The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-18
HEMLCYCLE ART GALLERY
This City TO Have a New Headquar-
ters for Exhibitions.
The society of Washington Artists
by Display of Local Work at
the Corcorau The Season 10
Close With Two Brilliant Events.

The Society OF Washington Artists will
opeu to the public its tenth annual exhibit
lion on Monday, the 26th. and this cc-umn,
a week hence, will offer critical review
of the pictures and art works there shown
The society has had an interesting career,
keeping in step with the most advanced art
movements OF its kind over the country.
From exhibitions which were marked by
flower panels of killing gorgeousness and
LANDSCAPES OF a crude, amateurish sort, has
been evolved annual displays OF such high
quality and seriousness that the casual
visitor has found recent shows most re-
freshing. In the early days the disp.a OF
pictures To- ked so county-fair like that enc
almost expected to find a wall somewhere
devoted to embroidery. lace, and ''hit-or
miss" silk quilts. All this is changed.
While some of the work shown may be
weak and Ineffective, there is almost 10
conventional prettiness which tells of pic
lures made TO catch the uncu!tivated eye
and sell While advanced schools are en-
couraged there Is no Haunting of crude,
high keyed impressionist things in the
conspicuous places as prevails in some in
ruentisl exhibitions. The best painters
here in the city have up to the present
time been artists thoroughly trained, high
minded and serious, possessing reason
able regard for conservative opinion. Fads
have not been popular; good. sound work
has kept the lead and dominated the eN-
hibitions. AS a consequence the society s
recent ANIMALS have commanded the re-
snect OF the public and justified the society
In its determined support OF what is sin
cerest in the modern art movement. The
coming exhibition will be no exception, and
Washingtonisns will have just cause TO be
proud OF its influential art organization
Not all OF the best local artists Will be rep
resented III the tenth annual, but decidedly
the majority of them will, and those who
have no work in the exhibition will not
prevent the society's Offering from being a
thoroughly representative one. 1t has
always been the aim OF those members
most interested in the society's welfare to
make the annual exhibitions from year 10
year show the real progress in cur art de-
relopment in this city.
The soeiety's managers have. from the
first, aimed TO present high-class exhibit
tions, and that this was accomplished at
The cost OF some valued friendships is
emily repetition OF the experience of first
class art organizations in other cities
The society has also done much toward
advancing social and fraternal relations
between the numerous art workers here.
In the absence Of a club house, the lest
that could be done in the way Of bring
ing artist and isymen together has been
done. Too much cannot be said OF the
educational work accomplished by the
Society OF Washington Artists. The pupils
OF the public schools have been en-
couraged TO attend the annual exhibitions
and learn something Of the art progress
going on in our midst. BY the annual
exhibitions the public also was able to
see gathered together the best examples
Of the work done by our local artists and
form some idea Of the progress made dur