Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-16

which remained unpurchased, supplemented
by some not yet shown, will be exhibited
in the assembly hall of the Cosmos Club
next week.
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Sixteen or more pictures by Mr.. Gilbert
Munger, landscape painter Of consider
able distinction. are on exhibition in the
Veerhoff Gallery. They are Of an old
fashioned type, done In oils with much
force, but harshness, after the style of
the early American painters. In many Of
them the curious method Of representing
foliage by painting each leaf on the tree
is employed. whereas IN others the han
ding is broad and almost careless. Ma
terial Is oppress1vely evident and atmos-
phere wanting in the large canvases but
marked. and one or two that are really
tiny are gentle and artistic to a delightful
degree.
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On Monday the collection Of circuit draw
ings Of the League Of American Archi-
tects will be placed on exhibition on the
upper floor Of the atrlum Of the Corcoran
Gallery Of Art, under the auspices of the
Washington Architectural Club. 1t was
intended to have this part of the annual
exhibition Of the club, which this year is
to be held in connection with that of the
Society of Washington Artists, but as this
is a travelling exhibit, and arrangements
had already been made for IT to be held
elsewhere later, it was found impossible
to have 1t remain over even until the
date of opening, March q.
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The approaching exhibition of the Archi-
tectural Club promises to be OF very great
interest, and, together with that of the So
ciety, should furnish art lovers with a
bountiful feast. 1t will include specimens
of sculpture, etchings and water colors, in
tended for decorative purposes, as well as
architectural drawings and other attractive
work coming under the name of the ARTS
and Crafts" Many of these exhibits will
be brought from the Architects League of
New York and others from the T-Square
Club of Philadelphia.
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A banquet is to be given tonight at the
Hotel Cochran by the Architectural Club
to the visiting architects who are members
of the hanging committee.
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Two valuable additions have been made
| this week to the permanent collection of
the Corcoran Ganery-a painting by Geri-
cault and a cast Of Michael Angeles
famous Pieta. The picture Is small can
vas representing the head and torso OF a
strong, muscular man. It is modelled with
| great strength and feeling, and the effect
| of light and shade is very striking, but
| perhaps its chiefest interest lies in its
having been the work Of Gericault, who,
| it will be remembered, was the first to
| cast aside the conventional classic SUBJ
| jects, and picture instead those that were
| real and dramatic. His RAFT Of the Me-
| dusa." which was exhibited in the Salon
! Of 1919, was the first positive break in the
| old traditional custom, and caused a great
| outcry. which, however, ended in the found
| ing of the school Oh Romanticists, of which
| Delacroix, his fellow student, became the
distinguished leader.
|
| The cast of La Pieta"e Is of no less in
terest. 1t represents the Virgin holding the
dead body of Christ across her lap. and is
an exact reproduction of the original
which was done over 400 years ago (about
| 1889, during Michael Angeles first sojouru
in Rome, where it now may be seen in the
Basilica of st Peters Cathedral.
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The Washington Water Color Club held
its annual meeting last Saturday evening
at the residence Of its president, Mr.. w. H
Holmes All the old officers and member