Evening star., 1925-12-06

inGton have so many notable
NJ exhibitions been Simultane-
4 Y ouSly on view here as at the
present time. No less than
four important exhibitions opened yes
terday--the exhibition of early Ameri-
can portraits. miniatures and silver,
assembled by the Washington loan eN-
hibition committee and set forth under
the auspices of the National Gallery
of Art in the National Museum, of
which q full account is given else
where in these pages; the annual eX-
hibition of the Society of Washington
Artists, which was reviewed at length
in The Star Of Yesterday: a collection
of portraits by Philip de Laszlo, and a
collection of etchings by Emil Fuchs,
the last three set forth in the Cor
coran Gallery of Art Besides which.
opening December /. are the eXhib-
items Of small paintings by artist mem
herS at the Arts Club of Washington,
20l7 l street. and an exhibition of
etchings by members of the California
Print Society at the Smithsonian In
stitution, while at Jane Bartlett's, Con-
neCtiCut avenue near dupont Circle.
an exhibition of hand-wrought jeWelry
and enameiS by Frank Gardner Hale.
master craftsman. opened November
%, TO continue to December 5.
Fortunately. tho ma jority of these
weeks. SO that the feast lavishly
spread need not all be consumed at a
single sitting.
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MIR. DE LASZLO returns TO Wash
inEfon after an absence of more
han four years. having exhibited in
;he torcoran Gallery OF Art during
March. 1921. The portraits included in
the present collection have been
tvNt1 Il Il,
shown during the past month in the
knoedler Galleries. New York. attract
ing vide and favorable attention Mr.
de laszlo stands among the great por.
trait painters of our day and many
are of the belief that his portraits will
take their place among the great
works Of all time.
He was born in Budapest in 1869,
and ennobled in 1912 by the Emperor
OF Austria and King of Hungary. He
IS now. however. British subject and
makes his home in London. In 1900
ne married the daughter of the late II
GUINNESS of Burton Hall. Dublin. and
they have five sons. He was educated
IN the lnduStria Art School and the
National Drawing School in Budapest.
ana studied in Paris under I.efebre
ana benjamin Constant. He was
awarded the gold medal at the Paris
salon IN 1899 for Il portrait OF Prince
'iohenloho The following wear he re-
LeIVed an award for his portrait of
POPE Leo MIL He has painted King
EDWARD VII, the late Queen AleXan-
IRA. the King of Portugal, the Queen
of the Be!SianS and innumerahle others
, OF note, among whom mention should
ne made of Theodore Roosevelt. the
ate President and Mrs. Harding and
Ellhu Root. One OF his most charm.
ing paintings. however. is a little nor
trait that he did While he was here in
Washington four years ago as d token
~ regard of Miss Emily Miliard. as
SlStant to the director of the Corcuran
Gallery
In the present exhibition are in
ciuded his portraits of the Queen of
the Belgians. the Queen of Greece the
PrlnceSS Alice Of Greece the Right
honorable Eiscount ana Visco,Infess
Lee Of tarenam in their home: Myron
!. iierricE. Amba ssatlor 10 France.
frank B. Kellogg. Secretary of State.
.nrS l-arz Anderson and DIR. and Mrs
James Brown Scott of this city. to
mention only few.
neSe paintings are set forth in the
South gallery on the main floor OF the
Corcoran Gallery of Art AS the
wall space here is limited. the exhibit
non IS restricted TO % numbers. That
me entire collection shown at knoed-
ltI tould not be shown here is our
loss. kareiE does one have the on
i'ortunltE OF &eeing portraits of SO
distinguished character aside from
me distinction of those represented
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tMTL FUCHS. whose etchings are
on view in the upper atrum at
ihe CorcoraH Gallery of Art. opening
Yesterday and continuing for four
weeks, is one OF the many talented
'ew. He etChes, he paints portraits
ne Is a sculptor. and in each branch
"i art he eNcelS. He was born in
Vienna. Austria. His early years were
spent as a student at the Imperial
academy of Fine Arts. In Berlin he
studied under Prof. Schaper. and was
permitted a studio at the Berlin Royal
academy. When barely "a he won a
travelling scholarship. This enabled
nm TO study in Rome. and it was
ihere that Mr. Fuchs produced the
group entitled Mother Love" which.
when exhibited in Munich. was
awarded a gold medal In 1897 he
went to London. His work attracted
almost Immediately the attention of
King Edward. then Prince o. Wales.
and in the following years he executed
many commissions for the royal fam
IlN and for many of the leading fami-
les of Europe. From London he came
80 America, and for several years he
mas maintained a studio IN New York
II addition 10 his portraits in oils and
his monumental and portrait Sculp-
fure, he has eyeCuted quite number
nt medals. among which mention may
nc made Of the Hudson Fulton com
Hnemorativc medal and the official cor