The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-02-19

ten yeass. A Japanese friend who
saw it recently said. 1T would now
be impossibl, to find in Japan a COL
lection like this. and still more i'm
possible 10 bring it to America. be-
cause the government OF Japan no
longer permits these early works to
be taken from the country The
rage for them was started by Dutch
traders. who first recognized their
beauty and stimulated the demand for
collecting them. which quickly spread
TO other countries besides Holland. so
that collections were made in Eng
land. France, and the United States.
This led the japanese government 10
take measures to check the steady
stream OF export OF examples Of their
early art. though somewhat earlier
it had been regarded with some favor
as a means OF replenishing the State
treasury.
Mr.. Martin and his mother have
made a careful study Of their prints,
and they have other art objects OF
great value. vases, embroideries.
carvings. a Russian samovsr. Mr.
Martin is active in Washington art
interests. being identified with the
Archa Biological Society and is an orl-
GER OF the Art and Archaeology
League just reorganized. He Is a
botanist of note and has arranged
flower compositions in Japanese style.
Corcoran Popular on sundays.
Sunday afternoon at the Corcoran
Gallery OF Art brings together an
ever,increasing group Of visitors.
In the Twenty-siNth exhibition OF
the Washington Water Color Club
l4J pictures are hung, with eighteen
miniatures. the work OF eighty diff
ferent artists. Resides many Wash =
ington names. nonresident mem
beers are we'll represented. Frank
w. Benson's ck-and-white stud
les Of wild fowl are notable. Fee
licie Waldo Howell. formerly OF
Washington and now of New York.
has three pictures. The honor
place is given to a landscape in a
fantasy Of color. When Earth and
Sky Meet" by +. NJ. Lamb. OF
Stoughton. Mass. Half dozen
charming landscapes by DR.. William
II. Holmes. the president OF the
club, arc much admired. Tony Neil's
Congregation" group of vivid
faces. received the Harriet Brooks
Jones prize in Baltimore. 1891. Al
fred Hutty's drawings are Of in
terest, and excellent work is shown
by Elizabeth II. Evans. Alice ID.
LsughIin. Winfield S. Cline. Edith
Mccartney in flower studies. Sew
ard Hume Rathbun. Dorothy Il.
Trout, Hattie Z. Burdette. A. II. o.
Role. Mary Nicolena MacCord. Mrs.
Mathilde Leisenring, Jane Peterson.
Benson Moore. Lesley Jackson. Luz
clan W. Powell. Elizabeth SawteIle.
Gordon Grant. Edgar Nye in Chris
mas Market" Gertrude B. Bourne
in Waterlilies." Elizabeth Muhlho-
er in "Peonies," and Arthur F. Mus
by Edith Hindela Whitehead. 4. II.
grave. besides charming miniatures
w. S. Alice d. Laughlin. Eva
Springer and Bertha Swindell. The
pictures are for sale, and the exhf-
bitien continues to March S. inclu-
sive.
At the Arts Club the exhibit Of
the month is the autographs of
Bolton Brown. OF exceptional inter-
est from their pleasing variety and
because the artist has already
achieved great distinction through
his unusual knowledge Of the work.
since he not only draws his sub
5ects on the stone but also does his
own printing. This exhibition has
been shoyn. also. in New York and
Chicago. Bolton Browns work is
widely known. being represented in
the British Museum, the Brooklyn