Evening star., 1920-02-08
Notes of Art and Artists

t and Artists |
other artists or with the life of art
| centers.
His paintings have been shown in
| the Pennsylvania Academy and in
others of the art museums. He is
| represented in the print collection
Yale Art Museum. the Art Institute
| of Chicago. the Art Museum of Sante
F'e. the Art Museum of Los Angeles
| and at the National Museum and at
the Lund Museum. Stockholm. Swe-
| den and other public collections.
! He may be said to be a modernist.
but his method is frankly his own. He
boldly eliminates detail from his work
and builds up his compositions in a
7 manner which is essentially sculptur-
| esque, but he is an untiring searcher
for beauty and his color at times is
not only splendid, but really fine. 1t
| is his continual endeavor to interpret
| the majesty of nature and to pass on
to others that reverence which he
himself feels for natures works.
| Lindsborg. where Bethany College is
located and where Birger SandZen has
now SO long made his home. has at
tanned wide reputation because of its
| appreciation of music. The Lindsborg
musical festivals, given yearly, are
attended by thousands of persons from
all over the state of Kansas. 1t is
! said that as many as 5000 automo-
biles have been parked on a single
afternoon during the festival time in
the vicinity of the auditSrium. For
these festivals the leading singers of
the Metropolitan Opera Company are
/ secured. Almost every person in the
town plays upon some musical instru-
! ~ anA ooCnYdinP to roDOrt there
| is q greater esthetic development In
| Lindsbovg than in any other town of
| the same size in the country. This
development has almost entirely come
within the last few years and is to
considerable extent the result of
Prof. Sandzen's advocacy of the fine
arts.
The American Academy in Rome
! Announces competitions for the prizes
Of Rome in architecture. sculpture.
painting and landscape architecture.
entries FOR which will be received un-
til March /.
These fellowships are of the value
Of $1,000 a year for three years. The
holder during the time is in residence
at the Academy in Rome and given
, studio privileges. He is supposed to
| be an advanced student and not under
| instruckien. 4 portion of the period
ject being to give talented men who
are t. make a profession of art the
oppoftunity Of residence in Rome,
where they can make hFst-hand study
of classical art and come in contact
through travel with the other great
monuments Of art in Europe.
| On account Of the war, competitions
have not been held for several years,
but the work of the academy lis back
now upon a pre-War basis. and new
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ssse q q ths.. eompetitons sao1 out as
Two additional scholarships In the
| school of classical study Of the acad-
emy are also announced. These are
4 open to women as well as men, and
| are also of the value of $1,000 a year,
| one running for one year only, the
! other for two years.
| For further details application
! should be made to C. Grant La Farge,
I secretary Of the American Academy
in Rome. 1o1 Park avenue New fork
city.
Edmund r. Amateis. the son of the
late Louis Amateis Of this city. is at
tracing attention in New York
through sculptural work. In the VIM
ter exhibition of the National Acad,
emy OF Design was shown q smaii
bronze by him, entitled HIS Hpnkie,
Battery C, nth Field AFtiiiery. ohe
Of whomewas killed at Mentfaucon
| Young Amateis was obliged to leave
school when In the eighth grade, as
he was left an eFphan and homG1.es,s n1s ,o
obtain M an art elucatien: He con
sidered It his duty to enlist, and ms
eishteenth birthday was spent in the
trenches In France.
when the esmoufags sss sess,mentts .a1 a1snt
Msrs =. e.s ,s''nsSs 'transsferred @ from the ranks;
and when the armistice was signea
| the art committee In Fsrts gave MN
several months of study in the Julien
studio. He is now studying at 'he
Beaux Arts Institute, New YORK;
Ionis Amateis, his father. will be
remembered as the sculptor OF one
NJ the pair of bronze doors at the
Capitol, and of other excellent works;
| He was q member of the soclety oI
washington Artists, & ana l,sh,t;ans @ a
nan fuii OF seal for his work.
The bureau of navigation. Navy Pc
nartment, Is assembling an exnl bluon
of naintings by some OF the ieaeihS
American artists. not 2 rev Q. ,~sinn WniH,'
are being paintsd under commission,
,reoresenting the activities OF the
NAVY and Marine Corps during the
This exhibition will be displayed mere
In INFLAMMATION under the auspices OF
the Navy Department and later sent
on a circuit throughout the country.
An exhibition of paintings by Jonas
Lie opened in the Maryland Institute
Gallery, Baltimore. on February D.
and viii continus unit! the ssth:
IN the galleries of the Peabody In,
stitute. the institute and Charcoal
Club Of Baltimore are holding. ne
tween February 10 end March 8. an
exhibition OF works by contemporary
Amer;ean painters. This exhibition
Win inciude thirty diploma" paint
inGs loaned hy the NationS Arts
Club, through the American Fsders-
ton Of Arts.
These two exhibitions. In oonjunc-
ton with the Walters Gallery. which
is omen to visitors on two afternoons
in the week this month and next, con
stitute more than sufficient reason TO
make an art pilgrimage to Baltimore
worth while.
The Corcoran Gallery Of Art, which
reopened to the public last Friday
will continue to show the 1anship
bronzes throughout this month. This
exhibition hes been attracting . great
AAal OF attAntiou and many will be