Evening star., 1924-11-09
Notes of Art and Artists

the National Gallery>of Art by por-
trait of Ellen Day Hale, her friend
from student days and conSrere.
Mrs. Bush Brown studied first at the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts, then for three years in Paris
under Carolus Duran and at Julien's.
A N artists breakfast is to be held
under the. auspices of the Art
and Archaeology League of this city
and the Art Promoters Club of
George Washington University, at
Rauscher's next Saturday at noon.
The guests of honor will be the Bish-
op of Washington, the president of
George Washington University and
the chairman of the National Com
mission Of Fine Arts. Representa-
tives of art organizations in wash
ington will be present and speak in
formally on how Washington may
become a leading art center. DIR.
Mitchell Carroll Is chairman of the
break fast committee. The Art and
Archaeology League will be repre-
sented by Lieut.. Comdr. Clephane
and the Art Promoters Club by Rob-
ert w. Pulliam. The purpose, obvi-
ously, is to bring together local art
interests in order to promote coop
GRAFTON.
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THE first of the seasons lectures on
the fine arts. given under the
auspices of the Washington Society
of the Fine Arts, is to be by Homer
Saint-Gaudens, son of great American
sculptor, Augustus Saint-Ga udens,
and will be given in the auditorium
OF the Central High School this COM
ing Wednesday evening at SIS The
subject of the lecture, which will be
elaborately illustrated by stereopti-
con slides, will be THE Spirit Of Eu-
ropean Art Today" Mr.. Saint Gaudens
is the director Of the art department
OF the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh.
under the auspices of which an in
ternational exhibition of paintings is
held every year. 1t is his experience
IN collecting the most recent of these
exhibitions which will make the sub
stance of his lecture. Few have had
SO excellent an opportunity to know
what the painters of Europe are
doing today, for not only did Mr..
Saint-Gaudens spend several months
in Europe seeing exhibitions, but he
visited studios and came in direct
contact with the artists themselves
What he will have to say will be
tirst-hand information and will also
have direct bearing upon the art Of
movement.
nRi-POlNTS and color etchings by
- A. II. o. Role and etchings and
dry points by Benson B.. Moore are
now on exhibition at Venable's CAL
lery. 1907 II street. Both Mr.. Role
and Mr.. Moore are locally well known
and their work held In high esteem
Ihey are members of the Landscape
Club, the Washington Water Color
Club and the Society OF Washington
Artists. They find their themes in
and about Washington and are doing
much. through their interpretations,
to make the picture squeness Of what
might be called commonplace ia
miliar subjects obvious to all. This
Is valuable service and it is one
which the artist better than any one
else can perform.
The print-etching, dry-point, litho-
graph--is coming into vogue. The
public Is beginning to realize that
genuine works of art, and often
of very precious quality. are to be
obtained through this medium at very
moderate cost. AS souvenirs of Wash
ington or simply as little works of
art these etchings and dry-points by
Mr.. Role and Mr.. Moore should prove
acceptable either as gifts or as per-
sonal possessions.
LEILA MECHLIN.