Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-01

| sIhe exhl bBtlOn OF work executed uA
Sstudents of the Corcoran School OF
4 Art. which opened yesterday. in the
| Corcoran Gallery of Art and Will be
on view until the end of this week. is
an exceptionally creditable and inter-
esting showing. Despite the fact that
various circumstances combined to
handicap the school this year. such as
the entrance of many of the students
! into war work. the influenza epidemic
he change of directors and conse-
quently change of policies. the results
achieved are more than encouraging.
| Those who CHANGED to see the annual
| exhibition of pupils work of the Art
! Students League of New York in New
YORK last week cannot but feel graft
| fed by the fact that the local school
! exhibit compares not only favorably.
but greatly to the advantage Of the
| latter.
. The work now on view here main
tains a reasonably high average. and
in some instances is notably good.
What is more, it gives evidence OF a
seeking on the part OF the students
; Tor beauty and an effort to find ade-
I Iua1e artistic expression. These are
I ,he two elements which are essentia!
: 20 art which shall endure. As Mrs.
Herbert Adams once pointed out in
n address at an annual convention
lid in this city by the American
; Federation of Arts. there is no short
! tut to art No matter how talented
the artist, to make that talent effectua1
= he or she must be trained in the rudi-
! nlents and must master his or her
materials.
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year that are worthy Of notice. First,
! the gold. silver and bronze medals
! have been given for work done by
students without criticism. work
which therefore evidences the know
: ledge and ability Of the individuals.
! For the execution of this work one
week was set aside. and to the in
| structors the result is very satisfac-
| tory.
On the other hand. the honorable
| mentions were given for class work
that is. for work done under in
Owing to conditions incident to the
war large part of the work ex-
hibited is by students of the night
classes. men and women who were
eager enough for instruction to at
tend these classes after working all
day. That under such circumstances
so high a standard was maintained is
quite remarkable.
The semicircular gallery this year
is given over exclusively to work in
color. and here are to be seen not
merely still life paintings. but paint
ings of the nude from life and por
trait studies Among the last two are
number which far surpass the aver
age student production. The still life
work is better this year than former
ly, more spirited, freer in execution
and yet eminently sound from the
Aar in e4o nd n
new special prize was given this
year in the water-color class, $25 do
mated by Charles c. Glover. president
of the board of directors of the Cor
coran Gallery of Art. The recipient
of this price was Shotaro Inaba. a
rendition of apple blossoms received
high comm endation from the commit
tee of awards.
Included in the drawings from the
antique are several by Miss Guerra
which show remarkable mastery OF
technique.
The life drawings as whole are
excellent, the figures being well con-
structed and vital. Extremely credi-
table are number OF such drawings
by Miss Mry Gusts Lee. a grand
daughter of Gen. Robert e. Lee. who
entered the Corcoran School only last
February.
The prize awards as announced last
evening at the time of the opening of
the exhibition and when the actual
medals and diplomas were distributed.
are as follows: For the best work
done without criticism in the life
class. gold medal to, Helen Crammer
Johnson: in the portrait class. silver
medal to Bertha Ballou: in the an
tiQue class, bronze medal to M. Nell
cent Watts. The awards for the, best
work done under instruction in the
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c. Fenton and Hope Durfee Wagner:
portrait class, honorable mention to
Halle G.. Fenton; antique class. hon
orable mention to Florence Miller;
draPed life class. honorable mention
to Florence Miller: still life. class.
honorable mention to Walter o.
Korder: water color class. the SIS
prize, to Shotaro Inaba, and honorable
mention to Eleanor Parke Custis;
water color sketch class. honorable
mention to Margaret Heiss. and COM
position class. honorable mention to
Charles A. Dunn.
The future of art in America is to
great extent dependent upon the
development of talent among the
present generation, the young men
and women. and the older nations of
the world are today looking to us as
torch of art, the fame Of which in the
years before the war seemed to have
burned low.
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In connection with the great exhibit
| set forth during the past fortnight by
| the Department of the Inerior. dis
| playing in an extremely educational
and graphic manner the work which
| that department IL carrying on
| throughout the United States. there
| was a display of art as represented
by painting and sculpture which was
| genuinely noteworthy.
This exhibit consisted Of a series Of
poster-like paintings illustrating the