Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-15
RICHMOND GIRLS WIN IN
UNIVERSITY ART COURSE
Miss Hall and Miss Montgomery Get
Scholarships for Best Az
erage Work.
WE'RE TRAINED AT ART CLUB
First Place for Best Charcoal Draw
ing Is Awarded to Miss Hall-Miss
Montgomery Wins Second Place in
Painting.

Two students from the Art Club Of
Eichmcnd-Miss Emily Glcntworth
Hall and Miss Anne Lucille Mont
gomery-who have been attending tho
University of Virginia Summer school
or Art, have won. respectively the two
scholarships awarded by that school
for best average work as well as the
first mention In drawing and the sec
ond mention in painting.
The University OF Virginia Summer
School of Art, which has been in opera
ton for eight sessions, was established
by tho noted illustrator. T.. Graham
Cootes. NJ a. and is under the direc-
ton Of Duncan Smith, NJ. ~, an alum
nus OF the American Academy in Rome
and a member of the National Society
of Mural Painters. Mr.. Smith is we'll
known IN Richmond. Portraits painted
BY him are 10 he found in n number
OF homes here. and he was an exhibit
Tor in the collection Of the work of
Virginia artists shown couple of
years ago in the Art Club Of Rich
mond
EXCHANGES SCHOLARSHIP
WITH LOCAL ART CLUB
The University school of Art ex-
changes annually a scholarship with
the Art Club of Richmond. an arrange
mcnt which establishes between the
two schools Il spirit of cooperation
beneficial to the students in both in
stitutIons. Miss Hall and Miss Mont
Eomery this year won joint scholar
snip from the Art Club of Richmond
to the University of Virginia Summer
School OF Art. their work in tho Art
Club during the past session being so
akin in excellence as TO make it diff
cult for the committee on Scholarships
to choose between them.
1t was while attending the I'nivcr-
city School of Art on this joint scholnr-
ship that Miss Hall won. on the hes,
all around work done In the summer
school. scholarship to the New York
School of Fine and Applied Art. and
Miss montgomery. on the same count,
won a scholarship TO the Art Club OF
Richmond.
Miss Hall won, also. first place for
the best charcoal drawing. Miss Mont
Eomery winning second place in paint
ing. Miss Nerna Morris. of Lynchburg
won the first prize for the best paint
ing Miss Lucy Johnson, of the Uni
rersity Of Virginia, and Harold Willis.
of Baltimore. tied for the second place
In drawing. Mr.. Willis received third
mention for the best average work.
INTERESTING EXHIBIT
HELD AT UNIVERSITY
Work in tho University Summer
School OF Art consisted in dra awning and
painting from the model in the morn
ing class, ana landscape III the after.
noon class. The exhibition held AT the
close of the session the first week
in August, comprised work In both
classes and in the composition class.
II attracted much attention, especially
among visitors TO the university, and
was considered one of the most in
teresting exhibits ever held by the
school, the work being more advanced
than any hitherto shown.
MISS Hall and Miss NontcoD,crN hnye
been students in the school OF the
Art Club OF Richmond for several
years. entering originally as Junior
members of tho Art Club. As senior
students during the past two years
thoy have won a number OF honorable
mentions in the life, portrait, COM
position and illustration classes In the
Art Club.
Miss Montgomery has studied under
Miss Julia Woodbridge. Miss Bessie
Cntlin. Mrs. c Irvine Clarke. Miss Anne
Fletcher. Miss Nora Houston and Miss
Adele Clark. and Miss Hall has studied
under Miss Nora Houston and Miss
Adele Clark. their training in art, up
20 the time they entered the Univer
city of Virginia Summer School OF
Art, having been conducted entirely
in Richmond.
The two young women were among
the group OF students and members or
the Art Club who recently published
calendar and post cards showin.,
drawings OF various places OF interest
In Richmani.