Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-22

Arts. will be the presiding officer. At
president of the Society of Arts and
Crafts. Detroit, will speak The
Place of Industrial Art in Art Mu-
seums"; Henry Hornbostel. past presi-
dent of the Society OF Beaux Arts
, Architects. Will give an address on
f, The Art of the Immigrant, and III.
| Percy Macomber. secretary CT the Socie-
ty of Arts and Crafts. Boston. will tell
crafts.
The session on the morning of May
! IS. at which Charles l.. Hutchins, presi-
| dent of the Art Institute of Chicago. will
preside. promises to be specially notable.
Lena NJ. McCauiey of Chicago will tell
| OF the successful effort to socialize art
! in Chicago: George Pierce Baker head
! of the department of dramatic art 1T
! Harvard University, will describe his
| dramatic workshop: Thomas Wood Stew
| ems. head of the department of dramatic
! arts. carneSie Institute of Technology.
will speak on cooperation between the
theater and the studio: Arthur Farwell,
president of the National American
Music Society. viii address the conven-
| ton on the subject of Community
F.! Music
/ heretofore. with dinner on the evening
! of the lSth, at which there will be dis
! tinSuished speakers, among whom NAV
! he mentioned Edward w Robinson.
/ Art: Herman \. MacNeii, ex-president
of the National Sculpture Society. Ern-
j est {. PeiNotto president of the Mac
Dowen Club of New York and Charles
Dana Gibson, president of the Society
| OF Illustrators.
| OF special significance to Washing.
! tonians was the sale recently held in
New York of paintings by the late
| Henry W. Ranger, as well as works
collected by Mr.. Ranger. inasmuch as
/ the receipts therefrom go to the estate,
the income of which is TO be yearly ex-
pended for the purchase of works of
art by American artists any or all Of
which the National Gallery of Art has
the privilege of claiming within five
years of the date of purchase As this
estate is valued at more than 100000.
! the sum TO he thus expended is by no
| means inconsiderable.
| There were 1874 paintings in the Ranger
/ sale, and the total amount realized was
over $4,000.
| Mr. Ranger was an intimate friend OF
! William r. Evans, TO whose benefcence
the National Gallery owes its present
notable collection of American paint
inSs. According 10 Mr. Rangers will,
paintings purchased with the income
of his estate are to be loaned or pre-
scented to art institutions throughout
the country. hut of all the purchases the
National Gallery is TO have first choice.
IS
To promote the expression of Ameri.
can patriotism in art the National Arts
Club of New York is offering the fol-
lowing prizes: Five hundred dollars
for the best design of a medal record
ing the distinguished service of some
American soldier sailor in the pres
ent war: $3.50 for the best American
war poem: $3.50 for the best American
war song.
The judges of the medal will be J.
Alden Weir. Douglas Nolk. Gardner
Symons, Robert Aitken and n. Massey
Rhind: of the poem. Robert Underwood
Johnson. Joyce kilmer and Edward J.
Wheeler: of the song. Walter Dsmrosch,
Reginald de Koven and Victor Herbert.
The competition is open TO all Ameri-
can citizens, whether native or foreign
born. Each design. poem drawing
must be sent anonymously. with the
creators name in a separate sealed en-
velope. to the National Arts club.
American Arts. Prize Competition COM
mittee, Is Gramercy Park. New York
city. before May %. 1917. The inten-
ton is TO announce the three winners
on Decoration day.
unique exhibition is being held at
the present time in the Grand Central
Palace. New York, under the auspices
of the Society of Independent Artists.
This society. which was organized but
few months ago, now claims menu
bership of over 1900. Thirteen hum
dred of these are showing works in
the present exhibition in which acad-
emicians. ost-impressionists. futur.
lists and even vorticists are met to-
gether and the paintings have been
hung without discrimination. alphabet
ically arranged. according to the last
name of the artist
memorial tablet to Z. A. Abbey.
the American painter and illustrator.
was unveiled in st. Paurs Cathedral.
London, last month by the Princess
Louise. Duchess of Argyle. The speak
er upon this occasion was MIR. Page.
American ambassador to Great Britain.
George Gray Barnard has announced
his intention of presenting to the Rus
sian people. through the Friends of
Russian Freedom. replica Of his
statue of Lincoln lately completed.
which has been erected in the city OF
Cincinnati as the gift of Mrs. Charles
LEILA MEcHLIN