The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-28
CORCORAN GALLERY
SHUT FOR SUMNER
Directors Expect to Open
Exceptional Season
in Fall.

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rule entice art lovers TO exhibition halls,
where the source of Illumination is Oy
skylights acting as collectors Of ad-
ditional heat waves. there are without
doubt many people in the city, and the
large number OF visitors who are not
discouraged by the heat. who viii regret
the closing Of this gallery for the sum
mer, forgetting that It Is during this
closed period that necessary work IS
done in the way OF repairs and a more
thorough housekeeping than the limited
time during the open season Of the gal
| iery viii permit.
| The gallery is closing with q large col
| lection Of leaned pictures. 70 be found
in the southwest rooms Of the upper
atrium In gallery &C" there are on
| exhibition three Sargents. two OF which
are portraits Of comparatively recent
date In open air studies there are few
paintings in oil, which can compare IN
vigor ana action 20 The oyster Gath
orers.'' a work which bears the date %
I 1875. when Sargent al twenty-five had
hardly commenced his career Exam
pies OF the work OF Daubigny. OF Rem
/ brandt. COrot. and a drawing by Miliet.
( The First Step" a wonderful arrange
ment or composition illustrating the ei-
! fectiveness Of spacing and line direction,
! are among the good things 20 be enjoyed
at the gallery.
For the year To come the efforts OF
! the gallery 10 fulfU its mission In tne
! euCoura cement OF American art, WIZ
4 md special emphasis In the second eA-
/ hibition OF contemporary paintings ~
( oils by American artists 20 be opened
| To the public December s, and 10 re-
main on view until January -, lsJ5- Al
I though this exhibition may seem some
( distance in the future, the otlelaIs OF
4 the gallery have been industriouSlE en-
l gagged in personal correspondence VITA
I leading American artists. both IN TINS
| country and abroad. and the enQeaNoI
/ 10 secure late and important paintings
/ has been foremost IN The purpose OF
! me MANAGEMENT. as well as 10 make
this exhibition a greater success theA
| the exhibition Of February ard March,
I 1907
! While the number Of paintings MAJ
I not be as large to select from as two
| wears ago whc- the first exhibition was
/ held. II is certain that there are enough
/ paintings Of conspicuous merit COM
/ pleted each year by American arusls
10 form. when assembled, an exhibition
/ OF the highest excellence The awards
| will in all instances be made 10 The
I artist instead OF 70 the owner OF the
| work exhibited. and pictures 10 be
eligible 10 prizes IN this exhibition mus
have been completed within three years
! of the opening day OF the eNhiplt!ou,
I ana Prize HAll-lt45 Oh al NA4A-e-A N-
| value in other exhibitions viii not oe
/ considered in competition for prize
| OF that class ia this exhibition
AS the prizes VIII amount 10 So,tlJ
and the first prize viii be &,0J. ae-
companied by the gold medal OF the
! CCrCOran Gallery. the artists or the
/ country have q sufficient incentive .
| be represented Dy their best work. The
| responses received from personal let
ters TO artists in which cordial pledges
/ Of support are contained, are sumictcn,
20 AT this time warrant success. al
\ exhibit. although from the opening OF
| the gallery next october. until the COM
! mencement Of the exhibition there viii
be work enough remaining 10 be done
; TO keep the official force Of the gallery
in constant employment
The cause Of the National Gallery OF
Art is progressing favorably, and the
! accessions TO the collection OF pictures
| donated by William T. Evans. now
number sixty-five It is apparent that
more room Will have 20 be devoted in
the corridor Of the upper atrium 20 these
, paintings, as the space IS now well filed.
p and the formation OF second line Of
. paintings. as the necessities Of the
! space have required in some instances.
is not advantageous under the condi-
tons Of light existing in the corrcor-
, The latest works added 10 the cOllec-
ton BY Mr.. Evans are The Swimming
| Hole by Ernest Lawson Spring:
/ Navesink Highlands by Childe Has
| sam: The Mysterious Woods. by R
NJ ShurtleT. sea Echoes" by f. Bal
lard Williams; Round HiH Road 10y
J. II. Twachtman, and Georgia Pines, %
by George Inness-
, While the comparison OF the latest ac-
CesSions. one with the other. may not
/. be profitable OF decisive. there is an ad-
mitted quality OF excellence IN II I lS
5 Mysterious Woods by R NJ Shurtletf.
3 II we are to judge by the rule Of the
? + greatest good to the greatest number,
. we will find a degree OF popular interest
I which will appeal 70 all who are lovers
! OF nature. and especially the truth in
| nature which is not Of a statistical or
| historical quality In this the aptness
| of the title is so harmonious that a
title is hardly necessary.
! 1t is not a picture of any one Darticu-
I lar spot. and vet we are al able 70
!, a condition. II is one Of those spots in
! which the romantic viii at once think of
I elves and fairies. The unitarian viii
! note the value Of the trees the geOiO-
! gist viii see the moss covered boulders,
/ and the botaniSt the forms of ferns and
! wild flowers and some will wonder II
the tiny pool is resort for the speckled
trout
Above all Of these suggested. not la
boriously expressed features which vii
} ! appeal in a different manner to all
there is a feeling that in these deer
/ woods where moss. and fern and rock
| and spring are found. we have passed
the limit of the exploration OF man, and
! are standiuB in a pTimeval wood whose
+ secrets are unknown. and yet the artist
= must have felt all Of these things. he
must have possessed an intimate anC
: thorough knowledge of all these factors
{ in order to be able TO suggest them il
r / such a spontaneous manner TO others
5 for there is nothing aggressive in Tho
! manner of this suggestion II is bu1
f. the spirit of the woods speaking in ar
= inaudible zone separate message OF
5 beauty to all beholders.
Wood interiors have a peculiar charm
: when they are presented in such ar
/ ! elusive manner. Elusive because the
z visitor sees far more than he can dem
onstrate to another In instance is tht
, Georgia Pines by George Inness
/ Not by any means an important or am
: bilious canvas by this master, but g
4 little tender heart-tO-heart talk with Z
: commonplace phase of nature A small
canvas as if the artist was making &
E trial OF his ability to catch the spirit
Z Of quiet of the pine woods
I The trees are not important. they have
> grown TOO thickly to have a great value
1 for the Lumber trust. 1t is a neglected
{ spot without path or wagon road. Il
: is deep, dark. and dry, rain has no
fallen for weeks, and the Garnet of Diut