The Washington times., 1908-01-05
Water Color Exhibitions
Of Interest to Artists

Of Interest to Artists
Among the Washington artists the
event OF immediate interest is the COM
ing exhibition OF the Warrington Water
Color Club TO be held IN the Hemicycle
Of the CorcOran Gallery OF Art from
January q TO February Il The date
for receiving exhibits has been fixed
for January 10. The reply OF many Of
the artists when asked concerning their
latest work Is that they are finishing
work for the water color exhibition.
These annual exhibitions customarily
occurring before the Christmas holidays
have been conspicuous art events In the
seasons happenings. and with this added
time for preparation Il Is confidently ex-
peCted that the coming exhibition will
reach q standard not heretofore at
tanned.
The Christmas holidays OF the Cor
ooran Art School have closed and the
regular sessions Of the school for study
will be resumed tomorrow.
Hugh H. Breckenridge, one of the IN
structors Of the Pennsylvania Academy
OF Fine Arts. and q frequent exhibitor
in Washington, and the winner OF the
Corcoran prize IN 1893, has recently
closed an exhibition OF forty -foUr pic
lures, including some OF his recent land
scapes, at Worcester, Mass. While Mr..
Breckenridge Is classed as a Philadel-
phia artist, his natural aff1nation should
/ be with the artists of this city. for the
reason that he is a native by birth OF
Leesburs. Va
! The raising OF S, 10000 for the erection
/ Of a monumental art building IN New
/ York city is the purpose OF the National
| Academy OF Design. The needs OF a
/ building IN which large exhibitions can
/ be held IN New York have been appre-
ciated for some time. and II is for the
purpose Of supplying suitable building
| that this movement has been inaug-
urated. Among those named TO solicit
| subscriptions for the 100000 fund are
| Frederick Dlelman, Herbert Adams, w
II. Watrous, Kenyon Cox, Francis c.
/ Jones, Ben Foster, VIII H Low, J. @
Nicou, H. B. Smell, ". Sergeant Kendall.
/ and J. Alden Weir.
THE Eight" a group Of artists who
! seeded from the Academy exhibition
IN New York in February, are to hold
Z an exhibition Of their work at Macbeth's
| galleries in New York IN February. The
seeding artists are Robert Henri. Ar
/ thur Davies, ". W. Glackens, Ernest
Lawson, n. 3. Luks, Everett Shinn,
/ John Sloan, and Maurice B. Prender-
I CAST.
/ At a recent dinner at the Lotus Club
/ in New York to William T. Evans, who
gave more than fifty pictures to the
National Gallery, the dinner remarks
contained much Of interest 70 the resi-
dents Of this city, Of Importance to the
National Gallery, and Of deep signih-
canoe to the cause Of national art.
The dinner was arranged as a compli-
ment to the donor OF the important col
lection of pictures to the National Gal
lerv. In the speechmaking which fol-
lowed. when the time for the remarks OF
Mr.. Evans arrived. 1t was learned that
this important gift, did not by any
means end his interest in the National
| Gallery, and that he intended to con-
tinue the selection OF pictures until fully
| one hundred pictures are included in his
gift. and that In the event Of HIS death
| before the completion OF the allotted
I
arraneement IN his will that his legal
representatives would complete such
portions of the task as might remain IN
completed at the time Of his death.
! The effect Of such a statement upon
| art conditions is one that tends toward
| the right direction. Mr. Evans is a
weIl-known collector Of works of Amer
/ lean artists, and Notwithstanding his
! generous gift to the National Gallery.
/ he still retains at his home in Mont
clair, n. J., such number Of pictures
as will satisfy the artists that he has
not abandoned the idea Of maintaining
a fine collection Of American works for
/ his private gallery, and the statement
/ that he intends to further enrich the
! National Gallery with fifty more pc
/ lures. should encourage all artists to
/ strive to produce something that will
/ be conspicuously worthy OF a place in
/ this collection.