The Washington times., 1923-02-11
MISS MUNROE' s
PRIZE PAINTING
ON EXHIBITION
''FIoWers" and Various Other
Works Now Being Shown
at Corcoran Gallery of %t
AWARDED A SILVER MEDAL
Miss Mary G. Riley Takes Sec
ond PIace-Mrs. Phillips
Given Honorable Mention
By vIKTOR FLAMBEAU.


''Is she an expressionist, an
impressionist, or a realist?"
: That's what they are asking
about Miss Sarah Munroe, winner
of the silver medal in the present
Corcoran exhibition of the Soci-
ETY. of Washington Artists.
WON FIRST PRIZE.
Miss Munroe's prize picture,
"Flowers," which brought her the
trophy, is a brilliant dash of color
representing a jar of gay-colored
blooms on a little bamboo table IN
q summer villa. The jury hung the
picture in the honor place, and the
committee on medal awards followed
suit with the society's first prize,
the silver medal.
Miss Munroe exhibits also Sec
ond picture in the display, an
attractive summer girl seated by a
window, a three quarter length
study, called ga Summer Day.,
which had the honor place\ at
Provincetown, where it was painted,
when exhibited there. Her work
has been called impressionistic.
"Richard Miller, with whom
studied" Miss Munroe told the
writer, "says that we are both real
lists in our painting. I live in Prov
incetown," she continued, but
spend a few weeks of the winter
i'm Washington" facetiously refer
ring to her Cape Cod villa, with its
glass-inclosed pergola and studio,
which is the envy of all the other
artists there.
ga pupil of Childe Hassam, Rich
ard Miller, and Hawthorne" is the
story of Miss Munroe's training,
and it emphasizes brilliant, joyous
color, She has studied in America
and abroad.
HOLDS SILVER MEDAL.
The silver medal, which has just
been awarded Miss Munroe, is the
highest honor of the Society OF
Washington Artists, at whose an
nual exhibition last year she re-
ceived an honorable mention. The
medal, which is about the size of a
silver dollar, bears an interesting
design. made by u. s. J. Dunbar, q
Washington sculptor, with an in
scription, and the name of the win
ner engraved upon it. She received
previously the second Corcoran prize
of the Washington Water Color
Club.
Miss Munroe was born in Brook
1yn, but has resided for many years
in Washington, and is closely iden-
titled with art interests here, being
a member Of the Arts Club, in
which she has always been active;
the Society of Washington Artists,
the Water Color Club, and the
National Association of Woman
Painters and Sculptors. Her resi-
dence, at 1903 N street northwest,
is a charming home, with a
studio on the top floor.
The present exhibition, which is
the thirty-second annual display Of
Washington artists, will continue
through February rs, and is open
daily to the public. The pictures,
which are in oil, and the few pieces
Of sculpture, are arranged in the
Round Room" at the Corcoran Gal
lery, second floor. They are for sale,
and no commission is received by
the gallery.
OPEN TO PUBLIC.
The officers of the society are:
DR.. w. II. Holmes, president; Miss
Elizabeth Sawtelle, vice president;
Miss Clara Saunders, treasurer, and
Herbert F. Clarke, secretary. More
than 200 works were submitted, from
which the present showing was Sc
lected by a jury of selection COM
posed of officers and the executive
committee, which includes Edgar
Eye, Miss Hattie E. Burdette, Ben
son B. Moore. Miss Sarah Munroe
and Richard D. Engel.
The second prize, which is a
bronze medal, was awarded to
Miss Mary G.. Riley for a French
architectural composition, "Cagnes,"
while an honorable mention was
given to Marjorie Aker Phillips,
wife Of Duncan G.. Phillips, who has
recently opened his residence at 1900
Twenty-first street northwest as a
memorial art gallery for his father,
the late Major Duncan Phillips, and
his brother. Mrs. Phillips attrac-
tive picture is also an architectural
study, entitled Morning Light, New
York"
The society numbers seventy-five
well-known Washington names, be-
sides twelve nonresident and three
honorary members. The exhibition
was open to all artists to show
work not previously exhibited here.