Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-30


Gallery and the Metropolitan Museum.
New York. From Paris he writes with
enthusiasm of the beauty of the city and
the abundance of fine works OF art. In
short of the inspiring atmosphere Tor
creative art.
THE art talk at the Corcoran School
Monday afternoon will be given by
Mr. Brooke, the vice principal, who will
take as his subject The Genesis of
Picture
TWO Washington artists We're prize
winners in the eighty-seventh annual
exhibition of the National Academy of
Design. which opened In the Fine Arts
building. New York, March 3, and will
continue until the 14th of April.
Everett L. Warner was awarded the
second Rallgarten prize for a painting en-
titled Along the River Front" which
gave typical view of the East Side. New
York. with ore of the bridges connecting
the boroughS of Manhattan and Brook
lyn crossing the sky line. Ii Is an admit
rable little portrait-of-place. colorful.
sincere and convincing Charles Bittenger
received the Thomas B. Clarke prize for
an interior with figures. picture of seven
young women preparing for a dance. The
costumes in this picture date back to the
Cos or earlier. when hoop skirts were in
might not be supposed to appeal. But
the fact is mere costume signifies little
beyond adding now and then an element
of interest through auaintness or color or
grace. 1t is the way it is painted that
counts. The background in NJ Bitten
gers picture. which is the wall covering
OF the room, is rich blue. and the gowns
of the young ladies are OF a variety OF
DAINTY contrasting colors. Each little fig
ure is painted with the nicely of piece
of bric-a-brac. Yet the composition as a
whole has unity and is found effective.
There are .9G paintings and 70 works in
sculpture included in the academy's eX-
hibition. Hobart Nichols sends two land
scapes. AN August Morning and Sand
Dunes, Peconic.'' Charles H. knight
sends a painting of peacocks and well
modelled piece of sculpture. Bear and
Salmon The Julia 4. Shaw prize was
awarded to NJ. Jean McLane for por-
trait of a young mother and daughter:
the Saltus medal to Bruce Crane for
landscape, great bare hill in early spring
or late autumn, and the inness gold med
al went to Albert l.. Groll for a picture of
Lake Louise showing the imposing snow
clad mountain peak rising beyond its
quiet waters. While there were no very
striking pictures in this exhibition. moth
ing that was sensational there were many
Of genuine interest and merit, and the dis
play collectively was colorful and at
tractive.
A MOTHER craftsman has been added to
4 the local colony, Miss Goodwin,
who for a year or more has been study
ing in New York. Miss Goodwin and
Miss Day both of whom design and
produce hand-wrought jewelry, have
opened a workshop and studio on III street
near the corner of 18th street. The de-
signs they show are simple and UMPIRE
tentious, but very good.
NEWS comes from Philadelphia that
~ Miss Christine Chaplin. formerly of
this city and a student of the Corcoran
School. is exhibiting a landscape in the
annual display of the Plastic Club OF
which she is a member. This club is
made I'D entirely OF women. 1t has fine
and holds from time to time
extremely notable exhibitions.
LEILA MECHLIN.