Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-03-19
EXHIBITION At ATEL|ER is
OF UNUSUAL INTEREST
Collection of Paintings, Prints
and Sculpture Is Solely
of Children.
ART OBJECTS AFFORD PLEASURE
Those Who Care Only for Line md
Color VIII Discover Plenty to De-
light Eye rat Display mt Atelicr OF
Virginia League.
ny Marsare. Waller Frecmnu.


Tho exhibition just opened at the
atelier Of the Virginia League OF Fine
Arts and Handicrafts is one OF un-
usual interest. II has the unique dis
tlnction of being collection OF
paintings. prints and sculptures sole
~ of children. And those who like
children, particularly without the
noise, cannot fail TO 1nd pleasure in
these objects Of art, for they arc
really objects of art: and those others
who care only for line and color will
discover plenty TO delight the eye.
The paintings are mostly oils. and
many Of them in subject matter alone
are quite capable of gathering in
ones wandering affections There Is
one water-color. Hard Lines" by
Hiida Beichcr: and he Is such lit
tie boy. and the day SO hot. that II
is no great wonder that he did not
want to be painted Mt all. You Will
And pictures by George Bellows, Way
man Adams, and Alice Kent Stod-
dard.
Perhaps the most striking canvas
In the group Is The Piazza Door" by
Charles Hopkinson, of Boston, who
visited in Richmond last week as the
guest OF Miss Lutte Peasants. A
child in Il white dress comes sudden
ly through the jade green shutters
OF the piazza into tho full glare OF
the sun. and YOU are caught staring.
The picture is highly decorative and
the painting perfectly fiat. 1t in
tercsts. to pass Immediately TO the
sculpturesque quality OF "Carcss In
fantine." by Mary Cassatt. just OPP
positc, IN which the heavy bare bulk
OF the child presses deep upon the
cool mothers shoulder
Among the miniatures on the long
table. the attention is Immediately
arrested by the wildly colorfui por-
traits of William and Mary Foote,
by Margaret Foote Hawley. and then
held by the blue and white purity OF
the Portrait Of Child" by Annie
II. jackson.
me prints are very good. 1nclud-
cd In the collection are several beau
tiful copies by the Medici Society: n
number OF sepia prints of subjects by
whistler. John W. Alexander. Louis
Cog. Lydia Field Emmett, William
Sargent Kendall, William NJ Chase
and George dc Forest Brush. Jessie
Wilcox Smith has five poses of chill
dren, one for each OF the senses: and
Helen Hyde lures her japanese ba-
bies into the center OF the picture
with clever brush strokes and sug-
per.
But the most carefully guarded sec
ton of the exhibit is the table OF
small hronzes. For Il seems tha,.
when this same collection was being
shown recently at the Telfair Acad-'
envy in savannah, Ga. The Bashfll
Boy" by Caroline Pcddle Ball proved
so :tlluring that n sunday afternoon
visitor must have carried it off In his
pocket. Fortunately FOR the artist
and the museum, the little bronze was
insured. However, IL Is quite natural
that the guardian Of that particular
exhibit at the atelicr keeps a watch
full eye on her charges. and is often
seen silently counting the pieces on
the table.
The most delectable bronze. TO one
observer at least, is the Goose
baby by Edith Barette Parsons. He
stands naked. his sturdy arms beau
tii uiiy pinned about the strugglinS
BOD! Of tho goose. and the mischief of
ms soul we'll expressed in the lit
OF The great toe on the left foo, and
the gleam, half goblin. half elf. and
all charm, on the little screwed ,lp
FACE. This fairy Is blood brother to
tho famous Turtle Baby" which /.
saw years ago for the first time in
the inner court OF the house OF Il
weil-known New York decorator,
where fountain waters fell amiably
over mat same upturned toe.
There arc other figures fine in line
an" workmanship: the "Saby Cen
'anr. by Anna Vaughan Hyatt, the
author OF the superb Jeanne dare"
on Riverside Drive. in New York :.
Pan OF Rohallion." n slender foun
by Frederick McMoanics; "Discord u.
naked infant. who. finding the dis
taFded pipes of Il careless satyr, seeks
instruction from three large frogs.
ana tries little music. This last
bronze liz by Edward Berge.