Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-04-24

| even IN pictures, what l see mere iii
| this vast rolling country in sunlight
| and shadow. 1 trust that l may bring
home some canvases which may at
| least suggest the wonderful color eff
fects of this splendid country"
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A number of paintings by Wallace
Bryant. including his portrait of Lieut..
I-'Huillier. have lately been shown in
the splendid tapestry room at Mrs
invitation of Mrs. Ffoulke. where they
have been seen to the utmost advantage.
OF special interest and merit was a
recently completed portrait of Miss Car
oline Du Bots. which was charming in
color and delightful in Interpretation of
personality, portrait reticent in it's
rendering and Yet frank and charming
ly sincere.
Mr. Bryant has recently purcha sed an
old home on l street, between 18th and
18th streets. which he will remodel as
residence. and in the garden of which
he expects to erect a studio. This will
mean that he may hereafter be positive
ly rcckoned among the local painters
To have artists of distinction perma-
nently take up residence in Washing
ton is greatly to be desired.
A unique and extremely interesting
exhibition Of ship models is being held
in New York. at present. in the Fine
Arts building, 215 West 57th street,
under the auspices of the So-called Ship
Model Society, of which former Secre-
tary Franklin d. Roosevelt is honorary
president. and Irving r. Wiles. the well
known portrait painter. president:
Henry b. Culver. distinguished New
York lawyer. secretary and treasurer.
Both Mr.. Wiles and Mr.. Culver have
turned to the making of ship models as
a recreation and have produced little
ships of an extremely artistic and per
feet type. Pages of old books on naval
architecture have been ransacked for
descriptions and ilustra tons and every
detail assuring accuracy has been re-
corded.
There are many noteworthy collec-
tons of such little ships, not to men-
ton those in the Louvre. South Ken
sington Museum and in other capitals
abroad; two in New Bedford. one in
Salem, one in the Boston State House
and another in Independence Hall.
Philadelphia.
The late Alexander Drake. for
many years art editor Of The Cen
fury. was one of the first collectors
Of ship models. and his collection as
scmblcd during visits to waterside
towns Of Europe and America. COW
cred wide range and in large part
House, New York.
The National Museum. this city.
and the Navy Department both pos
sess some interesting examples of
ship models. but it would be delight
full if an entire collection of this sort
might sometime be shown here.
Philip A. de LaZlo. the distinguish
ed European portrait painter whose
works were recently exhibited in the
Corcoran Gallery of Art. is now in
Washington executing number of
commissions.
Ralph Peacock. an eminent British
artist. is in Washington painting d
portrait of Secretary Hoover, which
is to be included in one of the British
national collections.
group of portraits by Miss Juliet
Thompson. formerly of this city. was
exhibited the past week in Mrs. An
drews' studio, on 18th street, which for
many years has been Hospitality
opened to Mrs Andrews fellow artists
and gathering place for those inter-
ested in art. These portraits were ex-
ceptionally interesting for several
reasons. They were well done; Miss
Thompson is an accomplished artist
an excellent craftsman with fine
appreciation OF color. and they were
illustrative OF the newer tendencies
in art found not alone in painting
but poetry and the drama. which
strives to render graphically the COM
plexities of modern thought, and so
emphasizes ofttimes. not the best. but
the worst. and. ceas;ng to find emo
ton in simple loneliness, substitutes
that which creates sensation. This
movement is not healthy but it is by no
means all bad, Miss Thompson mani