Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17
STATUE OF CAPT. GUY
DRUMMOND. BY r. TAFT MCKENZIE.

MEMORIAL STATUE OF CAPT. GUY
DRUMMOND. BY r. TAFT MCKENZIE.
statue of Capt Guy Drummond of
Canada, by r. TAFT Mckenzie, to be
erected in Capt Drummond's native
Canadian town. and exhibited at pres
ent at the Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts-a noble figure of a
young Scotsman in his regimentals. ex-
pressive, as portrait statues rarely are.
of high ideals. of noble manhood-the
outstanding figure of a young man. in
tellectual, unafraid. the soldier at his
best, the defender of the faith.
The Pennsylvania Academy's 18th an
nual exhibition is still in progress and
will well repay visit to Philadelphia
The academy is centrally located, with
in short walking distance of the Penn
sylvania station, and its annual exhibit
ton is one of the real art events of the
year.
The exhibition comprises 4s5 paint
ingS and SIS works in sculpture, repre-
senting 393 artists resident in all parts
of the United States
Among the painters represented is
Everett L. Warner, who shows a land
Among the sculptors is Leo Fried
lander. one of the scholarship men of
the American Academy at Rome, COM
paratlvely recently returned to this
country He shows two works, a group.
Mother and Infant Hercules" and a
figure. Spirit of Antiquity"
March "a is the closing date of this
exhibition.
The National Academy of Design
opened its ninety-third annual exhibit
ton in the galleries of the American
Fine Arts building. 215 West 57th
street. New York. on Tuesday. March
-. Herbert Adams. the sculptor, mem
Der of the Federal Commission of the
Fine Arts, is now president of the acad-
envy, which is without question the
leading professional body of artists in
this country.
Since the union of the academy with
the Society of American Artists a few
years ago, two exhibitions have been
held annually under the auspices of this
organization, one the So-called winter
exhibition" in December, the other the
annual exhibition" in March. Acade-
micians have the privilege of showing
one or two pictures in each exhibition
without submission to jury, but the
exhibitions are open to all and, as a
to outsiders.
The winter exhibition held in Decem
Der was one OF the best of contemporary
art that has been shown for several
year. me e2hlDitlon now in progress
Is thought to uphold the same high
standard.
The Baltimore Water Color Club and
the Handicraft Club of Baltimore are
holding joint exhibition in the GAL
leries in the Peabody Institute from
March II to 81. Quite a number of the
Washington artists are represented in
the clubs display. The handicraft
section is composed chiefly of the
works of Baltimore craftsmen, who.
however. are of considerable repute
1t is very interesting and notable that
the So-called fine arts and the handi-
crafts should thus be shown collective
~. and a long step to better under
standing of the real meaning of art on
the part of the public
The Walters Gallery is in the i'm
mediate vicinity CT the Peabody Insti-
tute, and is open to the public under
the usual restrictions on Wednesdays
and Saturdays. Those visiting the gal
lery. therefore, at this time and on
these days Will have the additional
privilege, if desired, of visiting the ex-
hibitions in the pa2body Institute.
objection of approximately thirty
paintings by Rosamond Tudor (Mrs.
Startling Burgess) will be placed on
exhibition in the Moore Galleries. on
18th street, on Monday. The artist is a
pupil of Benson and TarbeIl of Boston
and a member of the Art Association of
Newport. where she has frequently ex-
hibited. Her home is at Marblehead
Mass, but she is spending the winter
here, her husband being at present sta
toned in Washington. The exhibit will
be composed chiefly of portraits pro-
duced in the past five years. 1t will
continue for two weeks
Twenty-four water colors by FeIicie
Waldo Howell are now on view in the
Corcoran Gallery of Art, in the small
room adjacent to the semi-circular GAL
lery. Miss Howell was a former student
of the Corcoran School and has scored
extraordinary success by her clever ami
original pictures of street scenes in
some of our typical American towns
and cities. By special invitation a
group of her works was recently shown
in the art museum at Rochester.
LEILA MECHLIN.