The Washington times., 1908-11-08

r. fAiiufD"s ana MS tdIflitE. MI. An
drews was for many years the principal
Of the Corcoran School Of Arr
From an exchange it is learned that
'"fhe Enchanted Mesa" now on public
exhibition at Schaus gallery in New
York, and considered to be the best work
OF Inls celebrated painter Of uesert high
lahuA, Is 10 be sent 10 this city TOr tUs
coming exhibition at the COrcOran Gal
lery.
The Hon Elihu Root is among the list
OF DeHeiactOrs who have recently pro-
| EElded scholarships for the New York
School OF Applied Design
The city Of Barcelona is engaged in 4
crusade OF advertising for rne pUrDOse
OF awakening interest IN that city as a
winter y, T., resort, and has offered a prize
oL sl'yD ICT the best FOSTER design adj
Nertislng the city as a winter resort
Inc mayor OF The city has requested
competition from American artists. The
SIZE Of The poster is fixed a. - by go
metres with space for the Ords ..Barce-
! Iona Cludad de invieTnJ,T and must
reach the "SecretaTia de Ia Commission
| dc Attraclones de FOTastecos' prior
| 10 December p.
I'm dispatcl from Turin TO New
! YORK exchange, IL Is stated that the
Duke Of the AbruZZi has given a COM
mission for q portrait Of Miss Katherine
| Elklns- The portrait is To be PAINTED
from photographs, and is TO De OF large
/ size.
The sculptols Of New York are 10
nave this season a better opportunity
/ than formerly FOR their winter exhibit
loh OF sculpture, Frank Gould has
/ loaned Tor this purpose the riding ring
adjoining the Fine Arts Galleries IN Fit
Iy-SGEeULh street The space Afforded
! Is amply adequate and will serve all the
p #.H D.
| that works of sculpture are seen 10
! Inc best advantage IN the conventional
gallery. Is IaSL losing ground, and In
Boston, where the works Of George Gray
BARNARD are now being shown at the
Museum Of Fine Arts Mr. Barnard's
statue, The HeWer." has been erected
/ IN one Of the grass plots outside the
museum.
| From William Ordway Partridge. an
American sculptor comes a letter OF
| protest TO erect. in Lowell. Mass. the
birthplace OF Whistler d memorial 10
whistler by ROdln. the foremost French
sculptor OF this period In this com
munlcation, Mr.. Partridge is severe IN
his criticism Of the work OF both Whist
Ter and ROdin. but closed with the sug-
! gestiOn, that II 1t is the desire to honor
the memory OF " hlStler, an American
artist IL would be more appropriate 10
have the memorial executed by an Amer
lean sculptor, among the many who ara
capable and hard working but receiving
DuJ SCdHLy recognition on account or
the tendency of Americans TO favor
| foreign rather than American art.
John Ia Fargo, the veteran painter
anc art critic. now in the seventy-ffth
year OF hls age, is engaged in one OF
the most important works in stained
glass ever undertaken by this TeCOE-
nized expert in this medium Of decora-
tive art. The window is intended for
a private residence in NeH York and
the portions OF glass contained in the
designs are separated By copper wire.
In the fusiug, the copper wire becomes
invisible, and the various colors ara
FUSED together IN such a manner shat
the Joints are not noticeable The aTOC-
ess IS the most difficult of ~ kind and
from the nature Of the medium and the
number OF TuSinEs before the design can
he completed, the WORK is exceedingly
slow and m y require eighteen months
in It's completion.
curing an exceptionally good C0lIec-
Il is encouraging TO note that ia the
selection OF paintings IL has secured
CauTaSeS from artists who are well
known by their pictures fin the COrcoran.
Gallery. Among late concessions arr
Portrait Of Ny Daughters" by Frank
W Benson, a work which received
the Temple gold medal at the Penn
sylvania Academy of Fine Arts. At
Sunset" by Charles II Davis; sally"
by J. DeCamp,' Entrance TO the Har-
Dor Polperro," by Henry B. Smell; and
snow and The Waterfall" by the
late John II. Twachtman.