Evening star., 1922-03-05

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PORTRAIT OF HENRY X. sUsI
At the Arts Club Of Washington.
2017 1 street, there Is now on exhibit
| tion a collection OF sculpture. paint
| ings and decorative textiles by II. K.
| Bush-Brown. Margaret Lesley Bush
city. The Bush-Browns are an
artistic and talented family.
Mr.. Bush-Brown Is the nephew.
| adopted son and pupil of Henry Kirk
| Brown, the early American sculptor
| of fame whose statue Of Washing
equestrian statues in this country.
He himself is the sculptor Of statues
| Of Gen. Meade, Gen. Sedgwick and
| Gen. Reynolds at Gettysburg. Of the
| figures of "Justinian," appellate
courthouse. New York; Of Gen. An
"Mountaineer Soldier" Charles Town..
! w. Va. to mention only few of his
works.
His wife. Margaret Lesley Bush
Brown is a native of Philadelphia, q
! pupil of the Pennsylvania Academy
| years at the academy. then went to
Paris, and for three additional years
! studied at the Julian Academy under
Lefebvre and Boulanger. She was
| one of the first woman students ad-
| mitted to the life class in this IA
! nous school. and it took more than
usual amount of talent and promise
| to secure this admission.
Lydia Bush Brown, the daughter.
therefore. 1t will be seen, comes hon
veloped and matured a type Of talent
which is distinctly original. Inherit
ing feeling for form from her
father and a fine sense of. color from
her mother. she has with exceptional
balance evolved decorative art
which Is peculiarly her own. She Is
neither a painter nor sculptor, but a
decorator, and her chosen medium Is
textiles. These in many forms she de-
crates with designs Of her own making,
which are imaginative and delightfully."-
artistic.
In the present exhibition she shows
panels purposed as wall hangings
for which she has used landscape
themes, one waterfall conventional
in treatment and essentially in the
one who has lived always in the west
could find expression SO much in ac-
cordance with eastern thought is as
tonishing indeed. For other panels
and decorations Miss Bush-Brown
has used Egyptian motifs, and again
rather adapted to her own need. the
language Of a day and people, long
since passed.
About a year ago this accomplished
young artist spent few months at
Panama, and what she saw there she
Is now translating in decorative de-
signs. The ability to do this Is Of a
very unusual Sort Furthermore, Miss
Bush-Brown sets forth her designs
in most exquisite color combinations.
which add greatly to their charm
strong color. color which at times Is
almost barbaro rous, but she is equally
able to translate her conceptions in
most delicate harmoniea Work of
this sort is SO new. 50 indescribable,
being seen, but it Is Internationally
art Of the highest order.
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Mrs. Bush-Brown is represented in
the Arts Club exhibition by paintings
in oil and portrait studies in chalk,
charcoal and pastel. Most notable
among the paintings is a three quar-
ter-length portrait Of her distinguish
ed husband, showing him in sculptors
smock, seated in an armchair, with
modelling tool in hand Back Of the
chair to the left is q model Of q little
figure Of Liberty Bringing Peace to the
World" which it is hoped some day
may De put In permanent hdteridi'
full size, work which the sculptor
believes to be his supreme effort.
The portrait Is an excellent likeness,
and as such not only carries convic-
ton. but manifests the spirit of the
man of visions. In point of merit this
portrait that Mrs. Bush Brown paint
T ed some years ago Of Miss Ellen Day
Hale, lately accepted for the perma-
nent collection Of the National Gal
lery of Art.
Another recent work included in
this exhibition is an interior showing
two young women, one seated by
polished mahogany table and the
other by an open window, through
which there streams an abundance OF
winter sunlight. This picture sug-
gests not a little the CARRIER prize
Gallery Of Art, though It. was painted
prior to the opening Of the biennial
exhibition. Mrs. Bush-Brown has a
distinct gift for likenesses. and her
little portraits in crayon. chalk and
pastel are among her best works.
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Mr.. Bush-Brown SHOWS in this OK
hibition his lately completed por-
trait Of his uncle. H. K. Brown,
modelled for the new artists hall of
of New York. where it will be given
permanent place. He also :. shows
his portrait bust Of the late Viscount
Bryce. modelled from life when Lord
Bryce was here as British ambas-
sador, and his portrait of ex-Presi-
dent Wilson. for which he had sit
tings shortly before Mr.. Wilson left
the White House.
The Arts Club, when exhibitions
are in progress, is open to the public
from 10 o'clock in the mornings until
4:30 in the afternoons.
An exhibition of paintings in oil
and water color by Charles 8. Hop
kinson of Boston will open in the
Corcoran Gallery Of Art on We'd
nesday of this week. Mr.. Hopkinson
is a nephew Of Dr.. Eliot, president
emeritus of Harvard University. He
was born in Cambridge, Mass. in
July. 1869, and studied at the Art
Students League, New York! At the
st. Louis and> American Pacific
expositions he received awards and
he is represented by paintings in
the Worcester Art Museum, the
Pennsylvania Academy of. the Fine
Arts and other permanent public ana
private collections.
He was one Of the painters selected
by the national art committee to paint
portraits Of prominent leaders In the
great war. and he successfully executed
portraits Of Premier Bratianos Premier
Pashich and Prince saionji for tho na.
tional collection.
The exhibit at the cortorsn gallery
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