Evening star., 1925-05-31

but equally clever work can be and is
being done here in this country by
children guided by equally inspired
instructors. Among the children's
work shown In the exhibition at the
National School of Fine and Applied
Art are some engaging interpreta-
tions of animals at the Zoo and of
story Illustration. The advertising de.
signs by students of more advanced
years are colorful and decidedly of a
professional standard. but most in.
teresttng of all, perhaps, in this diver
sif1ed showing are the life drawings
made by students according to the
rules of dynamic symmetry. These
are a revelation In themselves.
The director Of this school. Felix
Mahony. is we'll known as a carica-
turist, water colorist and a student of
the decorative arts.
THE Phillips Memorial Gallery
closes the first of June and will
not reopen until Autumn, but the
Corcoran Gallery Of Art, the National
Gallery and the Freer Gallery will be
open all Summer, and should afford
the best kind OF recreation through
the medium of their collections. AS
sons who visit these galleries in the
Summer months Is surprisingly
large-much larger than in the Win
ter, probably due to the influx of visi-
tors, tourists on their way North, or
persons utilizing the Summer holi-
days to visit the National Capital.
The Corcoran Gallery has one OF the
best collections Of American paint
ings that exists, and among its per-
be
which will we'll reward study. In
the National Gallery in the National
Museum are the Evans. johnson and
McFadden collections, the last a very
valuable collection Of paintings OF the
English school, which Is temporarily
loaned while awaiting installation in
the new Philadelphia Art Museum.
E. V. Lucas, in his lately published
book, entitled "A Wanderer Among
Pictures" notes the fact that works
OF the masters OF this school are not
common in European collections We
are particularly fortunate here in the
possession OF so many works by Rey-
nolds, Romney, Raeburn and their
confreres. In the Ralph Cross John
son collection, National Gallery of Art,
Is, without doubt. one of the finest
Raeburns in existence, the portrait of
a beautiful old man, a Scotch painter.
particularly inviting during the Sum
mer months because OF its charming
shaded court with tinkling fountain
and cool foliage, around which its gal
leries are grouped. Here. indeed, are
large possibilities Of enjoyment and
study, for besides what is on view
there Is much available for the seri-
Gus student. How little we all knew
of the mysteries Of Oriental art.
al in hm
studied so well as here?
THE American Academy in Rome
= has lately held a competition for
fellowships in painting and sculpture.
There were 21 candidates in painting
and 16 in sculpture. The jury on
painting consisted Of Edwin H. Blash-
field, Ezra Winter, Eugene f. Savage,
Francis c. Jones and Douglas Volk;
the jury on sculpture. Daniel Chester
French, Charles Keck and Adolph
was awarded to Michael Joseph Muel-
ler of Durand. Wis. for a painting
entitled Eternal Life" Mr.. Mueller
Is a student in the School of Fine
Arts at Yale University. The sculp-
ture prize went to Walter Hancock OF
St. Louis, who won the Widener gold
medal in this years exhibition at the
Pennsylvania Academy OF Fine Arts.
Three honorable mentions were given
in each class-in painting to the work
of Deane Keller. Michael Kelly and
Orlando Ricci: in sculpture, TO the
work Of Anthony Di Bona. David *.
Rubins and B. Piccirilli. These fellow.
ships are awarded annually for term
Of three years and carry with them a
yearly stipend Of $3.50, in addition
to housing. studio and model hire. A
new sculpture award was made pos
sible this year by the Parrish Art
Museum fund, founded by Samuel l..
Parrish Of Southampton, Long Island.
This year for the first time, the
works submitted in competition were
placed on public exhibition after the
announcement OF the awards.
The Academy in Rome has perma-
nent Office in this city in the historic
can Institute Of Architects. The
academy has a charter from Congress.
TN this connection it Is interesting to
note that certain new fellowships
for advanced study abroad will,
through the establishment Of the John
Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foun.
dation, be available next year. 1t Is
the purpose Of this foundation, after
the first year, 10 maintain annually
from 40 to so fellows abroad. These
fellowships are intended for men and
women of high intellectual and per-
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