Evening star., 1915-05-16

This will afford Wasbingtonians and
visitors to WASHINGTON rare and de-
| lightful opportunity to see works by
some of the leading foreign artists who
have never heretofore exhibited i'll this
city. Edmond -Aman-.Iean is represent
ed by large canvas picturing his fam
! lily in their peaceful home garden,
very imposing and impressive canvas
painted in this great artists distin-
guished and Individual manner
/ Jacques Emile Blanche, another OF
the famous French painters, shows his
we'll known portrait of an elderly. gen
tie couple entitled The Anniversary.
| There is a picture by Charles Cottet
/ and one by the late CASTOR La Touche.
! Henri Martin is represented, as are
| PriIet Of Paris Willie SHUTTER of Hol-
| land Golller. Ora ssel and Junghanns of
| Germany. Bosznay of Budapest and
! others. Among the English works is a
! large and exceeding fine landscape by
:, the late Sir Alfred East entitled The
!; Royal Academy in London Just two
Years ago.
! During the winter the collection has
| been shown in he museums of Toledo,
+, indianapolis. Minneapolis, Chicago De-
! ,roit Buffalo Rochester and Worces
! ter ard in each place has aroused
much interest and attracted wide at
| tention. 1t is one Of the exceedingly
| be shown here
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IN the Albright Gallery Buffalo, there
! u is at present on view a comprehen-
sive and really remarkable exhibition
! of pictures by Alfred Philippe Roll.
| president Of the Societe Nationale des
/ BeauN Arts of France. This collection.
which comprises fortN-two paintings
/ and about twenty drawings and sketch
!. es. was recently assembled and brought
! from France under the patronage of
1 1a f0~ Nf %ho Of oct
through his cooperation and that OF
the artist. The exhibition was opened
| with much ceremony by NJ. Heilnann,
attaehe of the French embassy in the
/ absence of the French amba dor
+! Included in the collection are por-
! traits of three presidents Of France. as
| well as sketches for the decoration of
the Palace of Versailles and important
| French public buildings and museums.
| Two of the paintings have been loaned
| by the Luxembourg.
After having been shown in Buffalo
| this collection will also make a circuit
Of the leading American art museums.
! A T the Gorham galleries in New
~ York an interesting exhibition Of
/ sculpture by American woman artists
is now in progress. Among those es-
pecially well known here who are rep
| resented may be mentioned Miss Clara
| Hill. who shows her portrait head Of
( S. S. Mcclure: Miss Janet Scudder,
who exhibits fountain figure, Girl
| With Fish, and Miss Anna Vaughan
| Hyatt, who contributes study for
! fountain figure. Each artist shows
| but a single work. yet there are in all
| sixty-nine exhibits. Among the best
| known exhibitors are. Clio Bracken,
| Caroline Peddle Ball, Gail Sherman
! Corbett, Aba stina St Leger Eberle,
J Harriet Frishmuth. Malvina Hoffma n.
! Anna coleman Ladd and Mrs. Fl. p.
! Whitney.
A y exhibition of works by Augustus
| ~ Saint-Gaudens was held in the Art
! Museum Of Detroit during the month
i of February As result the museum
| has acquired by gift the charming bas-
relief of Homer Saint Ga udens when
q baby of seventeen months OF age,
and the public library of Jackson.
| Mich, has come into the possession of
| a reduced copy of the standing figure
| of Lincoln. the original of which is
| in Lincoln Park. Chicago. a similar