Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-03

gether to the works Of French and Dutch
artists: Among the novel features OF the
applied arts section are several OF CeSare
Formillis graffitto panels which have re-
Gently created quite a sensation In Eng
land, and will, 1t is thought, revolutionize
the style Of both exterior and interior dec
orationS.
An important portrait exhibition is to be
held in New York this fall for the benefit
of the Orthopaedic Hospital The executive
committee, consisting of Charles T. Barney.
Stanford White, James Henry Smith,
Frank T. Witherbee and Thomas E. Kirby,
has arranged for it to be held in the Amer
lean Galleries and to open on the 18th OF
November. In the selection of paintings
for the exhibition the lay committee Will
be assisted by an artists committee COM
posed of Francis Lathrop, William M.
Chase, Benjamin c. Potter, ]. Carroll Beck
with Wilfred G. Won Glenn and Frank -.
Millet The collection constituting the eX-
hibition will include works in oils, water
colors and paStels and miniatures anu
every effort will be made to have the stand
ard such that artists and owners Will deem
it an honor to have their works or posses
sions included in it's catalogue. list Oh
distinguished patronesses, among whom are
Mrs Astor. Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish. Mrs. on
yer Iselin Mrs. Louis c. Tiffany, MRS. Seth
Low and Mrs Frederick Vanderbilt, in
sures it the attention of the -Four Hun
dred'' and suggests the probability OF l's
being social success.
Apropos of exhibitions comes good story
of a recent controversy between the we'll
known Belgian painter, M. Melchers, ana
the hanging committee of the Brussels Sa-
lon. 1t is needless to say that hanging
committees are always unpopular with ex-
hibitors but this one seems to have trans
crossed more grievously than commonly,
for so far outraged was Mr.. MelcherS by
the position given his pictures that regard
less Of the public, he took the first oppor-
tunity, after the opening of the exhibition.
to whiten them over. The civic authorities
were straightway called in to settle the
difficulty and by them the painter was
obliged to remove the obiterating wash, II
being held by the court that after man
had offered his work for exhibition he could
neither withdraw or alter 1t without per-
mission. Were this law universal and COM
monty enforced, some worthy canVases
would doubtless be saved from destructive,
eleventh-ho hour touches. but it is question
able whether it would increase the hanging
committees popularity.
General Palmer of Colorado Springs and
Mrs Bellamy Storer, the founder Of the
famous lockwood pottery, have formed a
plan to utilize the clays, minerals, and
gems of the state of Colorado and to make
Colorado Springs a manufacturing center
for arts and crafts products of an oriental
type. To this end Japanese artist OF
some distinction has been engaged to assist
in the organization of the work.
Pittsfleld. Mass, has been given a new
museum by Zenas Crane which, while not
given over exclusively to paintings, Is said
to contain some notable canvases. There
are, for instance, portrait by Sir Joshua
Reynolds, Bassano's Building of the Tower
of Babel" Bouguereau'S The Two Sisters
and Bierstadts Giant Redwoods of Cali
forna.''