Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-29

less expression, and those VINO idCh III
skill and training and have never been
able to obtain results sufficiently merf-
torious to secure admission to tne
usual exhibitions. The result is pitifui
in the extreme, giving on one side evil
dence of large ambition backed by puny
capacity. and on the other side unbai-
anced intellect finding expression in
misguided effort.
The armory exhibition of modern art
which was held in New York some
be amusing. but this exhibition lacks
this quality and Is merely pftiful. stu
pid and dull. To come across an occa-
sionally good canvas such as that con-
tributed by Miss Moves or others by
such painters as Hawthorne, Gardner
Symons. Birge Harrison and Bruce
Crane is a relief, but in the wilderness
of immature. halfbaked productions
they are lost and discredited. Such an
exhibition Is a mere travesty on art.
OF chief interest in the Society Of In
dependent Artists exhibition is the
statue by Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney.
purposed as the Titanic Memorial to
be erected in this city. 1t is statue
of a woman. colossal in size. with arms
outstretched. face upturned and eyes
closed. as though rising in tragic sor-
row from the sea. The treatment OF
the drapery and the face is very sim
pie. indeed almost primitive in simple
ity. and in this fact may be found Its
saving grace, for little as one may like
the theme, any one standing before this
statue cannot deny its possession OF
resents tragedy, but 1t does not descend
to horror. and 1t is to a great extent
shrouded in mystery.
An interesting and notable conven-
ton was held last week in New York
of manufacturers in the allied home
furnishing industries" The object of
the convention, which was accom-
plished. was the organization of such
industries for a campaign Of education
in public taste. This in time will mean
better quality and design in manu-
features, increased knowledge and ap-
probation of the value of art in home
products-that is, in objects for the
home-both on the part of statesmen
and home makers.
Some Of the methods proposed were
the sending about Of educational ex-
hibits, the establishment of lecture
courses and Of classes for the training
women in the home.
Among the speakers were Cass Gill
bert, the well known architect; Henry
w. Kent. secretary Of the Metropolitan
Museum. and James Parton Haney. d.
rector of art in the high schools of
New York. while among those cooper
ating were representatives Of furni-
ture, textile, wall paper and other man
ufactures and trades throughout the
country.
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give lecture on Engraving in Henry
A. Martins Gallery, 1211-A Connecti-
cut avenue. on Monday. April 80. at
o'clock. to which the public is invited.
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A portrait bust of Francis Wilson,
the actor. by Edmond T. Quinn, has
been placed temporarily in the loan
gallery of the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
1t is a spirited and noteworthy work.
Mr.. Quinn is the sculptor of the
Booth memorial which is to be erected
in Gramercy Park. New York. almost
opposite the Players Club.
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Miss Juliet Thompson is exhibiting a
number of portraits and portrait
studies at the Moore Galleries. 18th
street. this week. Miss Thompson is
we'll known here, being a Washingto-
MAN and a member of the Society of
Washington Artists. though for some
years she has resided in New York. She
studied at the Art Students League
in this city and at the Corcoran School
of Art and her work in pastels, shown
in local exhibitions. won for her an
enviable reputation. Miss Thompson
al va or fytl in ho INC
this medium and her work has always
had both individuality and distinction
The portraits she now shows are not
lacking in these qualities. The ma
jority. however, are in oils. They are
high keyed and impressionistic in man.
ner of rendering. but intensely per-
sonal and enormously clever. One may
or may not like the way these pictures
are painted. but all must admit that
there is something about them which
makes strong appeal and, what is more.
carries conviction. They are subtle and
individualistic and the spiritual quality
dominates. Whether or not the mode
of technique Miss Thompson has chosen
is essential to this result she herself
best can say. The great masters did
not find 1t SO. but in the final analysis
1t is result and not method that counts
The portraits that are shown are OF Mrs
Joseph D. Noell. Princess Hohenlohe
Miss Edith Blair, Senator Elkins tan
earlier work in a somewhat different
manner), Carlo Di Fornaro very i'm
pressionistic). Masters Arthur and
Tommy Lee and a self portrait of the
artist 1t is a very interesting showing
A collection of paintings by the Rus
sian artist, Ossip Perelma, is now on
exhibition in the National Museum in
one of the large rooms on the main
floor of the new building. This ex-
hibition Will continue through the
month of May and will be reviewed
later in these columns.
Herbert Adams, sculptor of the Mac
MILAN fountain in this city and mem
Der of the federal art commission, has
just been elected president of the Ma
tional Academy of Design. This office
has usually been filled by painter
but Mr. Adams distinction as a
sculptor makes his election to this high
office eminently appropriate.
LEILA MECHLIN.