Evening star., 1915-11-14

nous gain, yet Europe need not count
as serious loss. and this supply is by
no means exhausted.
During the past season two very dis
tinsuished art collectors have passed
aWay-Sir William Van Horne, in Can
ada. and P. A B. Widener, in Philadel-
phia. Their collections were both got
ten together with the utmost care and
represented great outlay in money
They were something more than. this,
however: they were of inestimable val
ue to future generations in Canada and
in the United States, and they will IN
the course of time doubtless pass into
the possession of the public. 1t is thus
that the art museums of America are
gradually being built up, and though
they may never compare with the mu-
seums abroad in extent and variety
they may and probably will in time
possess representative examples OF
those artists whom the world has agreed
to declare great.
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THE first lecture in the course on
the fine arts given under the auspices
of the Washington Society of the Fine
Arts this season will be on the subject
of The Province of the Arts and
C. R. .Ashbee of England Wednesday
rum of the National Museum.
Mr.. Ashbee is a fellow of the Royal
Society of British Architects and has
for some years directed the work of
the Guild of Handicrafts at Chipping
Campden. He is well known as q
lecturer and a writer on art. Last
May he attended the annual convention
of the American Federation of Arts
in this city and spoke at the dinner
given in the interest of industrial art.
At that time he told of the great need
there had long been in England fo-
workingmen's houses. houses which
could not be afforded, but which would
have cost precisely what it now costs
to fire a single shell. He told, too, of
how skilled craftsmen who had been
spending their lives producing that
which was of permanent value were
giving themselves to the destruction OF
lives and property-"All waste" he
termed it.
The way he spoke was very moderate
but extraordinarily stirring. Since
then Mr.. Ashbee has been back to Eng
land and returned. In dealing with
the subject. The Province Of the Arts
and Handicrafts." he will consider first
world without machinery and second
a society based on machinery. His
lecture will be illustrated by stereop-
ticon slides.
s1sHE Baltimore Water Color Club an
u nounces it's twentieth annual exhi-
bition to open in the gallery OF the
Peabody Institute January 8 and to
continue until January 80. This will
comprise works in water color pastel,
black and white and illustrations in
any medium. Entry cards and further
information can be obtained from the
secretary. d. l.. Murdoch, 245 w. Biddle
street, Baltimore.
THE second group exhibit" made up
u of the work of five Baltimore artists
is now open in the Peabody Institute.
Baltimore. This comprises works by
Thomas c. Corner. Joseph LAUDER.
Clark S. Marshall. Louise West and
Joseph Lewis Weyrich. Mr. LAUDER is
well known in Washington, having
worked here for several years with the
late r. ID. Millet and c. V. Turner He
Is assistant director of the Maryland
institute of Art and has won much sue
cess both as a mural painter and a de-
slSner of stained glass.
a N interesting and varied collection
q of etchings by cotemporary
etchers of England. France, Germany
and America has recently been placed
on view in the southwestern pavilion
of the Library of Congress. This ex-
hibition has been drawn from the per-
manent collection of the Library and
has been arranged and set forth by
the division of prints.
The English etchers make by far the
best showing, which is both interesting
and in a measure odd for the English
are supposed to be the least artistic
in temperament, and etching is Of all
the most sensitive and keenly artistic
medium. Yet we recall that 1t was in
England that Whistler produced some
of his most exquisite etchings and the
thought occurs that perhaps the Eng
lish atmosphere is not'so unsympathet-
ic to art as 1t IS commonly supposed.
Or perhaps 1t is the influence of the
great etcher which is being felt in
England today. an influence once rdiculed
but now bearing fruit? Be all this as it
may. the work by English etchers display
ed In this connection is charming and SUI
perior. partaking of the real spirit of
etching and more than satisfying fas-
tidious demand.
The etchings are arranged by etchers
hence the work of An
DREW F. Affieck of England first at
tracts attention. These are Venetian
subjects. and all are rather large. but
are handled with no uncertain touch
Next come examples of the work OF
etcher, in style quite diverse. but in
effect no less pleasing. One of Behn
is especially. engaging.
Fred W Burridge is represented by a
single print. Thunder Weather" which
shows delightful use of line. a dra-
matte cloud effect very subtly inter-
preted. 'The Shepherds Market" by