Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-26
NOTES OF ART AND ARTISTS


recently announced its program for
the season of 1916 and 1917 as follows:
illustrated lectures in the auditorium
of the Corcoran Gallery of Art on the
first Saturday of each month at p m.
January. DR.. George $. Duncan. on
The Arts of the Sumerians'; Feb
ruary, Prof. George II. Edsell of Har-
ward University. Masterpieces of 81
enese Art in America: March, Prof
K. V. D. Magot,in of Johns
Hopkins University. ''on Foot Through
ell Carroll. Arts and Crafts of the
Prehistoric Ages Studio assemblies
on the third Saturday of each month;
December. in the studio of George Ju-
Ian Zolnay; January. in the studio OF
Michel Jacobs: February, in the studio
of L. 5. J. Dunbar; March. in the stu
do of Paul Bartlett
On November % and 80 and on De-
cember / and >, Miss Lydia Bush
Brown Will hold an exhibition of her
work between the hours of IL and
O'Clock, in her fathers studio. 1929 C
street. This work will comprise block
printed and embroidered cloaks,
blouses. scarfs, table runners and the
like and will be found of peculiarly
artistic character and beauty. Miss
Bush Brown has made n special study
of design. but she has that which cam
not be learned. an intuitiye feeling Cor
form and color. Whatever she does is
extremely artistic. and has dignity
which is not often found in modern
craft work. 1t makes little difference
what the medium is. whether silks.
fabrics or pigments. it is the way the
CO. ors are com 0ined with counts Those
who love color and find delight in its
IL frtt ..-fsx ,.A
pleasure from attendance at this ex-
hibition. Aside from the moment il is
gratifying to know that work of this
character and excellence is being done
in our midst today. -
Two portraits of ex-Speaker Cannon
recently been painted by Michel Jacobs
of this city, one of which may possibly
find permanent place in the Capitol.
The more successful of these from an
artistic standpoint is "A profile. a little
reminiscent of the Carlyle portrait by
Whistler Mr.. Cannon is shown seat
ed a cigar in his hand which rests
upon his knee. Face and figure are
both in profile and are seen almost
which to the left hangs tiny por-
trait of the sitter painted way back
in the seventies. 1t is a clever iuea
thus to combine a likeness of youth
the whole work has been done not I'M
skillfully.
An exhibition of forty three pictures
by the Spanish painter, Ignacio Eu-
loaga. viii be opened to the public az
the Brooklyn Museum Wednesday. De-
cember G. to be continued until jana
airy /, inclusive. The exhibition comes
to this country under the auspices of
Mrs Philip NJ. Lydig. and is now on
view at Copley Hall, in Boston. where
il opened November \. 1t VIE close
there the 2Ith.
A tour of the American museums has
been arranged by William II Fox, di-
rector of the Brooklyn Museum, and
the paintings viii also be shown at
the Duveen Galleries in New York. fol-
lowing the exhibition III Brooklyn-
They will subsequently be shown at
the Albright Gallery, in Buffalo; the
Carnegie Institute of Chicaso. the city
Art Museum of St. Louis, the Minneap"-
lis Institute of Arts and the art mu-
seunls of Detroit and Toledo
Nine of the paintings are loaned by
two American owners. Mrs. Philip NJ.
Lytig and Mr.. Willard Straight, The
o. hers are seen in TINS country Tor the
first time An illustrated catalogue
has been prepared by Christian Bfin-
ton. with a preface by John S Sargent.
who comments on the exhibition as an
event of supreme artistic interest
II. is to be regretted that these inter-
national exhibitions rarely are shown
here.
Franklin Barber Clark, formerly of this
city, now with studios in New York, will
be represented by group of miniatures
in the exhibition of cotemporaneous
American painters at the coicoran CAL
lery of Art December :. Mr.. Clark en-
ioys the distinction of having painted
many persons of note both here ana
a broad.
Fourteen paintings by the late Max
Weyl are now on exhibition in the
Moore Galleries. These are for the
most part early works. but for this
reason are none the less good. Some.
in fact may be reckoned among the
best this gifted artist produced-hne
in color and tone, pleasing in compo-
sition. genius and very charming
works of art LEILA MECHLIN.
Ioine Fleet of Coast Schonners