Evening star., 1919-03-09

Of scale and exceptional skill in the
use Of masses in black and white
W. e Scott showed a water color,
The shepherd and His Flock" broad
ly painted and with good scenic quail
ity. John E. Washington exhibited an
oil painting entitled Eyentide."
which had good tonai quality. Will
liam d. Nixon contributed paintings
entitled Evening" Under the Old
Oak and '-Fhe Glimpse of a Brook"
all Of which gave indication of good
taste and artistic feeling.
Among the sculpture was a plaque
of Samuel Coolidge Taylor by Meta
Werwick Fuller, very finely modelled.
and bust and a statuette by May
Howard jackson (who. by the way. tS
represented by a portrait Of little
child in the Corcoran GalleFy's pres
ent loan collection). which gave frank
testimony to her talent
Some OF the work, OF course. was
less known than these named, but
this exhibition il to be regarded
merely as a beginning. and as such it
gave encouragement and promise.
The society takes its name from 81.
o. Tanner. who has won. through nu-
merous religious paintings. an inter-
national reputation The Dunbar
High School is fortunate in the pos,
session Of an exceptionally fine land
scape, wonderful painting of sunset
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the artist to the school at the time
of its dedication.
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There is much talk of the erection
of a victory arch in Washington in
commemoration Of the heroes Of the
great war. not only as a local monu-
ment, but as . natiol memorial If
such proposition is carried into ef-
feet the utmost care should be taken
not only In the matter of the de-
sign. but also with regard to the
sign and proportion properly placed
would be great ornament to the city
and a memorial worthy OF the cause.
but badly placed or badly designed it
would be q dishguremeut. and. In
way. . sacrilege.
recent blunder. There q temporary
arch. designed by architects OF high
standing. was erected on bth avenue
and Madison Square, just whore the
avenue opens out into the square. az
fording q vista Of the sharp-nosed
placed in the open. this great arch
was wedged In between the buildings
as a gateway might have been placed
at the end OF q long alley. II ID out
of proportion to its surroundings; It
breaks the vista: II spofls. in fact
one of the nnast sighta In New York:
1t is distinctly . misfortune in itself
and very BADLY placed. Many voices
have been raised In protest. and every
effort will be made to prevent such An
placed in this position.
To erect victory arch on Penn
sylvania avenue between the Capitol
and the Treasury would be almost as
great q blunder. for this is one OF
other hand. experts are agreed that
such an arch at the head of 18th
street would dignity the city. termi-
mating q vista which, at present ter
inmates itself. and lending by it's sill
beauty to this already fine street. A
victory arch so placed would have
somewhat the same setting and same
relation to our city that the Arc de
Triomphe in Paris has to the French
capital.
II is reported that Sir william Orpen
is to paint q portrait Of President
Wilson; that the President has con-
sented to give the distinguished Brit
ish artist sittings as soon as he re-
turns to Paris. There probably Is no
more capable portrait painter than
orpen. He has been chosen by the
British to paint the peace conference.
It was he. it will be remembered. who
was most largely represented In the
exhibition OF war pAintingR recently
held in this city at the Corcoran CAL
lery Of Art under the auspices Of the
British ministry. Of information. II
will be interesting to see how Sir
William Orpen's portrait Of President
Wilson will compare with the portrait
OF the President painted by Sargent
at the White House about year ago
for the Dublin National Gallery.
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Tho Metropolitan Museum Of New
York viii open on March is . unique
exhibition In co-opsration with the
MeH Fork 8otanlcal 0nnleaA Nhlnh
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