Evening star., 1921-12-18
THOUSANDSATTEND
CORCORAN DISPLAY
Work of American Artists
Placed on Exhibition at
Gallery of Art.
OIL PAINTINGS ARE SHOWN
First View Given of Nearly 300
Contemporary Works by Emf
nent Painters.
OIL PAINTINGS ARE SHOWN

A distinguished company of several
thousand specially invited guests last
night were welcomed by representa-
tives of the board Of trustees of the
Corcoran Gallery Of Art and obtained
their first view of the pictures by
eminent American artists, numbering
nearly 800. which compose the eighth
biennial exhibition of contemporary
American oil paintings
Always Event Of Importance.
The opening of one of the Corcoran
Gallery's biennial exhibitions is always
an event of national Importance in the
world of art, attended as it is by
representatives Of artistic and art
loving circles Of official life and of
residential society. This year the
opening view possessed an interna-
tional rather than local or even ma
tional aspect, inasmuch as all the
members of the various foreign dele
cations here for the Limitation of
armament conference were specially
invited. American painters. there
fore. were enabled to display their
talents to the greatest international
gathering Washington has ever seen.
The throng Of guests included
painters, collectors Of art, directors
Of art museums. art critics and lovers
Of art generally. Many came from
other cities in order to view a dis
play which artists, collectors. con-
noisseurs and heads of art museums
agree is the best exhibition of its kind
ever held in the United States.
In the Receiving Line.
The reception line. standing to the
left of the head Of the main stairway.
consisted of Charles c. Glover, presi-
dent of the board Of trustees Of the
gallery: former Senator William A.
Clark of Montana, member of the
board and donor of the four prizes for
which the entrants competed. and
George E. Hamilton and Rudolph
Kauffmann. members Of the board.
c. Powell Minnigerode. director of the
gallery and also a trustee. made the
presentations.
The interior Of the building was
beautifully decorated for the occa-
sion with palms, greens. bay trees,
ferns and chrysanthemums. while
laurel roping twined about the great
marble columns and festooned effec-
lively in the Railways and salons gave
q distinctively artistic and at the
same time a holiday effect. The. great
stairway leading to the receiving line
and the display galleries on the Sec
ond floor was especially noteworthy
as to decoration, while a color
full and impressive feature consisted
Of the flags Of the United States and
of the nine nations participating in
the Washington conference draped
from points Of vantage in the lower
floor. A large stringed orchestra.
playing throughout the evening, gave
a festal touch as the guests moved
here and there in enjoyment of a
collection of art works which is par
ticularly brilliant.
Pictures Center Of Interest.
The pictures which have won the
four William A. Clark prizes, of which
the first is the biggest art prize in
the world. were naturally centers of
attention, but many other noteworthy
naintinKs were surrounded with ad-
mirers during the course of the
evening.
All four Of the prize winners were
present in person. They are Daniel
CARRIER OF Philadelphia. who. by rea-
son of his picture, entitled South
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