The Washington herald., 1922-05-21

ton. Mr.. Baker came to Washing
ton . year ago from the Museum of
Fine Arts School in Boston. He re-
cefved the second prize and silver
medal of the biennial exhibition at
the Corcoran last winter. and his
work In the spring exhibition OF
Washington artists was also highly
praised.
The new group Of artists includes
about sixty. many Of whom have
been students at the Corcoran and
at Felix Mahony's School of Fine
and Applied Art. They are show
ing fifty compositions in oil ana
water color, with a few pieces Of
sculpture. and a number of char.
coal and colored chalk sketches.
The subjects include attractive
landscapes. portraits. and still life,
apd severarof the pictures have al
ready been sold. Through the gen.
erosity OF A. Robert Elmore and
Felix Mahony several prizes have
been awarded. as follows: First
prize. oil, to Charles Dunn, for q
breezy landscape. The Wind" nrst
prize, oil. stft life, to Josephine
Malone. who soN her picture; first
prize, water color, to Gordon Dea-
con. for landscape, Summer Rev.
erie:" honorable mention. oil, The
Bridge at Pikeland." by Garnet W.
Jex. who also sold his picture; hon.
orable mention. water color, to A.
L. Harris for landscape, Spring
Morning" and to Roy Barrows for
his Autumn Woods" a dignifed
bit of work; honorable mention,
still life. to Josephine Malone, a
flower study. 'Dogwood" Edgar
Nye, a prominent Washington art
ist. was the Judge. A. ]. Schram.
who recently exhibited in the
Washington Artists and the Land
scape Club displays. shows two pic
lures. Jerry Farnsworth. who Is
well-known at Provincetown. ex-
hibited the Portrait Of Louise" !"
Commendable work Is contributed
by a number OF others. and several
pictures have been sold, including
two landscapes by NJ. l. Piper, AN
English Cottage" and The Bay"
besides many OF the pencil and
chalk sketches.
The club has a fantastic studio in
the ''Rubaiy-Attic," with regular
classes In painting and drawing
from the model. Among their pa
irons are DR.. and Mrs. Truman
Able. Burtis Baker, DR.. and Mrs.
Mitchell Carroll, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Robert Elmore. Mrs. Rudolph Kaufr-
mann. Felix MahrTy,' Edgar Nye,
and George Julian Zolnay. The pic
lures are for sale at exceedingly
reasonable prices. The exhibition
will continue through May %, from
10 a. m. to 10 p. m. and the public
is cordially invited.
Thayer Exhibition.
During the remainder of the
month the leading exhibition at the
Corcoran will be the display of Alb
bott II. Thayer's important produc-
tions. assembled here In Washing
ton for the first time. Only praise
is heard from all visitors. and many
afhrm that II Is the most importa mt
one-man exhibition ever held at the
Corcoran. Mr.. Powell Minnigerode,
the director. has made available
sufficient space so that the pictures
are not in the least crowded, all
being hung ION the line" and far
apart in order that they may be
most thoroughly enjoyed. and the
sense of repose and harmony so es-
sential to Thayer's work is perfect
ly preserved.
At the opening day last week
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Thayer re-
ceived the guests in the Corcoran
Hemicycle. Among. visitors from
out OF town were Guy Eddington,
of New York and London. former
editor OF The International Stu
do" which has now become a
Hearst publication: Professor H. R.
Fairclough. OF Stanford University,
and David Edstrom. sculptor. OF Los
Angeles. who has been spending the
winter here. Mr.. Edstrom said. 81
am surprised at how very good this
exhibition is:" he has been SO
many years in Europe that he was
not familiar with the wide scope
Of Abbott Thayer's painting and It's
exceptional quality.
While many of the pictures are
loaned by number OF patrons,
others are for sale. and the public
is cordially invited.
The Arts Club.
The arts Of Czecho-Slovakia will
be displayed at the Arts Club. 2017
l street northwest, beginning to-
day. This rare exhibit, shown in
part at the book fair Of the League
Of American Pen Women, in Ward
mand Park Hotel, and at the lega-
tion reception to the Art ana
Archaeology League. will now be
made accessible to the general pub
lie, who are invited to attend. The
exhibit will continue through May
50.
Italian scenes, at tho club the past
week. were much admired. These
carefully painted oil pictures in
cluded views about Naples \9or-
rento. Amaln, Pompeii, the italian
Lake district, Como and the noun
tains, besides Venice and Rome,
made during a visit Of last year
The work was quite In contrast to
the broad portrait of Mrs. Edward
Brown, exhibited at her residence
but not less pleasing. Mr.. Curran
is represented in the National Gal
lery here by his Perfume of the
Roses" in the Evans collection
painted In 1902. He has pictures also
in the Pennsylvania Academy, the
Columbus Museum of Art, and In
Richmond. Toledo, Buffalo. and
Montclair, N. J.
On Tuesday evening at the
Arts Club a nonresident member
Stephen Child. of Boston, delivered
an illustrated lecture on Recon
struction in Rel Re11itno-productio n
hin Germany-Some Contrasts"
New programs are being planned
BY the recently elected officers OF