coming is a
| good omen. and he should and undoubt-
| edly will be made very welcome.
| Mr.. Tarbell is represented in the cur
rent exhibition in the Corcoran Gal
| 1ery by a painting entitled Nell and
| Elinor," which is owned and loaned by
c. v. Wheeler of this city. And in the
permanent collection of the Corcoran
| Gallery Of Art is his painting entitled
| Josephine and Mercie."
| A memorial window designed by Mrs
Eliphalet Andrews Of this city and exc.
cuted by the Tiffany Studios was recently
placed in St PauFs Episcopal Church al
Steubenville, Ohio. The window is ir
| two panels Of Gothic form. The frs
shows Joseph of Arimathea, who intro.
| duced the church into England and whose
staff blossomed into the Glastonbury
| thorn. The second panel shows Father
Hunt" who introduced the Church OF
England into America, administering the
first communion at jamestown. Va, ir
1907. Both figures are seen against q
pictorial background representing sky
! land and sea- In each. on the horizon. is
seen the ship in which the missionary
made his perilous voyage.
In the upper portion of the panel ir
conventionalized chalice. and in reIa.
lively the same position in the panel in
| which the American missionary is pic
tured is a bishops miter Joseph of Ari
mathea's right hand is upheld in blessing
| his left holds the blossoming rod in the
| form of cross. Father Hunt is ex-
| tending the cup as in administering the
communion. He is pictured as wearing
the vestmerts of the apostolic church.
The American Water Color Society will
hold its fiftieth annual exhibition in the
| galleries of the National Arts Club New
York, from February l to "a Works will
| be received at the Arts Club. 119 East
18th street, January ~. The major por-
| ton of this exhibition. after being shown
| in New York, will be sent on a circuit OF
| cities in the east and middle west under
the auspices of the American Federation
\ of Arts.
LEILA MECHLIN.