Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-24
Notes of Art and Artists.

admirable but genuinely pleasurable in
! quality, and after all one of the
chief purposes of art is to thus en-
| rich life.
In the Corcoran Gallery's loan col
! lection now hang several notable
| portraits by contemporary painters
| One is a portrait of Frederick H. Gill
| lett, Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives, by Edmund c. Tarbell of
! Boston and Washington. principal of
the Corcoran School of Art. 1t is not
| too much to say that this is one of
! the most successful portraits Mr.. Tar
| bell has painted and ranks with the
, great portraits of modern times. 1t
! is a simple, straightforward piece of
| work, virile, full of character and
| convincing.
Here. too, are to be found two por-
traits by the late Anders Zorn, the
, great Scandinavian painter, whose
death occurred short time ago. One
| of these is Mrs. Hugh Wallace, the
other of David Jayne Hill.
! Zorn's death is a great loss to the
| world. He was magnificent painter
and etcher. enormously forcefui, eX-
ceedingly vigorous. Like Sargent, his
portraits are extremely personal,
powerful characterizations. brilliant
technical achievements. But even so,
he attained his grea test success pic
/ turing peasants of his own country in
| their native surroundings and dress.
He was almost greater as an etcher
than as painter. handling that me-
dunn with most delis ntful skill and
an apprec.a lion of is limitations His
stchInSs OF "a .-iially in sylvia
surroundinss n,re BOTH forceful and
exquisite.
A memorial exhibition of etchings
by IoTn is being held At present in
the galleries of Keppel & Co, New
York. II collection of his paintings
could be brought to this country it
would indeed constitute notable
event.
The first of the special exhi billions
to be held by the Corcoran Gallery
this Season will consist of paintings
by +. C. Messer and Richard ~
Brooke and will take the form of a
memorial to those well known Wash
ington artists. both of whom We're for
so many years connected with the
orcoran School as principal and vice
l.,ncip;!I.
are being made by Mr.. NJ. mi geroue
director of the Corcoran Gallery. as
sisted by Mrs. LeiScnrinS and Miss
Bfr,ila T.. Perrie.
The works shown are to he chiefly
loaned by local collectors
u * :: ::
Richard S. Meryman has painted
most excellent portrait OF Albert
Douglas. 1t is not large canvas.
showing only the head and shoulders
but is most excellent likeness and
very characteristic.
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Much interest is being manifested
in the memorial by James Earl Fraser
/ lately erected in Rock Creek ceme-
gravure section of The Star. This
consists of two figures, and represents
The Journey Through Life"
James Earl Fraser is the sculptor
of the statue of Alexander Hamilton
to be erected south of the Treasury
Department. and has lately been
awarded the commission for the Eric
son memorial, to be erected in the
triangle northwest of the Lincoln Me-
mortal. He is also the designer of the
five-cent piece, which is now current.
and of an exceedingly well known
of the Trail
Mr.. Fraser's father was one of the
| engineers of the Northern Pacific rail-
.. road, and he was brought up as a bow
! in Dakota with Indian boys and girls
| as his chief companions He was edu-
Gated in Minnesota, and studied art
| first at the Chicago Art Institute and
later in Europe. He assisted Saint
Gaudens on the Sherman statue. His
studio for some time has been in Mac
Dougal alley, New York, and he has
made special success of medals and
| m edalion portraits.
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| announcement has been made that
the winter exhibition of the National
! Academy of Design. which usually
i comes early in December, will be
omitted this year, owing to the fact
+ that the large gallery in the Fine Arts
building, which was destroyed by fire
last season. will not be repaired in
| time.
| For the same reason the Architec-
tural League Of New York has also
| determined to omit it's annual ex-
| hibition this season.
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| Miss Laura Buffam. who is a gradu-
ate of the Pratt Institute School of
Household Science and Arts, will con-
tinue this winter to give lectures on
interior decoration for housekeepers
IN Washington. Miss Buffam gave a
| course last season at the Y w. c. A.
| LEILA MECHLIN.