Evening star., 1922-02-19

to the public on Tuesdays. Thursdays
and Saturdays from in the morning
to 4:3O in the afternoon and on Sun
days from 1870 to 4:30 pm.
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I.ucien Powell. who for the past few
years has been living at his country
home in Virginia, has come to Wash
ington and will for the next few
months be at 1894 C street.
MIR. Powell spent the greater part
of last winter in St Petersburg, Fla.
where he held an exhibition of his
paintings, gave some talks on art and
conducted class in outdoor sketch
ing.
An exhibition of Mr.. Powelrs water
colors Is to be held some time next
month at the Washington Arts Club.
One Of the contributors at the
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
current exhibition is Mrs. Margaret
French Cresson. who is represented
Young Women With Curls." very
subtly and sympathetically modelled.
Mrs. Cresson is the daughter of
Daniel Chester French. the sculptor
Of the Lincoln statue in the Lincoln
Memorial. the Dupont fountain in Du-
ial at Kendall Green. About a year
ago she married William p. Cres-
son, formerly Of the architectural
firm of Wyeth & Cresson, and with
her husband Is making her home at
1166 18th street in this city. She is
a valuable and welcome addition to
the Washington art colony.
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A large percentage of the pictures
shown here in Washington in the
Corcoran Gallery of Arts biennial ex-
ivc
hundred and seventeenth annual ex-
hibition of the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts. Philadelphia. Among
the most notable of these are the
Sargent portrait of Mr.. Woodbury., a
chifd's protrait Barbara" by Lillian
Screen" by Frank w. Benson and a
figure painting, THE Little Green
Hat" by Irving r. Wiles. To the last
the Walter Lippencott prize has been
awarded.
This exhibition. which invariably
ranks high among the exhibitions Of
the season, Is particularly notable
this year in being widely representa-
tive of the art. not of the east. but
the entire country including works
by artists heretofore little known
from the midwest, far west and
States.
Dykmaar has lately modelled a por-
trait bust OF William H. Holmes. di-
rector of the National Gallery of Art
and president both of the Society. of
Washington Artists and the Washing
ton Water Color Club, which he will
present to the National Gallery of Art.
The work was done at the National
museum. Mr.. Holmes giving Mr. Dyk-
maar a number of sittings, and it is
without question a faithful likeness,
Miss Susan NJ. L. Wales of Boston.
Mass, member of the Boston Water
Of considerable distinction, is spend
ing few weeks In Washington. Miss
wales was a pupil of the Boston Mu-
scum School and studied under Vim
cente Poveda in Rome and Blommers
In Holland. She lived abroad for seven
teen years She has known and enjoyed
the friendship of many of the most
distinguished painters Of the last half
century and is one who has kept well
abreast OF the time. retaining unfair
nished the freshness of vision and
enthusiasm associated with youth.
The lately formed committee on
museums of the Washington Society
of the Fine Arts has undertaken to
prepare a registry Of works Of art in
Washington similar in character, to
a degree, to that prepared of art in
Boston by theMuseum of Fine Art Of
that city some years ago. This reg
istry will record notable works of art
In private ownership. with the object
OF placing such treasures and supply
Ing in the future historical data. The
value of such a registry is many fold
and of advantage both to the owners
and to those seeking information.
French authorities have lately sug-
eested that it would be most desira Bile
should every nation undertake such q
ship In order to facilitate the trading