Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-26

FNilipS. re tTuSIS nli1Seu lIlpHC'
lily to his amazing instinct and In
spiration for colors which are dyn.
annie and symphonic. He has been
called the Beethoven of modern paint
ing"
But before Marin's works are set
forth there will be shown in the
Little Gallery works by a group of
American painters who have devoted,
or are devoting, themselves to essen
TALLY American themes. such as Wins
low Homer. John Sloan, Robert
Spencer. Clifford Beal. Edward Hop
per. James Chaplin and Charles
Sheeler. This exhibition win last
through January; while other foH-
temporary paintings by American
and European artists will be shown
in the main gallery and the familiar
masterpieces of the. collection will be
transferred to the lower gallery, a
room not usually open to the public.
A T this season of the year attepnn
turns to religious themes in art,
pictures of the Madonna and Christ
Child, pictures Of the Nativity, favor
tie themes with the old masters. but
exceedingly seldom rendered today.
The Corcoran Gallery of Art has ac-
quired through the Clark collection
NOIy hLdOOuAoy Vii AcS SAA~ANA
and st. John, by Bernardino Luini,
who was born In Luini. Italy. about
1860 and died about 1885, follower
of Leonardo da Vinci. whose work 10
a degree resembles that of this great
master. There Is Modonna and
Child by Luini also in the Harriet
Johnston collection in the National
Gallery of Art. a work quite unusual
In composition, the Child being repre-
sented as fleeing from the mother
and gently caught and held by her
loving hands-a work exquisite in
color. There are several paintings
representing this general subject in
the Ralph Cross Johnston collection,
notably a beautiful Madonna and
Child with st. John and an Angel"
by Sebastiano Mainardi of the Floren-
tine school, pupil and brother-in-
law of Domenico Ghirlandajo. In this
collection also there Is a Madonna and
Child by Govaert F'linck, who, though
a Prussian by birth, Is reckoned with
the Dutch school, having lived most or
his life and died. in Amsterdam, a
pupil of Rembrandt but a disciple OF
the Italian masters. OF about a CEN
fury earlier is Virgin and Child" by
Bernard van Orley. who was born and
died in Brussels but who spent sew
eral years in Rome prior to 1915 study
ing Raphael, in whose style he painted.
Finally, there is in this collection q
painting attributed to Peter Paul
Rubens of the Flemish school OF the
late sixteenth and seventeenth GEN.
| turtles, a Holy Family with st. Eliza
BETH" which, IL not by the master, Is
essentially of his school, and repre-
sents those same persons whom he
repeatedly used as models.
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IN a competition held by the Wash
ington Society of the Arts and
Crafts for an emblem or design that
might be used on letterheads and
that could be used as mark Of
Identification on articles made by
members Of the society, a design sub
mitted by Miss Ruth Biting, 1911
Grant road northwest, received first
award with a cash prize Of $25. Miss
Biting Is a senior at the Mckinley
Technical High School, where she has
received high commentator for her
designing ability. Honorable mention
was awarded to four other designers:
First, Paul Casassa, also a student
at Mckinley Technical High School;
second, Frederick Shepard Taylor, and,
third, Miss Marian Lane. a craftsman
at bookbinding with a studio at 500
seventeenth street. t.. ~@
The committee making the awards
consisted of Henry K. Bush Brown.
chairman; Alvin w. Hall, director Of
the Bureau of Engraving; Felix Ma
hony, director Of the National School
Of Fine and Applied Art, and Alexis
Many. art instructor at the Mckinley
Technical High School. Mr.. Many
was not present at the meeting at
which the awards were made on ac-
count Of the fact that many OF his
students had submitted designs In the
competition. ...
A T the Washington Arts Club there
- is now on view a collection Of
81 paintings by members. Miss Saw
telle shows a painting entitled 1.-The
Blue Door; Miss Annie d. Kelley
one entitled ION the Canal" Eleanor
represented, one by an Italian subject,
"San Giovanni" the other by q pic.
ture Of Virginia Wayside Flowers"
Emma Duel Rice sends still life and
Spring Blossoms" Mrs. L. Med.
Sleeth sends not only "a Gray Day"
but a still life, "a Few Flowers"
From Miss Edith Hoyt has come la
picture Of a Sentinel Pine presum-
ably painted In Canada last Summer
near Murray Bay. May Marshall con-
tributes "a Log Cabin" while Nella.
Dancer" Margaret Laws is repre-
sented by 1.-THE Railroad Bridge" and
by a picture entitled moon. I" AiiSe
L. L. Ferguson is doubly represented
by ''Wintry Hill' and Sugar Pine"
There is a picture of Sand Dunes OaI
the Jersey Coast" by Jane S. Elliott.
Mrs. Susan B. Chase, who has a
most excellent picture in the current
exhibition Of the Washington Water,
Color Club, shows in this collection a
picture entitled MARY. VIZ Miss
Lillian Giffen of Baltimore shows
Good Surf and Across Bemo's
LEDGE"
1t has often been said that the.
amount of art spirit possessed 10y St
community should be reckoneGb not
by the numbers who visit exhibitions
or listen to symphony concerts, but,
rather by the number Of actual pro.
ducers. The Arts Club does well to
afford opportunity for the Washington
public to get better acquainted with
the works Of our Washington artists.
RENSON B. MOORE of this city was
represented by a group of four
prints: king Vultures," Puma
Bengal Tigers" and Female Black.
Crowned Night Heron" in the fourth
annual exhibition by living American
etchers, which opened in the National
Arts Club. New York, December 2,
continuing to December %.
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THE Washington Water Color Clubs
thirty-first annual exhibition,
which opened in the Corcoran Gallery
on December IS and will continue to
January 16 is. attracting much
favorable attention. 1t Is the con-
sensus of opinion that this Is one of
the best exhibitions that the club has