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

manuscript lectures. These exhibits
are not merely of paintings, but OF IN,
duStrial art, of planting schemes anu
home decoration. 1t proposes to hoid
competitions and in every way stlmu-
late development. One of the means
that Will be used to open the eyes OF
country children to the beauties OF
nature is competitions in amateur
photography.
In connection with the subject of
civic art, appropriate mention may be
made of vehement protest by Joseph
Pencil of the recent destruction OF
one of Philadelphia's greatest civic
assets in the way of beauty. the olo
water works in Paramount Park. These
water works were erected in the form
of classical buildings in lS@2 ana
given most attractive and picturesque
setting. Before one of the bullnlngS
was great pool; behind the buildings
was a wooded hill. The pool has been
filled, the hill and woods DESTROYED in
tcrder to elevate the new parkway
which is to lead up to the new art
museum in accordance with the plans
made some time ago by the trench
iarchitect employed by the municipal
'ity.
Mr.. Pennell claims that the loss is
far greater than the gain and that in
following the plan of the french
larchitect the Philadelphia authorities
are attempting TO make the old Quaker
city over into new Paris. Certainly
it is unfortunate, even if necessary,
that this amount of beauty should
have been sacrificed. There is not
enough beauty in any of our cities
for any of it to be wasted.
At the Peabody Art Gallery, Balti-
more, a unique exhibition is now in
progress under the auspices of the So
called International Institute. This
consists of what is termed home
lands exhibition" examples of handi-
craft and industrial art by foreign
born residents of Baltimore.
One section is devoted to a Czecho-
slovakia display and includes re-
markable exhibit of jewclry as well
as glassware, lace and embroidery.
Another is given up to Polish work,
third is Russian. fourth Scandlna-
Wan.
On the evenings this week there will
be special entertainment. Tuesday
will be Lithuania night: Wednesday,
Polish; Thursday. CzechosloVak: FIJI
day, Norwegian. Russian, etc. There
will be singing of native songs, dane
ing, etc. The programs are all inter-
esting.
Exhibition of this sort were held
last season in Chicago. Cleveland.
Buffalo and Albany. always, as in this
instance, in the interest of American
ization and the development of art,
and with great success The foreign
born bring with them rich gifts which
have been too little in the past ap-
preciated or conserved. Furthermore.
as Hamilton Mabie once said, art is
the open window in the Workshop,
and we cannot expect to make good
citizens of these strangers until we
are prepared to share with them not
only our ambitions. but our ideals
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Mrs e Fl. Hartman of New York
has presented to the National Gallery
of Art in this city portrait of John
Muir by Orlando Rouland. This por-
trait, which was painted from life,
was shown in the National Gallery
special exhibition of Mr.. Roulands
paintings.
During the past season. Mr.. Rouland
held exhibitions, by invitation. in the
Rochester Museum of Art. the Arnot
Gallery, Elmira, and the Public Mu-
scum at Syracuse. He is now exhibit
ing in Springfield. Ill.
The first of the important exhibit
lions this season will be the Philadel
phia Water Club and the Pennsyl-
vania Society of Miniature Painters
exhibition, which Will open Stimuli
in the Pennsylvania Acad-
envy of the Fine Arts on November Z,
until December y.
The New York Water Color Club will
hold it's annual exhibition in the Fine
Arts building, New York, approx
mately the same time, but no dates
have as yet been announced.
The Washington Water Color Club
is waiting to fix the dates of it's an
nual exhibition until the time of re-
opening the Corcoran Gallery is set
tied. LEILA MECHLIN,