Evening star., 1923-01-21

THE Corcoran Gallery of Art is
showing at present quite
plumber of transien. exhibitions.
The semi-circular gallery on the
second moor is occupied by the wash
inston Water Color Clubs ANNA, ex
Aioi'ioh' which Is admirable. In the
cases In the atrium is on view col-
iection or water colors and drawings
by Howard Giles quite out ~ IT,
IN the modern bronze room
oh the hrst floor at the extreme left
one enters is collection of water
eoiofs py Col. Donne of England
"hich Is finding high favor. as evil
! aehced by the multiplicity of little
soio signs bearing the magic word
soio' while in the sculpture hall to
the right or the staircase fbere has
lately been placed on view a coIlec-
ZION OF etchings by Clifford Adams.
Inose who visited the most recent
contemporary exhibition of works hv
American artists held in the Corcoran
sailery last year will recall three
p..TTim.ines oy this artist. one entitled
i5anquility, another '-Troubadours''
and the third "At Play painting
quite unlike other works shown and
eEiaencing to the initiated an un-
usual personality as their author or
creator. II would be a little difficult
10 denne just what quality In these
WORKS $50 SO set them apart. They were
not altogether pleasing. but they
were pronouncedly artistic, subtle
reticent and stylistic
Mr. Adams is a Philadelphian hay.
ing been born in the Quaker city i'm
t' lsiS' the year the centennial was
! held: He studied first at the Drexel
institute and then in the Pennsyl-
vania Academy of the Fine Arts
under Anshutz and Thouron. In 1895
ne was lucky enough to be awarde ed
q travelling scholarship for study In
Europe Going first to Paris, he en-
| tered the Academic Carmen and came
! in contact with Whistler Before
many months passed Mr.. Adams had
come completely under Whistler's in.
i huence and apprenticed himself &c
him for q period of five years, work
! ing with him and under him until
| Whistler's death in 1909. But Mr.
| Adams. no matter how much he may
have been Influenced by his master
! was and Is by no means a weak echo
Occasionally in his paintings and ir
his etchings one sees a reminiscent
note OF Whistler. but its occurrence
his own. From 1905 until 1914 h.
! continued to reside in England, max
| ing only occasional visits to Amer
| lea. After the outbreak of the world
! war he enlisted in the British navy
and served with the grand feet five
years. until 1919. The following year
he returned to the United States and
| took up his residence in New York
Since then he has exhibited quite con-
stantly with the painters and the
etchers. and he is represented by his
, work in the permanent collections oi
| the Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts and the Art Institute OF
Chicago. III 1915 he was awarded q
bronze medal at the Panama-Pacift
exposition, and this year the golo
medal of the Art Club of Philadelphia Ia
has come to him.
There is an extraordinary variety
In the rendition of the etchings now
on view in the Corcoran Gallery OF
Art Scarcely two are In the same
manner or mood. For the most part
they are of architectural subjects
buildings. streets-but one or two are
of figures, and one has as its theme
a crowded ballroom. One of the most
attractive is view OF Westminster
Abbey and the houses of parliament
as seen from across the Thames. An
other peculiarly attractive is or one
of the London music halls. There are
glimpses OF London and Paris slums
and there are pictures of Venetian
palaces-not Whistler's Venice. but q
Venice which Mr.. Adams has discov-
er ed for himself Not infrequently he
has introduced a figure in the fore