Evening star., 1920-12-26

trE OWF1N SQUlEh, CHIEF SlGNAL
ARMY. BY MOSES WAINER-DYKAAR.
JSEUM.
ltecture-doorways, buildings and lovely
| landscapes etched in the Scotch high
| lands. There are many etchers who al
! most succeed, but there are few like
Cameron who almost never fails-his
judgment and his skill seeming to be
| unerring.
Anders Zorn, the great Swedish
| artist, is equally as great as Cameron.
but his work is distinctly different. Por-
| traits and figures are his chief themes.
| utterance blunt. yet none has ever In
| this same medium wrought, more ex-
quisitely. nude female figures.
Zorn was equally successful as por-
| raiturist of men and of women. In
this collection is a most excellent por-
| trait of ex-President Taft. Here also is
modern Madonna, full Of tenderness
and beauty, a Swedish peasant woman
of rather rough type, but radiant with
| the tenderness of motherhood.
An extremely elaborate subject IL Of a
ball in which figures of the dancers are
seen in rhythmic motion.
Zorn was essentially modern and his
greatness lay in his rendition Of that
which is most familiar. But he was
a most brilliant artist and great techni-
| clan.
Passing from picture to picture in this
varied showing one becomes more and
more conscious Of the truth OF Saint
| Gaudens' saying, THAT it is not what
one does. but the way one does it that
counts in art"
John Taylor Arms, formerly Of this
| city, is now vice president of the
Brooklyn Society of Etchers and is
| represented in the society's annual
| exhibition now on view at the Brook
lyn Museum by a group of thirteen
etchings and aquatints. Mr.. Arms
has made unusual success in his aqua
tints in color.
After leaving Washington he
studied architecture and began its
practice. By chance he took up etch-
ing and after the first experiment
found 1t so satisfactory a medium and
SO absorbing in its interest that he
| Ialo aside everything for it. His work
| is sincere. virile and at the same time
| extremely subtle and significant.
NJ. Leonce Benedite. director Of the
Luxembourg and Rodin Museums Of
Paris. is visiting this country with
| the purpose of acquainting himself
better with American art and deliy-
ering series of lectures on the art
of France.
Unfortunately on the way over NJ.
Benedite was stricken with an acute
attack OF rheumatism, SO that his
first few weeks were spent in a hos
pital in New York. But he has now
| recovered sufficiently to continue his
travels. 1t is very gratifying that
SUCH distinguished authorities as he
feel 1t worth while to make such
pllgrimages to our shores.
| Tho American Academy in Rome,
which Is chartered by Congress and
has an Office in this city, reports more
students than ever this season, thirty
SIX in all being registered. sixteen
In the school of fine arts and twenty
IN the School of classical studies.
All OF the buildings are now oc-
cupied by persons connected with the
academy. These include not only the
handsome academy building, but the
VIVA Aurelia and lesser villas ada
cent our academy in Rome is perch
ed on hill overlooking the Eternal
CITY and across from the Villa Medici.
Ine nome of the French Academy.
The grounds of the Villa Aurelia over.
look the Vatican gardens.
me fellows in painting. sculpture,
architecture, landscape architecture
are Kept busy on the problems and
are making excursions to the great
monuments OF classical art.
Among the affiliated men in the
clan who holds the Rolfe musical
, fellowship.
The director Of the academy writss
that there is not a lazy bone among
them"
Through the bequest OF the lat.
William H. Herman the academy
mas recently received a gift of nearly
5000 books, a splendid addition to its
already well equipped library Mr..
HERMAN was one of the fncorpo-
rators of the academy. having lived
for years in Rome.
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A tablet was recently placed in the
memory of William T. Evans, who
gave to that museum as well as to the
National Gallery of Art a valuable
collection Of paintings by American
In speech at the unveilinE cere-
monies George Cox very truly said.
William 7. Evans was one of the
pioneers in securing recognition for
the work of American artists, espe-
cially American landscape painters.
At a time when few. kneW or cared
anything about American ART, when
buyers sought only specimens Of
French and Dutch schools. he and
Thomas b. Clarke gave the first im-
petus to an interest in them, ana .
later George A. Hearn, Alexander /,
Humphreys and others supported tho
movement. He gave pictures
generously to many institutions. and
a. INC cuu1C tiuiC bC6oh " AOkIa = COl-
lection to be given to the National
Gallery at Washington. That 10 his
monument. but we in Montclair are =
grateful for the admirable collectioa
he presented to our town: the initial
impulse to the creation Of the
Montcrair Art Association"
The Evans collection in the National
Gallery is. indeed, a worthy monu. :
ment. 1t contains Winslow Homer's
masterpiece, "Coast of Maine.s John
La Farge's great painting. Tho Visit
of Nicodemus to Christ" several most
DISTINGUISHED paintings by Inness.
rare examples by Wyant, admirable
paintings by vedder. walker. Ranger.
Murphy and many others. . collection
which has gone far toward sttmu-
lating interest in and appreciation Tor
American painting.