Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-06
An Important Move Of the Society Of
Washington Artists.
OPENING OF TIE new GALLERY
Artistic Gems From Other Cities as
Well as Washington.
THE CAPITAL AN ART CENTER

The new gallery of the Society of Wash
ington Artists is to be formally opened on
November 20 with a loan exhibition that
will III every way worthily s;gnalize an
event of so much Importance. The future
alone can show the true value Of the step
which the artists have taken in fitting out
this exhibition hail. but the immediate in
1uence which it will have upon art IN
Washington is apparent. With the greater
facilities which the new quarters will af-
ford, the exhibitions will become powerful
factors in the education Of the community
to a thorough appreciation of art. By
charging a small admission fee to supply
the necessary funds, the society will be
able to solicit pictures from artists of es-
tablished reputation all over the country.
Such work shown here annually must in
evitably broaden the scope of real art and
give it a national rather than a provincial
aspect.
The First Exhibition.
Until this winter the society has never
had home Of it's own In 1890. the year
when it was organized. Messrs. Woodward
and Lothrop generously rendered the use
of their gallery for the first united exhibit
ton, and those of the two following years
were also held there. After that through
the extension of a similar courtesy, the
annual exhibitions were held at the Cosmos
Club. However, the artists began to feel
the need CT more space and a desire to
place themselves on a more Independent
basis, so last spring the matter was def
nitely formulated, and the present gallery
has been the result.
The New Gallery.
The building, No. 1920 Connecticut avenue,
is situated between x and l. streets After
partitioning off small room at either end
there remains gallery 6S feet long by IS
feet wide, which is adequately lighted from
the skyight extending. over almost the
entire length OF the hall. The walls are
now being hung with handsome olive green
material which harmonizes admirably with
the gray Of the frieze. The latter is COW
cred with an effective pattern designed by
Mr. Robert Coleman Child. a member Of
the society.
In past years it has been impossible to
cper the exhibitions in .tRe evening, hut
row, with the satisfactory lighting equip
ment which the new gallery will possess
this has been made possible. The room in
front of the gallery will make good place
Tor the meetings of the soesety, and it is
probable that the next one, on Tuesday
evening next, will be held there.
A Choice Exhibition.
AS the new gallery approaches compile
ten. the artists cast about for some way
In which to fittingly commemorate its
opening, and a loan exhibition was settled
upon. The call for pictures has met with
a generous response, and'a choice exhibition
Is assured through the contributions of resi-
dents Of this city and of collectors and deal
ers in New York. Such a collection will
of course, be cosmopolitan in character,
but the artists have aimed to make an es-
pecially fine showing Of the Intermediate
American School, the group of painters
who were on the crest of the wave
from the early ffties to the seventies
Consequently there will be good exam
pies Of Vedder, McEntee. Sanford, r.
Clifford. I: G. Brown. Kensett, Hub
bard, Whittredge, Bellows, and other
painters whose names were household
words quarter of a century ago. but who
are now somewhat ''out of fashion"
Some of the Washington Pictures.
Some idea Of the range of the exhibition
may be gathered from the following list
giving few Of the pictures loaned by
Washingtonians: Mr.. Allen c. Clark will
contribute. The Fruit Merchant, by Paul
seignsc Cattle in Holland Fields, by Henry
s. Bisbing; Early Morning on the Seine