Evening star., 1924-11-30

IN the Corcoran Gallery OF Art
three interesting special exhibi-
tions will open tomorrow. They
are works by a recently organ
lied group of Washington ar
fists: water colors by Lucien Powell
and sculpture by the late Edward
Berge.
The first of these exhibitions will be
set forth in the special exhibition
gallery in the hemicycle. There will
| be eleven exhibitors-Mr. Merymap,
Mr. Baker, Mr.. Weisz, Mr.. Farna-
worth Mr. Burnside, Mr. Mahony, Mr..
Nye. Mr. Musgrave, Mr.. Comirs, Mr..
+ Many and Mr.. Rakemann. Each will
have about Is running feet OF space
at his disposal. In other words, every
exhibitor will show not one, but sew
eral paintings.
Mr.. Newman, Mr.. Baker and Mr..
Neisz are all members of the faculty
of the Corcoran School of Art. Mr..
Neryman and Mr.. Baker were pupils
Of Abbott Thayer, and each has won
distinction as a painter of portraits
and figures, though neither limits
himself exclusively to such subjects.
Mr.. Weisz has studied under Mr..
Meryman and Mr. Baker and at prom
inent summer art schools and has
already attained to considerable COM
potency.
Mr. Farnsworth is a pupil of Haw-
thornes and is considered one of
the most promising of the repre-
sentatives of the younger school to-
day. Two paintings by Mr.. Farms
worth were included in the Winter
exhibition Of the National Academy
of Design and admirably hung on
the line ct the Vanderbilt Gallery.
Mr.. Burnside is a late conner to
Washington, but he has already fully
identified himself with the local art
colony He has been holding a special
exhibition of his works at the Van
dyck Galleries. He, too, was well rep
resented in the New York Academy.
Mr.. Mahony, who is particularly
well known for his cartoons and IL
Illustrative work, Is the head of the
National School OF Fine and Applied
Arts, which, If not allied with the
New York School of the same name,
is along the same lines, Mr.. Mahony
having studied under and been asso-
.ciated some little time with Frank
.Alvah Parsons.
Mr. Nye was a Washington boy
and q student of the Corcoran School
of Art. He has studied in Europe
and in New York and is doing strong,
colorful work.
during the war and was attached in
an official capacity at that time to
The British embassy. He has since
severed this connection and taken
up his residence permanently here,
purcha sing one of the old houses in
Georgetown as residence and
studio. He was for q time president
of the Arts Club and his work is
well known and highly esteemed.
Mr.. Comins is a New EngIander, for
many years resident of Boston, and
he still maintains a summer studio
at East Gloucester. A couple of years
hgo, however. he became a Winter
resident Of Washington. establishing
a studio here. He paints both por-
traits and genre and Is represented
Pm the National Gallery collection by
a series of character studies Of
doughboys. His portrait of Mrs. John
Stewart McLennan, which was paint
ed last season, was reproduced a
short time ago in the American Mag
azine of Art Mr.. Comins Is to have
a one-man exhibition in New York in
January.
Mr.. Many is a teacher of art In one
of our high schools and is an ex-
ponent Of the modernist school, one
pr the few who have been able to
interpret modernism in terms of
beauty. He was admirably represent
I'd in. the latest cotemporary exhi-
bition of American paintings held at
he Corcoran Gallery by two works,
pne of which was selected and sent
with the American group to the In
ternational exposition at Venice.
Mr.. Rakemann is a Washingtonfan.
member of an artistic and musical
amily. His work has been largely
along the lines of decoration and he
has produced some interesting mural
schemes.
This promises TO be an extremely
Interesting and thoroughly worth
while exhibition.
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N the cases in the atrium, where
Mrs. Bush-Brown has lately been