. The art treasures of Washington : an account of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and of the National Gallery and Museum, with descriptions and criticisms of their contents; including, also, an account of the works of art in the Capitol, and in the Library of Congress, and of the most important statuary in the city. monotonously white with freshly fallen snow. The eye followsthe canal to the sunlit house, where the reflectionin the water is brightest The painting is crisp andvirile* March Snow, in the collection of Mr. Glover,is characteristic of the more personal type of Scho-fields work, with it
. The art treasures of Washington : an account of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and of the National Gallery and Museum, with descriptions and criticisms of their contents; including, also, an account of the works of art in the Capitol, and in the Library of Congress, and of the most important statuary in the city. monotonously white with freshly fallen snow. The eye followsthe canal to the sunlit house, where the reflectionin the water is brightest The painting is crisp andvirile* March Snow, in the collection of Mr. Glover,is characteristic of the more personal type of Scho-fields work, with its decorative design, its arbitrarygreys and broad handling, Schofield i> a vigorous,strong and charming personality, and much of hira- Belf is I in his work. u May Night, by Willard L. Metcalf, was anepoch-making picture in the career of this received the Corcoran Gold Medal, with accom-paniment of $i>ooo, in the first exhibition of con-temporary American pictures, in [907, and was pur-chased by the institution. The canvas is an attract-ive «>ne by reason of its poetic subject, which is patterned OUt prettily and with a great deal of in-terest and charm of rendering in the drawing of the trees, and the placing of the translucent shad-ows:, which enrich the smooth texture of the green. Contemporary Rmerfctiti i \~ .. Colonial type o bhern :i. The h :ht. winch lifts i! ding bi the >f the port It the all. it is in the little ale w ith anient, of ! illumination; while, on her hand, it is h at thin • hulk whole Mil The Colonial house represented in the piclthe me in Lyme, Connecticut, where m of the ided and painl I which is tied by them the u 1 [oly I The Childe Hassam owned by the Gallery — • I [eadlands quired at the same time, reveals a inal «. The composition include- highbluffs to the left, a tbbled beach, inter- mingled with d. and. in the distance, a a. cerulean blue, done with D i The harm* colour in this pic- thcthe ban trast tinslr, in the re
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