Evening star., 1925-03-08

traits by Allyn Williams. president OF
the Royal Miniature Society, and of
portrait busts in bronze and plaster,
sculpture in miniature relief por-
traits, medaIlions, carvings In precious
and semi precious stones, and some
great seals by Cecil Thomas, X. M. 3.
Mr.. Thomas, who is spending a rev
weeks in Washington at this time,
gave a most interesting Illustrated
lecture at the Arts Club last Tuesday
night on "The Glyptic Art" of which
he has made a profound study and
practices with special distinction. AS
these exhibitions require more than
passing notice, they will be reviewed
at greater length later on.
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At the Corcoran Gallery of Art, in
"A addition to the Society of Wash
ington Artists exhibition, there are
on view special exhibitions of bronZes
by Albert Laessle of Philadelphia, and
water colors of flowers by William
Fuller Curtis, formerly of this city.
Mr.. Laessle has made q speciality of
animals and birds, and his works are
reminiscent of those of like character
of the sculptora of the Italian Renais-
sance.
Mr. Curtis, who is best remembered
here for his panels in carved and
burnt wood, shows 1S exquisttely rem
dered water colors of, fiowers-snap-
dragons, zinnias, pink geranium, field
lily and the like-faithful reproduce
tions such as are rarely seen nova
DAYS His method has been" to
quote from the little leaflet cata-
logue, ito portray to the best OF his
ability what was before him, choos-
ing varied tints of paper against
which to place his subjects and rely
ing solely on the beauty OF the flower
itself and its growth to make of
these studies whatever picturesque
quality they may possess" Many of
Mr.. Curtis water colors have been
reproduced in magazines, and not
few adorn the walls of private houses
He was so prominently associated for
years with the local art societies and
so welcome an exhibitor that 1t is
pleasant to have again a showing of
his work.
MICHAEL, CALIFANO, an Italian
4NI artist, who has lately taken up
residence in this city, has recently.
completed an excellent portrait of
represented his sitter in an armchair,
turned slightly to the left but directly
facing the observer. 1t is a straight
forward piece of work, and shows
good construction, excellent modelling
and an evident mastery of technique.
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A n exceedingly interesting and in
! structive illustrated lecture on
the making of stained glass was given
in the auditorium of the Central High
School Thursday evening by Joseph
G.. Reynolds, under the auspices OF
the Washington Society of the Fine
A,-tS Mr. asta In
this craft, and has executed numerous
important commissions for windows
in churches and other buildings. He
therefore spoke from the artists point
of view. He first gave a description
of the method and then briefly traced
thes development of the art. Almost
all of the illustrative slides were COL
ored, and SO gave a wonderful idea
of the beauty of the originals.
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THE executive committee for the
Washington Chamber OF Commerce
Industrial Exposition has invited the
Society of Washington Artists to hold
an exhibition of paintings and scuip-
ture by Washington artists during
the week of March 21-2S in connec-
tion with their industrial exposition
in the Washington Auditorium, and
have placed at their disposal rooms
Nos. and on the second floor OF
the Auditorium building. The Society
of Washington Artists has accepted
this generous invitation, and has ap-
pointed the following committee to
make all arrangements: A. II. o.
Role, chairman; William II. Holmes,
Henry X. Bush Brown. Dorsey Doni-
phan, A. J. Schram. Alexis Many, Ben
son B. Moore and Lesley Jackson, sec
retary of the committee. While all
members of the committee. belong to
the Society of Washington Artists
they also represent the Water Color
Club, the Y Painters and the Land
scape Club.
Plans are going rapidly forward to
make this exhibition an important
showing. representative of the best
art of Washington. 1t is believed
that this combining of business and
art interests is a step forward in thu
artistic development of the city and
will be beneficial to all.