Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-15

ciety of the Fine Arts and others. Not
withstanding the depressed condtlon
of finances. over thousand dollars
came almost Immediately in response
to this appeal so strong is the sym
pathy in the arts and crafts movement:
Half of this amount has been u:eo: ana
the other half laid aside for additionai
equipment when 1T is deemed advlsaoie
to add other courses. At present book
binding. metal work and designing are
taught. and at the opening reception
examples of the work of the pupils and
instructors were shown. The arts and
crafts movement has at all times ex-
erted a beneficent influence where 1t
has not been promoted by fanatical
zealots. Its purpose is to unite beauty
and utility, to train the hand as well as
the eye, asd esta blish regime of good
taste. 1t does not mean the su5stftu-
| ton of the handmade thing for the
machine-made article. but the insist
ence upon a high standard both in de-
sign and workmanship. Washington is
not a manufacturing city. but as an
| art and educational center IL should
afford good field for this work.
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| II is interesting to know the educa-
| tienal uses to which the art collections
in this city are being put. At the LII
brary of Congress a special room Is pro-
vided for meetings of art students-local
| clubs and classes-lantern slides. as well
as prints and books, are available. and
quite recently a stereopticOn was ADDED
to the equipment The COrcoran Gal
lert. too. is called into use by students
of the history Of art. as we'll as sight
seers At the present time class In
| Greek sculpture. conducted by Prof..
Mitchell Carroll Of the George Washing
| ton University, Is spending part or eacn
Saturday among the casts from the an
tiaue and last winter, at the time or the
| lid IF natnttnGS. MT,
MesSer more than once made tour OF
the several rooms with groups Of public
| school teachers
A charming little picture of a child
PARTED by Eastman Johnson has been
loaned to the Corcoran Gallery by Miss
Margaret D. McGuffey. 1t is not at all
in the painters usual vein. but much
more poetic and generally toneful. In
deed. so beautiful is this in color, senti-
mont and rendering that 1t Is hard to
believe that it was painted by the same
man with whose work almost all are
familiar and yet undoubtedly 1t Is.
The face and head of a little boy not
NOR. than three years old are shown
against a dark shadowy background. The
baby shoulders. under a dark-colored
frock, can hardly be traced in. outline
and yet are substantially indicated. and
while the light is concentrated on the
face, the head is enveloped in atmos-
phe re. It is an ethereal little face which
looks out upon the observer from this
canvas. one both childish and appealing.
! There are depths of wisdom In the eyes
and baby wistfulness about the mouth.
| Started as a portrait, it became an Ideal
the artists Interpretation of a ch1ld-a
type to him OF all children. For itself.
irrespective of the painter it is pleasing.
and as an almost unknown phase. OF
Eastman Johnsons art it is Of special
value.
The Washington Water Color Club
closed it's annual exhibition Wednesday
aftt rnoon with record of ten pictures
solo and an attendance far greater than
in past Sc asons. Among the pictures sold
were three by Miss Atwater. one by Mr..
William II. Holmes and one by Miss Mess
err 1t is generally felt that the exhibit
ton upheld to the last the favorable
impression created at the opening. and
that in every respect it was successful.
In the Metropolitan Museum, New York.
a memorial exhibition of the late Angus
tus Saint Gaudens' works is to be held in
the near future. through the cooperation
Of the sculptor's widow. Originals will
be shown and replcas Of as much of his
sculpture as possible. At the same tirle
the American Institute Of Architects is
purposing to erect in some form a monu-
ment to Mr.. Saint Gaudens' memory.
What form has not yet been determined;
! the suggestion has been made that GER
| tain replicas included in the New York
exhibition be procured and grouped in a