Evening star., 1923-01-28

Marlus Hubert Robert; the other OF
Japanese prints.
Mr.. Hubert-Robe is a French art
ist Of considerable distinction, a de-
scendent of the famous landscape
painter Of the eighteenth century OF
the same name Twice exhibitions OF
his work have been held in the Lux
embourg, in Paris, at the invitation
OF the French government. He has
exhibited in all the leading cities or
France and also in London, and ne
has most recently held an exhibition
in New York. The subjects tnat ne
has chosen in most instances Tor IN,
terpretation are garden and castles ol
France and many of his themese nave
been found in that region which sut-
fered most during the great war.
He is not, in the accepted sense or
the term, a modernist. but rather one
who is helping to preserve and hano
down the noble traditions of Frencn
art, which has as its dominant char-
acteristic the element of beauty.
MIR. Hubert-Robert's water colors
will be shown in the modern bronze
room in the Corcoran Gallery OF Art'
and will be placed on view on "eo-
nesday. The exhibition in this city
will be under the auspices OF the
French embassy, but there Will not DC
a formal opening.
THE collection Of Japanese prints
which is to be shown in the Cor
coran Gallery is the property Oh
local collector and Will be found rep
resentative of the best of the famous
printmakers Of Japan. 1t embraces
approximately sixty prints, half or
which are framed, the other nan
merely matted. The former Will be
shown In one of the smaller galleries
and the latter in the cases In the
atrium. wherein at the present time
water colors and drawings by HOWARD
Giles are on view.
This exhibition will open the latter
part of the week.
-rHE Society of Washington Artists
will open Its thirty-third annual
exhibition in tho hemicycle gallery OF
the Corcoran Gallery of Art on Salur-
dav. February 3, and continue II 10
February %.
This organization has done mucn TO
encourage and continue the develop
ment of art in Washington. The eA-
hibitions which 1t has held yearly
have been upheld to a high standard
and have attracted wide and wen
merited attention. Those VINO ha'e
long lived IN this city Will femeinoei
when the society held its exhibitions
IN the assembly room of the COSMOS
r,lub later at a gallery of its own on
Connecticut avenue and hnaily' WHEN
the new Corcoran Gallery was ouiit'
in its great hemicycle hall. 1t was IN
TACT the success of this society's ex-
bibitions under the presidency or the
,.te Richard \. Brooke which led to
the institution by the trustees or 'he
Corcoran Gallery of Art of the great
biennial exhibitions of paintings oy
cotemporary American artists "nlcn
hsve come to take their place among
the leading exhibitions of the country.
Two nrizes are offered in this ex-
hibition, a silver and bronze meoai'
The president of the society IS VIII
liam III. Holmes, director or the Ma
tional Gallery of Art; the secretary Is
Herbert +. Clark.
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THE collection of water colors oS
L Col. Donne OF England. which mas
haen on view for the past three weeks
I, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, mas
mat with exceptional success, approx
iratelv twenty of the pictures dis
n,aved being purchased, a fact winch
goes to show that the public is reaoy
70 support an exhibition OF this cnar-
,c+er and eager to acquire paintings
which possess artistic merit ana PIC
torial charm.
Col Donne's water colors are OF a
sort which make extraordinary ap-
neal. He chooses his subjects wisely
.nd he presents them with skill ana
charm. There are many lovely sights
IN he seen In Switzerland, In the ltai-
ian lake country and on the HlViera
and it is these which he mas uan-
scrtbed with faithfulness and sympa-
INV No wonder his pictures have
found admirers and that so many are
going into Washington homes.
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A DISTINGUISHED honor has peen
n won by Washington girl. MISS
Marion Olds, the daughter or MI. anu
Mrs. Edison B. Olds, who for the past
three years has been studying interior
decoration in the New York School OF
Fine and Applied Art. has been AWARD
ed because Of the exceptional merit OF
her work, a scholarship in the American
School in Paris, and will sail for France
some time next month.
The New York School of Fine and
Applied Art has as It's president FRANK
Afyah Parsons, well known as a writer
and lecturer, as well as teacher.
Through his initiative, and under his
direction, branch schools have been es-
tablished In Paris, and more lately III
London. The Paris school has attracted
favorable attention among French art
,lovers and artists, and has the indorse-
rnent of the foremost French authori-
Ties It affords students the opportu-
n,tv Of studying the French decorative
.rt. a. the renaissance at first hand
and To IT'S scholarship holders many ex-
ceutiona privileges are open.
Miss Olds won the much-coveted
scholarshtp as q member OF a class OF
,,x.r+v- an of whom were competitors.
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~.roRGE JULIAN ZOLNAY, who for
Vt some months has had studio IN
Rome completing war memorial 1or
Nashville, Tenn, and doing other I'M
oartant work. Is soon to return to