Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-18

Connecticut avenue. Thirtysix pictures
in all are included in the catalogue, all
Of which are landscapes. Though In some
instances lacking structural strength ana
a nice adjustment of values. these paint
ings show excellent feeling and are sig
nificant. Some few are scarcely more
than notes. but they have poetic sug-
gestion. Mr.. Morgan studied for a time
scum, but he is chiefly self-taught. His
work gives much promise.
IN Tuesday evening F. F.. Ogilvie, who
~ held an exhibition of his Egyptian
paintings in this city in the late autumn.
will lecture before the Washington So
ciety of the Archaeological Institute at
the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Wadsworth. The subject of his lecture
will be THE Sphinx and the Pyramids in
the Light of DIR. Reisner's Discoveries ;
Mr.. Ogilvie was, it will be RENE mbered,
the artist of this expedition.
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THE PittsburS Etching Club is holding
in n gallery of the Carnegie Insti-
tute an exhibition of etchings by Rem
brandt selected from the T. Harrison
Garrett collection, which is deposited in
the Library of Congress-. Forty-eight
oIcnlnSS are SnCWIl, all Oh WHICH were III
cluded in the great Rembrandt exhibition
which was held here. The catalogue OF
the exhibition is an attractive little iolder
giving an extract from an ESSAY by A. NJ
Hind relating to Rembranats etchings,
and list of the exhibits. as we'll as a
note gratefully acknowledging the gem
crosby of Robert Garrett of Baltimore.
and the advice and hearty cooperation OF
A. J. Parsons of this city. chief of the
division of prints of the Library of Con-
,;ol, do he oSrhihffinn
COMPETITIONS for prizes. which are
- three-year scholarships in sculpture,
architecture and painting. are announced
by the American Academy In Rome.
They are open to men who are citizens of
the United states Applicat on for per-
mission to enter the competitions must
be made to the secretary. Mr.. F. d.
Millet, before March 10. The main Of
flee of the American Academy In Rome is
petitions are held in New York, whence
come most Of the applications.
TWO weeks from today the Washing
! ton Water Color Club will hold its
annual exhibition in the Hemicycie Hall
of the Corcoran Gallery. Quite a number
of out-of- town painters Of distinction
have signified their intention OF sending
exhibits, and there is reason to believe
that the display will be notable
THE League for the Decoration of the
Public Schools held a meeting last
Saturday afternoon at the Hubbard
School, at which plans for the extension
Of the work were discussed. The league
has now 800 members, each of whom con-
tributes 81 year. An effort will be
made to increase the number to 1000, in
order to cont nue. the work with greater
vigor. Pictures, casts and other decora-
tons have been placed by the league in
five schools, and within the next few
weeks two more schools will be decorat-
ed Similar work is being conducted by
organizations in all parts of the country
with equally good effect. In Houston,
Tex, the Public School Art League has
put over twelve hundred dollars worth
of pictures in the schools and. more
over. arranges exhibitions for the bene-
fit of the school children. The effect Is
not only the cultivation of taste. but
the elevation of standards Of living.
A the Public Library Tuesday evening
"A Miss Florence n. Levy gave an illus
trated lecture on American Furniture"
Miss Levy organized the Hudson Fulton
exhibition at the Metropolitan. and most
of her examples were selected from fur
niture in the Bowles collection shown at
that time. and later purchased by Mrs.
Russell Sage and presented to the mu-
scum. Miss Levy traced the evolution of
the chest, table and chairs. both from point
OF utility and style. and indicated dis
tinguishing marks of genuine antiquity
for the benefit of the wouid-be collector.
An exhibition of photographs OF colonial
houses and artistically furnished rooms
has been arranged by the library to sup
plement the lecture.
LEILA MECHLIN.