The Washington herald., 1921-08-07

Love and Life" George Frederick
Watts picture, recently transferred
from the White House to the Ma
tional Gallery OF Art, led DR..
Holmes to teil-me Of the newly ap-
pointed commission Of fifteen, which
will undertake the development OF
the National Gallery Of Art, espe-
cially the care and arrangement of
contributions and the task of OBJ
taining a separate building.
Many Galleries Here.
fhe collection of the National
Gallery is worth at present over a
million dollars. DIR. Holmes re-
minded me, and it is increasing con-
stantly in numbers and value.
Washington is a natural art center
Besides the National Gallery we
have the Corcoran, the Freer, which
is soon to open. and a fourth. the
Phillips, in process Of organization,
as well as many private collections.
1t Is imperative that there be a suit
able building for the National Gal
lery of Art
Vernon Row recalled Miss Winnie
Ream Hoxie, the first woman to
make a statue OF President Lincoln.
How often one is reminded of her
in crossing Farragut Square. where
her quaint nautical figure OF the ad-
miral stands guard, not far from the
house in which the sculptor spent
her later years. In the National
Gallery. too, there is a dashing por-
trait Of her as a young girl, a sweet
face with long curls tied back in
the fashion of the day.
And now another young woman
artist, Madame Anie Mouroux, has
been engaged upon portrait Of
President Harding. lunching at the
White House, with the President
and the First Lady, as perhaps Vim
ME Ream did In her day.
That Jackson Equestrian.
Has every old statue in Washing
ton a history? Does It awaken
somebody's imagination? In Cross
ing Lafayette Square the summer
visitor by chance eavesdropped q
bit over the conversation Of two
ladies by the Jackson monument,
THAT statue" said the FIRST. who
as one might see had lived in Wash
ingtsn, "is one of our favorites-'
Jackson on the rocking-horse." And
she waited for the effect.
ANDREW or Stonewall?" promptly
inquired her companion, keen for all
the sights.
But Madame Mouroux's first i'm
pressions of Washington are inter-
esting to record, She had spent the
winter in New York. coming over
last year from France, but she had
never seen Washington, though she
had evidently imagined much about
It. Now she had come down from
a camping trip in Maine, to the hot.
dusty Capital for her distinguished
commission. Arriving, her first
words as she left the station were.
"Is that he Capitol?" Then as we
taxied along up town. through the
avenues Of trees. she cried, happily.
"oh,' Washington Is like Paree!
The parks, the trees" And then.
"Oh, love America and Americans.
II had to leave. America now, II
would be like tearing out a big
piece Of my heart"
Georsetowi Art Center.
aIs Georgetown an art colony?"
asked the summer visitor, and was
reminded that Il had indeed been SO
for a long time. The late Mr.. Frank
Millet's old studio, Forrest Hall, at
the corner OF Wisconsin and Pros
pect avenues. Is still waiting a
tenant. This was shared also by the
late G. Y. Turner.
Howard Helmick's beautiful
studio in Georgetown has since his
death been occupied by Miss Marie
Siebert.
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