. 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. nvelop-ment of tone, which unifies the values, and bringsinto the general effect of the canvas a certain re-semblance to tapestry. The Gallery is loyal to the local artist<. of whichit prnal (rallery of Art. Mr. Afessers canvas, January/1 was painted in KM i. It is a rendering of a
. 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. nvelop-ment of tone, which unifies the values, and bringsinto the general effect of the canvas a certain re-semblance to tapestry. The Gallery is loyal to the local artist<. of whichit prnal (rallery of Art. Mr. Afessers canvas, January/1 was painted in KM i. It is a rendering of a winter land- scape with a lowering sky and low-flying bird-. The painter is a .V Jander by birth. lie was born in Skowhegan, Maine, studied at the NationalAcademy of Design, and at the Pennsylvania Acad-emy of the Fine Krts, and with Collin, Courtois and Ainu Morot in Paris. He has been princi-pal of the Corcoran School in Washington since[902. Max Weyl has been for year- associated withthe art life of Washington, though he is a Ger-man, having been born in Wurtemberg. He came t America in [855. Of his two canvases in. Contemporary Bmertcaiu L57 the Corcoran Gallery, Approaching Mightlandscape t unusual qualilfeeling and a tenderness in both subject and ren-dering that arc characteristic of this gentle Lane91 is pastoral in subject and in hisgenera] style. \ Pastoral Visit is an early work of Richard V Brooke, having been painted in [88l. It i- ahomely domestic scene with a wealth of faithful detail, characteristic of a negro home in Brooke is a Virginian. He studied at thePennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and in Paris under and Benjamin Constant. lieelected vice-principal of the Corcoran Schoolof Art in [902. The example of William II. Holmes is a watercolour, entitled Midsummer/ freely painted anddelightful in colour. Mr. Holmes was born inHarrison County, Ohio, and took up water colourpaklting at an early age, without a master. In2 he j
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