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\ N exhibition at the City Club is
n large painting depicting the

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opening Of the Peace Confer
ence by President Wilson at the Paiais
dOrsay. It is by Jacquelin. the ON
ciai painter Of the French Ministry Of
War. Full size pictures OF King Ar
bert, Gen. Pershing and Clemenceau,
painted by Gamarra, and Marshal
Foch. by Svensson, are also on exhi-
bition.
A unique series of .watercolors Of
birds Of paradise IL on view on the
third floor Of the American Museum
of Natural History. The artist is Mrs.
Ellis Rowan, who is 90 well known
through her paintingsNof flowers Of
the West indies and her very complete
series, comprising 500 Illustrations. Of
the gorgeous native flowers OF Aus
tralia and the adjacent region.
The birds OF paradise were drawn
during an expedition made by Mrs.
Rowan TO western New Guinea and
some of the neighboring islands which
are inhabited by these very wonderful
birds. Mrs. Rowan possessed to a re-
markabie degree the faculty of making
friends with the natives, and through
them she was able to secure no less
than forty species, including many of
extreme rarity. Mrs. Rowan's skill
and mastery OF color, together with
the exceptional beauty of the subjects,
combine to make an exhibit Of unusual
interest.
On view at Ciarke's Art Rooms is
collection OF paintings Of American
wild flowers which occupied the artist
for twelve years. At world exhibitions
these pictures won twenty-nine med
ais. This Is the most complete collec-
ton Of American flowers In existence
and Is In every way unique.
The eighteenth annual exhibition of
the Lyme Art Association will be held
at Old Lyme August I6 to "a. inclusive.
About forty artists have been asked
to exhibit, among whom are such wen
known painters as Frank A. Bicknell,
George Bogart, Martin Borgord, Bruce
Crane. Frank v. DuMond. VIII Howe
Foote. Harry L. Hoffman. Lydia Long
acre. Lawton Parker. William H.
Howe. Henry r. Poore. William S.Rob-
inson, Edward +. Rock, Matilda Brown
Van Wyck, Bessie Potter Vonnoh,
Clark G. Voohees, Everett L. Warner,
Carleton Virgins and Guy c. Virgins.
Two important tapestries were
added to the loan exhibition of laces
and tapestries-which opened on June
16 and will continue until October 81
too late to be mentioned in the no
tice of the exhibition in the current
number of the Bulletin of the Metro
politan Museum OF Art Joseph Brock
takes occasion, therefore, to call at
tention to these tapestries, lent by
Lewis L. Clarke. and to offer some
additional notes on the other tapes
tries In the exhibition.
Mr.. Clarke's tapestries were woven
at the famous French mandatory Of
Beauvais, under the direction of PHI
lippe Behagle, who conducted the
works between 1884 and 1705. They
form part of a set Of The Metamor-
phoses and illustrate the fables Of
vertumnus and Pomona, and Pan and
Syrinx. The name of Behagle appears
on the selvage of the latter tapestry.
The designer Is thought to have been
Rene Antoine Houasse (1645-1710). a
French painter of repute, whose style
shows the influence of Poussin and LIE
Brun. The splendid, rich colors Of
these tapestries remind one Of the
earlier weaves Of the Gothic period. al
though in their drawing and compost
ton. which reveal the classical taste
of the time, nothing of the medieval
tradition remains. Comparison with
the Boucher tapestries In the exhibi-
ton will show the change which came
In the eighteenth century, when more
delicate color harmonies were pre-
ferred.
( To the same period of the late
seventeenth century belong three tap
.estries from a set of five owned by
Mortimer L. Schiff. This set, known
as the Grotesqnes Chinois, was one of
the most successful woven at Beau
vais. and certainly one of the most
beautiful The cartoons were fur
nished by the painter decorator. Jean
Berain, whose tavorite arabesque de-
signs, with their amusing combina-
tions of fantastic architecture and
human and animal forms. are notable
in the history of ornament. Here,
again. a sumptuous effect is secured
through the use of strong, pure colors.
Tho golden yellow background is I'M
usual but highly effective.
Flemish tapestry weaving in the
seventeenth century, a period vivi-
fed by the exuberant genius Of
Rubens. is illustrated by several ex-