Evening star., 1920-05-30

w eoneSQay, and Will continue through
the present week
The exhibition is smaller this year
than usual. but of an exceptionally
high standard. The drawings from
life and the antique entered in COM
petition for the gold medal award
occupy the semicfrcular wall Of the
special exhibition gallery. while the
in oil in the portrait and
still life classes are shown on the
fiat wall. In the little anteroom the
work Of members of the water color
class is shown. This is all good work
work of exceptional merit. not
feeble and hating, as one expects
from students. but virile and assured
Not only Is good craftsmanship dis
played. but excellent sense of values.
1t is intelligent work as well as work
showing inherent talent.
There has been within the last Few
years a distinct revolt against the So
called academic methods. and there
have been many artists as well as art
and follow w'short cuts in art. The re,
suit has been lamentable-chaos ana
A well known sculptor once said:
1T is not necessary to try to be orlgi-
nal: every one is SO distinctly lndl-
SIQudt Indt aIi tHdt Is ucCcbSdIy 10
try to be ones self" Forced original
.ty is always artificial and unpleas-
ant. To make ones self understand IL
is necessary to have command OF IAN
guage. Until one has this, command
Of language, the utterance must De
1t is only the trained crafts
man who is able to give free express
sion to his mental vision-his ideals.
The work on view now by pupils OF
the Corcoran school evidences the
fact that each has been permitteo
full liberty, that none has been
pressed into a mold. but that all nave
been instructed In those things when
are vital and fundamental. and those
which underlie the proouc-
ton Of all good art.
The usual ceremonies marking the
opening Of the exhibition and the
close Of the school year have Deen
suspended this season and and may onet mSt
and charming occasion
the. galleries thronged by an expect
ant audience, the ceremonial g1vlns
Of awards, the music and general ar
fsstvtg NE Wen resent school es has
sustained repeated losses, Mr.. Moser,
Mr.. Messer and most lately MT:
Brooks answering the summons OF
death. Such an occasion TINS year
could not have failed to take on q
character and be tinged III IN
with sadness II was
for that reason that it was omitted.
The awards were made public Tues
day and the medals distributed pr1-
vately to the various recipients there
after. They are as follows:
Edwin Dorsey Doniphan, first honor.
able mention to j. o. Mauborgne ana
second honorable mention to Mary
Melicent Watts.
For the portrait class-Silver medal
to 10 Miller and honorable mention
to Douglas r. Hansen.
For the antique class-Bronze medal
to Mrs. Ida Miner and honorable
to n. Ruth Mccoy.
Still-life class First honorable
to Bertha Ballou and second
honorable mention to Annie Walter.
Water color class-Prize Of SIS do
mated by Rudolph Kaufman for the
best water color. awarded to Eleanor
Parke Custis; first honorable men
tion to Rosa Wagner and second hon
orable mention to Mrs. Hope Durfee
Wagner.
Sketch class-First honorable men
tion to Mrs Susan B. Chase and Sec
ond honorable mention to Eleanor
Parke Custis.
The American Academy in Rome.
which practically suspended activities
during the war. is again a center OF
effort along art lines of
an extremely interesting and varied
character. The academy buildings on
make an imposing group and occupy
one of the finest positions In the
Eternal city. Here the students who
have won. through competitions, fell
lowships in architecture, painting and
sculpture. as well as those in archie
ology are busily working in special
studios.
One sculptor has just finished a fig-
ure of bull, another is about to
start on a design for a fountain. One
OF the painters is doing a great cell
ing. an architect is working on a plan
Of restoration Of one of the groups of
ancient buildings. The collaborative
out during the past year are now
and on exhibition. 1t Is
that the King of Italy will
be among the distinguished visitors.
Occasional excursions are taken un-
der the direction Of resident profess
cinity Of Rome, to the studios of Ital-
ian artists, to Pompeii and other
places.
There is recreation also. Herman
the sculptor. now resident
professor, recently invited all of the
students to dine with him at the Con-
cordia, g. restaurant which is very
dear to artists. Albert Besnard, the
French painter. now in
charge Of the Villa Medici, the French
Prix de Rome. gave soiree at the
villa not long ago and the guests
were entertained by celebrated cell
list.
Among the students now in resi-
dence is the son of the late Kenyon
Cox. His mother, who is a distinguish
ed painter, and his sister. likewise an
artist, are spending several months in
Rome in order to be near him.
Though privately endowed, the
precisely the same relation to the
United States that the Prix de Rome.
supported by the French government,
does to France.
The Italian government is assem-
bling an exhibition OF cotemporary
italian handicrafts to be sent to this
country and circulated among the art
museums here next season, under the
auanices of the American Federation
This work is under the charge of
Or. Colasanti, director of the depart
ment of fine arts, Italy, who has ap..
pointed an executive committee OF
six-himself. as chairman; Avvocato
selvaEai, two other italians. Gorham
Philiips Stevens, director of the
American Academy in Rome, and
Harold Donaldson Eberlein, repre-
eenting the American Federation OF
Arts. Mr.. Stevens and Mr.. Eberlein
are to act as a ANAL jury OF selec-
tion.
Finding that the demand for CO.
handicrafts was SO great
at present that to lend articles for
any extended length of time would
hnnose hardship upon the makers,