Evening star., 1923-05-13

a living artist is stimulating and
should go far at the same time To i'm
press the value of the service rem
dered on the minds OF the general
public. The names of our great
architects should be household words.
whereas the fact is they are little
known or remembered.
At the Art Center the Iiandicraft
Guild OF Washington has been
holding its annual exhibition. IL was "a
small showing and less notable than
that of year ago. but it comprise d
some excellent exhibits. notably fine
ookbindinss. examples of metal
work. jewelry. silversmithing: some
pottery. batik and dyed stuffs, weav-
Ing. etc.
MISS HELEN DCKWITZ. whose
work is better known in New
York than in Washington, has been
showing at the Art Center this week
/ group of landscape paintings. Her
color is not of the .brilliance and
VlVldneSS SO much in evidence TODAY.
but is rather of delicate. opaIescent
quality. indicative of a sensitiveness
OF FEELING which to the more astute
! makes strong appeal.
BRYANT BAKERS sculpture in the
atrium of the Corcoran Gallery
or Art. is attracting much favorable
attention. 1t all shows strong. good
modelling. the touch of one who is
skilled in his art. Mr. Baker. fur
! therefore. has apparently a gift for
portralture. He knows how to get
what the public so reasonably de-
mands. good likeness Occasionally
ne reaches to greater height and pro-
duces work of real charm such. for
example. as his mask head entitled
Ipensee. His portrait of John Hays
hammond, jr.. Is particularly inter
esting from the artistic standpoint.
and as characterizations those Of
Herbert Hoover, George Harvey and
ZEN Pershing are notably good
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THE latter part of this week the
Corcoran Gallery will place on ex-
hlbitton collection of recent water
colors by Alfred Hutty of New York
state and Charleston s. G. Judging
from the exhibition of drawings and
etchlngs by the same artist shown
be anticipated in the way of pleas
sure in this display.
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A FTER spending the winter in
Charleston, Miss Ellen Day Hale
and Miss Gabrielle Clements have now
gone to their summer home at FOLLY
Cove. Mass, stopping week in
Washington en- route. Both Miss
Hale and Miss Clements made several
charming etchings while in Charles
ton, and are much engaged at present
experimenting in the use of color in
connection with this medium
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THE Baltimore Museum Of Art is
exhibiting at present the war nor
traits painted by eminent American
artists for the National Portrait Gal
fery, which were first shown at the
National Museum in 1921. and for the
past year have been making Il circuit
or the leading museums Of the coun-
try under the auspices of the Amer
lean Federation of Arts
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A PORTRAIT of the First Assistant
Postmaster General, John H.
Bartlett. formerly Eovernor of New
Hampshire. by Bu-tis Baker which
has just been completed. is now tenn
porarily on view in the Corcoran CAL
lery of Art. 1t is to go for permanent
placement in the State Capitol of
New Hampshire at Concord. Mr..
! baker has portrayed Gov Bart
lett at ee-quarter length. seated
squarely facing the observer. 1t is
J broadly painted, simple and direct,
and In. the matter OF portraiture car
ries conviction. 1t was painted from
hfe in the boardroom of the Cor
coran Gallery of Art, Mr.. Baker being
q member of the staff of the Corcora n
! School of Art. " II
Mr.: Baker has recently completed
! an Impressive portrait of Gen. Lee
9eun OF the Marine Corps. He has
during the past winter been repre-
sented in the annual exhibition of the
Detroit and other cities
LEILA MECHLIN.