The Washington herald., 1922-06-04

An unusually varied and interest
Ing sxhibition Of work Of painters
ana sculptors Of Philadelphia and
lery of Art this week to continue
during the summer. The director.
c. Powell Minnigerode. states that
he nnds this the most satisfactory
plan. as 50 many OF our Washing
ton people are away at that season.
while the city IL always well nlled
with tourists. especially from the
south During the summer months
last year the attendance at the
Corcoran Gallery was over 10000.
The display of Pennsylvania art
lists win give an opportunity to see
new work. though the idea of the
group exhibition has been used here
before. One summer the work OF
Washington painters and sculptora
was shown; another season Balti-
more artists exhibited. and on an
otnsr occasion the American Water
Color Society.
water Color Exhfbit.
Another feature Of the summer
exhibition will be twenty -four wa
ter-colors by Frank w. Benson.
perhaps the most versatile and pop
ular OF American painters today
since II IL said that his pictures
sell as rapidly as he paints them.
The pictures shown here will be
scenes from Nassau. in the BAHIA
mas. and they have been called
perfectly vibrant. in color.
OF the artists of Philadelphia and
vicinity. besides the well-known
painters CARRIER, Redield and Fol-
insbee, others of note are Hugh
Breckenridge, of Fort Washington,
Pa, q pupil OF Bouguereau In Paris.
and winner of many prizes; Miss
Christine 8. Breeding. a student OF
Colarossi: Miss Sarah Carries; r. b.
Farley. who studied with Whistler,
Chase and Cecilia Beaux. and Is
represented In the Corcoran collec-
tion; George Gibbs, born in New
Orleans; George Harding. a pupil of
Howard Pyle. and the recipient OF
many commissions. with a picture
IN the National Gallery; Carroll 8.
Tyson, who studied with Chase and
Anschutz: Van Roekens, who was
born at Chateau-Thierry in 1898,
and was pupil of Smell, Seyffert,
Pearson and Grahy; Charles Nor
ris Young. who studied at the Col
arossi Academy In Paris; besides
Adams, Rosen. Rosenthal. Spencer,
Cross. Kornhouser, Lathrop. Molar-
sky, Raditz. Alice X. Stoddard. Rob-
ert Susan. Softer, Fred wagner and
others, who have sent in some for
ty-four pictures in portraits, still
life subjects. flowers, landscapes
and marines
Sculpture Is contributed by Be
atrice Fenton. Sea Shell Fountain
ard Victory Head" Helen A. Fox
'Emitahagnan:" Charles Crafty,
portraits of Paul w. Bartlett and
Childe Hassam; Albert Laessle
Victory" and a bronze turkey: r.
TAFT Mckenzie. two compositions;
Louis Milione. Dolce Far Niente:"
Alexander Portnor. portrait Of Prof
Alonzo Brown; and Aurelius Rem
zetti, GRANDMOTHER"
The exhibit will continue until the
last Of September.
ConeIudes Successful Year.
The Corcoran School of Art has
Just concluded a very successful
year, with 2s5 students enrolled
more than ever before in its history
II next year should bring more
than 800 pupils, a waiting list will
be necessary. says Mrs. NJ NJ. Lei
senrinE, the secretary. More day
students were registered this year
than previously, the division be-
tween day and evening classes be-
ing now about the same. The
j largest antique classes in the his
tory of the school were the past
year. over a hundred in the day
class and ninety in the evening
class, besides an even larger night
life class than IN the daytime.
Mrs. Leisenring announced new
w hA
three prizes in cash instead OF
medals will be awarded. as follows:
5000 for the portrait class; s125 for
the life class. and SIS for the an
tique class.
The vice principal of the Corco-
ran School. Mr.. Richard Meryman,
1 will spend one day each week next
1 year teaching in the Pennsylvania
Acsdemy School. Mr.. Meryman's
portrait of Theodore W. Noyes in
! the Corcoran Biennial Exhibition
was much praised. and is now hung
in the Public Library.
Mrs. LeisenrinE left Washington
for Chicago this week to attend the
annual meeting of the American In
stitute of Architects.
Military Portraits.
A new exhibition OF twenty-five
| military portraits by Otto Walter
Beck has just opened On the lower
floor of the National Museum. tc
remain probably year. These
brilliant canvasses present civil
groups OF note. including The Old
Guard OF New York" with Admiral
Charles B. Sigsbee, of Fort Fisher
afterward on the battleship Maine;
Fifth New York Volunteer Infan-
try" with the drummer boy. Rob-
ert r. DAILY, who enlisted before he
was Is and was in seventeen bat
ties with the First Duryee Zouaves.
"sheathing the Sword" showing the
quaint costumes of the Zouaves:
portrait OF Adelaide Smith, the first
nurse with Gen. Grant. and other
survivors OF the civil war, with Col.
| Mosby, painted fifty years after the
event In the Mosby Triptych are
included a number OF important
New Yorkers. John L. Hamilton. Ed
| ward d. whiteside, James Collins,
George F. Wilson, George A. Mitch
ell, Samuel II. Tucker. Robert For
far. John F. -Connell. Gilbert Boyd
and j. Heferman. besides Lieut.
Fountain Beattie, of Alexandria
Va. Frank II. Rahm. Of Richmond,
Va. and John Russell, scout, otBer-
ryviIle, Va,
The artist. Beck. Is widely known
and Is represented in the National
Gallery BY two OF his pictures from
| the Life OF Christ. a series Of TWEEN
ty, Of which Is in the Brooklyn Art
Institute. He was born in Dayton