The Washington herald., 1921-11-06
ny GERTRUDE RICHARDSON
BRIGHAM.

BHIGHAM.
Miss Elisabeth Nourse, an emil
nent American artist well known In
Washington and now residing In
Paris, was recently decorated with
the Laetare medal by Mgr. cerettL
Papal Nuncio in Paris. This medal
is AWARDED each year BY vote OF
the administrative body OF -Notre
Dame University, Eotre Dame. IND.
TO some American Catholic distin-
guIshed for service TO humanity and
constructive work for the ADVANCE
ment Of civilization. Miss Nourse is
the dean OF American women paint
ers IN France. She has exhibited
regularly in the salons for many
years and has received high re-
wards Her paintings are in the
Luxembourg Museum. the National
Gallery In Washington, the Chicago
Art Institute, Cincihnatti, and other
American galleries and the National
Museum Of Adelaide, Australia
Miss Nsurss's The Fisher Girl OF
Picardy," was q gift to our National
Gallery by the late Mrs J. Walter
Pilling. whose sister. Miss Anna
Seaton- schmidt, art writer and lee
turer, spent many years with Miss
Nourse an France. other works OF
Miss Nourse are owned in private
collections of Washington. The
I.deIaFe medal is the third distinc-
tion which she has received since
the beginning OF the war. She was
awarded a gold medal for her ex-
hibit at San Francisco in 1915 and
received in 1919 a silver plaque from
the Societe des BeauI-Arts in rec
ognition Of her work for artist VIC
Tins of the war.
Miss Sarah Munroe, a favorite
Washington artist, recently motor
ed from Provincetown to Boston, on
| her return trip. after a summer
spent in painting there. She
brought back with her interesting
new canvases. conspicuous for light
airy effects and freedom Of compost
tion. Miss Munroes style is de-
cidedly modern, though she does not
consider herself a professed fol-
lower Of the new French school.
II have worked for light. color
and atmosphere" said Miss Nun
roe. at her residence. 1908 n street
northwest where she has also her
studio. Brilliant summery effects
are evident in all her recent work
Under the PerEola." Tomorrow
Hat" and Models Resting" inter.
esting studies Of girlish figures. the
4 last with something of the primi.
tive quality about IL. One or two
Portuguese subjects are the only
sombre works.
Summers Day" which had the
place OF honor in the recent Prov.
incetown exhibition, is now showr
at the Boston City Club. Rather 9
novel and attractive idea 10 intro.
duce into Washington, that the va.
rious clubs, OF which we have here
| 10 many. should cooperate with tn,
artists by featuring every season Z
the season.
York and Paris, and with noted
American artists. Hawthorne. Rich.
ard Miller and Childe Hassam
paints in a very individual style, in
oil. water color and tempera. She
has glass-enclosed studio al
Provincetown which is the envy oi
the other artists. Her work re.
ceived honorable mention in the
last exhibition OF Washington
artists. and her watercolors. when
shown in Baltimore, were much
praised. Miss Munroe Is interested
also in architecture. and has res
cued several fine old houses by re-
storing them from decay. being al
present so occupied with the one
next door, 1905 N street.
Mrs. Adelaide johnson. sculptor
OF the Woman's Party group IN tht
Capitol. is in Washington for the
limitation OF armament conference
and is stopping at the Woman's
Party hea eadquarters. 25 First street
| northeast. Her remarkable compo
sitiou, the woman's Party monu'
ment in the Capitol. with busts oi
Lucretia Mott, Susan r Anthony
and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. arous-
ed violent controversy when un-
veiled last spring. II has now beer
moved to an imposing position IL
the center OF the crypt. the place
originally intended for Georg'
| washington's tomb. Mrs. johnson
said TO The Herald representative
On my return here, found ths'
natural adhesion. II was a test o.
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