Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-13

torium of the Corcoran Gallery.
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The enrolment at the Corcoran
School. which has reopened, is even
larger than usual The night classes
have almost doubled in size, many of
the registrants being warworkers and
not few men in uniform. To meet
the special need. night life classes
have been established for both men
and women.
Edmund c. Tarbell. who is the new
principal, was in attendance at the
opening of the school. but has returned
to his old home in Boston for a week
or ten days to make arrangements for
removal to this city. Richard n.
Brooke. vice principal, has been very
cuperating at his old home at Warren
ton. Va. and Mrs. Leisenring (Mathilde
Mueden>, at one time an instructor in
the school. has temporarily taken his
place. Miss c. c. Critcher, Miss Ber-
tina f. Perrie and other instructors
have returned and assumed their usual
,, classes.
There probably has not been a time
when there were SO many distinguish
ed artists and architects in Washing
ton as now. Not in spite of. but be.
cause of, war conditions.
The camoufiage division of the Navy.
with its corps of artists. among whom
may be mentioned Everett L. Warner
and Frederick J. Waugh, has its head
quarters in this city and its offices on
18th and & streets, opposite the Navy
Department.
The housing bureau. which is doing
SO marvellous a work in all parts OF
the country. upbuilding industrial GEN.
ters for workingmen, also has its
headquarters here and includes in its
corps Frederick Law Olmsted, the
landscape architect: Stephen Child,
the well known landscape architect of
California; c. Grant La Fargo, son of
the late John La Fargo. and one of the
rotary of the American Academy in
Rome, as we'll as others of no less
reputation.
The fact is that only short time
ago, when the newly formed Califor-
MIA Society of Landscape Architects
wished to have an annual meeting,
it was found necessary to have it in
officers were here in war work.
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The war has brought to Washington
Miss Amelia Dorothy Defries, a Brit
| ish art critic and writer. who has for
some years been residing in Nassau.
but is at present doing special work
for the British embassy.
Miss Defries has for some years
been in close touch with the leaders
in British art circles and she brings
to Washington Comparatively fresh
and unstereotyped point of view.
For several weeks she has been
giving informal lectures on art in its
social aspect at the Arts Club on Tues
i day evenings, little group of inter-
ested listeners gathering about her
and thoughtful discussion following.
For many years 5th avenue, New
/ York. has been the haunt of the art
. dealers, and during the season series
of exhibitions have been set forth in
| the galleries of those dealers, begin
| ming at Madison Square and continu-
ing to 59th street
At the present time. during the great
drive for the fourth liberty loan, these
exhibition galleries have been turned
wrong side out, as it were. and the
avenue itself has been converted into
a great art exhibition. Definite blocks
nave been given over to different ma
tons and from end to end all the sec
tIon set apart is gay with the flags
shops on both sides of the avenue are
devoted to war exhibits and therein
are shown the war pictures painted.
many of them for this purpose, by
the leading American artists. Mr..
Blashfield,s great painting. Garry On
hny
Gallery, occupies one of the great
windows. In others are to be seen
works by Francis G. Jones, Gardner
Symons. Augustus Tack, Orlando Rou-
land and many others.
At Madison Square there is a great
Altar OF Liberty, designed by Thomas
Hastings. the well known architect,
at one time a member of the federal
commission of fine arts.
At the sharpnosed corner of the
Flatiron building there is a group of
sculpture representing a charge in
1t is wonderful sight and ought to
stir the patriotism of the passing
crowds. No doubt it does.
In the New Museum of Art Sante Fe.
which by some has been termed the
one all-American museum in the
United States special exhibition was
held during the past summer. To this
exhibition William H. Holmes of this
city. curator of the National Gallery,
made notable contributions. water col
ors of western scenes made in most
instances, 1t is understood on his trav-
els in the southwest in the interest of
science. Mrs. Springer of this city,
whose miniature paintings have been
seen in exhibitions at the Corcoran
Gallery and elsewhere for some years,
was likewise we'll represented.