The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-18
ART GOSSIP.

A number OF the New York pointers
| went down to Washington ON Monday
for vanishing day and tie opening rcccp-
ton OF the CorcorAn GIllery's biennial
! exhibition Of works by living American
| artists. They returned praising the
quality u the exhibition. but they hove rs
freely expressed the regret with which it
filed them because IL brought forcibly
lack If any suitable exhibition hall. Every
pct Of the Warrington gallery. oven the
corridor oT,S-e Ia vel! lighted and not
only tea.. but the Corcorln management
h1' been able to hang the $40 paintings
! for the mott part Ia "A single line.
III" Corcoran Gallery was enabled 70
arrange 20 effective hanging by with
drawing IT, own permanent collection
lad tao W A. Clark loan collection tempo
rSrily. Thus giving up the entire upper
t'oor To the exhibition. The opening re-
coption was thronged. and the painters
Were ,ie3ged with the interest which Pre@i-
don't TSft took In the exhibition and the
greeting, with which he rcc-ived all the
artists who were presented 20 him. The
President presence rt the reception re-
minded another VI the painter visitors
from New YORK OF his home city by con-
trast.
4 was thinking" he said. of the days
not that | remember them. but they are
recorded in the archives Of the National
Academy OF Design-whcn the Mayor
Of the academy exhibitions here. which
seemed To- mark the ofYicial recognition
by the city OF New York ~ the srt HE Of
the community
From the current exhibition the Cor
coran Gallery has purchased for its per
manenf collection Irving X Wiles's paint
ing. The Student reproduced OF this
page Although entitled merely The
SUDDEN" the paitning. which has not
been exhibited N this city or elsewhere
before. is n portrait Of the painters daugh-
ter. Miss Gladys Wile-, who is an art
SUDDEN; studying with William NJ Chase
For the first time Miss Wiles exhibited
this winter AT the recent thumbbox ex-
hibition at the Powell Gallery and her
sketch was among those purchased at
that exhibition.
Mr. wiies has painted for the Fidelity
and Casualty Company a portrait Of its
late president George r Seward. Mr.
Seward sat for the portrait even while
ne was III II wac completed inst before
he died
Harrison Morris OF Philadelphia, who
is commissioner general for the United
States for the Rome exhibition Of the
coming spring. was among the visitors
at the opening OF the Corcoran exhibition
and he invited Paul Cornoyers painting.
Afternoon. Madison Square which
vac recently reproduced in THs Sun. to
the Rome show
The members Of the walpole Society.
all Of whom make pleasure OF the serious
study OF art in their chosen fields. went to
Boston for their meeting this month and
Ind congenial and profitable visit at
the Hub discussing each others collec-
tons along With the questions before the
=octety
At Boston thev dined and held their
business meeting at the Union Club in
Park street and talk ed over the proposed
glossary OF terms for furniture. pottery.
porcelain and silver which the society 10
considering. The project il making prog
rrss George W Curtis Of Meriden was
elected member filing the vacancy
caused by the death Of Mr. Bodies. who
brought together so many Interesting
pieces Of Colonial furniture
In tho discussion Of the recent auction
Of early English furniture by the Tiffany
Studios ~ the American Art Galleries
in this city there was general comment
that such q large collection Of chairs and J
tables should have boon absorbed In three ,
sessions almost entirely by private plr-
chcscrI. Tho opinion was expressed
that tho sale nod been an educational
event largely through the catalogue.
which had che unusual fen'ure Of an ,