Evening star., 1923-12-16
q Ii are agreed that the Cor
coran Gallery's ninth biennial

works by those OF all the different
schools, the extremely conservative,
the ultra a-modernistic, the followers
or the French impressionists. the
pleln air painters, those who paint in
the east and in the west, the north
and the south. For this reason--the
great variety of the showing--it is
dif1cult to summarize the exhibition
III short space. Each picture of the
$40 catalogued and displayed seems
10 present a new problem, a fresh in
terest, material in itself for an essay.
greatly to the convenience OF the
visitor, the pictures in this exhibition
nave been numbered consecutively,
SO that no time Is lost turning the
pages of the catalogue to and fro to
discover titles and authorship. The
listing begins in the semi-circular
room now designated as gallery A.
Here, as a center, enc finds a counter
part in reduced dimensions of Eugene
f., !.,,,, Savage's allegorical decoration,
The Recessional," which won the
second Altman prize in the winter ex-
hibition Of the National Academy of
Design and has caused much thought
ful discussion. 1t Is complicated
composition, rendered in colors sug
gestive of fresco. beautifully har-
monious and evidencing mastery
draftsmanship-a thought provoking
work.
On the opposite side Of the wall
hangs Charles G. Curran's portrait of
Judge Charles p. Wickham, painted
in the spirit of the great masters of
the past. Clifford Adams Mother and
Child belongs to the Whisuerian
St Francis dates back to the Flem-
ish primitives. On the other hand.
here in this same gallery. side by
side, with these conservative works
produced in accordance with tradi-
ton, one finds Jerome Myers pictures
OF the Recreation Pier Celebration
and Street Group" and a landscape
entitled "On the Lap of the HILL" the
work of Charles Reiffel, who, how
ever, Is far less ultra than he was
few years since.
On the other side of the Curran
portrait hang delightful spring PIC
tures-"Blossom Time" by Emile
Walters, and Spring" by X r. Nuna-
French impressionists. VIII Howe
Foote'S South Shore-Bermund5a." 5 de,
liciously green, sparkling like
mosaic. flooded with light, and cam
eron Burnside's "Old Houses-Mar-
Unique" so restrained, and yet so ex-
quisite in tone and the effect OF
luminosity. show how far our paihts Mt
ers have gone since Monet and MS
colleagues opened their eyes.
In this circular gallery hang
the works of several Washington or
erstwhile Washington painters. lneie
Hobart Nichols. a well charactertzed
and rendered portrait OF Theodore NJ.
Dillaway. by Burtis Baker; land
scapes by both Mr.; and MIS-: Iaeo aIio
j. Morgan. and a still life by Gabrieiie
De V Clements. Here also hangs
notable figure painting by Charles w.
UaNy,n0rI4, whose "ProvincetoWn
Fisherman" won for him the second
Clark prize. This. too, is picture
nf frs a
boy companion--a picture of spiritual
as well as artistic: quality ana OF
In the ante-room between gallery
a and gallery B four important anu
very different paintings are nuneMln
enormously complicated comPositiot
rection." and an impressive three.
uuarter-length portrait OF corners
OTIS Skinner as Dona Saraste IN the ne
Play Blood and sand palntyV9i VioIot pt
OakIey's colleague and e9ad1utor; I'd 4
double portrait study, Eleanor anu
Esther" by Eben Z. Comins, now ot
Washington. and a seascape, 1Isrds
of Newfoundland" by George Iaiu @
ing who. until recently. has been
best known as an Illustrator. %
There is an Impressive noe %
strength and sTnesseion an es,aen' Which Char
anterize much of the paintings SHOWN
in this exhibition. These qualuiess
impress the visitor in paintings Iouno !
In gallery B, such as Sidney Z. Dick.
!IScnninr aIScn Fleet" Victor Higgins
Taos Mountain" which, by the way,
is primarily decoration; panornna,
and George Bellows "F1sherman !
Family It was to George Bellows
trinia portrait of a mother and Two
daughters that the hrst ClaTk PriIe
was this year awarded ne -
he seems not to be able to interpret
life His figures, though they stamp
their aspect upon the observer are
unthinking. maniklns, anu In1 aTiahIv
that of the traditional stage set
In marked contrast to the Mo[hs ,
of those Just mentioned, yet equally
impressive. are Emil Carsen,s .Jp Gpen
Sea" and w. Elmer Schofield,s June
Morning" both admirably placed in
Gallery b. Mr.. Schofield also shows
a beautiful transcription or tne
Southern Coast of England, broad
ly rendered, full of light and air and
suggestive of the beauty and spa
ciousness of the outdoor world
June Morning. is a picture of a cot
playing across it and the shadows of
The, tree branches forming lace-like
network of design. David Ericson's
silent Night is charming noe
turne, rendered with subtlety and
skill. One cannot fail to notice 1t
with pleasure in passing. A second
decorative composition by Eugene
Francis Savage has been given prom
inent place In Gallery B. 1t Is en-
titled Expulsion" and has been loan
ed by the City Art Museum of st.
Louis. 1t may be of interest to know
that Mr.. Savage was at one time
fellowship holder in the American
Academy In Rome.
Passing through the doorway to
Gallery one comes suddenly upon
an unusually beautiful portrait by
Giuseppe Trotta, a portrait rich in
color, resonant In tone and painted
with a skill as great as that OF any
of the old masters Beside 1t hangs
a. self portrait by Robert Philip, an
interesting solution of difficult
problem of shadow against light; and
TO the right again is found an at
tracHve painting of little boy. John
Klots of this city, which is strik-
ingly in the manner of the old Eng
1sh school. a second and new rem
dering of Boy with Rabbit"
,v ens greKEs fang oe tas mos
interesting and individual personali-
ties In American art today, a man
who has won the reputation OF being
d radical of the radicals. a man,
these paintings is entitled Deer Sea-
son" and shows g. deer galloping
across "the stage" in front of an
impressive mountain The other IS
entitled "Sunlit Valley" and shows
a deer and a great bird of prey on
an eminence overlooking a deep val
ley. Both subjects are convention
Allied but beautifully portrayed, and
in both Is found that light never
seen before on land or sea-superb
imaginative terprStations
The central position in this gallery
ami one which has long been consid-
cred the place. of honor in the entire
exhibition, has been given to a mod
ern, madonna, Madonna of the Rap
pahannock," by Carl Melchers, paint