Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-05

| nude children. In the rendering of
these he recalls to some extent Zorn,
though his work is less sophisticated
| and more subtle.
One of the most charming of the
etchings now on view at the Cor
coran Gallery of Art is of young
| woman and little boy. the woman
half kneeling, half reclining on the
little child stretched by her side;
composition which builds up in
pyramidal form and which is devel
oped entirely in line; an exceptional
piece of work and most skillful mani
| festation of art.
Some of these etchings are out of
print; many, however, are still OBJ
| tainable and none is high priced. 1t
| is delightful exhibition.
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A collection of miniatures by
Franklin Barber Clark is now on ex-
| hibition at the Corcoran Gallery of
| Art.
Mr.. Clark was born in Brampton,
Canada, and first studied under w. w.
Corcoran School of Art. From Wash
| ington he went to Paris, where he
studied under Bouguereau and Doucet
| and exhibited at the salon.
| one portraits of distinguished per-
sons. The place Of honor is given to
! portrait of Mrs. Warren G. Harding.
next to which are placed likenesses
| of King George and Queen Mary.
There are two of the Crown Princess
one with her daughter. There is one
| of Princess Tikka, daughter-in-law
| of the maharajah of Kapurthala,
who before her marriage was Princess
Binda of Jubbul, daughter of Rajah
| Kanwur Gambhir.s And there is one
1 Of al mt
| Clark's work has had vogue, but.
| as compared to the best work of our
| American miniature painters. it by
no means holds its own. The por-
| traits are essentially cold and pho
| Geographic, details while finely rem
dered, are overemphasized to the det-
riment of unity of effect. and there
! is little individuality displayed in the
| handling. 1t is miniatures of this
sort which have done much to bring
! the art into disrepute, whereas at its
| best there is nothing finer.
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At the Washington Arts Club, 2017
I street, there will be placed on ex-
Inhibition next Wednesday afternoon
interesting collection of drawings in
tempera and black and white by Capt.
George Harding, U. S. R.. of the A. f.
F. in action.
Capt. Harding. who is one of the
foremost of our American illustrators,
was official artist of the A. E. F. in
France and has since his retirement
from active service completed this in
| teresting series of drawings of the
activities Of the Army at the Marine,
i collection comprises thirty-four pic
lures and eighteen sketches. Better
than any other war drawings, they
give the beholder a sense of the i'm
mensity of the task which our Army
in France undertook and carried to
successful completion. These are quite
different from other war paintings.
! inasmuch as they present war in an
| extremely realistic and sincere man.
ner, not as thing Of romance or as
a thing of horror, but as a tremendous
labor frought not merely with danger.
but with unimaginabIe difficulties as
fiction rarely presents it. and as
photographs could never show it.
| The work has the entire indorse-
ment Of Maj. Gen. McAndrew, chief of
staff of the A. E. F., and has also met
with the enthusiastic approval Of the
artists.
This is an exhibition which every
one should see, and which those who
served in the A. E. F. in France will
particularly appreciate. 1t will be
open from 10 o'clock in the morning
until 4:30 or each afternoon.
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A housefurnishing exhibition cir
culated by the American Federation
of Arts was placed on view at the
Public Library last week, under the
auspices Of the Washington Society of
the Fine Arts. This exhibition con-
sists of a number of mounts showing
model interiors with color schemes.
and is particularly appreciated at this
time when interest is focused to an
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ration and in connection with series
| of lectures which Frank Alvah Par
sons of New York is giving at the
Central High School on art in Every
day Life"
The second of the series of lectures
by Mr.. Parsons, the subject of which
will be The Relation Of Art to Home
Environment and to Education" will
be given in the auditorium of the
Central High School, under the
auspices of the Washington Society of
the Fine Arts, on Wednesday evening,
December 8. ct Sis o'clock. This
lticon slides.
The Society Of Washington Artists
ANNOUNCES its thirteenth annual exhi-
bition to be held in the special ex-
hibition room Of the Corcoran Gallery
of Art January Is to January 28.
Vanishing day will be January "A.
Exhibits will be received January 6,
z and 8.
Two prizes will be given, a first
prize, which takes the form Of silver
medal. and a second prize, g. bronze
medal. for the best two paintings
without regard to subject submitted
by different artists.
Entry blanks and further informa-
ton can be obtained from the secre-
tary, A n. o. Role, 1874 Quincy place
northeast. LEILA MEC1LIN.