Evening star., 1918-05-19
NOTES OF ART AND ARTISTS

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No little disappointment is felt be-
cause Of the announcement made by
the president and the secretary OF the
Corcoran Gallery of Art about two
weeks ago to the effect that. in view
Of the existing situation resulting
from the war. the seventh exhibition
Of cotemporary American oil paint
| ings. which was scheduled to open in
this gallery next December. has been
postponed.
This action was taken by the trus-
| tees for the reason that. as the rail-
road facilities of the country are at
present urgently needed for the trans
for our soldiers and sailors, and OF
fuel for our ships, factories and for
private consumption. they feel that II
ditions to add to the already heavy
| burdens Of the public carriers by pro-
viding for an exhibition which would
necessitate the shipment OF many
hundreds Of paintings from all sec.
tions OF the country
1
icoran Gallery will abandon transient
exhibitions for the period of the war
jQuite to the contrary, 1t will undoubt-
ledly show the works of single artists
and groups of artists in its special
Exhibition gallery next season in the
past winter. But these are a very
different matter from the great BIZ
ennial exhibitions in which pictures
are sent from all over the country and
in great numbers. The biennial ex-
Ihibitions are all events of note. They
are eminently worth while. but it is
a question whether, or not the visiting
public does not get more pleasure and
more information from the smaller
recurrent exhibitions than from the
\ big shows.
| When the war is over the biennial
exhibitions will be resumed, and for
mer Senator Clark has assured the
trustees that when the exhibitions are
resumed his previous offer Of $4,000
for prize awards will be renewed.
A portrait by Anders Zorn. the Scan
dinavian painter, of the late Senator
Mark Hanna has been lent to the
ICorcoran Gallery of Art by Mrs. Hanna
and is now on view in the loan room
on the second floor.
Zorn is one Of the great painters of
today and this portrait evidences his
extraordinary ability. 1t is a most
remarkable work of art. admirably
characteristic. distinctly personal
The head and the hands are beau
| tifully drawn and splendidly rendered
with directness. breadth and unfalter-
| ing brush. The figure Is well drawn
| and not uninteresting. though wear
ing the conventional masculine garb
| Of the present era
1t is not merely a painted portrait.
however, but a vital likeness, keenly
| alive and alert and distinctly per
sonal 1t is good to see such portrait
painting as this IL for no other rea-
son than to establish a standard.
That Zorn is as accomplished an
etcher as he is a portrait painter, that
he uses the etching needle with no
less skill than the painters brush. is
interesting and worth noting. He can
at pleasure be subtle as well as frank
and his pictures of the Scandinavian
ness Of color, but the joyousness Of
life. He is a great painter and great
artist.
About two hundred war savings
stamp posters made by pupils in the
seventh and eighth grade schools in
Berret School. These were all en-
tered in a nationwide competition
conducted in public and private
States by special committee. of
which Royal B. Farnum of New York
was chairman and Felix Mahony
local representative Not only did
grades in this city enter this COM
| petition. but the high school pupils. as
well as the pupils in the local private
schools.
The object of the competition was
twofold-to increase patriotism and
to instruct in poster art.
The showing at the Berret School
| was on the whole good. There was
great variety and no little originality
| in the choice of subjects-warships
U-boats, marching soldiers. tanks. all
symbolic of the present war, figured
| most often in the designs. But the
appeals to patriotism were OF many
! sorts. and not few along new and
pictured quite cleverly the counter
| Of a shop, where both candy and war
savings stamps were for sale. The
drawing showed little boy purchas-
the latter. and the motto over the
| pictSre real. which of these are
you
Another ambitions competitor used
pictorial emblem. little girl seat
ed in a rocking chair with thrift
stamp in her lap. and beneath this a
new version of an old song:
Hush. little thrift stamp.
Do not cry,
You may be q war stamp,
By and by.
Not a little ingenuity was shown
both in the choice OF subjects anu in
the treatment of design. The print
ing was not always as good as it
should be, but it was better than
might have been expected. and the
work as a whole showed effort di-
rected along the right lines.
Wallace Bryant of Boston. whose
portraits and other paintings have
been exhibited here during the past
seasons, both in the National Gal
lery and at the Moore Gallery, has
lately purchased the former home and
studio of Miss Frances Benjamin
johnson, 1882 v street northwest.
with the intention of making this his
permanent residence.
He has brought from Boston a guam
titv of the fine old colonial furniture.
which he has collected from time to
time as opportunity offered, all of
which are museum pieces and have,
in fact, been for some time exhibited
in the Museum of Fine Arts. Boston.
These he has disposed in his studio
and the house, which has been re-
decorated and partly remodeled
The studio, which is a separate
building and stands at the rear Of the
house In the attractive garden now
a nj