Evening star., 1924-01-20
ME Corcoran Gallery's ninth ex-
hibition of contemporary
American art closes today.

gallery VIII be closed, the pictures
will be taken down. the collection
dispersed. Where will the paintings
go?
Twenty or more have been invited
and will be sent to the great inter-
national exposition of modern art at
Venice, which opens early in April
and continues until October. For the
first time American artists will be
officially represented in this greatest
OF all International exhibitions, in
which up to the present time all the
nations of Europe have had a place.
These great exhibitions are held
bienially by the municipality of
Venice, and in the art world are
events of the utmost Importance. The
exhibition galleries are located in the
beautiful public gardens. There is
large main pavilion set aside for
the works of the Italian artists, and
an occasional especially invited ex-
hibit by some distinguished artist or
separate pavilions erected by the sew
eral nations in which the works of
their artists are shown. France,
Great Britain, Germany. Spain, Hol-
land. Belgium all have their own
pavtlions. The municipality of
for the United States to erect thereon
a pavilion of it's own. thus taking
Its place among the art producing
countries OF the world. The invita-
tion. which was presented through the
American ambassador to Italy to the
Department of State, was referred to
the Commission Of Fine Arts. and
reported upon ravorably. but no ap-
preparation for the erection OF the
building was available at this time.
The municipality of Venice. however,
has gractously and generously set aside
two galleries III its own main pavilion
for an American exhibit and has re-
QueSted the American Federation of
Arts to send a collection Of approx
mately eighty paintings by the leading
American artists to represent this
country at the coming exhibition, guar
anteeing to insure the works from the
time they leave the United States un-
til they are returned. and assuming
the Same time c. Powell Minnigerode.
director of the Corcoran Gallery of Art
of this city. and John w. Beatty, direc-
tor emeritus OF the Carnegie Institute,
Pittsburgh, were named as commits
sioners to select the paintings. The
the invitation, appointed committee
composed Of Irwin Laughlin. chairman;
Charles Moore, chairman of the Com
mission of Fine Arts: Mr.. Beatty and
federation's secretary. The State De-
partment has indorsed the project and
secured the corporation Of the United
States Shipping Board in the matter
of transportation. The exhibits have
been invited and will be shipped early
next month.
Among the artists who will be rep
resented are Cecilia BeauX. Lydia Field
Emlnet: w. Elmer Schofield. Emil Carl
sen. Charles w. Hawthorne Ernest
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Waugh. William Ritschel. Edmund c.
Tarbell and others of equal note. There
will also be a full representation of the
Taos school. The Phillips Memorial
Gallery is generously lending eight or
nine works and private collectors whose
corporation has been sought have been
no less generous. No effort has been
made to secure the works of painters
no longer living, but In assembling the
collection pains have been taken to. as
far as possible. represent completely
contemporary tendencies and those ten
denotes which have the greatest ma
tionalistic bearing, so that those seeing
this exhibition and being previously un-
artists will obtain a fair impression of
the state of art in this country at the
present time.
A BOUT one-third OF the pictures
now on view in the Corcoran
Gallery of Art have been invited by
the Charcoal Club and the Peabody
Institute of Baltimore for their an
nual joint exhibition, and will be
sent directly there from here. Quite
number of these paintings will
later go to New York to be shown
in the annual exhibition of the Ma
tfonal Academy of Design, and in
April to the Albright Gallery. Buffalo
for that institutions spring and sum-
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Washingtonians have had the first
opportunity of seeing these works,
for large percentage came directly
from the artists studios here.
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THE next transient exhibition of
note to be held in the Corcoran
third Annual Exhibition of Oil Paint
ings and Sculpture of the Society of
Washington Artists, which will open
in the semi-circular gallery Febru-
airy Z, and continue to March 2. The
jury of selection in connection with
this exhibition will be composed of
William H. Holmes, the president of
the society; Elizabeth Sawtelle. vice
president; Clara Saunders. treasurer:
Margaret S. Zimmele. secretary. and
which includes Bertha Noyes, Mary
Riley, Richard D. Engel, Alexis
Many and Arthur F. Musgrave.
The Society Of Washington Artists
is one of the oldest art organizations
in Washington. Its annual exhibi-
a high standard, and there is reason
TO believe that the coming exhibi-
tion will contain many works of more
than creditabIe merit. Appreciation
is invaluable to the progress Of art.
but appreciation and production must
go hand in hand, and the latter, of
necessity. comes first. 1t is all-iYn-
portant that local art should have
tie support of the people.
THE Bush-Browns are holding an
interesting joint exhibition of
sculpture, painting and decorative
textiles in the Gallery Intime of the
Atlanta woman's Club under the
auspices of the Atlanta Art Associa-
ton. Atlanta, Ga
Mr.. Bush-Brown shows four works
in sculpture and eight photographs
of monumental work which could not
otherwise be included. Mrs. Bush;
paintings. four sketches and twelve
portrait drawings, and Lydia Bush
Brown exhibits eleven of her charm
ing silk rnurals, two gowns and eight
scarfs.
An attractive little catalogue-a
six-page folder-has been gotten out
by the association. one page of which
is given to biographical notes OF the
three distinguished Washington art
lists.
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THE exhibition OF eighteenth CEN
tury portraits at the Vandyck CAL
leries, 1911 Connecticut avenue. con-
tinues to attract attention, and for
good reason. Such portraits are not
to be seen every day and when seen
offer great delight to the art lover.
In addition to the English portraits
there are included In this remarkable