Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-14

A WEEK from tod.s there will be
4 opened in the portipn of the National
Museum given over to 1.-THE National Gal
lery a special exhibition. comprising
twenty-five portraits BIZ members of the
National Association d Portrait Paint
ers. This is the first Especial exhibition
held under the auspices Of the National
Gallery and il will be- formally opened
with a private view, to which admls-
sion will be by card.
Much work Of genuine distinction
will be comprised in this collection.
John w. Alexander SHOWS his portrait
of Alexander c. Humphreys. president
of Stevens Institute Technology. and
a collector of American paintings of
note. Cecilia Beaux wall be represented
by her full-length portrait of Mrs. VIII
Ellen Emmett Rand shows a portrait Of
NJ. Gilbert. William N Chase a self
portrait, as well az a: portrait Of Mrs.
Hall. Howard Gardner Gushing is rep
resented by portrait of Ruth st.
Denis. and John c. Jthansen by a de-
lightful portrait Of a: little girl But
each will be found to have its own in
terest and all will be pf high standard.
Such an exhibition cannot fail to ex-
cite interest ana draw: attention to the
fact that National Gallery exists, and
may be made worthy of our strong
young nation. with its vigorous, prom
Using native art =
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THE exhibition of paintings by Alex
ander Harrison and Birse Harri-
son in the hemicycle :han of the Cor
coran Gallery of Art Continues to the
end of this month ard merits notice
1t is one OF those exhibitions to which
one Will wish to go Ssain and again,
finding in it increasing Interest.
The four great paintings by Alexander
Harrison which dominaie the semi-crcu-
lar wall of the gallery were all painted
more than a score of years ago and be-
long to an era which 8 past. They are
strong, simple. pictorial paintings firmly
built upon tradition and influenced by the
tendencies of the day. They are essen
TALLY well painted and will retain inter-
est long after the cleveS works of a later
time have been laid abide as old-styled.
For anything except gerry large gallery
they are too large Til Salon demands
such canvases but the subject does not,
and 1t is the subject which in this in
stance signifies. And yst 1t must be ad-
! mitted that the painter does not yield
finish to accommodate Size nor does he
sacrifice refinement to farce; hence there
Is small complaint to make. And perhaps,
after all, the sea he paints would be less
majestic in the moonlight on a smaller
canvas-in fact, we find E-is-and - green
| woods less extensive In suggestion. Sc
doubtless again the painter made wise
selection of scale.
Birge Harrison's work is more intimate
than his brother's-mora given to inter
preting transient effects, moods of ma
ture. His skies are charming. his rela-
ton of tones delightful and his compost
tons always we'll considered. His pic
lures should be seen ard enjoyed sepa-
rately, not in a gallery, but in the seclu-
sion Of a home. for they are subtle and
suggestive and address themselves not to
the passing crowd. bu. to the sympa-
thetic and understanding few. To those
who will look open-ayeT they point new
vistas and recall past memories of fleet
ing visions. They have a place quite
their own.
TN q lecture on Saint Gaudens, given
under the auspices OF the Washington
Society of the Fine Arts. last Tuesday
evening in the AUDITORIUM of the National
Museum Mr.. Glenn Brown brought out
several facts which have been little
thought of or considered. Telling of the
nart Saint Gaudens TOOK in formulating
the park commissions plan for the future
development of Washington, he said that
s,nce that plan had BEEN published no
r.. tbon 100 cities in Eke United states