Evening star., 1921-06-19

| Party" painted in heavy color ON
japanese grass cloth.
Som. of the strongest work is, eX-
! hibited bv Charles BasiuG. who uses
clear color and renders his subjects
! with great Girectnes8. There are two
J excellent studies o: trees by Eliza
beth Hunt Barrett and an engaging
''Aew England Doorway" by Emily
Groom.
| William Starkweather shows three
p, works of uncommon character,
| MAY. all in transparent wash rem
dcrcd with an evident appreciation of
| both the possibilities ana the limIta
tions ol the medium
! Pa inting by Hearbert TsGhudy.
"A Desert Camp" is also suggestive
of the method of English water color
lists
Two typical works by W. NJ. Zim-
norman of Philadelphia who has hate
I. ly had a special exhibit in the atrium
i of the Cor"oran Gallery. are included.
| lending variety and caarm.
And there is d characteristic pic
! ture of a road to the sea by Jane Pc
t"rson. who has made name for her
. se:f through TIE individuality and tn
excel eace OF her work.
! To wa'er colnrists this exhib'tjop
viii! undoubtedly prove very interest-
! lug. II also "iN.-S opportunity to "0r'i-
rare the work Of lhe local water cof-
crisis with that of thos- from out Of
! town and thus confirms the merit OF
| the former.
A short time ago painted portraits AZ
/ the leaders Of ;r. allies in The war .rera
shown in The National Gallery of Art
! Now series .f sculptursd portraits OF
the. same and other grea, rersonae..s
are on view in the Corco-an Gallery of
| Arr These he ,,f n x-d-
son. who was born in New York in 1853
of Russian parents and practically un-
heard of until fifteen years ago. and
now he ranks high in his art.
! The day after the armisti,5e was sign
Cd Mr.. Davidson sail d for Paris. and on
| November "a. 1919, Marshal Foch gave
ham d sitting at The military headquat-
terS at SeniiS. This bust. quickly corS-
| Marshal Joffre. Col. House. Cen. Diaz
! Ciemenceau. Nen:zclos. lloy'. George
ard many others modelled in rapid suc-
. c.S,:on. Mr.. Davidson has notably "a
gift for likeness and an excellent sense
: OF form. HIS portraits are esSt nt:aiy
+, plastic. they are genuine characteriza-
| tions; but they show haste in execution,
and one is little apt to feel at times
an element of insincerity in ;he aggres-
| SiveneSs of their rough surfaces
/. 1t is interesting that in the room
In which these bronze portraits o.
| great men are now displayed are to
/ he Seen examples Of the work Of
| kodin and MsTnier. generously lc"n-
! ed by Ralph King Of cleveland frrSi
! his private COLLECTION. BOth OF tt.ose
(; great Sculptnrs We're bold tccl;ni"i.nS
| and produced works which wcrc pow
erful and almost rud"ly strong. bur
| the surfaces they erected were IN
! va-iabiy ,nivrcs: n.c arG give evidence
! Of the modtlersI ssnS!tIN" touch. The
| observer !. tempted 10 ST e.ch out
, his or her hand and stroke them. they
invite touch. But not SO the David
| son bustS. Yet the talent ot the
sculptor is patent and i: is very re-
| markablc showing that he makes.
YEe portraits OF NenizeloS. Gen.
! payot. Lord c."il and Frank Pore ara.
! peculiarly significant, as are also
/; those OF Gen. Task.r 4. Bliss, Maj.
.Gen. Hartford and Col. House The:
I; do not sir ono as do the portraits
/ wrought 10y the sculptors in classical
! times. but they interest and ad
| mi"ably hold the attention. IL Is Il
| collec&on which all Will want tn Sc
Z nd which AS th- years pass vi,
doubtless become of greater h.s.orics
l interest.
Miss Hattie l.. Rurdette has just
completed an extremely attractive
miniature OF Mrs. dupont lnu;ilei- Of
Admiral Dupont. "a Frnech woman of
distinction. from an old PORTRAIT
painted by French artist Of her day
! and owned by the family. 1t shows
! her rs she must have appeared as
I lady-in.waitinE to Marie Antoinstte
wearing white gown. low necleai
and high wasted. with black lace
mantle or shawl over her shoulder.
and little blue ribbon by way OF
girdle. The dark hair curls around
i the face. but is done high on the head
! The features are delicate and very
I! lovely. =
! Miss Burdette has succeeded in
transcribing the spirit of the old por-
trait while retaining the qualities ot
the ivory ground on which the minis-
/ tura is painted. II was done as an
order for a member Of the Dupont
valuable possession. Il
!: x =
A charming collection of paintings bt
I Mrs. Charles d. Walcott of wild flowers
OF the Canadian Rockies and Glazts
National Park has lately been placed on
exhibition in the atrium of the Corcoral:
Gallery of Art These paintings, whicil
are in water color. are made from ,te
| standpoint Of the scientist and are bi,-
tanicIlly correct literally transiating
the plant and flower formations, show
ing structural habits of growth as vel.
as bud. blossom and fruit. In escil in
stance Il single example is given, as
though the plant had been plucked f-cn
its native soil.
The work is in pure wash OH white
paper and backgrounds are not en-
ployed The transcriptions are. hoyl
ever, extremely delcateiy and sensitively
done and evidence on the part of the
artist nor merely a botanical interest,
but :. real love and intimate kpowiedsc
OF the subjects.
The co!:ectioa, numbering more than
one hundred specimens. will remain On
view throughout the summer. q.
LEILA MECHL!N.E