Evening star., 1919-10-12

18th OF this month an exhibition OF
summer sketches by students of the
school will be put up in the special ex-
hibition gallery for one week. On the
first of November the Washington
Water Color Club takes over this gal.
| lery for it's annual exhibition, con.
tinuing throughout that month.
Meanwhile, downstairs in the newly
appointed sculpture gallery, where.
in an exhibition of small bronzes by
American sculptors sent out by the
National Sculpture Society Is now on
view, there is to be shown a collec.
ton OF sculpture by P. Bryant Baker
talent and distinction, who spent a
part of last winter in Washington in
government service, and executed
curing that time, portrait busts of q
number OF the men prominent in Army
and Navy circles. This exhibition will
pe followed. on January 1, by an ex-
hlDltlon OF sculpture by Paul Manship
which has already been shown in a
number of the leading museums. Mr..
Mansh1p is one of the American
Academy in Rome scholarship men,
ana one OF the most talented and indi-
vldual of the younger American sculp-
On November 81 the corcoran Gal
lery will close for a period of, ap-
proXlmately, three weeks during
which time the permanent COLLECTION
VIII De taken down and the great BIZ
ennla! exhibition of cotemporary
american paintings will be put up.
ms exhibition. which was postponed
from last year for patriotic reasons.
VIII occupy all Of the galleries on the
upper floor and will be an event Of
extraordinary interest. In connec-
tion with this exhibition $4,000. donat-
so 1y senator Clark of New York, will
in
Iion Will open December 21 and con.
tinue until January 25.
FOR the nrst time since the begin.
ming Of the great war the Carnegie
Institute. Pittsburgh, will hold its In.
tern &ternational exhibition of painting,
which before the war was regarded ss
one OF the great national art events
OF the year. These exhibitions. the
only annual exhibition shown m
america which represent the art OF
al natlons. were begun when the Car
negle institute was founded, twenty
snree years ago. At once they took q
exhibitions of the world. such for er.
ample, as those held in London, Paris
ana Venice. They We're looked for
ward to by art lovers of Europe and
america alike. The foremost artists
OF every art-producing nation in the
worio, excepting only China and Ja-
pan. contributed works each wear
! The international jury of selection
and award has invariably been chosen
Dy the vote of all contributing artists
TWO European and eight American
painters elected each year to serve on
this jury. The prizes awarded amount
to $4,000, the first $500. the second
81 900 and the third S5O0
| The opening Of the forthcoming in.
| Iternational exhibition will be an i'm.
portant feature of the next founder's
day celebration, in April, 1920.
| Such an exhibition ms this should
not be held alone in Pittsburgh, mol
should thess pictures by foreign paint.
ers come to this country and be re.
turned without being shown at the
National Capital. It is earnestly hoped
that when. later on, suitable provision
is made for building for the Ma.
tional Gallery OF Art, it will be pos.
sible to hold yearly a great interna.
tional exhibition Of paintings here.
**
The first Of the out of town annua
exhibitions to open will be that of til!
New York Water Color Club, to b,
held in the Fine Arts building, New
York, beginning October 81. A little
more than a week later, on November
I9, the annual exhibition of the Phila
delphia Water Color Club and the
Pennsylvania Society of Miniatur.
Painters will open in the Pennsylvania
Academy Of the Fine Arts, Philadel'
phia. LEILA MECHLIN.
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