Evening star., 1921-10-09

/ by the Rev. Ward Denys of this city:
| A portrait of Gen. Grant by LIE
| Clear similar to that which hangs In
the White House has been presented
to the gallery by the great generals
| son, himself Gen. Grant"
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| Mr.. Holmes, director of the Ma
| tisnal Gallery of Art, president of the
; the washington Water Color Club,
| has, during his spare time this sum-
mer. painted a number of exceedingly
attractive water colors. The sub
i, jects for the majority of these were
Boy Scouts had camp and where the
scenery is picturesque and appealing.
A lovely stream runs through
| wooded glen. widening in places TO
form swimming holes and darting
rocks and boulders. These are the
views that Mr.. Holmes has, tran
i scribed with keen appreciation OF
their ioveliness. None knows the
Of ,.T water 0S oSlGf + as his
strong conviction that the best re-
suits are only obtainable when the
pigment is laid on freshly and pre-
cisely as it is meant to remain. This
touch and knowledge Of form. These
| requisites Mr.. Holmes invariably
brings to his work.
Numbered among his recent paint
ings are pictures of the upper Po-
tomac. the wild Potomac" he calls
of the country through which it
flows. These water colors are COM
parable with the best in this medium
that have been produced.
subjects more intimate gentle bits
of country. meadows and ploughed
fields seen under very attractive and
greatly varied summer skies. studied
not merely on the spot. but from the
window of his office up under the
roof of the National Museum.
1t is earnestly hoped that collec-
ton of Mr.. Holmes paintings will be
set forth as one of the special exhtb-
its in the National Gallery this win
ter.
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An interesting talk on "Romanesq
Art in Switzerland" was given at>the
Arts Club. last Tuesday evening by
Nine. Hugh of Bern, Switzerland. for
merly Miss Ethel Camp of this city.
Nine. Hugh has lived for about twen-
ty years in Bern.~-and has made q
study of the unique carved capitals OF
columns in the Swiss churches. These
are samples of the art OF the tenth
century, and while extremely primt-
tive are frankly sincere and full OF
symbolic significance The natural
beauties of Switzerland are apt to
overshadow the manifestations of its
art and to even cause tourists to al
most forget the capability and the
sterling worth OF the Swiss people.
Nine. Hugh Illustrated her talk
with stereopticon slides made from
drawings by a distinguished Swiss
architect. AS she pointed out, there
was a certaine resemblance between
some Of the subjects shown and the
present comic caricatures set forth by
modern illustrators. In the first In
stance, however, they represented the
best art Of the. period, and were
frank though immature efforts to-
ward expression. -. .-.,r,
II -.
The first of the, big exhibitions this
season will be that of the, Art Insh-
porary American painting and sculp-
ture, which opens November 3 and
closes December II. Asa rule, many
paintings shown in this exhibition
have later been brought to Washing
ton for the ~Corcoran Gallery's bien-
nial exhibition. but this season there
Is not sufficient time between the two
to permit of such arrangements.
The National Academy OF Design
opens it's winter exhibition at the
Fine Arts Galleries, New York, on
November Is and closes December 18.
the day that the Corcoran Galiery's
exhibition opens
!, The Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts holds its :197th. annual ex-
26, in Philadelphia. the National
Academy of Design. its ninety-sev-
enth annual exhibition March "a to
April %. LEILA MEcHLfN.