Evening star., 1922-10-01
Notes of Art and Artists

| limit. but that, instead. beyond the
range of vision the pattern might go
on and on. Cameron is; indeed. to be
ranked not merely with the great
etchers of today. but with the greatest
etchers of all times.
SO also is Zorn undoubtedly. but
how different his approach both to
subject and medium. Zorn was dis
ciple of line-a modernist in the true
sense. The etching in this collection
showing groups OF couples dancing is
full of motion. The people that he
represents are all alive. intensely
vital. often even emotional. The pres
ent group comprises an excellent por-
trait of the chief justice. by whom 1t
is inscribed to Mr. King. There are
other portraits .of notable persons
in all an engaging display.
Art set forth a notable memorial
exhibition OF paintings by the late
Abbott II. Thayer. included in which
was the Stevenson memorial. an an
gelic figure. owned and loaned by Mr..
Gellatly. and a portrait of the artist
painted by himself, owned and lent by
the estate. The latter has since been
purchased by the Corcoran Gallery
of Art and is now included in its per
manent collection. The loan Of the
former has been generously continued
by Mr.. Gellatly, and the picture now
hangs most impressively, in the south
gallery. where it can be seen through
he doorway into the atrium. impos-
rhayer was one OF the greatest ar
lists that America has produced. and
his works lend dignity and importan ,e
to any collection.
WILLIAM p. SILVA. who for some
" years had a studio in Washing
ton. but recently has been living at
Carmel. on the California coast, re-
ceived honorable mention in the Paris
Salon last May for a group Of four
paintings, three OF tho coast at Car
mel and one Of tho Magnolia gardens
at Charleston, S. Can honor we'll
deserved and warmly applauded by
French critics and artists. Mr.. Silva
went abroad last spring. held an ex-
hibition in London Of his California
and Charleston pictures. which proved
most successful, and arrived in Paris
just in time to enter the four pictures
in the salon. Later he held an exhib:-
ton in dealers gallery in Paris.
which was well received by the pari-
sian press. He and his wife spent the
summer at Versailles. where Mr.. Silva
made numerous studies of the mag
nificent chateau gardens and the
grounds of the Trianon. They will
later so to Italy and southern France.
but they have planned to return to
America in March and to stop In
Washington en- route to Charleston
and Carmel.
THE international exhibitions held
at Venice under the auspices Of
the italian government every two
years are rightly reckoned As great
events. Tho exhibition which opened
last May and is still in progress (the
second since tho great war inter-
rupted the series) was eminently
those which preceded 1t, in the public
gardens, each nation occupying q sep
arate pavilion. Tho Italian exhibit
was quite logically the largest and
most comprehensive one. The Span
ish exhibit was by all odds the most
impressive and significant. showing.
perhaps. all the greatest vitality and
the least trace Of decadence. While
brilliantly colorful, 1t was at the same
time eminently healthy. joyous or
spirited without self-consciousness or
trickery. The British and the French
the Austrian section was ultra con-
servative. The Dutch was pathetic
ally forced in an effort for originality.
The German was simply mad-mod-
ernism, post-impressionism and cub
fsm combined and carried to the nth
degree--horrifying to behold.
The italian director OF fine arts did
everything in his power to make this
exhibition q. SUCCESS. the municipality
of Venice Joining with him to this
end. The italian railroads issued g.
circular ticket at reduced rates. with
hibition galleries filled and many
sales made. but Venice itself was
overcRowded. To the American Wis
ftor it was unavoidably a matter Of
chagrin that the United States and
the American artists in this great in
out representation. In the depart
ment of graphic arts were a few
works by Mr.. Pennell, and in the gal
lery Of paintings. in the Italian Sec
ton. were Hospitality set forth q few
canvases by visiting American ar
known on this side Of the seq To
the thoughtful it must be obvious
that one Of the best foundations for
international understanding and re-
lationships should be that Of shared
ideals. Commerce. which is usually
IdhoA dS SAI0 Oo0lS, luoSlLADly 1OAQ8
to misunderstandings, and yet, Amer
lean art American literature and
American music, save for the jaxz Of
the dance hall, 10 still little known in
European cities.
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BECAUSE Of overcrowding. the ac-
= cepted works by French artists
and tho works of foreigners pur-
chased by the French government
have lately been banished from the
Luxembourg, to be readmitted and
exhibited a few at time, as oppor-
tunity and space afford. The Amer
ican works, including Whistler's
Mother are now. therefore, to be
found in a little gallery of the
Tuilleries. and are, therefore. not d.
rectly on the route of the tourist
parties, which have been without
number during the past season.
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THE corcoran School Of Art re-.
\ opens tomorrow. Edmund Cs
1arbsll Will again be- supervising inf