Evening star., 1922-03-26
Notes of Art and Artists


by distinguished artists, collected by
the late George A. Lucas Of Baltimore
and loaned by the Maryland Institute
Of that city. -. +
Mr.. Lucas was himself an interest
ing personality He was born in Bal
timore in 1924, and educated at st.
Mary's College and the United States
Military Academy at West Point.
After graduating from the Military
Academy. he resigned from the Army
I and took up the practice of engineer
ing. first working for the New York.
New Haven and Hartford railroad.
and later taking charge OF the con-
struction of the Central Railroad of
New Jersey.
In 1859 he went abroad, and after
travelling extensively took up his
his return to this country was post
poned, due to the interest he took In
art and the agreeable associations
that he formed among artists, with
the result that he remained there as
long as he lived, period of more
than fifty years.
His Paris home. on the Rue de fArc
de Triomphe, became center OF ART
life. and he is said to have done much
in the development of public appre-
citation of the painters of the Bar.
bizon school and of the sculpture OF
Barge.
Mi Lucas collected and cherished
the paiettcs of his artist friends. so
that those on exhibition in the Cor.
coran Gallery OF Art may ne resatosa 60
souvenirs of friendship. In some In
stances. the palettes have been in
scribed by the painters to Mr.: Lucas
and not a few haye on their race III.
tie pictures painted at the time 'of
presentation.
To artists and students of art these
palettes have peculiar interest, Tor
they show what colors the artists
used and how they arranged them.
and upon these two technical Things
acter of the artists work rests FUR
thermore. to the general public these
palettes give little insight into the
artists way Of working.
AS enchancing the interest OF this
exhibition, note may be made that
number Of the artists whose palettes
are here shown are represented py
paintings in the Corcoran Gallery's
permanent collection. For example.
there is a palette by Jules Breton.
Corcoran Gallery owns: there are two
palettes by Corot. whose Wood Gath.
erers' is one of the gallery's most
! priced possessions; there is paEtte
hich once belonged to Edouard De-
taille. whose Passing Regiment Is
tracts visitors. not only to the Cor
coran Gallery. but to this city; anotner
by Frere, who painted the charming
genre entitled preparing for Church.
in the Corcoran collection. .n..,s ana Two
at Home'S has for many years: and
always will be. great favorite.
There are palettes also by Van Mareke
and by Troyon, the animal painters:
by Madraso. the Spaniard: by lie
foremost American painters STUDIED;
by Fantin-Latour. whose works are
today among those held in hfghest
esteem. and by Alma Tadama. me
painter of Gree,ap hr;,,ia,t nna E1man 3echn,cian %
and whose works had a great vogue
at the time MIR. Lucas. Mr.. walters
and Mr.. Corcoran assembled their cob
lections.
At the Arts Club next Saturday.
April l, an exhibition of paintings Dy
Miss Lesley jackson OF ,i this s,nv,sa city T.al
about seventy pictures Landscapes.
figure and architectural subjects painted
in Japan and also in New England
Miss Jackson is an extremely clever
watercolorist. She was as for @, some some
ton Watercolor Club, and is well
come contributor to the exhibitions
in the larger cities. Her coloring is
fresh and good, and her work Is spir-
tied and at the same time souno. IN
other words, her paintings are or
type which wear well because OF their
generally pleasing character and gen.
uine artistic merit.
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Winfield Scott Cline, formerly of
this city .and member of the Society
Of Washington Artists, Is represented
by a painting in the annual exhibition
OF the National Academy OF Design.
Arts building. New York. Capt. Cline
was for some years official photog-
rapher for the Agricultural Depart
ment. At the time of the war ne
went into the Army. was made a cap
torraphic division of the Signal Corps.
In his ofBcial capacity In the Army he
established Photographic laboratories
both in Paris and IN washington, ano
it was under his direction that the
var films was catalogued and stored
here. At the close Of the war, when
released from Army service, Capt.
Cline went to New York and deter
mined to devote himself entirely to-
painting. in which he had already
tmade considerable progress. exhibit
ing for several years prior to the war
with the Washington artists. The &C
ceptance of a work by the Natfona!
Academy Of Design. when for lack OF
space many of real merit are OF
necessity rejected, is a real honor
which Capt. Clime's friends fell was
well earned.
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Mrs, NJ. v. del c. Johnston, for
meriy of Washington, has now home
and studio in San Francisco, and pro-
poses to divide her time hereafter
between that city and her old home
at Riverdale, Md. Her present studio,
she writes, Is Is by 30 feet in dtmen-
fowery garden, from which there is
a beautiful view across San Francisco
bay. She is painting constantly. and
has been invited to exhibit by a num-
Der Of the California art associations.
The Metropolitan Museum. New
York, is~holding a memorial exhibi-
ton Of the work Of Abbot H. Thayer
March 20, includes about seventy
paintings, among which are almost
ali Of Mr.. Thayer's important works.
except the "Virgin Group" belong
ing to the Freer collection. in this
city. The Boston Museum has con-
tributed its "Caritas." and the Wor-
cester Museum has sent it's painting
Of roses in a glass vase and portrait
Of a young girl. John Gellatly. who
owns greater number Of Abbott
Thayer's works than any other pri-
vafe Individual, has contributed gen.