Evening star., 1917-03-11

odd and interesting after-dinner conee
set done in fiat tint of gold and orange
very skillfully done and showing inter
estinE designs by Miss Luckett ana
Mrs Laura b. Macutchen. Alice I. IL
Ferguson and 8. s. Cannon both show
vases attractively tinted in well chosen
iridesccnt colors.
There are several pieces OF potter.
five by Alexis Many, fine in form ana
exceedingly attractive in color; one or
by Miss A. NJ. Merrill. Mr.. Many also
shows On interesting section of colored
plaster frieze and a very attractive
bowl of hammered copper.
Silversmithing is well represented by
the work of Max Hansman. Mrs. F. II.
Buckingham. Miss Matte Weymar,
Miss Taliaferro and others. Several OF
Mr.. Hansman's pieces were designed BY
Victor Mendelef, who is both architect
and painter.
Edward w. Deming is represented By
two candlesticks and bronze door
hnocker, all three showing an adap-
tation of animal forms. Miss Kathryn
Demirg shows q charming little paper
weight and a little seated bear, in
bronze.
The collection OF baskets is excellent.
works of Mrs. Frank W. Smith, q mas
ter craftsman on the rolls of the Bos-
ton Society Of Arts and Crafts. MIS-.
Elizabeth Perrin and Mrs. Dykeman
also snow NOTk Oh d pTOlcSsicidi Shs'A
acter
Frank Niepold shows. casts and carv-
ings interestingly gilded and tinted
after the manner of Italian renaissance
work as It appears today somewhat
worn and discolored.
Miss Dorothy Dent has contributed
quite a collection of illuminated manu-
scripts. texts. etc. and from MISS
rative panels peculiarly individual and
vivacous. One shows two ladies on
the ice. one on skates pushing the other
in chair: another pictures two aides
winding yarn. one holding the skein.
the other the ball: the third shows two
ladies'. the same perhaps, riding in q
high -ba cked carriage They are hSt
poster-like designs. shiilfuEy drawn
and altogether engaging.
Besides these attractive exhibits con-
tributed by individual craftsmen, there
are on view two or three examples OF
excellent work in wrought iron ana
several pieces of architectural modelling
in plaster we'll worthy Of note.
The exhibition VIII continue fnr
another week and Is open TO tho public
from 10 TO 1880 and from to pm.
The annual exhibition OF portraits by
members of the National Association OF
Portrait Painters opens today in the
special exhibition room of the Corcoran
Gallery of Art. where 1t may be seen
for 4 fortnight or more. This exhibition
comprises works by some of the fore
most portrait painters in the country!
1t is in this particular field that the
great masters of the past achieved
greatest success, for example Titialh Ga
Vinci. valesqueZ. Rembrant. Rubens
and Van Dyke. and the great English
painters Gainsborough. Reynolds. Rae
burn and others. Before the days OF
iyb II art constantly
called into demand. and whether or not
in this later day 1t has fallen off in
merit ms question open to debate.
A portrait always possesses dual in
terest, the personality of the one por-
trayed and the art of the painter.
really great portrait must not only be
likeness. but an Interpretation Of
character and personality and Rust be
rendered with consummate art. The
mere likeness is not enough, nor Is the
work of art satisfactory when it is not
likeness. 1t is for this reason that
| the great portrait is far to seek.
| The National Association of Portrait
Painters has among it's members tho
foremost of our American artists. such.
| for instance. as Cecilia Beaus. Irving
R. Wiles and Lydia Field Emmet. The
present exhibition comprises works by
all OF these and others. and will doubt
less prove of very considerable inter-
est.
= \
The monthly art talk at the Corcoran
Gallery of Art will be given on Mon
day Afternoon. March L.. at quarter
past in the auditorium of the Cor
coran Gallery of Art by George Julian
Zolnay. the sculptor. The talk will be
| illustrated by numerous stereopticon
slides To all specially interested ad-
mission is free.
When the Humphreys collection of
American paintings was dispersed at
public auction in New York last month
some price records were established.
| Fifteen thousand six hundred dollars
was given by the Worcester Art Nj
scum through Boston agent for
George Fuller's Girl and Turkeys"
Wyant's Keen Valley" brought $500.
Twatchtman's Rapids in Yellowstone"
s4.1oo. and J. Francis Murphy's ZAP
proach to the Old Farm. $1,000. whereas
a water color by Winslow Homer.
Voice From Cliffs" went for s3.1oo.
the largest price yet paid for painting
in this medium.
The highest price that has been paid
in the past for any painting by an
American artist sold at auction was
$4,000 for a landscape by Inness: next
to this comes $4,000 paid for Blake
locks silver Moonlight" purchased for
the Toledo Art Museum, and third.
$4,000 for the Vaughan portrait OF
Washington, by Gilbert Stuart.
These prices would seem TO indicate
an appreciation of tho worth of works
by American artists. and q continued
demand for the art which some of the
modernists declare to be quite out Of
date and uninterestng.
To pl,; ,;vr
esting to recall that the Corcoran Gal
lery and the National Gallery of Art
both have excellent examples of work.
by these American artists which are
today bringing such high prices.
So
The state OF Illinois SIS soon to ce.s-
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