Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-01
IN THE WORLD OF ART.

The COrcoran Gallery's third biennial
exhibition of oil paintings by contemporary
American artists. which opened in De-
! cember. 1910. continued we'll into 1911
and from this exhibition several nota bic
purchases We're made for the gallery S
permanent collection. In February a col
lection of paintings by modern French
artists chiefly opponents of the impress
ionists school, was exhibited in the Cor
coran Gallery, after which a series OF
decorations by Francis .. Millet. pro-
posed for the postmaster's room in the
new federal building in Cleveland. Ohio.
and illustrating the delivery of the mails
in all parts of the world. were shown
The Washington Water Co,or Club, the
Society of Washington Artists, the Capt.
tai Camera Club and the Washine ton
Architec. ural Club held annual exhibit
tons in the hemicyc'e hall of the Cor
cOran Gallery between the LIST of Feb
ruary and the middle of June. besides
which. in this same hall. an interest ng
and comprehensive collection Of the late
Walter Shirlaw's work was displayed
Quite recently exhibitions were held of
oil paintings by Philip Little and water
colors by Rear Admiral Charles Henry
Davis
Several valuable additions have been
made to the Ma tional Gallery collection
through the generosity of William T.
Evans among which may be specially
mentioned collection of wood engrav-
ings of paintings by American artists. the
work of Henry Wolf. engraver. Further
more. numerous important loans have
been made to the National Gallery of
paintings by the old masters owned by
private collectors.
direction Of the print division. a nota BILE
exhibition Of engraved portraits Of ia
nous men who lived between the early
part of the third century and the mid
die Of the eighteenth century was ar
ranged and placed on view, in addition
to collection Of prints recently received
from the Austrian government, which
comprised exclusively publications Of the
the summer the art reading room was
enlarged and the facilities for examining
the prints comprised in the national col
lections but not on view were improved.
During the year the federal commission
Of fine arts held nine meetings in this
city and passed upon forty-one questions.
The model for the John Paul Jones
monument, by Charles II. Niehaus, to be
erected in Potomac Park and the model
for the Barry monument, by John j.
Boyle. to be erected in Franklin Square.
We're approved. The statue Of Steuben by
Albert Jaegers. on the northwest corner
of Lafayette Square. was unveiled.
Under the auspices Of the Washington
lures on matters pertaining to art were
held. one at the Public Library, free
to the public. and the other for the men,
bers of the society. In May an open
meeting was held by the society in Con-
tinental Memorial Hall in the interest of
the betterment of Washington with spe-
cial reference to the parking of Rock
Creek valley. This was followed inn
mediately by an order of the Commits
sioners prohibiting further dumping of
refuse in this valley.
In connection with the lectures on art
at the Public Library special exhibitions
were held of photographs and prints
the subjects under discus
sion.
In May the American Federation of
Arts held it's annual convention in this
city drawing many distinguished paint F!
ers, sculptors, architects and art teach |
ers
In the winter of 1911 Congress ap- i
propriated $2.0OO.OOO for the erection Of
q memorial to Lincoln in this city, and |
March the Lincoln memorial commits |
sion applied to the commission of fine |
arts for suggestions as to the location, !
plan ard design of this memorial On |
the recommendation of this commission
Henry Bacon of New York was asked |
to make a design suitable for site Sc !
lected in Potomac Park, and on private |,
advice John Russell Pope was requested !
to submit designs appropriate for sites |
at the head Of 18th street and in Soldiers |
Home Park. These designs and models