Evening star., 1921-11-27
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ment. happiness. higher standards of
living throughout the United States.
In a lecture on Great Portrait
Painters" in the auditorium of the
Central High School. under the au-
spices of the Washington Society
of the fine arts, recently. Royal Cor
| tissoz. art critic of the New York
! Tribune. deplored the present ten
dency among portrait painters to dis
pense with all accessories In the
va way Of decoration and pictorial
| of the past. These. he claimed, not
only added to the interest of portraits
ment in which the sitter originally
lived. As examples he showed re-
productions of paintings by Holbein
and cotemporary painters of the
Dutch school. as well as. portraits
the time of Reynolds.
Mr.. Cortissoz also called attention
! to the fact that the earlier portrait
painters modelled the heads Of their
of construction and giving in a meas
ure sculptural effect. He also evil
denced by word and illustration the
value of line in portraiture, show
smasters. pregnant with personality
This discussion of what goes to
make portrait really worth while
artistically is of particular interest
today because of the increased popu-
larity Of this form of art. and is of
particular value on account of the ap-
preaching biennial exhibition of the
Corcoran Gallery of Art, in which
many modern portraits will be in
cluded.
Mr.. Cortissozs next lecture. which
will come on December IA, will be on
the subject Great Figure Painters
Washington is to have little art
center similar in many respects to
the large art center lately establish
ed in New York. A building on the
street. erected some years ago by
Judge Hits. has lately been remodeled
under the supervision and inspiration
Of Mrs. Hitz. with the purpose of ac-
commodating artists. craftsmen and
other representatives of the allied
arts.
Rooms on the second and third
floors have been made into studios and
fair-sized. well lighted exhibition
gallery provided. Here the Washing
ton. Society of Craftsmen will have
it's home. Miss Clara Saunders, Mrs.
Maj tin and other we'll known paint
ers and craftsmen have already Sc
cured studios. The first exhibit. that
of the Society of Craftsmen. Will be
opened in the exhibition gallery early
in December. according to present
plans.
During the past fortnight a collec-
ton of paintings by the late Bertha
E. Perrie has been on exhibition at
h, Artc 1,Nh
last Tuesday evening. memorial
meeting was held. at which Miss
FERRIES friends and associates or
many years paid tribute to her ad-
mirable art and lovable qualities OF
character. The president Of the club.
Mr. Zolnay. presided. Mr.. Stafford.
the secretary. made introductions.
paper was read by Miss Helen Nico-
lay and high tributes were paid by
various friends informally. A commit
tee was appointed, composed of Mr..
Stafford, Miss Jackson and Mrs. Zim-
the paintings in the exhibition for the
club as a permanent possession and
memorial.
The Sketch Club, which for so many
years met on Monday evenings in
Miss Ferries studio informally. has
lately organized, electing Mrs. Leisen-
ring president. with the intention of
securing a meeting place and continu-
ing its meetings. This club, which
has about twenty members. has been
one of the pleasantest features of art
life in Washington, bringing together
in a semi-professional. social fashion
the producing artists, week by week.
The figure sketches which were
shown in the anteroom at the Cor
coran Gallery Of Art in connection
with Miss Ferries memorial exhibit
ton were almost all done at meetings
of this club. The custom has been to
have a costumed model pose for one