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to 6, and at other times by appoint
ment. Although Mr.. Phillips has no
| time, personally, to meet those who
| cannot come at the regular hours.
and who. therefore. seek special ap-
| po1ntments. the custodian in charge
VIII show to out-of-town visitors the
! paintings which they are unable to
see on the open days. Appointments
however. should be made. if possible
curing the afternoon, as in the morn
ing the custodian is otherwise en-
ploycd.
During the Summer a new street
entrance has been made, so that the
visitors no longer seeks admission at
basement door, but at an imposing
entrance on the floor above. This
not only dignifies the gallery, but will
prevent the constant repetition of a
perfectly reasonable error in the past
of mistaking the entrance to the
Phiilips residence for that of the gall
lery. The present entrance is what
would correspond to 1902 Twenty
| first street
/ The opening exhibition is another
OF those comprehensive and sug-
| gestlve arrangements of old and new
| paintings in which Mr.. Phillips de-
| rnonstrateS that good pictures of all
times and in all manners may hang
we'll together if they are hung ac-
cording to affinities of tone and tenn
permanent. Two new paintings by
| Pierre Auguste Renoir have been
added. These were acquired from the
| collection of Joseph Stransky, former
director of the Philharmonic Orches-
ira. They are lie Jardin." painted in
1878. an opulent flower garden. auiv-
| ering in hot sunlight with d back
| ground of dark woods painted with
| considerable impoSta in the artists
earlier manner. and LA Femme au
Parasol." pain inted in 1879. represent
| ing young woman in white dress
seated in the grass on a sunny hill
side under a pink parasol a little
! child playing nearby. Both pictures
| illustrate this artists genius for ex
| pressing the intense sensation of q
vivid moment when vibrating light
gives an almost organic life to color.
These two paintings supplement the
world famous "Dejeuner des Cano-
| tiers" acquired last year from the
| Durand Ruel private collection. al
most completing the proposed Renoir
exhibition unit. Mr.. Phillips pro-
poses to acquire. when the occasion
presents itself. an example of Re
noir's latest art. when his style
| changed from impression to a more
!
| An interesting schedule of exhibi-
tions is planned for the season, an
nouncement of which will be made
| later.
1T is a charming exhibition which
Mrs. L. Mach. Sleeth of the Ma
tional Cathedral School for Girls
| shows at the Arts Club of Washing
| a a a
! exhibition as one often comes acr oss
! The subject matter. mostly scenes on
| the Pacific Coast is we'll chosen and
| the presentation is fresh. vigorous
and extremely skillful. Essentially
are these paintings, which are in OIL
| in the modern manner, but let no
one suppose that b. this modernistic
I is meant. Mrs. SIeeth has painted
| what she saw and has transmitted
through faithful Interpretation the
! joy she found in her discoveries
natures revelation of beauty. Par
! ticularly good are her pictures of
the sea. blue as is the Mediterranean,
| illimitable. forever restless-the sea
with all it's enchantment, in it's most
fascinating moods. Her canvaSeS
| in rich fullness Of co'or allure on
the instant. but no less good is
}rendition of the sea on gray DAY,
| the tide incoming over sandy beach.
All of these paintings bring to the
| observer a comprehension of the lure
of California They are virile inter
pretations and possess the perennial
| spirit of youth.
! These pictures are hung in the re-
ception room on the first floor, the
walls of which during the Summer
| have been done over and the wood
| work repainted. A sand color bur-
lap of fine texture has been chosen
as wall covering, in excellent keep
! ing with the woodwork's white paint
and affording admirable background
for just such colorful pictures as
these.
!: K *
T 1PSTAIRS in the lounge are to be
~ seen photographs by Clara +.
Sipprell one of our distinguished
American photo-pictorialists. This.
too, is an unusual and attractive
showing Despite the fact that one
comes upon it after feast Of color.
one does not feel in the least let
down. as is usual with photographs
viewed in connection with paintings.
In fact, these pictures, which are IN
black and white and gentle grays, are
full of color quality. They nave
moreover, that even rarer quality In
a photograph of atmosphere. Some
move the beholder to tears, which one
of our greatest artists has said is
the unfailing test of a great work OF
art.
Miss Sipprells landscapes, pictures
made during a recent trip to soutn
central Europe, are extraordinary
beautiful, interpreting not only things
seen but things felt. Many OF them
possess that indescribable love!iness
which holds the beholder spellbound
at Bellagio or Amalfl. How the me-
dunn of photography can be made
to respond so exCuisitely and sympa-
thetically to mood and emotion is
mystery, indeed
This same spiritual quality, sup
ported by the underlying principles
upon which all good srt is built, is
equally evident in Miss SipprelIs
figure and portrait photographs. She
has in this exhibition a study of an
old man, presumably a peasant, which
Rembrandt himself might have pro-
duced. SO interesting are the con-
trasts Of light and shade, so beauti-
full the modelling of the head and
face. so perfect the unity of the COM
position OF particular interest at
this time are several Of Miss Sip
prelrs portrait prints of Mestrovic,
the Serbian sculptor, whose genius all
Europe acknowledges, and whose
work is now for the first time being
shown in America. Mestrovic him
self has lately arrived in this coun-
try. What: will he think of us?
What effect will his powerful work,
so different from the work that any
one else has ever done, have upon
our art? 1t is interesting copjec-
ture. Miss Sipprell's photographs
give Indication of not only a strong
man, but an engaging personality.
Among the most charming of Miss
c;nnrall,r child studies iS nictura