The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-08

Nude" painted by Victor
an exhibit attracting
attention.
Corcoran bronze medal. was awarded
to John r. Folinsbee. Of New Hope.
Pa, for his Jersey Water Front"
which also won the Carnegie prize
at the National Academy Of De-
sign. Mr.. Folinsbee. who was born
In Buffalo. Is. like Mr.. Baker. one
of the younger artists. Their pic
lures hang side by side.
w. Lester Stevens. Of Rockport.
Mass. also youthful. received the
fourth prize, $500. and the Corcoran
honorable mention certificate. for
his marine picture. Quarry Dock"
along the Massachusetts, coast
There h stin one other award to
b made, the popular prize Of $500.
for which every picture hung Is
eligible. This must be decided by
the public, who VIII be invited to
vote, beginning with the week Of
January 9Th. when each visitor viii
receive . ballot. II you 20 moro
than once, you can vote for each
visit. Which win be tho winning
picturei No one can guess. VIII II
be landscape, . marine. . portrait,
. still life, mountain scene, win
ter composition, madonna and child
. study Of the nude, picture with
. message?
All Of these types are represented
in the exhibition. It will doubtless
be q picture with human interest.
That has been the history Of popular
prizes in Washington. In 1916 the
public chose a sort Of Little Lord
Fauntleroy portrait, but two years
ago the popular choice was more In
line with the critics view-that is.
more on the merits Of the painting.
q beautiful interior with q maid
engaged in busting. by Paxton. ex-
oellent in both technique and sub
ject.
william Paxton has another this
year, which may appeal In the same
way-"Girl Arranging Flowers"
different In color and treatment,
however, with almost a hint Of the
commercial In its perfection Of fin
ish.
PUBLIC LAST TRIBUNAL.
Eventually the public, rather than
the critic, decides as to an artists
place. The critics cannot make an
artist, though sometimes they can
unmake him by excluding his work
or damning IL with faint praise. Only
the strong, creative temperament
can survive the critics. Rodin, In
France, was shut out for years from
every competition possible, and even
when awarded commissions they
were afterward taken away from
him by hostile influence. Turner
and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
In England earlier would have suf.
fered tho Same experience, had not
Ruslkin become their mighty cham
plon.
Possibly the popular vote may 70
to one Of the prize winners. And
then there are many American
artists of international fame In this
exhibition whose works were not
eligible for the Clark prizes on &C
count of their position, but any of
whose pictures here may be voted
for the popular award: John Singer
Sargent's Portrait of Charles II.
Woodbury." a Boston artist, Is shown
for the first time.
Childe Hassam, whose painting Is
always subtle in color and whose
New York Window" former prize
picture Of 1919, Is owned by the Cor.
coran, has two here this year, "a
Play Of Light" an interior with girl
at fireside, and East Hampton Elms
in May" both in a somewhat lighter
tone than his usual work. Freder-
lex ]. Waugh, whose paintings are in
our National Gallery and several col.
lections abroad. shows two Of his