Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-24
Notes of Art and Artists

or fifteen miniatures, mostly recent
works.
Mrs. Paterson graduated from the
Art Institute OF Chicago and studied
abroad with William NJ. Chase, prin-
cipally In Italy, and has worked I'M
der several of our foremost miniature
painters. among them Lucia Fair
child Fuller. Among her recent
works is miniature Of Frank KEEL
logg, now American ambassador to
Great Britain.
a I THE Yandyck Galleries an ex-
htbitton of paintings by Laureano
3arrau OF Barcelona. Spain. Is now
on view. Barrau is considered by
some second Sorolia. choosing for
Interpretation similar subjects
sunny beach scenes and the like
and rendering them with the same
mastery strength and vividness.
He Won the Prix de Rome, and after
completing his course there he was
LOT a time In Paris, but his work Is
sald 10 be essentially Spanish in typo.
CHARLES BITTINGER, who Is to be
reckoned among erstwhIle Wash
ington artists. though long a resident
OF New England, is holding an exhi-
bition of his paintings at the Guild
OF Boston Artists. beginning Febru-
airy is and continuing until March ].
Mr.. Bittinger, II will be remembered,
mas made a speciality of interiors
He was represented in the recent ex-
nibition at the Corcoran Gallery of
Art by painting OF the grand stair
Case III the Library of Congress.
IN New York yesterday there opened
IN the Grand Central Galleries a
comprehensive exhibition Of paintings
by John Singer Sargent, the first
and only showing that Mr.. Sargent
himself has given in America. The
collection comprises approximately
sixty works anon, which are por.
traits OF former President Eliot Of
harvard, President Lowell, just com
pleted: Robert Louis Stevenson, John
nay Mrs: Marquand. Mrs. Whitney
ana her daughter and other distin-
guished works.
The Grand Central Galleries are, it
VIII be remembered, over the Grand
Central station, the entrance on Van
derbllt avenue, and are conducted by
an association made up OF patrons OF
art and artists primarily for the bene-
MT OF the artists and the advance
ment of art,
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THE Baltimore Museum of Art has
Just completed Its first year OF
activity. 1t Is interesting 10 know
that the total attendance was nearly
forty-one thousand. The exhibitions
on view in the museum at the pres
ent time are a group of pictures by
woman painters Of Baltimore, among
them Ruth A. Anderson, Alice WORTH
lnston Ball. Maude Drein Bryant, Jo-
sephine G. Cochrane. Mary kremel-
berg ana Camelia Whitehurst; small
group OF horses and other animals In
sculpture by Arlory c. Simons, which
are later to be shown here In the
Corcoran Gallery OF Art; drawings in
pastel and silver point by Thomas w.
DeWing. which have lately been
SHOWN mere; decorative water colors
by Eduard Buk Ufreich, and paintings
in oil and water color by Ben Silbert,
young painter trained in Chicago
and Paris.
THE Washington Chapter of the
American Institute of Architects
>'-''OoAS It's 3S-f cAhipltiOH 10 DC
held at the art center from March
to Is. The formal opening will be
at pm. on March 2. A private
view will be held on the previous
evening. Ward Brown Is chairman
Of the exhibition committee; Henry
r. Cunningham, secretary.
THAT Ossip Perelma is q strong
painter none can deny. His ex-
hibition now at the Art Center gives
abundant testimony to this effect.
He has a gift for generalization, but
his own personality is the dominant
note in all Of his work. His portraits.
from the standpoint of likeness. are
excellent, but they are deeply imbued
with his own Russian eharacteris-
tics. The natioualistie element In his
painting Is pronounced. For this rea-
son, perhaps, to the American visitor
his portraits of Russians are most
satisfying. Among the best OF his
American portraits are those of
Smithsonian Institution; the late
Franklin K. Lane, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank B. Noyes and their son. The
portrait of Mr.. Noyes has been pre-
scented to the French National Gal
lery and graciously accepted for tho
permanent international collection.
The majority of these portraits have
already been exhibited In the National
Museum. but II Ia interesting to have
an opportunity to renew acquaintance
with them. LEILA MECHLIN.