Evening star., 1926-10-17
BY LEILA MECHLIN.
no John Carroll Of Woodstock,
IN. T.. one Of the much-coveted
honorable yna1ftona ot fhe

N. T., one OF the much-coveted
honorable mentions at the
i Carnegie Institutes Interna-
tional. which opened last
Ing entitled Man with Guitar"
shown in the Corcoran Gallery's most
recent cotemporary exhibition last
Spring.
Mr.. Carroll. 1t will be remembered.
made two contributions to the -exhi.
bitfon here-the Man with Guitar"
Q double figure subject, showing not
only the man, but a woman. and a
reclining figure under a pink ''cor-
fugated" quilt. essentially in the new
manner Of painting. Probably the
reclining figure attracted more atten-
ton ana more remark than any other
picture In the Corcoran Gallery's exhi-
bition. not because Of admiration but
wonderment aroused. That had
already been shown in Pittsburgh.
Now 10 the other Carroll painting,
which was essentially more conserva-
tive. but likewise extremely individual,
the international jury has made spe-
cial award.
There is always great interest at.
tached to the prizes given by the
Carnegie Institute. because. In the
first place. they are generous. and
in the second place they are won in
competition wherein the leading
artists of many nations take part. The
first prize Of 81 500 this year went
to a young italian artist. Ferruccio
Ferrazzi Of Rome, for a picture of a
woman and child entitled "Horitia
and Fabiola." From Pittsburgh comes
the following statement with reference
TO this award:
The fact that Ferrazzi took the first
prize this year and that young Italian
artists have taken the second prize
at the last two Carnegie Interna-
tionals, indicates that the new Italian
renaissance, like the old one, is de-
veloping rapidly along artistic as we'll
as political and economic lines. No
national group in the present and
the two preceding Internationals has
shown such rapid advancement as the
italian"
Those who took opportunity to see
the Italian exhibition held here last
Spring in the National Museum Gn
which. by the way, Ferrazzi was rep
resented) will be prepared to accept
this statement. Art in Italy seems
in the last few years to have taken
on new life.
The second prize of $1,000 in the
Carnegie International went to K. X.
Roussel Of Paris, France, for a paint
der Tree" Roussel was born in
1865. He is an associate Of Bonnard
and WILLARD. His paintings are said
commonly to give expression to the
Joy Of living. and to manifest thus
love Of life.
The third prize of $500 went to a
most gifted American artist, Robert
Spencer OF New Hope. Pa. whose
works are we'll known in Washington
from exhibition at the Corcoran Gal
lery Of Art and inclusion in the per-
manent collections of the Corcoran
Gallery and the Phillips Memorial Gal
lery. His subjects are not beautiful.
The painting which won the prize in
Pittsburgh is emitted "Mountebanks
and Thieves" and shows group of
degenerates, low-class people. in ten
ement region of city, through the
midst of which runs a stream. But
Mr.. Spencer never fails TO find and to
manifest in these homely subjects ex-
qusite beauty Of light and color. and
his manner of painting is restrained
and poetic IN the extreme. Unlike the
majority Of the modernists, he has not
given up the pursuit of beauty, and
no canvas that comes from his studio
fails to find in beauty its dominant
note. Without sentimentality. but in
stead pure artistic motives. this
ent loveliness of common things. His
pictures delight the eye and are good
to live with.
Four honorable mentions were given.
One went TO Max kuehne of New
York, born in 1880, a pupil of Kenneth
Hayes Miller. Chase and Henri. Dod
Proctor NIrs. Ernest Procter) of Corn
well. England: Antoine Faistauer OF
6alzburg. Austria. and John Carroll
of Woodstock. y. y. were the other
recipients.
This year a special award of $500
was offered by the Garden Club Of
Allegheny County for a garden picture
and was awarded TO Walter Sickert of
London. England an associate OF the
Royal Academy. for a painting of a
bit of the garden al Versailles. This
prize was established by the Garden
C1ub4in order to call attention to the
opportunities for uhjects which artists
will Nnd in gardens and to encourage
people in general to make gardens so
artistic that they will be worthy of the
best efforts Of the painters.
THESE prize awards were made by
l. a Jury of six artists, presided over
by Homer Saint -Gaudens. director Of
fine arts. The three foreign members.
Pierre Bonnard of Paris, Giovanni
Romagnoli Of Bologna, Italy. and
Charles Sims of London. it will be re-
membered, visited Washington a
couple Of weeks ago in company with
Mr.. Saint -Gaudens. The three Ameri-