Evening star., 1901-09-28
Corcoran Institution to Admit Visitors
On and After Oct. l,
ADDITIONS TO The WORKS OF Art
Building and Surroundings Rem
dered Very Attractive.
CHOOLS TO RE S U NJ E

Ihe CorcOran Gallery or Art Will he re-
opened Tuesday, October 1, after having
been closed for three months. The art
school in connection with the gallery will
also open on the same date, and the night
school will open a month later. The gal
lery presents a finer appearance than ever.
The display both in sculpture and painting
has received additions, and the building,
work of art in itself is rendered more beau
tiful in it's whiteness and purity. Every
painting and piece of statuary in the gall
lery has had attention. The canvases have
all been taken down and examined Some
have been retouched, and some have heen
gone over with oil or varnish or rubbed
with silk. The frames have been retouched.
also, and everything done to keep these
valuable productions in perfect repair. The
burlap on the walls of the various gal
leries has been thoroughly renovated. the
skylights have been washed. which makes
the light perfect, and the inlaid oak floors
have been polished and oiled.
Perhaps the most. noticeable addition to
the artistic appearance OF the interior of the
gallery has been made by placing statuary
the sides of the main stairway. The
broad, white marble steps, facing as they
do the main entrance to the gallery, pre-
sented before somewhat bare appear
ance- Now three statues grace either side,
one at the base, one half way up and one
at the turn near the top of the steps.
Additions to Statuary.
The gallery has acquired more in the way
of statuary than in paintings since it's close.
The notable additions in sculpture are; st.
John, Baptist" by Donatello, the original
of which, in marble, being in the museum
of the Bargello, Florence. The statue is a
standing figure, four feet and ten inches in
height.
'.Anakreon,' the lyric poet of Theos.
The marble original is in the Villa Bor-
ghese, Rome. 1t is a seated figure. 1t was
discovered in the sixteenth century at
Monte Calvo in Sabina.
Mars and Cupid, or Ares the marble
original of which is in the Villa Sudovisi
Rome. This statue was executed in the
second half of the fourth century, b. c.,
and was found near the PlaZzo Santa
Croce, Rome. Both figures are seated.
Mars is in a careless easy attitude alb
resting at his feet, while his sword is list
lessly held in his left hand. The cupid
playing at his feet would indicate that love
for Venus had overcome the god of battles
mark on the left shoulder seems to indi-
cate that Venus herself stood behind him.
and that the original was a group.
"Merope and Aepytus' is a beautiful
group executed by the sculptor Menelaus
of Rome. 1t depicts the meeting of a
mother with her long lost son. AT the
moment as Welcker says, the first emotion
at meeting is followed by calm and joy.
Triton" torso, the original of which
Butt at ST. Angela in the Tiburtino. The
grand style of this extraordinary torso
makes 1t one of the most beautiful repre-
sentations of marine divinities.
The Indian Hunter and Dog" by ]. Q.
A. Ward, the American sculptor, was re-
ceived shortly before the gallery closed for
the summer. The original of this magnifi-
cent piece of work is in Central Park, New
York city.
The Picture Gallery.
Among the additions to the pictures in
the gallery are four, loaned by Mr.. Hugh
s. Lagare. They are by Van Marcke Rico.
Bougereau and Ziem. Mrs. Gardiner G.
Hubbard has temporarily placed eight very
fine pictures in the gallery, including a
Corot and Isabey. Several portraits by
Stuart and Trumbull will also be in place
in the gallery when 1t opens.
complete rearrangement of the pic
lures In the portrait gallery has been made,
In which the crowded appearance has been
obviated.
In the general classification all paintings
by American artists have been placed in
the two large galleries on the second floor
in the northeast corner of the building.
The work in all the other rooms is by for
eign artists.
The gallery will be open from 9:3O o'clock
In the morning until in the afternoon,
daily. Tuesdays, Thursdays. Saturdays
and Sundays no admission Is charged
The number of visitors to the gallery
last year was 14300O. This lacked but little
of equaling the attendance during the first
year of the gallery, which was the largest
in its history.
Professor E. F. Andrews, director of the
Corcoran Art School, has just returned
from his annual trip abroad, and is giving
his attention to the opening of the school.
The usual attendance of between $50 and
300 students is anticipated, most of the
students Of last term having re-entered.
Both the day and night schools are free.