Evening star., 1919-12-21


| women's figures therein is a portrait
| of the artists wife. The Francis J.
Murphy picture. which belongs to
Senator Clark. donor of the exhibit
! prizes. and for which he paid the
/ sum of $4,000. has been loaned by
! the owner and met with much favor
able comment.
| Awards ExcellentIy Bestowed.
There is no question, say gallery Off
Gals and local connoisseurs, that the
prize awards have been most excellent
1 ~ bestowed by the jury. This year
, there. is no question but that they were
given in each case to works which are
distinctly worthy of being thus hon
| ored. And, furthermore, thy nave gone
| to pictures which are such as to win
| the approval of the pubic at large,
a thing which has not always been in
variab Bile in past exhibits. As one plain
spoken art lover last night phrased it.
There isn't a freak among them" In
fact, there is scarcely what the public
| is apt to term freak i'll the whoie
disp,ay.
There is hardly a painting here
which l. or any other householder.
wouldn't be proud to own." said another
man who is proud, and justly SO. OF
| those lie is abe to show to his friends.
Evidence of how highly the Corcoran
| considers its exhibit is shown by the
| fact that gallery officials have already
successfully negotiated for the purchase
Of nine of the paintings to be added to
| the institution's permanent collection.
Those purchased are:
! The first prlze-winner. by Frank w
Benson; the third prjze-wnner. by Ed
ward r. Rook; Il picture entitled.
| Where Waters Flow and Long Sha-
| dows Lie" by Gardner Symons; "Wi.-
! lie Gee u portrait OF a little darky,
/ by Robert Henri Lady in Pink" by
Frederick Carl F'rieseke; "A New Eng
land Street by Felicie Waldo Howell :;
The Red Boat" by Robert Spencer /;
| Canton Street." by Frederic Gay Bart
lett, and, lastly, In Gloucester Har-
or, by Bertha e. Perrle, Il well known
| Washington artist.
| Noted Artists Represented.
| y brief review of the catalogue will
abundantly justify the statement that,
with few exceptions, all the most noted
| artists of the country are represented
| here by their best and most recent pro-
ductions. No fewer than 23e painters
| are represented by 3I6 pictures
| The prizes given by Senator Clark
! on these occasions are the largest oi
F.. their kind offered in America. and
their biennial total. $1,000, makes the
sum of $4,000 SO far given by this
| member of the board of trustees OF
the gallery. The first prize, s2.puo is
accompanied by the Corcoran gold
medal. The second, s1,5Oo. carries
with it the silver medal; the third
$1,000, won by Edward F. Rook, is ac.
companied by the bronze medal, while
! the gallery'S honorable mention Ger.
! tihcate goes to the winner of tho
| fourth prize, $500, which this yea,
was Won by William S. Robinson. Th,
| jury of award consisted of Willard L.
Metcalf, New York, chairman; DAME
Gerber OF Philadelphia. Richard Z
Miller of st. LOUIS and Paris. Lawtor
5. Parker of New York and Charles
Il. Woodbury. of Boston, all artists OF
national and international standing
! The exhibition opens formally t.
! the public today and will continue
| until the evening OF Sunday, Januar.
| 20 The press view and varnishine e
day were held yesterday from am
| until pm.
AS in the exhibit of three years ago
special feature will be the popular
| referendum, whereby visitors to the
gallery during the week of January
~ Will have opportunity to indicate
| their own choices for the various
! AWARDS. So keen was the interest dis.
played on the previous occasion tha,
| Director Mfnnigerode is having 1000.
ballots printed 'as a starter" for the
voting contest. Three years ago nc
picture OF those given awards by the
| professional jury ran 'one, two three
/; IN the popular choice, but it would no-
/! De at all strange If this year the la I.
| Ter should coincide in regard to more
| than one picture with the opinion OF
the BOARD OF prize award.