Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-22
ART N TIES.

Never are Washington's possibilities as
city beautiful more patent than at TINS
time OF year, when the trees are clad In
their summer apparel and the parks anu
public reservations are the predominating
feature in the city's compositions. No city
is more richly endowed in parking than the
nations capital but few exhibit, 1t must
be added, such distinctly inartistic public
gardening Take, for example, the flower
beds north of the Treasury Department
They are symmetrical and well cared for, but
their color scheme is barbarously tnhar-
monious. There, for instance. large mass
Of salmon-p pink geraniums Is surrounded by
purplish-red foliage plants; red and yellow
cannas are combined with the same Earring
color; and blue, lavender and scarlet flow
ers are scattered lavtshly in every direc-
ton without regard to order or relation.
The effect produced can be hkened only to
a crazy quflt-that household horror OF q
decade ago which the least learned IN
landscape architecture must realize is an
inappropriate setting for massive struc-
ture Of the purely classic type.
It does not follow that all the parks and
reservations are tnarttStic or to be con-
demned; some, In fact, notably Farragut
Square, are quite the contrary. but that
leaves less excuse for the exceptional floral
horrors and gives more reason, as we are
not living in the dark ages, why they
could and should be speedily remedied.
Nothing more has been heard Of the ITO
plan scheme for j national gallery which 1t
was reported some six weeks ago we'll
known millionaire was contemplating
founding in Washington; but from New
York comes the news that the Fine Arts
Federation has at last the money in hand
to erect Immediately a building In that city
n Whirb the mnCh-talkad-Of American
salon can be held.
From across the sea we hear that Edwin
A Abbey Is giving hts whole attention to
his painting of the Coronation of King Ed
ward VII, receiving sittings from the king
and queen, and other royal personages. 1t
has been stated lately that this painting
was not ordered as has been supposed by
the British government. but by a firm of
art dealers, the Messrs. Agnew who, count
ing upon the Americans willingness to part
with his ducats for even sight of royalty.
purpose sending 1t to this country on
starring tour when completed and hope to
later dispose of it to some English museum.
This may be true but it seems hardly prob
able as the government would scarcely
have erected platform for the painters
benefit at the time of the coronation, or the
king and queen subsequently have given
sittings simply TO further private COM
mercial enterprise.
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At Ipswich Mass. the Dow Summer
School has been holding It's annual exhi.
bition. One hundred and three students.
from various parts of this country, Canada,
England and Scotland. have been enrolled
this season. and the standard of the ex-
hibition is said to be unusually high Mr..
Arthur Dow, who is the founder and III
rector. Is. during the winter. in charge of the
art department of the Pratt Institute,
Brooklyn. and Is we'll known as writer
on subjects pertaining TO the teaching Of
design He has emphasized the essential
Unity of design in all the arts. and has
made helpful application of the Japanese
principles to work of all kinds. The cx-
hibition includes specimens of pottery.
woven textiles. basketry, engraving and
printing produced in the school, besides a
collection of designs and number of out
door studies in landscape painting.
An evidence of the increasing apprecia-
ton and application of works of art outside
of exhibition halls is given In the descrip-
ton OF building. ''Lloyd's Register" re-
Gently erected in London for purely com
merclal purposes. which has on its facad.
some notable sculptures by Frampton. and
within sculptured frieze in colors by Lynn
Jenkins, besides ceiling in it's board room
decorated with symbolic figures by Gerald
MORA.
A special exhibition of etchings and dry
points by Whistler was opened in the print
department of the Boston Museum Of Fine
Arts this week The collection was gotten
together by Mr.. Emil H. Richter. curator of
the print department. and IL made UP most
ly Of works loaned by private collectors.
Mrs. Francis Ballard and Mrs.. John L.
Gardner have contributed largely. and to
these two ladies' belong some Of the most
rare and va1uAbis Of the prints shown. In
The f0xDesss collection. for instance. 10 the ]
portratt OF Miss Hay4sn on which Whistler
once said 10 wss wiliihg % stake HIS repu-