Evening star., 1921-11-13

/, and an excellent designer, ans the
work he produced Is a. certainly 70
be regarded as art OF a high order a.
was the work of the craftsmen OF the
renaissance. He has working with
him as an assistant In his Boston
the war. who has developed a remark
able gift for this. branch Of crafts
manship.
The Corcoran Gallery of Art Is plac-
ing on exhibition. by the artists re-
quest, a group of recent Portraits OF
distinguished Americans by Philip
to the conference. This group will
! include portraits of the President and
Mrs. Harding, Senator Root. Secretary
Hughes, Gen. Pershing. William r. Cas-
tie. jr., and Lord Lee Of Fareham.
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Edith HIndela Whitehead of Norris
town. N. j., ami New York city. an as
Society OF London. is spending the
winter in Washington. Miss White
head Is a pupil of Mr.. Allyn VIII
| lianfs, and has exhibited in London as
well as here. Her miniature of the
Countess ,Tolstoi has received special
and In England.
A comprehensive exhibition Of etch-
ings. Autographs and books by Joseph
Pennell is being shown at the Art
Alliance in Philadelphia. This exhi-
bition covers period OF production
extending back to the latter eighties.
and gives fndfcari rion Of enormous out
put of universally high standard. Not
the least charming are the early PEN
and-ink drawings made for illustra-
tive purposes. and delightful. indeed,
is the series Of books written by Mrs.
PenneH and illustrated by Mr.. PEN
nell. recording their travels and ad-
ventures In foreign lands. begin
ming in the days when tricycles were
in fashion and continuing to the
present -.
Mr.. Pennell will give an illustrated
lecture on Whistler. under the auspices
Of the Friends Of Art, at Osler Han,
IN Baltimore, on the evening OF Mo-
Charles Warren Eaton, one of our
best known American landscape
painters spent last summer I'M Gla-
cier National Park, and has brought
back with him an interesting coIiec.
tlon OF pictures painted in the park,
evidenc1ng its natural beauty The
collection Is first to be shown in the
Macoeh Galleries. New York, De-
cember 13 to "a
Wayman Adams. whose portraits
are well known. has been for some
months In New Orleans and has
brought back with him a series Of
charmlng sketches interpreting New
orleans life quite as picturesque as
any scenes to be found abroad.
Royal Cortissoz. the art critic of the
New York Tribune and auuthor of
The Life of John La Farxe' and
other books on art. is to give an
Illustrated lecture on "The Making of
fortrafts" in the Central High School
auditorium. next Wednesday evening,
onder the auspices Of the Washington
society of the Fine Arts. This is the
nrst OF series on great painters, all
OF which will be given by Mr.. Cor
tissoz.
At the Washington Arts Club will
pc shown this week and next a COM
prehensive group Of paintings by the
late Bertha e. Perrfe. This group will
consist chiefly of the works she did
last summer at Gloucester, which
were not available on account Of
legal restrictions in the state Of
Ma ssachusetts for the memorial exhi-
bition held recently at the Corcoran
Gallery Of Art. Many of Miss Per-
rie's friends are of the opinion that
this latest work was her best.
The exhibition will be open to the
public daily between the hours Of 10
am. and pm. LEILA AlECHL1N.