Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-26

The Zolnay atelier. corner of 18th and
E streets northwest, is rapidly becom-
ing one of the art centers of Wash
ington. Here the sculptor not only has
his studio and his pupils. but also on
Wednesday afternoons a special class
in the history of ornament and style.
This class now comprises nearly fifty
persons, art teachers in the public
schools, craftsmen and amateurs. Be
development of ornament and style
is successfully traced through the CEN
turtles to the present time
Mr.. Zolnay illustrates his lecture with
blackboard drawings, and the MEM
berS of the class draw with him, each
having a note book. The object is. as
Mr.. Zolnay himself puts it, to gain
irst-hand knowledge of the alphabet
Of art in order to make designs which
are fine and beautiful. and better to APP
preciate that which is fine in art. The
arts and crafts are just beginning to
engross attention in this country, and
n order that they be developed along
the best lines acquaintance with his
torical ornament is almost essential
Study of this kind entails certain
knowledge OF civic history as well as
a very clear knowledge OF the history
of art, and gives splendid back
ground against which the art of mod
ern times can be viewed MIR. Kenyon
Cox. in his lecture on mural painting a
fortnight or less ago, called attention
to the enduing beauty and Significance
of classical art. This is something
which is apt to be forgotten today, and
to have it SO emphas sized is well.
The members of Mr.. Zolnay's class
not only draw in the class. but redraw
their studies at home and bring them
in at succeeding meetings for criticism
Thus they gain facility in craftsman
ship and impress the lessons upon their
memory. Mr.. Zolnay taught for sew
eral years at the University in St.
Louis before coming to this city. He
is therefore a trained teacher as well
as an accomplished sculptor.
Among the work of sculpture which
Mr.. Zolnay has recently completed is
a statue of DR.. Still, the founder of the
school of osteopathy. which is being
erected in the town which he helped
build, Kirksville, Mo. 1t shows this
well known Missourian as the sturdy
pioneer, standing hat on head and in
working clothes, with a staff in his
right hand. 1t is an impressive figure
a typical western man, strong, vlgor-
Gus and determined,
the Indian statue begun by Mrs. Hoxie.
but left uncompleted at her death.
which is to be placed in Statuary Hail
in the Capitol as representative of the
state of Oklahoma. 1t was Mr. Zolnay.
it will be remembered who modelled
the decorative reliefs. for the new Cen
trail High School Though he has not
been a resident of Washington long, he
has heartily entered into all OF the art
activity of this city and is doing much
aciy1 int
His studio is not only
workshop, but a meeting place for ar
lists and for others interested in the
arts, painting, sculpture, music ana
literature.
Lucien- Powell spent the summer in
travel through the Canadian Rockies
and on the Pacific coast, and he has
brought back with him a collection OF
exec dinghy interesting sketches made
on the way TheSa are broad studies
done in gouache. but are as typical OF
the places they picture and as mar
vidual in manner of expression as was
the series of sketches which Mr.. Pow ii
brought BACK with him from Venice
some years ago
California was to Mr. PoWeil. less az
Turing than the Canadian Rockies, ana
perhaps his most successful themes
1t is the grandicse in nature which par
ticularlv appeals to this artist, and he
has more skillfully than almost any
other Transcribed the marvellous seem
cry of the Grand Canyon in our far
west One of his canyon pictures hangs
in the National Gallery, and another OF
his paintings. large canvas repre-
senting the sea at midocean. is to be
found on the stairway of the Public
Library With private collectors MS
works have found high favor.
The legislature of Virginia at its last
session, made provision for the ap-
pointment of a state art commission
This commission has recently been ap-
pointed. and comprises, in addition to
the governor of the state. Edward "
Valentine of Richmond. the well known
sculptor: C. A. Neff of Norfolk. an |
architect nominated by the Virginia |
A rch:tects: Duncan Smith of Char |
ottesville and New York. nominated |
~ the University of Virginia, and Bish- |
Do Denis ]. O'Connell of Richmond, |
president of the Art Club of that city.
The act which authorized the ap-
continent of commission provides |
hat hereafter no work of art shall
become the property of the state by |
purchase. gift or otherwise. unless |
to the commission"
The term work of art" is defined as
applying to and including all paint
ngs, mural decorations. stained glass,
statues, bas-reliefs, tablets. sculpture.
monuments. fountains. arches or other
structures intended for ornament or
for commemoration."
herself in the forefront of the more
states, standing, as she