Evening star., 1923-10-07

Mrs. Hailman painted a bouquet OF
Madonna lilies
If one wished to fnd fault with
these paintings, the criticism. would
be Of little disregard Of the .prinotr
unity: but. after all. when work is
so good. why not forget its minor
shortcomings? To again quote Mr..
Saint-Gaudens, Johanna K. w. Hall
man undoubtedly has clear-seeing
deavor has been and Is to interpret
beauty, "a ssss
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TN the exhibition cases In the upper
= atrium sof the Corcoran Gallery of
Art are now to be seen group OF
water colors and pastels of Spain and
Italy made during tho past six
months sojourn in these countries by
no less distinguished artists than vio-
let Oakley, the foremost woman mu-
raj painter, and Edith Emerson, her
These are artists notes. impress.
sions set down in the first flush or
enthusiasm with a keenness OF un.
derstanding that Is given to rev.
or two Of Gibraltar seen from the
steamer in passing. silhouetted ike
the great fortress 1t is against the
SKY, numpeT give siIHiPScS VI WIG
Alhambra; one or two were done In
Tangiers. Miss Oakley's section in
cludes a few figures. Spanish women
representing types, presented With
great force and directness.
One cannot imagine a more at
tractive souvenir Of such trip as
Miss Oakley and Miss Emerson have
had-which, was, by the way. more or
less triumphal progress-for Miss
Oakley's magnificent folios, "The Holy
two int
ings in the Harrisburg Capitol and
the beautifully Illuminated text, ex-
tracts from writings of William Penn,
were exhibited in Spain and later In
London and Oxford in the interest
of international peace. and were IA
vorably received in each place, every,
honor being paid to the gifted artist,
who is not only painter, but patriot
and seer.
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NEXT week the Corcoran Gallery OF
~ Art will place on view in its spe-
cial exhibition gallery a section OF
| the international exhibition held in
/, Pittsburgh last May and June, which
! is now making tour of the country.
This section will comprise sixty
works by painters of Great Britain
j France, Spain. Italy and Scandinavian
countries. Coming SO soon before the
American Oil Paintings, which is an
nounced to open December Is, this
collection of works by the leading
painters of European countries wills
be of special interest and afford ex-,
ceptional opportunity for comparison.
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PREPARATIONS move apace for the
great biennial exhibition to ) be
held in the Corcoran Gallery this De-
cember and January. Announce
ments giving the dates OF the exhibi-
| ~ been issued. The personnel Of the
latter is as follows: Edward w. Red
! field, chairman; Carl Melchers. Ralph
! Clarkson. Mrs. Lillian Westcott Hale
through the medium of the William
A. Clark prize fund, generous awards
| are offered.
THE graphic arts department Of the
United States National Museum
announces an interesting program Of
exhibitions of prints for the coming
| season, all of which will be held in
the Smithsonian Institution. and are
being arranged by r. p. Tolman, in
charge of this division.
The opening exhibition. which is
now on view, continuing. to October
26, consists of a travelling exhibition
sent out by the Chicago Society of
Etchers, Of which Mrs. Bertha Z.
Jaques is secretary approximately
100 prints selected from this collec-
tion are shown, among them works
t'by some OF the leading etchers of the
country. ..
Following this exhibition will
come a collection of Autographs bS
members of the Senefelder Club Of
London, circulated under the auspices
of the American Federation of Arts.
From December to January~4 a col
lection of etchings by William Meyer
owttz of New York. From January
to February there will be a rotary
exhibition of the Brooklyn Societyfof
Etchers. sent out under the auspices
of the American Federation of Arts.
From February to the 29th there