Evening star., 1917-01-07
4 NOTES OF ART AND ARTISTS

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Baska Paff, both Of whom have
achieved distinction.
Mrs MacDowell is not only the head
Of the colony. it's spirit and inspiration.
but has always done much through her
own efforts to secure its financial sup
port. One of the new studios next
summer will be that built by Mrs. John
w. Alexander and her son as mem
orial to the late John w. Alexander,
who was deeply interested In the Mac
Dowell Associations work and strongly
convinced of it's value.
Next Friday the first of two series of
lectures on House Furnishing and
Decoration" will be given by Frank
Alvah Parsons under the auspices Of
the Washington Society of the Fine
Arts. One series will be given on sue
cessive Friday mornings. January Il
and 26. February and 20, March 3 and
20. in Woodward & Lothrop's audi
torium at IL o'clock. The other series
will be given on the same dates in the
auditorium of the National Museum at
Sis o'clock. The reason FOR the two
series is that neither auditorium is
sufficiently large to accommodate those
who desired to attend and in order to
accommodate as many as possible the
present arrangements have been made
Mr.. Parsons has lectured In Washing
ton for two seasons. and his lectures
have been found not only exceedingly
Interesting and entertaining. but very
Instructive. He not only gives definite
information concerning house furnish
ing and decoration, but acduaints his
audience with principles by means of
h 1oh Ill Id AT
own problems in this realm.
The subject of the lecture next Friday
morning at Woodward & Lothrop's Will
be The How and Why Of an Artistic
Home" and the subject of the lecture
in the evening at the National Museum
will be The Social Aspect of Art"
Tickets for the evening course have
been issued to members of the society
and subscribers and no more are OBJ
tainable. There is still, however. op-
OF course tickets by subscription to the
morning course through the society,
under whose auspices the lectures are
given.
The art talk at the Corcoran School
Monday will be given by E. c. Messer,
principal of the school. who will take
as his subject, The Present Art TEND.
encies as Exemplified in the Corcoran
Gallery's Contemporary Exhibition" !"
The lecture will begin at 4:l5 O'Clock
and occupy about three-quarters Of an
hour. 1t is open not only to the stu
dents OF the school and their friends,
but all those who are interested In art.
Il
Wednesday an interesting and com.
prehensive exhibition of etchings by
Childe Hassam will be opened in the
Dayton Gallery. 1901 Connecticut ave-
nue..
Mr.. Hassam began etching quite re-
Gently. but this exhibition will COM
prise more than sixty subjects. all told.
Primarily. Childe Hassam is q painter.
an artist and not without consciousness
of the beauty of form and the power OF
line to express its Significance. Mr.
Hassam has found many subjects in
teresting, landscapes, street scenes, ng-
ures and interior views. HIS drawihk
of the nude is. in most instances. Pc
culiarly skillful and charming; in rem
dering street scenes. especially scenes
in busy New York. he has been Pc
So comprehensive a showing Of his
work in this field cannot fail to en-.
gage the attention of those who recog.
nize TO the fuil Mr. Hassam's genius
and are interested in etching as an art
An exhibition Of portraits and other
paintings by Miss Octavia Gilmore will
open at the Moore Galleries on nth
street tomorrow. Miss Gilmore studied
member Of the household Of Elihu We'd
der Her work has strength and orig
inality and her portraits In particular
have character. An Interesting feature
heads of cowboys painted on q Wyo-
ming ranch last summer.
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The walters Gallery. Baltimore, will,
according to the usual custom, be open
to the public for the benefit Of the poor
fund of Baltimore on Wednesdays and
Saturdays from IL to 4 o'clock in jan
uary. February. March and April, also
on Washington's birthday and Easter
Monday. .
The Walters Gallery is one of the
most interesting private art galleries
in this country and comprises among
its treasures an extraordinarily fine
collection of paintings by French,
German and English artists OF the last
century as well as a rare collection Of
Chinese porcelains and other objects
of art. In the Walters Gallery il also
to be found an exceptionally large and
comprehensive collection Of small
bronzes by Barge
The arrangement Of the new section
Of the gallery, built by its present
owner, is also noteworthy. A series
Of rooms Is assembled around a central
court and furnished to represent the
art OF different periods: thus each OBJ
ject is seen in its true environment
and appropriate setting.
None who have not seen and studied
the Walters collection should fail to
avail themselves Of the opportunity Of
visiting the gallery during the pres
ent season. Tickets Of admission are
obtainable at Harris & Skaters in
this city. and at one or two places in
Baltimore, but not at the gallery.
LEILA MECHLIN