The Washington times., 1902-05-30
Corcoran Exhibition and
Reception a Dis
tinct Success.
CLOSE OF THE YEARS WORK
Gold Medal for Six Best Charcoal
Drawings Won by M. William Trip
plett Davis, of Washington.

The students of the Corcoran Schoo
of Art gave their annual exhibition an,
reception at the Corcoran Art Gallery
Seventeenth Street and New York Ave
nre northwest. from p. m. until il p
m. last evening. This event is TO III,
students of the school the culminatins
feature of the years work. and they
look forward to IL for weeks.
Fully 1000 people attended the exhibit
ton and the whole gallery. upstairs and
downstairs. was thronged with the
friends Of the students. There are about
200 students II the school
The interior of the beautiful little
temple of art was brilliantly lights ed
and the broad stone steps which lead
up TO the atrium directly opposite the
main entrance were lined with flowers
and palms.
Instructors Review Work.
II was from these steps that the win
ners of the prizes were announced by
Prof. E. +. Andrews, the instructor of
the school, who afterward made an ad-
dress reviewing the work of the various
classes for the year
While all the classes in the school
contributed TO the exhibition awards
were given for but two kinds Oh
work, charcoal drawings. from life and
from plaster casts or statues. and water
color paintings.
The Corcoran gold medal given for
the six best charcoal drawings. three
full lengths from life. and three from
plaster or marble. was won by Mr.. Will
liam Trippleti Davis. Mr.. Davis possesses
most unique and notable record as
Corcoran prize winner. In 1893 he won
the second honorable mention: in 1919
the first honorable mention, in 1871 the
bronze medal, and this year, carried
OF the first prize. the gold mccall.
Steady Improvement.
As indicated by the above record, his
improvement has been steady. ana his
success not due to accident or chance,
but perseverance and consistent work.
His drawings show a great gain in the
quality OF strength this year over that
OF last. and are rare examples OF the
results possible in black and white.
Mr.. Davis incursions into the domain
OF oil painting have also been crowned
with considerable success, and the
foundation he has laid in the principles
of sound drawing should be OF inestima-
bic value TO him in his future profess
sional work. He is a native G. ,he Dis
trict of Columbia.
Miss Rachel y. Thompson. the winner
Of the second prize, the bronze medal. is.
to judge by her work, the possessor of an
individuality reDlete with reserve force.
This quality is even more marked in her
water color paintings than in the char
coal drawings. She is an excellent color
list, and seems to be a seeker after abso-
Lutte truth in the expression of the values
of light, shade, and color.
Other Winners.
Mr. NJ. c. Hof, Miss Henrietta Dunlap. |
and Miss Marian Page were, respectively,
the winners of the first, second, and third /
honorable mentions.
The water color prize of s25 in gold (
was won by Miss Elsie George. This
young lady has about twenty-five charm
ing water color pictures on exhibition in
the gallery. and her selection as the re-
cIpiehi oi inc Prize was popular one
as most of her fellow students acknoyl Z
edge her superiority in this line of paint
ing.
One of the features of the exhibition is
the display of the modelling class. under
the tuition of Miss Edith Ogden. II is
the most complete exhibition of this
branch Of the fine arts ever shown at the
Corcoran school. and reflects credit on
both students and instructress.
Class Work Coed.
The work OF the class in illustration is
also worthy of much praise This is a
new feature of the Corcoran school, and
vas started only few months ago. under
he tuteiage OF Miss Eugene DoLand :
This clever young woman was herself
student Of Howard Pyle 10 Philadelphia.
md under her direction the class has /,
,eeD making rapid progress ;
The music for the reception was fur
lished by Green's orchestra. The exhi-
iit'on viii he on view to the general :
Iubiic for the next week