Evening star., 1923-02-04
UR1NG the past week three new
exhibitions have opened in
the Corcoran Gallery of Art.

n UR1NG the past week three new
81 exhibitions have opened in
H. the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
They are the thirty-second
annual exhibition of the Society of
Washington Artists, which opened
yesterday. and has already been re-
viewed at length; an exhibition of
water colors by Marius Hubert Rob-
ert' which is set forth under the joint
Patronage of the French and Belgian
embassies and an exhibition of Japa-
hese color prints. lent by local
collector. who prefers, however, to
remain anonymous.
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THE exhibition of water colors by
the French artist Interestingly
follows directly on the heels of an
exhibition of paintings In the same
medium by an English artist. Though
likewise Interpreting themes OF in
herent beauty. there Is great dissimi-
larity In the manner of rendering. Mr.
hubert Robert has made a specially
or gardens and chateaux Of France.
and some OF the most interesting of
his pictures in the present exhibition
were painted. and pictorially inter-
pret scenes at Versailles. In one in
stance he shows the famous palace.
bathed in the ruddy light of the set
ting sun. Marie Antoinette's play
among the trees is shown with great
charm. flooded with moonlight. There
are pictures of the fountains playing
and of the long, cathedral-like avenue
been lent by royal personages, others
by members of the nobility. Mr..
Hubert-Robert was appointed painter
in the French army during the war.
The French government twice al
lowed him to exhibit his paintings of
the destroyed parts of France in the
Luxembourg, and purchased one of
his pictures for the state galleries. he
has come to this country ayoWedly to
paint scenes of America that the
quainted with the beauty of our coun-
try.
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THE japanese prints. which are
= shown in the cases ct the head
Of the stairway and in the little
southwest gallery, are Of rare quail
uy and a high order of merit, and to
students and art lovers their exhi-
bitfon at this time cannot fail TO
prove Of extraordinary interest ana
value Some of the leading PRINT
makers Of Japan are represented, and
in each instance the print shown is as
nearly perfect as one can expect 70
find Modern art has been exceedingly
rlt1uenced by. the printmakers OF
Japan, but it has departed far from
the example which they set. IL Is
wsu. therefore, to have this oppor-
tunity to see how gracious and beau
tiful their art was and to come IN
touch intimately with the influence
at it's source. Each print In this col
lection has been passed upon by a
leading expert (not the owner), and
has been chosen as of superiatlVe
merit 1t is impossible, in brief
note. to deal with the individual ex-
hibits, for IN almost every case the
artists represented are of high rank
and possess marked individuality.
One trait in common they do. how
over, display, and that Is marvellous
mastery of line. Also, note may be
made Of the fact that these print.
makers were keenly sensitive to
beauty of color and pattern in design
Hence it is that their works, without
exception, are decorative. The prints
In the cases are merely matted, but
those In the little gallery are all
framed, and so beautifully have they
been hung that the room itself is a
decorative unit.
A y exhibition Of pictorial photo
"A graphs lent by Alexander Keig-
ley, fellow Of the Royal Photographic
Society Of England, is now being
shown In the Arts and Industries
building, United States National Mu-
scum, where they will be on view
Until February 2S. This collection
comprises about sixty-five prints, the
work of one of the leading British
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feresting in subject and very beauti-
fully rendered. Many interpret the il
lusions of light and air All show eS-
ceIIept massing Of light and shade
feeling. Photographs of this type are
quite as much to be regarded as
works of art as though the camera,
a mechanical device, had not oeen
used as the medium of expression.
Announcement is made that a col
lection of seventy-six Photographic
prints lent by the Pictorial Photog-
raphers Of America. will follow this
exhibition in the same gallery on
March 10. :. :.
"A VERY remarkable series of paint
"A inKs Of American humming birds
has been made by Frank Bond OF the
Department OF the Interior, who is
we'll known as an ornithologist. Mr.
Bond has painted each of the seven
teen varieties of humming birds
known in tho United States. with sci
entifio accuracy and extraordinary
artistic skill, using the skins as
models and reproducing even the ir-
ridescent effect of their feathers. And
he has given each bird pictorial
background indicative of that part
of the country in which 1t Is found.
These paintings, in water color, must
be of great scientific value. but they
are also OF pictorial interest and ar
tistio merlt-illustrations OF sort
which were more commonly made
fifty years ago than now. And more's
the pity One of the most success
full OF these pictures Is Of one OF our
own humming birds, seen surrounded
by the flowers and foliage OF the
trumpet creeper. In not few of his
illustrations he has introduced f1ow-
ers which repeat in color the brill
sIaney of tho birds foliage. 1t is