Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-14
ART NOTES

The annual exhibitions of the Society OF
Washington Artists and the Washington
Architectural Club have been the chief
events of interest this week, over thirteen
hundred persons attending the reception
and private view which was given CO.
jointly in the Corcoran Gallery on the even
ing of the 9th
The Society Of Washington Artists ex-
hibition will be open to the public In the
Hemicycle. admission to which may be OBJ
tanned without charge through the New
York avenue entrance, on every week day
from to half-past 5, and from to 10
o'clock in the evening Mondays and We'd
nesdays, as we'll as on Sundays from 1 to
4 in the afternoon. until February 26, In
elusive. The Architectural Clubs exh.bl-
| ton, being in the atrium. will be subjec.
to the regulations governing the opening of
the Gallery.
Some comment has been made that in
both of these exhibitions the majority OF
the. work comes from out-of-town, falsely
constituting that as sign of local weak
ness. For several years a systematic
effort has been made to have these ex-
h1bftions assume a national character.
LocaliSm has been cast aside, and to raise
both the standard of work and appreciation
the artists and architects of Washington
have been placed in competition with the
strongest in America. 1t is. true that the
local representation is not as large or, col
!ectively. as good this year as last. but it
is not because it has either been crowded
out, or did not dare comparison.
The first and seconu Corcoran prizes have
indeed again gone out of town, being
awarded to John w. Alexander and Hugh
prize was awarded, as announced in our
last Saturdays issue, to Miss Mathilde
Mueden of this city, for her admirable por-
trait of her father.
TWAS with the thought that all the awards
might go to non-residents that Mr.. A. J.
Parsons has offered for three successive
years prize of 500 to the best landscape
painted by Washington artist, VIII CHI
honor was this year accorded an imposing
canvas by Mr.. Lucien Powell picturing
colorful Venetian sunset. Mr.. II. Hobart
Nichols. who was the winner of the Par
sons prize last year. was considered hors
concur. The jury for the Corcoran prizes
was composed of the officers and executive
committee of the society and that for the
Parsons prize of Mr.. Messer, MIR. Brooke
Mr.. v. G.. Fischer. Mr.. VIM. H. Holmes
and MI. Herbert Wadsworth.
A painting by Frank W. Benson of Salem,
Mass. the winner of the Lippincott prize of
$500 for the best figure painting in the cur
rent exhibition of the Pennsylvania Acad-
envy, added to the collection in the
Hemicycle on Saturday, too late to be in
Guided in the review of the exhibition 1t
Is a notable picture. showing a boy and
girl In sunny wood, and Is rendered in the
vigorous, fresh manner which characterizes
Mr.. Bensons best work.
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The only sculptures shown in the thir-
teenth annual are two busts-portraits of
Senator J. X. Jones and Prof Elmer Gates
by Louis Potter of New York which were
executed during his recent sojourn in
Washington. Both are excellent likenesses
and oh Of ck fYrl 1..lf-
After nearly a year Of consideration the
commission for the Grant memorial has
finally been awarded to Henry Mervin
Shrady of New York, whose design was
originally designated by the expert jury as
most meritorious. Mr. Shrady is a man of
unusual talent but no academic training
and has never executed any large or i'm
portant work. The appropriation is for
The four enlarged models of the success
full designs in the first Mcclellan memorial
competition are now on exhibition in the
basement of the Corcoran Gallery pre-
paratory to the second and final competi-
ton, which is to take place in few days
These are by Austin Hays, Charles H Me
haus. Waldo Story and AttiIio Picciulh and
in merit there seems little to choose be-
tween them.
An interesting portrait. by Miss Daisy
Brown, has recently been put on exhibition
in the lower loan room at the Corcoran
Gallery. 1t represents young girl, wear
ing evening gown of light blue seated
in an easy chair. Her arms rest lightly on
| the arms of the chair and she leans slightly
| forward in an attitude of attention The
| pose is excellent and the expression good