Evening star., 1920-02-15

to which one of the w. A. Clark
prizes was awarded, 1t will be re-
membered; William Ritscheis hand-
some marine. when Shadows Lin
ger" and Everett Warmers aeroplane
picture, "Above the Clouds"
| Daniel CARRIER shows remarkable
painting entitled quarry: Byram,
picture embodying much detail, en-
breadth of effect. an amazing plece
of poetic realism brilliantly inter-
preted, a work both colorful and tone
! full, rich and at the same time re-
strained.
Charles Hopkinson, who was one Of
the painters commissioned to paint
three portraits of notable forelgneIS
taking prominent part in the Worio
war for our national collection, is rep
resented by two portraits OF young
! girls, one of which is peculiarly
Charming and skillful: a portrait of a
girl of fifteen or sixteen In wnlte
satin smock seated in front of a table,
| on which is white old-fashioned
bowl of fruit. =.
Brenda Putnam is represented in
this exhibition by a most attractive
figure of a young girl holding pig
| con aloft on the back of her right
| hand.
adventure in sculpture. nttle g.oup
of a mother and child in the round;
Edward Berge of Baltimore. also wen
known in this city, exhibits fountain
figure. a little boy and frogs. AND
there is an interesting portrait OF Heh'
Goethals by Sigurd Neandross.
| Among the exhibitors OF sculpture
are many whose names are not only
unfamiliar, but whose nationality Is
| not that of our own land, such. ior
! example, as Aurelius RenZettl, Vln-
cenzo Miserendino. George Demetrois
and Giulio Novani, to mention put
few eyidencing both arts open door
| and it's influence as factor in Amerl-
)canization.
large mural panels by violet Oakiey
for the senate chamber OF .ne cati.y, h;ch
of Pennsylvania at Harrisburg. wMch
are but lately completed. These rep
rasent resDectively, washington
( Marching Through Philadelphia 20.
! ng Down to the Brandywlne anu
Gen. Meade and Pennsyisania. 1rIops TTees
.lreat panels representing the ngures
nracticaIly at life size. complete Ihe
cvcle of nine paintings entitled me
creation and Preservation OIL tn
Union" which Miss Oakley has palh.eu
for the Senate chamber. They are
sbown on the grand staircase at the
academy, and are impressive, Dut WIN
doubtless be much more 50 when
placed in the positions for which they
were designed. .. =,
This eXn1Dltlon coh'ieS
March %.
An exhibition of paintings and draw
inss by Capt. George Harding repre-
.ent,np the life Of the A. f. F. at the
Front in France Is being heid at ile
Philadelphia Arts Club, which Is aiso
but a step from the Pennsylvania rail-
road station. ,t
men sent abroad by the government to
make a pictorial record OF the war. Inc
, sketches that these eight men mace
while at the front are here now In the
Te has spent the entire time since
his return in working up these nm
;shed naintings and drawings from
his sketchbook notes. and IS, 80 1ar
"a known. the only one OF the artlsts
who has developed the mate ma.eriai SC
II was his purpose In this series
now on exhibition to illustrate the
life of the American soldier VINO TOOK
active part in the great war, ana 10 uo
this there was none more capaoIe. Hs
nictures are essentially illustrat1ve'
thev tell a story, and they do 1t well.
He has not perpetuated horrors, but ne
h.e shown the difficulties which the
American soldier faced, and he has set
forth for all time the spirit IN Wnlcn
| the great UNDERTAKING. was S<AA AON
| Some of the pictures are IN Golol,
others are in black and white. Inere
are about fifty in all, and these nave
| been reproduced. by Photography DOM
! small and large size.
! The exhibition. which Is attracting
nuch attention not only among those
interested in art, but also among the
| American Legion. is to be circulated
during the coming year by the -Ameri-
! can Federation Of Fine Arts.
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! An extremely interesting meeting
was held last Monday afternoon at the
1 Pennsylvania Academy Of the Fine
1 Arts to consider the question OF pill
| boards and their possible abolitlon.
The meeting was attended by repre-
!sentatives Of all the art and civic So
cieties in Philadelphia, and the princi-
/! bal speakers were Joseph Penneii,
the well known artist; Andrew Wnghs
| American Civic Association. and the
| assistant a city solicitor of Philadelphia,
| besides Albert Kelsey. Wilson Eyre,
1 G. c. Zantzinger and other prominent
| Philadelphia architects.
4 AS a result great mass meeting Is
/ to be held some weeks hence In the
! Academy Of Music, Philadelphia, at
{; which resolutions will be presented
i petitioning the legislature to regulate
! the use Of billboards to such an e1-
\ tent that they will not intrude upon
| the public's right to the enjoyment OF
beauty both in the city and along the
| great national highways.
The state of Minnesota has already
4 adopted such a course, and other
states, it is thought. will follow.
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i Lucien Powell is spending the win
ter at st. Petersburg. Fla. Mr.. Powell
has been away from Washington for
more than a year, first resting for
several months at his country home in
Virginia and then gradually making
his way south with the object of
recreation and the desire to avoid the
severity Of winter. He writes that
he has met with a most cordial recep-
ton in Florida, from Jacksonville
down to the west coast. He has given
a number of talks on art in the
schools and clubs and finds the people
| Of Florida most wide awake and in
terested in all art matters.
An interesting feature of the Wood
bury exhibition. now in progress at
the Corcoran Gallery of Art, is the
collection of etchings and drawings
by Mr. Woodbury. shown in the ante
room, through which one gains ad-
/ mission to the semi-circular gallery in
/ which the paintings are hung. There
10 one large frame containing twenty.
!! i've sketches. figures. boats. land