The New York herald., 1921-02-06

(three). Cassatt (three). Pissaro (three)
Guillaumin (one), Monet (one). Tou-
louse-Lautree (three). Picasso (one).
Courbet (two0 and Arthur B. Davies
(nine).
Friends of former Gov. Alfred F..
Smith have commissioned Douglas Volk,
whose portraits of Gen. Pershing. Lloyd
George and the King Of the Belgians,
painted for the National Art Commit
tee, are now on exhibition at the Met
ropoltan Museum of Art, to paint the
portrait Of the Governor for the Execu-
tive Chamber at Albany. Gov. Smith
has begun his sittings.
Mr.. Volk is a member of the National
Academy of Design, has won many
medals and prizes for his paintings,
and is one of the foremost of America s
distinguished artists. Some of Nj.
Volks mural decorations are in the
Capitol at ST. Paul, MINI, and in the
Court House at Des Moines. Iowa. HIS
work has been acquired by several OF
the greatest museums of the country,
including the metropolitan in New York.
the National and Corcoran galleries In
Washington and the Memorial Museum
in Rochester.
Among those associated in the enter
prise are Mrs. Henry Moskowitz. -ir.
John G. Agar. Mr.. Herman A. Metz. Mr..
Charles II. Sabin, Mr.. George Foster
Peabody, Mrs. William II. Good, Mr..
Charles NJ. Winchester. Mr. Alfred j.
johnson. Mr. Charles B. Alexander,
Judge James McPhillips of Glens Falls.
Mr.. George Gordon Battle and many
other personal friends. among whom are
Mr.. John f. Gilchrist. Mr.. Cleveland Il.
Dodge and Mr.. V. Everit Macy.
Lewis Edward Herzog, painter and
yachtsman, introduces a new note in his
sketch. Gathering Clouds" which is
exhibited in the auction sale show at the
Salnlagundi Club. He has for several
years been coming into new contacts
with life through his work on marine
camouflage for the Government. From
his summer home on the coast of Maine
le made frequent excursions far out TO
ca, where he gained new and original
conceptions of light and color and OF at
rrospheric effects which are embodied in
recent canvases. After an absence OF
.everal years from the exhibitions he has
eturned to his easel at so West For
tieth street. the Beaux Arts Building.
I-is artist friends believe that Mr.. Her
zog has reached results which will JUS
t!fy him later in giving a one man exhi-
titon of his recent works.
Maxwell Armfield. English artist, is
entering the field OF stage costuming
with the special production OF The Win
ters Tale" at the Little Theatre. The
costumes are designed In harmony with
the spirit of the comedy and It's period.
the motifs for the shepherds festival
having been drawn from Central Euro
pean peasant art (somewhere near the
sea coast of Bohemia') and those for
TIE court robes from the Norman-Sicilian
,eriod.
The annual reception OF the Art Work
trs Club. 224 West Fifty eighth street.
which is each year rendered to the artist
members and associates and which is
teld mainly to exploit "The Models Re-
view" one of the most charming OF the
.cason's art events. was given with
more splendor In this years entertain
ment held this week than ever before.
A number OF new costumes. including
scrne fine Spanish specimens. have been
donated and added interest TO the occa-
sion. Girls of various nations. members
OF the club wore the costumes that rep
resented their countries, thus giving the
Jnmistakable note OF realism while pre-
sentng the picture with true artistic i'm
port.
All OF the gowns were authentic.
France with it's Vatican gowns. Eng
land its Elizabethan period. Holland its
pea SAINT costumes. Switzerland Sweden
and America were also represented. the
latter by girls who wore elaborate up
to date evening dresses, all the property
OF the club. The rooms were artistically
draped with tapestries and greens TO
form background for the models, who
slowly filed In. took a momentary pose
and passed out 20 the applause OF the
artist visitors. The committee were
Lydian Field Emmett. Constance Curtis.
Ella Walk, Georglana Rowland. Maria
Stran. Rosina Boardman. Eulnbee Dix
Becker and Mrs Alien Tucker
Last night committee OF Junior
League members gave a supper dance
and entertainment at The Voisin for the
Art Workers Club. All OF the tickets
were sold and a substantial amount
was raised Pretty models took promi-
nent parts. Miss sigma Patterson. a
dancer, did several Swedish folk dances.
Margie Du Rois sang and two children
members danced doll dances. Mr.. L. r.
Mckenzie OF the University Glee Club
sang songs from Godoy's Lddy's Book
and models dressed in the quaint cos
tunes OF which he sang added charm 20
the picture. The Dixon sisters also gave
their scrvices.