Evening star., 1924-05-25

~ URING the past season a
long series of interesting
small exhibits has been
shown by invitation of the di-
ectof,i in the cases in the atrium of the
'orcoran Gallery of Art at the head
f the grand stairway. These ex-
ibits have all been unusual in char
cter- and varied in kind. but among
II e nnaAone has been more notable or
n ngaying than that of portrait draw
1gsef American Indians by w. Lang
neKihn, now on view.
ME~,, kim is young man, being
tilksh his twenties. Born i'm Brook
IN -isr 1898, he studied first at the
School and then at the
rt students League in New York
nds Sater under +. Winold ReiSs. He
as srtade IA specially of portraits Of
ndiAM and has spent much time
mOssss them. first in 1920 among the
j -kfeet Indians of Montana and
,tersssat the suggestion of Charles f.
,Inlyppis, he went in the early part of
t-.samcng the Pueblo Indians of
e cw"NteNico, in and around 1.aguna
nd Xcoma. He is now continuing
is sEAdieS among the Indians of the
d dhaWfdH II HbTlu"tSt, anu II is MS III
.utip1 TO spend the summer and pos
bl Y~Ghe coming winter on an Indian
rs epWe tion in Alaska. Of his por-
"a eS,n Of Blachteet Indians, George
has said:
No. kihnS pictures are faithful
ortratts OF these Blackfeet Indians,
ianL.pf whom | knew well in past
mes. In his collection are repre-
4nts4 ancient men like White Grass,
To
ithsEhon / lived in the olden days.
henst heir cheeks We're unwTinkled
nd Meir footballs light and free. |
eel .f6at the pictures of these people
i'll siAaerest, not only all artists and
1oSessswho know something aboul
1diaW. but also all who possess
al sl0Tc for the life out OF doors
thessw idespGead spaces of their own
tiss and mountains To this
tctrard Culin adds, i'll appreciation
tlsSsartist's portraits of the Pueblo
,e aIt too few recorders and inter-
rc ens of these ancient tribes, whose
"a tufss and traditions are rapidly
Gin Exchanged and effaced.'
Thenportraits are in black and COL
red .uAalks or crayonS. The features
tRe~ Indians are in these mediums
Did ldlX-delineated. In many cases the
u
,r rrey seem. indeed, chiSeled. They
re Simple, Vet treated in great de-
Ill: sIbeir manner of rendition is. in
act ,..oompletely individual. Here is
risinatity which has its inspiration
the, personality of the artist, an
riefnality completely without affec-
It oia.. Mr.. kim has in his work
e by Indian tradition,
at ttfs interpretations show no CLINT
+ inSTfation. These portraits give the
bSer&er a feeling that they could not
avesmbeen done in any other way,
lat the way that the artist has chos-
4 isa.ahc natural, logical way. Such
thesimpression invariably created
y l4aSter work
These portraits have already been
the Museum of New Mexico.
S3Sta te: in two galleries in New
orksIity, at one in San Francisco,
the University of California, in
alt Eake City. at the Minnesota state
iir. al the Milwaukee Art Institute,
Denver, under the auspices of the
Ell ve4~ Art Associations; in Norman,
klatnst the University of oklahoma:
t thssLos Angeles Art Museum and
maRy other places. When the eX
hi ton was shown some time ago in
ew .Sork the art critic of the New
made the following com
enryb.
"A rfy@ one at all interested in the
fe aRd history of America will get
'om sthe exhibition much beside its
sthetfc quality, but this is not to be
nd minated. If Mr.. kim We're
OF. fEst of all an artist. and one of
"a rked talent, his records would be
orthSery little. and if the Indians
no have made these woven strips OF
adse and fabrics were not artists
and blankets would be
erely,. curioSities.
..,I x x x x
l PRDPOS of Indian portraiture and
the Interpretation through art of
mention may be made of
lie s&atuette which Mr.. Bush Brown
as lately modelled of medicine
lan.''.,9folding little newborn baby
his. outstretched' hands, invoking
,r the new life blessings. This is a
.ligious ceremony, performed at sun
is a dedication of the
unlike Christian baptism.
he sN5brds of the Invocation have
cen .aa-beautifully interpreted into
nglieh by Miss Fletcher and Mr..
a Ffeche. and call first upon the
IN, ,,poon. stars. then upon the
pirits@ of the air. the thunder, the
:
upon the mountains, val
,yS, lakes. streams, rivers, trees and
ia Sslss, and "all We of the earth"
zen Neon the birds of the air and the
nim4S of the forest, and finally
ponssfhe heavens, to welcome into
1eirssaidst the,new life and make his
at II tt1hooth, that he may pass all
he f1pr hills of life into the great
n X Iso,S n''--a beautiful thought, now
expressed in the. Sculptured
gurE..
n TIE special exhibition gallery of
tnes Corcoran Gallery Of Art has
eenrshown during the past week
rawlings made by students in the
aventeen recognized schools of
rchikscture-those to whom the stu
ent medal of the institute has been
and who We're competing
lg hscholarship. This scholarship
akes.the form of free membership
l tha@group of practicing architects
nd ,students of architecture organ
led 'feT travel and study under the
uspItes of the Institute of 1nterna-
The leader of the
he Prof. Albert .. Phelps
L -
rchifecture. Members will sail from
ew ,sNork on July 3 and Will include
/ their travels England. France,
.alymmBelgium and Holland.
1850 x X K 4
MoRD comes from the American
w Academy in Rome that the an
ual Exhibition and concert will open
n My 2s. The king and queen will
e innEn gland at that time, but the
ueen.s mother, who is particularly
ond.Sf music, has promised to attend
he concert. The work of the sculp-
ure Fellows will be exhibited this
earth their own studios. Painters
nd architects works are to be dis
laysdin the salon and billiard room.
.mong those who have recently visit
d the academy from the United
Mrs. f. H. Hartman and
Irs. ,Shurtleff Coolidge, the latter the
atrOness of the Berkshire music fes-
lvafs"ithrough whose generosity the
n q rHkfinr series of three chambe 7