Evening star., 1926-10-24

account Of the gallery heing given
over TO the biennial exhibition. is now
on view. This collection comprises
many exceedingly fine works-not
only paintings by American artists,
but works by artists of the nine
teenth century foreign schools
Corot. Israels. Knaus. Detaille and
others.
In visiting the Corcoran Gallery Of
Art one should not fail to view In
galleries on the main noor the
superb and extremely moving Eusus
Memorial, The Lament Of Sir Ector.
and the beautiful sculptural group by
Daniel Chester French. THE Sons of
God Saw the Daughters of Men
That They Were Fair" and also the
extensive and very charming Barye
collection Of small bronzes of ami
mails.
COME interesting art legislation
~ will come before Congress at
the coming session. chief among
which, perhaps, is the design regis
tration bill, SO greatly needed in order
to give American industrial designers
adequate protection and prevent the
extensive and notorious piracy Of
designs which is now. as one Of the
leading manufacturers Of silks has
said, "One of the unpleasant blots
npon the honor Of American indus
try This hill makes II possible for
a designer to copyright his or h"r
design for small fee. whereas NJ
present II Is necessary TO have II
patented. which is so expensive and
so lengthy a process that II is sell
dom used.
A revision of the copyright law is
also pending and a portion of the
Eestal BILL which seems to have met
with more approval than any of tho
others. has To do will, the otection
of artists against those who would
copy their pictures for commercial
purposes.
There ia also the possibility ot an
approximation to at least begin the
erection Of building to house the
National Gallery of Art. for which
Congress has set aside site. Moth
ing could be more needed.
A r the Public Library there is now
a on exhibition an unusually fine
model of a building. p house of wor-
ship designed i'm the style of the In
dian temples. by Charles Mason
Remey. This building is surmounted
by one large and several smaller
domes and minarets and is shown rs
in the center of a formal garden. with
lawns, walks. hedges. fountains and
shrubs. At night il is beautifully
lighted, pale blue light without rep
resenting moonlight. n yellow light
within. suggesting the glow of lamps
and candles.
Mr.. Remey has travelled eXten-
sively In the Orient and has made u
special study of Indian architecture.
Among his published works upon this
subject is a profusely illustrated vol
ume. Architectural Compositions in
the Indian style" He is the architect
Of the Bahai Temple in Chicago. The
temple of which the model is now he
ing shown at the Public Library was
designed for erection i'm Palestine.
Mr. Remey gave a talk last week at
the Library before the class In ORR
entail art of George WASHINGTON Uni
versity. in which he sketched the de-
velopment OF Indian temple architec
ture from the earliest known exam
piles to its fusion with Mohammeda n
influence.
THE chairman of the art committee
of the Washington Arts Club this
season is Felix Mahony. principal of
the National School of Fine and Ap-
piled Art. Mr.. Mahony is planning a
series Of exhibitions To be held during
the season at the club with local work
as a dominant feature. Full announce
ment of his program will he made
later.
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THE new Mount Pleasant Branch
- Library Is fortunate in having re
ceived as gift from Mrs. Henderson
Lucien Powell's superb painting OF
the Grand Canyon. which has been
hung over the fireplace In the brows-
ing room. This painting has hung for
years on the staircase of the main
library opposite the marine by MIR.
Powell. Mid Ocean. powerfully
painted. Thomas Moran. who died
lately in California. was the only
painter except Mr.. Powell who sue
ceeded in interpreting pictorially the
wondrous beauty of this great natural
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