Evening star., 1919-11-16


returned "doughboys" painted by Ebin
F. Comins of Boston has lately been
jplaced on view in the National Mu
Iseum in connection with the special
war exhibit. These paintings repre-
sent different types of men serving in
the A. E. F. Collectively, they show
Of what stuff our Army was made.
and, better than any tablet of bronze
or monument of stone. they memo
rialize the manhood of our fighting
force.
Writing home from France shortly
after the armistice was signed, an
American officer. after praising to the
full the courage and skill of his BROTH
er officers, said: "Of course, we all
did our part. but what we did was as
nothing compared to the men; it's
hats off to the .doughboys' every
time,"
A self-constituted national commit
tee of men and women of means has
arranged to have a series of por-
traits painted by the leading Ameri-
can artists of the military and civil
leaders of the great war to be placed
tional Museum.
Mr.. CominS. with equally patriotic
intent set himself the task of paint
ing this group of portraits of the
iuOuSHDOyS VINO maze I'D the singing
Army we sent to France. He found
his types in the camps, the Y. NJ. c. A.
huts and other haunts of the soldiers
in and around Boston. He persuaded
them to come to his studio and sit for
him. He learned to know the men he
painted and he made comrades of
them.
They are rapid studies, made with
force and individuality, somewhat
after the manner of the portraits
q w nf hn prif ;yL 1GR
GERS, but with a trif1e more refine
ment. They are characterize and
spirited, and back of the features
there is a living personality.
studied there under e. c. Tarbell and
Denman Ross. as well as at the Ecole
des Beaux Arts. Paris. For some
years he conducted each summer
school Ea.3 c1dndsa1ni Of painting and drawing at
long ago. he spent in California.
teaching and painting, and an exhibit
ton of his work made a circuit of
the galleries on the Pacific coast He
is a regular exhibitor at the leading
eastern exhibitions. In theory, his
sympa thies are with the extreme
modern school, but his practice is
built upon the sounder traditions of
the past With great success he has
eliminating shadow and treating COM
positions in fiat color mass, differen-
tiating planes by a nice adjustment of
values. But he is a good craftsman
and skillful technician, and when he
makes short cuts it Is not done care
lessly.
MT Comins is spending few weeks
IN this city. executing portrait COM
missions.
Announcement was recently made of
the establishment by Louis c. Tiffany
of Tiffany Co. New York, of an art
institute with an endowment of
$1,O00,000. This institute is to he
erected onSMr. Tiffany's estate known
as Laureltpl Hail. Cold Spring Har-
Dor, Longl Island. and includes not
only the house itself, but eighty acres
OF land and buildings.
Mr. IlHany Is quoted as saying that
ms intent is to provide a place where
artists who have had elementary
can work in sympathetic and inspir-
ing surroundings There will of
course, he adds ''be necessary rules
Which must be observed and there
WIZ pe no mead master to provide cast
iron methods of teaching to which he
must conform" ''o
MT Tiffany's hope is that by slim
uiating love OF beauty and imagina-
.,a tiGn Tree play will be given to de-
schools or conventions.
Ihe institute Is to be opened about
tne ISL or next May, and eventually
women, as well as men. will be in
ciuded IN its beneficiaries. 1t is to be
almost entirely free. AS most of the
work must be done in the omen air
1t Will be largely a summer course.
Mr. Tifany's idea of the institute
is something similar to the American
academy In Rome and not altogether
unlike the Peterborough colony,
founded by the MacDowell Associa-
tion at Peterborough, N H.
1t is not meant for beginners. but
for young artists who have mastered
the rudiments of art and need oppor-
tunity for their development.
With Laurelton Hall and the vast
and beautiful estate go also Mr. Tiff
fany's art collection and his art Ii
brary. The former includes objects of
art. sculpture. paintings and indus
trial arts. The place is one of the
most beautiful in this country
Mr.. Tiffany studied art under George
Inness and Samuel Coleman in New
York and under Leon Bailly in Paris.
He has painted in oils and in water
colors and has done much decorative
work. Some years ago he discovered
a new formula for making what is
known as Tiffany Favrille glass; for
which he has been awarded many
honors. He is member of the leading
art associations of this country
The establishment of this art in
stitute is consummation of a long
cherished purpose.
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A new art museum has recently
come into existence in Youngstown.
Ohio. 1t is known as the Butler Art
Institute: and has been erected and
endowed by ]. c. Butler, jr.. of that
city. Over the door is the Inscription,
PRO Bono Publico" (for the public
good). The building, which is of
Georgia marble. is in the style of the
Italian renaissance. and was designed
, by McKim, Mead & White.
The collection which 1t houses has
been assembled by Mr.. Butler in re-
cent years and comprises chiefly
works by cotemporary American ar
lists 1t is, however, well chosen and
of exceptional interest.
. The state of Ohio can boast more