Evening star., 1916-12-11

O'Clock, in the auditorium of the Ma
tional Museum, Miss Cecilia Beaux the
distinguished portrait painter, will give
a lecture on Schools of Painting" un-
der the auspices of the Washington So
clety of the Fine Arts. Miss BeauX is
without question one of the leading
portrait painters of our day. ranking
with Sargent and other cotemporary
masters. Her work has a certain dis
tlnctlon which sets it upon the highest
plane. The metropolitan Museum, New
York. has recently acquired for its per-
manent collection her painting of her
niece, "Ernesta," and in other public
institutions she is ably represented.
Because of her extraordinary attain
ment Yale University two years ago
conferred upon her the honorary de-
gree of LII D., Miss Beaux is one of
the many talented few and no matter
what line of work she had undertaken
she would without doubt have attained
distinction. She writes almost as
charmingly as she paints. and though
turer. when she does lecture it is with
an evident command of her subject.
The Schools of Painting" about which
Miss Beaux will speak next Wednes-
day evening are the great schools of
the past, those upon which tradition
is built.
These lectures are open only to mem
bers of the society and their friends
or through special subscription. and all
desiring to attend must secure cards
of admission from the office of the sec
retary of the Washington Society of
the Fine Arts, the Octagon.
The Corcoran Gallerys biennial ex
hibition will open with vanishing day.
private Sview and reception next Sat
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winter in the local art world and one
of the chief events of the winter. ma
tionally considered. The majority OF
the art directors of museums through
out the country, as we'll as many promi-
nent artists, will be in attendance, ana
there is every reason to believe that
the exhibition will be of extraordinary
interest and Importance. An entire
room will be given over to paintings
by Sargent, which will constitute a
special feature of the exhibition
An exhibition of water colors by A. c.
Wyatt gold medalist of the Royal lnsti-
tute of Painters in Water Colors in Lon
don is now in progress in the Moore Cal
Ieries. 18th street This exhibition COM
prises pictures of gardens of royalty and
others and of English landscape and is
held under the patronage of many notable
persons both in England and America.
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The National Academy of Design Will
open its winter exhibition in the Fine
Arts Galleries New York. December H.
to continue to January a. II is unfortu-
nate that this exhibition should conflict
with the exhibition at the Corcoran Cal
Ierv. but the season is not sufficiently long
to prevent such occurrence. and as both
exhibitions continue for four weeks and
more many Will be able to see both.
Sixty original cartoons by Felix Ma
hony have been put on exhibition in the
lecture hall of the Public Library. where
they will remain until the end of Decem-
Der.
This exhibition includes many pictures
that were recently shown in the Corcoran
Gallery of Art but Mr.. Mahony has added
many more which have not been shown
elsewhere. A number of people have writ
ten to Mr. Mahony, saying that they had
been unable to find an opportunity to see
the pictures at the Corcoran Gallery and
asked to have the cartoons shown else
where The exhibition will be open to the
public daily from a. IN. to p m.
LEILA MECHLIN.