Evening star., 1924-03-23

| y THE Arts and Industries build
! ing, National Museum, is now to
I be seen the annual display of
! pictorial photographs. by British
! photographers. The collection. COM
| pristng one hundred prints. is con-
! tributed by four societies. each Of
! whom sends twenty-five representa-
: tive works by members. These or
: g-anizations are the IIammersmith
/ and Hampshire House Photogra phic
/ Society, London; the Liverpool ANA
, teur Photographic Association, the
! Manchester Amateur Photographic
! Society and the Pictorial Group Of the
! Royal Photographic Society of Great
; Britain Included are portraits,
; figure studies. interiors. still life.
I landsca pes, marines and architectural
. themes. without question they are
! pictorial. The photographers have
: had evidently a keen appreciation for
/ what constitutes good composition
; and have chosen their subjects with
discriminating care.
/ The British have always been pic
! torialists. For many wears subject
. Academy exhibition; in fact. from
/ the days Of Hogarth storytelling
! pictures have stood high III the es-
, teem of the British public But these
. pictorial photo graphers have had re-
( gard for other basic principles OF art,
and show IN many instances nice ad-
justment Of light and shade, atm"s-
F., pheric effects and excellent interpre-
Z tstiOn Of values There is a series
! Of Swiss scenes. beautifully rendered.
I There is The doorway OF one OF the
! great buildings III the Oxford gorup,
which recalls in interpretatiNe quail
f.: ity the WORKS Of some Of the great
etchers. There is Scotch themes
/ that bring to mind l.. y: Cameron's
i: landscape paintings. There is an
/ exceedingly vital portrait of Bernard
! Shaw. by q fellow OF the Royal Pho
! tographic Society, Herbert Lambert
! hv name. J. Dudley Johnston shows
! a beautiful transcription of the Lake
j Of Lecco that twin of Como, which
despite its magnificent scenery. seems
! for some reason or other to nave had
only half its need of praise and 1ame
because of tie earlier celebrity OF
: its sister There Is an interesting
! sheep picture, which recalls a little
3 the paintings OF Mauve and at the
same time corot.
But what an admission Of humber
! rank it is when we say oil phoLo-
graph that il recalls a painting. lhe
! painter has led the way to under,
! standing, has first discovered ano
! manifested the beauty which nature
/ held latent Fine photographs such
; as these delight: they are exceiient
J records: they are enjoyable, but rare
, y do they hold permanency OF lnIer
, est. Their whole truth Is conp'G
| nended at a glance. Perhaps thls Is
/ the reason that no photograph can
! give the lasting enjoyment that one
/ finds in an equally meTito11ous pant
/! ing. But photography To-Day IS con
90 h
F.; an art and a most difficult one ano
| 10 have the opportunity OF viewing
, such a collection. as this, corlPre-
! hendng the best work OF the tore
| Britain, is. indeed. privilege and one
! which all amateur photographers
/ should not fail to profit by.
The exhibition was assemnled an; ana
{ is set forth by and under the direc-
! ton of A. j. Olmsted. custodian. sec
! ton Of photography, United States
! National Museum. Though in rather
! cramped quarters, it makes an excel
! lent display.
WITH the utmost ingenuity, the di-
! W rector of the National Gallery of
! Art. in cooperation with the staff of
; the National Museum, Natural His
| tory building, has arranged, tempo
i rarily, an excellent improvised gal
! Iery for the showing of the war por-
! traits given to the nation few years
ago by a committee of public-spirited
/ art lovers from different parts of the
country and purpoSed to serve as the
! nucleus 'of d great national portrait
gallery here in Washington. which
will some time, perhaps. rival the
great gallery of British portraits in
! London.
! The National Gallery of Art collec-
tions have for some time been DIS
played in improvised galleries on the
! second floor of the Museum of Nat
| ural History, 10th and II streets, par
! tition walls being erected in the CEN
! trail pavilion under the skylight, and
: burlap covered, serving admirably the
purpose. AS no more skyllghted space
! was available, the gallery for the
2! war portraits was constructed with
F. artificial Lighting. 1t is on the third
! floor of the same building and is per-
hapS forty feet in length by thirty IN
! breadth. affording just sufficient wall
! space to show the entire collection,
the pictures being hung frame 10
frame, but. as the canvases'are large,
! in only one line. IL is astonishing
/ what u delightful air Of complete
ness this gallery has-the walls pleas
| antly. covered, benches set about and
a table with chairs for those who
, moreover. is admirable, and almost
! for the first time these portraits of
those who We're prominent in the pub
! lie eye during the great war can be
seen here to advantage.
On one wall, that opposite the door,
hangs in the center John G.. johann
sens amazingly clever picture of the
peace conference, with its numerous
portraits and its excellent compost
! tion-a work of great magnitude
done with remarkable skilL On either
side of this hang the two great rep
resentativeS of Italy Premier Or
lande and-Gen. Diaz, also tho work
of Mr.. Johansen. To the right is the
equestrian portrait Of Marshal Foch.
by l. c. Tarbcll. and to the left the
nearly fu1l-length portrait Of Cardi-
raj Mercier hy Cecilia BcauX. wilhsc