Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-19


his estimation Raphael and his contem-
poraries had no better material to work
from or inspire them than have our paint
ers today-no greater variety. no surer
guides. That art is born in the pictorial.
developed In the natural and killed in
the technical Is thesis which Mr..
Brooke declared he was willing to fasten
on the door of every gallery and defend.
For art is primarily. he insisted. a desire
for expression and then reaching out
to nature. but soon the artist grows
proud of his skill and eager to display
his technical facility the spark Of life Is
lost The painters of America are. Mr..
Brooke seemed to think. now approaching
the second stage imbued with the utmost
promise. and the next generation. he
prophesied. will discover that which Is
purely national in our life and
roundngs. and give themselves to it's in
depreciation. and when they do. he fur
Their hazarded. they will touch respon-
sive chord in the American people which
will bring them abundant appreciation.
4
Q ONE time last spring it was an
- nounced that colossal head OF Lin
coin, by Gutzon Borglum. had been pre-
sented to Congress, but only within the
last fortnight has it been on public view.
1t is now temporarily placed inn
provised pedestal in the rotunda OF the
to the House wing. Through Its size and
character 1t naturally attracts attention
but 1t is noted that those who pause
through curiosity linger through respect
There is something grotesque and Yet
strangely moving in this great portrait,
1t is strongly modelled and finely exc
cuted. but this is not all-it is human and
vital. This head is not merely portrait.
but a Observation-Disclosures Lincoln. the
man. nor Lincoln. the President but Lin
coin he Is remembered today-a tower
Of strength to the nation. Some may
question why this head has been modelled
in this way. which at a glance seems
fragmentary and unfinished. but il is. 1t
should be remembered, a posthumous por-
trait-an interpretation-not a mere like
ness. Upon the slender and inadequate
pedestal upon which 1t is now placed II
appears over heavy. but in bigness 1t
seems to accord with the great hall in
which 1t stands and which in a measure
it dignifies.
MIR. JAMES HENRY MOSER of this
AVA city is receiving many congratulate
tons upon the purchase of his painting.
Mount McIntire. shown In the Corcoran
Gallerys first exhibition of contemporary
American paintings in OIL to Mr. William
T. Evans for the National Gallery collec-
ton. This is a large canvas. showing the
great mountain silhouetted against
quiet sunset sky. a broad valley, in
which the evening mists gathering.
stretches between the observer and the
mountain peak, and a sense of spacious
ness is given. The brushwork is broad
and simple, the color low toned but rich,
and the effect impressive. Mr.. Moser has
made a careful study of mountains under
many conditions, and few interpret them
more al1uringly than he. For his privat.
collection Mr.. Evans also purchased.
while he was in this city last week. a
smaller painting by Mr. Moser-Boat Car
nival at Lake Placid-a very charming
nocturne.
THE COrcoran Gallery has added to it's
/ list of purchases from the current
exhibition landscape by Leonard Ocht-
man. entitled November Evening"" which
hangs on the west wall In gallery G. 1t
shows broad stretch of broken coun-
try, furrowed by frosts and purple with
cold, beyond which the pale winter sun Is
just setting. 1t is rendered in Mr.. Ochi.
mans characteristic style and Is consid-
cred to be of his art an excellent ex-
ample.
THE Corcoran Gallery was visited last
! Sunday by nearly 1900 persons. and
will be open to the public again tomorrow
(Sunday afternoon) from 30 to pm.
1t will, however, be closed all day Christ
mas.
THE Corcoran School of Art closed to-
day for two weeks, reopenng Mon
day, January 4.
THE exhibition of Mr.. Robert Reds
1 paintings, which opened last Satur-
day afternoon with a private view in Mr..
Millet's studio in Georgetown, has proved
most successful, awakening very wide in
terest and calling forth many expressions
Of appreciation. 1t will continue tomor-
row and Monday.
A Neighborhood House. 456 n street
\ southwest. an interesting exhibition
will be held during the next two weeks.
consisting not only of examples of the
work done there, but of pottery, basketry,
embroidery, etc, by the foremost crafts
men of America, and of photograp hs and
prints of famous works of art and archi-
tectural monuments lent by the several
local art dealers. This exhibition is pur-
posed for the benefit of those who dwell in
the vicinity of Neighborhood House. but
is held also with the object of illustrating
the possibilities along this line and ii will
be open from ~ am to 10 pm. to the
general public.
LEILA MECHLIN.