The Washington herald., 1922-11-12
American Artistry
On nExlaibiton Here
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tober u 70 November g. In an there
are 80 pictures. those by CARRIER be-
ing landscapes. thoss By waugh cut
door scenes. mostly seas ana rocka
and Henri being mostly portxaits
with two iandscapsa
Two Of these pictures bsssns -
the permanent collection Of the csr-
coran Gallery OF Art & .. -sossA
Room. Green Street. BY Daniel oar-
ber and willie Gee By Roesrt
Henri. Besides these two. with
very much taken with two Of
waugh's-'rhs Coral Coast which
suoceedS In puttinr In Q spiritual
quality besides the mere scenery.
and Beyond" which does this 20 .
still greater extent. Both awaks
Imagination and thought. The for.
mer gives you the witchery Of the
South Sea Islands - only Stevenson
has been able to DO In literature.
OF Ia Rubia," which Hsnrf sD.
hibited At one OF the biennial sx.
hibitons In the corooraa, enc laAy
said: 1t looks ~ q ths artist had
recipe for doing sys4 and always
followed II can't stand that An
you havS, to do 70 3ust % Guussss
the paint out That NAV BE- v.ry
advanced criticism, but I oouldu't 90
eyes like Ia Rubia's In any s1ch
easy way.
Z like that Ind,ap fasA eeo. I
think It's fns.- said one woman 20
another Of Henri's Indian Girl OF
Santa Clara" 7 like that spring
up-and-gst-away look she haa-
Yes. answered her friend, that
alert look 10 very fine" II certain
ly is. and Robert Henri shows his
real genius in the great number Of
very distinct types he has produced
for this exhibition. Several people
liked the Irish Lad" best, or next
best. Of all the psintinEa Said one:
Il never saw anything better. r
think that little Irish boy 10 the best
picture OF little boy I ever saw"
Henris two languages. too. are very
good The Rain" got frst place In
the estimation OF at least three OF
those present The Beach" too,
received its full share Of attention.
Daniel CARRIERS Shadows" came
in for its share OF praise. This pic
ture is somewhat similar in idea
and conception to the recently sc-
ouired "Tohikon" at the National
Gallery. purchased from the Ranger
fund. The idea used in both 10 seen
cry viewed through trees in the
near foreground. their great limbs
cutting of some OF the view
Etchings Of Meteur.
Eugene Paul Metour. who has 80
etchings OF scenes in Annapoli. ana
the surrounding country on exhibi-
tion in the upper hall of the Cor
coran Gallery, seems TO have had an
eventful life. Born In Brittany
about 1850. he is of Celtic stock. He
went to the London Polytechnic 20
study architecture. He has written
books on French Morocco, served
with distinction in the French arm,
and Is now professor Of ianEuaSs
In the United States Naval Academy
at Annapolis.
These etchines include pictures OF
dilapidated old wharves ships, out
of-the-way places In the city itself.
old bits Of historic or picturesque
architecture. bits of wild lffs, trees.
rocks flowers, and farm buildings.
Especially fortunate has he been
in catching the spirit OF the water
front and the old colonial houses
One OF the finest etchines Of the
collection shows the old State house
On view now and until the a.d Of
November is a special exhibition OF
Autographs by George W. Bellows
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Gallery.
The late Sunday afternoon teas ana
talks at the Art Center. 1los Con-
necticut avenue. have proved very
interesting and have attracted many
art lovers and notable people.
Among the visitors from the lega-
tions have been DR.. Otto wefdfeldt.
the German ambassador. and his
wife: Mrs. Rickssr. Miss Won Passa-
want. and Or. Riesser. the last
named secretary 20 the German Le-
cation. and DR.. Werner Neumeister;
Or. A. z. Stangler ana Nine. Stang
Ter. of the Czecho-Slovak Lesation;
the Charge d'anaires Of the Lat
Wan Legation and Nine. sey.- as
well as the secretary OF the Polish
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Nine. Kwapezwiska-
From Calama, Chile, came Mrs. I.
r. Aldrich. and Mime. Won Unschsid.
from Austria, furnished beautiful
piano music. She is noted as a pi-
anist in her own country. From the
National Park Seminary. at Forest
Glen, Nd. came Miss Fannie NJ
Helner.
So many artists and connoisssurs
were present last Sunday that the
main assembly room would not hold
them all. but they overlooked into
. the next room and the hall spe-
cial exhibits will take the place OF
the general European exhibition,
which has been there several weeks.
bGinning today. A permanent COL
: lection Of articles from all the ma
tions will he Kept in the rooms be-
low the assembly hall. and some OF
them will be for sale
The American Federation Of rte
. is displaying hsndicraft work IN the
} New National Museum during this
month. This exhibition will be
found back OF the National Gallery.
II was very well attended last sun
day.
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