Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-01
Notes of Art and Artists

| can sculptors. whose series of Indian
| equestrian statues has given him Spe-
.ial distinction. This figure of young
/ man in uniform standing with head
! thrown back and arms extended typi-
! fed the spirit of the young men OF
| this country today. OF it the sculptor
! said: i have tried to express by lhe
! uplifted arms and express ion Oh the
| face that the wilderness is being re-
j claimed and opened for him. and now
. the war is over The great opportunity
/ awaits him. ] have ;ried to show that
he is ready for the possibilities that
! he has before him. and with bareH
4 arms and neck he is welcoming the
4 great adventure. The type is Young
I America. clean. strong. fearless and
| touched with imagination and hope"
! The other work in sculpture is a
sketch by Daniel Chester French, the
] sculptor of the Galiaudet group at
Kendall Green, of the famous memo
rial known as Death and the Scuip-
tor. and many important scuIptufal
monuments in this country. This
ske,ch, which represents a biac ksmlth
seated Oh his anvil with his s.edge-
hammer beside him and an open book
on his knee. is intended to express,
the sculptor says. the aspiration of
! the workingmen toward education.
He is supposed to be Selling the noon
hour when he is released from work
for improving his mind with study.
The motive was suggested by an
actual experience in which working
man rose to great distinction through
the use of a library TO which, through
the generosity of an individual. he
was given access.
Both of these are thoroughly Ameri
can conceptions representing the
nd nf
type of which there should be many.
The COrcoran Gallery of Art is
showing as loans during the summer
season several notable portraits by
well known portrait painters. loaned
by their present owners. There is an
excellent portrait of the late Chief
Justice Fuller by Ellen Emmett Rand.
painted in Washington some years
ago: two portraits Of Mr.. David
j. Hill. by Horn. the Scandinavian
painter. and one of the late Mark
Hanna by the same distinguished
artist. There are also likenesses of
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh {. Wallace by
Phillip Laszlo who. it will be remem
bered. painted portrait of Col
Roosevelt when President of the
United States. Phillip Laszlo is an
Austrian and one Of the most ia
nous portrait painters of the day.
He was in England at the time the
war began, and though he had lived
in many countries and was an inter
nationalist, he was informed during
the period of the war. Since his re-
lease he has applied for citizenship
in Great Britain, and will doubtless
hereafter be considered citizen of
that nation.
At the recent convention of the
American Federation of Arts, held in
Metropolitan Museum New York. two
resolutions were unanimously adopted
which related specifically to national
art. One carried the suggestion that
the coinage of the year 1920 or some
succeeding year be made memorial
issue-commemorat Of the purpose
for which the United States entered
the great war. The conviction in this
instance was that such coinage
would be a most democratic and last
ing form of memorial. passing
through many hands. going into every
home as well Is place of business and
surviving when other memorials had
possibly passed.
The other resolution referred to the
development of American cemeteries
(or cemetery in France and the erec-
ton Of other memorials of this coun-
try's participation in the war. and
urged upon Congress and the execu-
tive departments the desirability Of
competent planning Of the landscape
architectural and scuIptural treat
ment of all works of a commemora-
tive character undertaken by the gov
eminent in France. As certain plans
are already being presented by indi-
viduais and organizations for such
=, ennnrialR and fhnae arocfad wilt
have national significance. it is not
too soon to emphasize the matter of
fitness and artistic worth. Both reso-
lutions have been forwarded to the
proper authorities.
committee Of Washington artists,
composed Of Miss Clara Hill. chair
man; Miss c. c. Critcher, Richard n.
Brooke and A. B. Bibb, is endeavoring
to raise a fund of 800 or more to
to be established in Serbia under the
direction OF Or. Rosalie Slaughter
Morton. These beds can be equipped
for 800 each, and it is the desire of
the local committee to equip one or
more in honor of the great Serbian
sculptor. Ivan Mestroyic. Contribu-
tions may be sent to Miss Hill at the
Washington Arts Club. 2017 l street.
Sargent. the distinguished American
portrait painter. who has for many
years resided abroad. has lately re-
turned to Boston to complete the
mural decorations he is painting for
the public library in that city. Mr..
Sargent spent the summer Of 1917 and
the following winter in the United
States. painting in Boston and making
a sketching trip to the Canadian
Rockies. He was recently invited to
paint a picture of the Peace Table
at Versailles. but declined on account
of having accepted and executed a
c;potlor for