Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-12
Ills a picture Of tank taking a ma

Eings one sees how the American
Event through shot-up woods, drenchet
Thy gas BY the enemy, what sort o
places they found their rest IN, nov
J they made counter attacks anu 40, 10y
Il they conducted the Offensive MOS
interesting is picture OF our army
! crossing the Marine on pontoons pc
tween Chateau 2Thiery and Dormane
after the Germans were repuisee
July 14-1S.
.tnresentet these scenes. tor they are
! pictures not of static subjects. but OF
lmotion, and pictures when reQalIt
/ the artists knowledge and instinct 70
render intelligibly.
Capt. Harding was one or the o1nc,al
artists commissioned and sent to the
! front by our government. He is one
! of the foremost of our American II
Illustrators. He was born In Ph1Iadei-
| phia in 1882 and studied at tne fenn-
sylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
In 1913 he was sent by Harpers Maya
! zine as a special artist on trip
! around the world, making illustra-
tions for that publication. series Of
mural decorations by Capt. Harding is
in the Hotel Traymore, Atlantic City.
He is a member of the faculty of the
architectural department OF the Una-
versity of Pennsylvania.
All of these paintings of the A E. F.,
which have had official appreciation,
have been photographed and issued in
portfolio form. Such an exhibition as
l. this is of lasting value as historical
document and one which should be
greatly treasured. 1t is we'll enough to
forgive ones enemies. and to forget the
horrors of war. Our American peo-
pie as whole are both forgiving and
cheerful minded, but we should never
| forget the noble service rendered by
! the A E. F. in France in the cause of
| freedom and for the sake of human
| ity. And of this service and great and
noble sacrifice the collection of paint
| ings by Capt. Harding are a perma-
nent memorial.
This is one OF the exhibitions which
| is being circulated throughout the
| country by the American Federation
of Arts, under whose auspices it is
| here shown.
An exhibition of paintings by Wal
| ter, Elmer Schofield will open in the
| Corcoran Gallery of Art next Satur-
! day, December IS, Mr.. Schofield is
| one Of the most distinguished of Our
Edward w. Redfield,a he has special
lied on winter subjects and is what
| is known as a .'plein air. painter, a
realist who. also is an inpressionist
| His pictures are full of light and air
and give the. impression Of scenes
|
this sense they are essentially re-
| alistic, but Mr. Schofield does not
| follow the lead of the pre-Raphaelite
school. His realism is OF the sort
which deals broadly with facts and
his art is of the kind which delivers
its message at a single blow. In other
words, his pictures are literally impress
sions broadly and realistically rendered.
| MI. Schofield served in the British
army throughout the war, enlistina
| hnf hn Cd h
| great struggle. After the signing OF
the arnistice he returned to this
country, and last year an exhibition
OF his paintings was circulated among
the museums. So many OF the pic.
lures were purchased, however, that
the exhibition had to be- abandoned
before it's circuit was concluded.
The exhibition which Will open next
| Saturday will include approximately
twenty new. paintings never before
shown in this country and fifteen oil
! twenty older works Included in last
years show. 1t promises to be a mos,
! interesting event.
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| An association to be known as
! The Friends of American Art
similar to organizations Of the same
name in Chicago, Detroit and other
| cities, Is being organized in Balti-
more, first with the purpose Of in
| lie IuloTGSJ OIL eAnE
in art, secondly with the object of
| acquiring works of art by American
| artists, and thirdly with the object OF
] establishing an art museum.
| The first meeting for the purpose
| or organization was held last week
at the home of Miss Alice Worthing-
ton Ball, the well known artist, and
| an address was made by c. Powell
4 AfinRegerode director of the Corcoran
Gallery Of Art Of this city. who told
I 41&#g what ts being done in the in
1 terest of art in Washington and how
| similar work is being organized and
1 conducted in other cities where art
| sets and of the utmost practical value
to the people.
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The Maryland institute of Baltimore
stately appointed FitzRoy CARING
ton OF the Museum of Fine Arts Bos-
ton, honorary curator Of prints This
with the installation Of the George
| A. Lucas collection of prints, a COL
! lection which has been found Of I'M
| expected interest and value.
The George A. Lucas collection ap-
proximates $4,000 prints and is par
| ticularly rich in the work of French
| etchers and photographers of the sec
ond half of the nineteenth century, in
| which respect it is probably second
| only to the A. P. Avery collection
tDow in the New York Public Library.
| 1t comprises also Whistler etchings
Of fine quality and as whole is made
more interesting by a large number
Lucas
The School Art League Of New York