Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-08
ARTISTS ARE HONOREO
President Receives Exhibitors
at Corcoran Gallery.
AMERICAN ART is SHOWN
Splendid Memorial Display Of Work
of Saint Gaudens.
PICTURES BOUGHT FOR WALLS
Announcement Of Selections Of
Board Of Directors Is Made-Dis-
tinguished Gathering.
PICTURES BOUGHT FOR WALLS

| A great exhibit of sculpture and paint
| ings was opened in the Corcoran Gal
| lery of Art last evening with a brilliant
reception. Never has more imposing
display Of art been made or more nota-
| BILE gathering Of spectators assembled in
| this city.
| In the lower atrium, commonly used as
| the statuary hall, and in an adjacent
gallery was a splendid collection of the
works of the late Augustus Saint eau
dens, regarded as the greatest of modern
sculptors. In the upper atrium and pic
| ture galleries were hung about 400 paint
ings by leading American artists.
| ABOUT 1000 attended the reception.
| Among these were not only prominent
officials and diplomats, but directors OF
art museums, we'll known collectors and
| distinguished writer's and artists.
President Honors Artists.
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt, ac-
| companied by Col. Charles Cromwell and
Capt Archibald Butt, were among the
| first to arrive and the last to leave.
| After making the rounds of the entire
exhibition, the President requested that
the artists present assemble in the di-
vidually received and congratulated them.
| This is, and has been for a number
of years. the custom of the President
| of France at the opening of the Paris
Salon. In America, heretofore, art has
| doomed less large and the artists re-
celved no such personal recognition.
About forty painters were presented to
MIR. Roosevelt. Among these were Ed
| ward w. Redfeld. the winner of the first
Clark prize and the Corcoran gold medal;
Joseph DeCamp of Boston, who received
| the second Clark prize and the Corcoran
silver medal. and Robert Reid. to whom
was awarded the third Clark prize and
| the COrcOrNn bronze medal.
The introductions were made by Rich
ard N. Brooke, president of the Society
of Washington Artists and vice principal
of the Corcoran School of Art. He
was a member of the jury of award, and
to him much Of the success of the ex-
hibition is due.
Art Directors From Far Away.
And by no means was the assemblage
| last evening merely local. From Buffalo
came the director Of the Albright gal
lery. from Pittsburg the director Of the
Carnegie Institute and from Philadel-
phia the director of the Pennsylvania
Academy. William r. Evans, the we'll
National Gallery Of Art, in this city, sixty
or more paintings by eminent American
artists. promising to Increase the num-
Der to lou. was also present with Mrs.
Evans and Henry w. Ranger, the dis
tinguished landscape painter.
All the cash prizes were given this year
by former Senator w. A. Clark. 1t was
understood that the Corcoran Gallery
proposed to make number of purchases
from among paintings shown in the ex-
hibition for its permanent collection.
This 1t has done.
These purchases were announced last
evening They are a genre by Edmund
c. Tarbell of Boston. entitled Josephine
and Mercie"; figure painting of little
child standing before a mirror. Mar
York; a picture of a young woman,
dressed in white satin, looking up at a
portrait OF IAN Ancestor" by Walter
MacEwen of Paris: the picture to which
the third prize was awarded. The Open
Fire" by Robert Reid Of New York. and
a winter scene. Morning After Snow"
by w. Elmer Schofield, who is temporarily
residing in England. All are considered
valuable acquisitions.
Saint Gaudens' Exhibit.
The Saint Gaudens' memorial exhibition
was set forth by the American Institute
of Architects, under the personal direc-
ton Of Glenn Brown and through the CO.
operation of Mrs. Saint Gaudens and nu-
merous collectors. Among the patrons
named in the catalogue are Robert T.
Lincoln. Elihu Root. William Waldorf
Astor, Mrs. Gardiner G. Hubbard, Larz
Anderson, Joseph f. Thropp, Mrs. Julian
James, A. ]. Parsons, Charles w. Rich
ardson. Charles L. F'reer, Andrew Car
negie and CasS Gilbert.
Too much cannot be said in praise of
the beautiful manner in which this special
exhibition is arranged. To give the best
possible light and background, curtains