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his historical! paintings that he will be
remembered.
Very appropriately. the portrait of Mrs.
Sargent has been hung in the first Ameri-
can room at the Corcoran Gallery, where
are to be seen painting by Benjamin
West, and portraits by Gilbert Stuart and
other early American artists.
ITO the annual exhibition of the Wor
1 cester Art Museum the Corcoran
gallery has loaned "Springtime' a paint
ing by Daniel CARRIER. belonging to it's
permanent collection. The art critic of
the Boston Transcript. in his review of
the exhibition, calls attention to this
fact, and after commenting upon the gen.
eral excellence of the show, remarks as
follows:
"Were there nothing else in the cOllec-
ton besides Daniel CARRIERS April land
scape, the show would be worth the jour-
ney from Boston to Worcester. This
splendid and poetic vision of early spring
is an almost fawless masterpiece. The
tremulous sky and the shimmering at
mosphere which wrap the scene, with
its lovely blues and creamy brown tones,
make it a perfect ethereal eptome of the
easou. with all the freshness and marvel
Gus oelicacy of budding LEAKAGE and
careSsing airs
This is high praise. especially when
seen in such excellent company. for as
the same writer said. one does not have
to look for the star pictures in this ex-
hibition-it is an "all-star cast. The an
nual exhibitions of the Worcester Art
Museum have come to be regarded rs of
notable importance, but the present eX-
hibition which opened June s. and con-
tinues to September Is. seems to be even
more so than usual. 1t comprises just
fift seven paintings, many of which have
been borrowed not from the artists. but
from owners-museumS and private col
lectors.
Sargent is represented by his portrait
Of Mrs Ffske Warren and her little
!, daughter, J. J. Shannon by his full
length portait Of Mrs. Chester Within
Lassell, John W. Alexander by his Weii
known painting entitled "Other Days"
Miss Beaux by her New England Wom-
an" owned by the Pennsylvania Acad-
emy and shown in the Corcoran Gallery
last winter: Among the other figure
painters. Hawthorne. Gushing. Henri.
Miller. Wiles and Reid are represented.
TarbelI and Paxton show characteristic
interiors. with figures; there is a moon
light by Metcalf. spring landscape by
Davis: Lie shows the "Old Quarry"
Symons his "Open River Schof1eld 1.-The
Covered Bridge" all Of which were shown
in this city last winter in special exhibi-
tions held by the Corcoran Gallery.
From the collection the Worcester Art
Museum has purchased figure painting
by J. Alden Weir, entitled AN Ameri-
can Girl" Worcester is on the direct
line Of northern travel. and therefore
those who spend their vacations on the
New England coast or in the hill coun-
try can with small expenditure of effort
visit this exhibition. 1t will be found fully
rewarding.
A MOTHER sculptural monument has
been added to the already large list
in Washington. That this takes the form
OF a fountain and has decorative intent is
occasion for congratulation. To Judge of
the merits Of the Columbus Memorial on
the plaza OF the Union station at the
present time with worse than no setting
would be manifestly unfair, and yet 1t is
hard to restrain judgment. To the casual
observer the figure Of Columbus seems
loverpowered by the subsidiary groups.
or belittled by the confusion which sur
rounds him. The little figure typifying
the Spirit of Discovery seems in such
precipteus haste. the lions crouching on
either side so lusty and ill at ease, the
figures representing the old world and
the new, so manifestIy uncomfortable
and unhappy. But then it is all so raw
and new. so white and spotless, so little
I'm harmony with its surroundings. When
time has laid its gentle finger on the
group, when water fills the basin, and