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HEDINGER, ELISE. Family name Neumann.  Born in Berlin, 1854.  Pupil of Hoguet, Hertel, and Gussow in Berlin, and of Bracht in Paris.  In recent years she has exhibited in Berlin and other cities many exquisite landscapes and admirable pictures of still-life, which have been universally praised.

HEEREN, MINNA. Born in Hamburg; living in Duesseldorf.  In the Gallery at Hamburg is her “Ruth and Naomi,” 1854; other important works are “The Veteran of 1813 and His Grandson, Wounded in 1870,” “The Little Boaster,” “A Troubled Hour of Rest,” etc.

HELENA. A Greek painter of the fourth century B. C. Daughter of Timon, an Egyptian.  She executed a picture of the “Battle of Issus,” which was exhibited in the Temple of Peace, in the time of Vespasian, 333 B. C.

HERBELIN, MME. JEANNE MATHILDE. Third-class medal, Paris Salon, 1843; second class, 1844; and first class, 1847, 1848, and 1855.  Born in Brunoy, 1820.  A painter of miniatures.  One of these works by Mme. Herbelin was the first miniature admitted to the Luxembourg Gallery.

HEREFORD, LAURA. 1831-1870.  This artist is distinguished by the fact that she was the first woman to whom the schools of the Royal Academy were opened.  She became a pupil there in 1861 or 1862, and in 1864 sent to the Exhibition “A Quiet Corner”; in 1865, “Thoughtful”; in 1866, “Brother and Sister”; and in 1867, “Margaret.”

HERMAN, HERMINE VON. Born in Komorn, Hungary, 1857.  Studied under Darnaut in Vienna, where she made her home.  She is a landscape painter and is known through her “Evening Landscape,” “Spring,” “Eve,” and a picture of roses.

HEUSTIS, LOUISE LYONS. Member of Art Workers’ Club for Women and the Art Students’ League.  Born in Mobile, Alabama.  Pupil of Art Students’ League, New York, under Kenyon Cox and W. M. Chase; at Julian Academy, Paris, under Charles Lasar.

[Illustration:  From a Copley Print.

THE DEPARTURE OF SUMMER

LOUISE L. HEUSTIS]

A portrait painter.  At a recent exhibition of the Society of American Artists, Miss Heustis’s genre portrait called “The Recitation” was most attractive and well painted.  She has painted portraits of Mr. Henry F. Dimock; Mr. Edward L. Tinker, in riding clothes, of which a critic says, “It is painted with distinction and charm”; the portrait of a little boy in a Russian blouse is especially attractive; and a portrait of Miss Soley in riding costume is well done.  These are but a small number of the portraits by this artist.  She is clever in posing her sitters, manages the effect of light with skill and judgement, and renders the various kinds of textures to excellent advantage.

As an illustrator Miss Heustis has been employed by St. Nicholas, Scribner’s, and Harper’s Magazine.