Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-21

they are. moreover-"On the Indian
Reservation" and Toward the Sun"
are priced at only SIPS. All excep-
honal opportunity for a discriminating
purchaser.
Mr.. Berninghaus is at his best, per
haps, in Indians Playing Base Ball
Taos" typical theme rendered IL
his characteristic style. This is MOI
to say. however, that his other con
tributions are without interest.
w. Herbert Dunton gave up paint
ing for time to live out-of-doors
and in the saddle. His picture of The
Deer Hunters Camp" Is reminiscen-
of this experience
Miss Critcher of this city, who is q
member of the Taos colony. the onl,
woman member, shows two admirable
portrait sketches OF Indians The
Corcoran Gallery of Art, It will be
remembered, purchased one of Miss
Critcher's Indian portraits two years
ago.
A NNE GOLDWAITE'S etchings. e
in number, hang in the library
at the club. They show variety IN
subject and evidence something more
than competency on the etcher's part,
genuine gift.
In the room downstairs is to be seen
a collection of 80 small pictures, col
ored chalk drawings. substantially ren-
dered by Mrs. Margaret Fish Of
Florida
A T the kraushaar Galleries, New
= York, $50 Fifth avenue, are now TO
be seen portraits by Augustus Vincent
Tack of Duncan Phillips of this city.
Charles B. Rogers and the Honorable
Elihu Root. Mr.. Phillips portrait is
a recent work. The portrait of Mr.
Root is owned by the Phillips Me
mortal Gallery and was generously ien'
to the American exhibition held in
Venice in 1924. under the auspices uf
the American Federation of Arts.
= * =
During the year 1925 more than
Sic, 900. 900 was given to the cause
of art, either $ cash gifts or in build
ings, works of art and other property.
Among these was over 81 900 900 given
by John d. Rockefeller, jr., TO the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, in addi-
ton to the funds necessary to pur.
chase the Barnard Cloisters. a pre-
lilninary gift of SO 900 900 from Mr..
and Mrs. Simon Guggenheim 10 endow
so felloWships for international study
in the arts and professions; 81 $50. 900
scum of Art by the Will of the late Ed
ward D. Libbey. founder and during
his lifetime. president: and $3.50 900
given by the Carnegie Corporation to
other institutions toward instruction
in the arts. This, of course, does not
include the Munsey bequest of approx
imately SAC, 100000 TO the Metropolitan
Museum, which was announced since
1926.
y etc - a.
in Art" Volume XXI. of the Ameri-
can Art Annual, which is just pub
lished Testifying TO the spread OF
interest in art and art education
throughout the United States, this
book notes that each of 33 States in
the Union possesses one or more rnu
seums or galleries of art. Every State
except Nevada has one or more art
associations or societies. All the States
except Arizona, Wyoming and Nevada
have each at least one school of art
This is an amazing record when II
is recalled that prior to 1925 the only
pretense TO art schools were those
feeble beginnings in New York and
Philadelphia, and half a century ago
only two important schools existed
x x
THE Baltimore Water Color Club
opened its thirtieth annual exhibit
ton in the Baltimore Museum of Art
on February 16, to continue to March
2l-an excellent showing. In the Balti
more Museum there is also to be seen
at this time a collection of so prints
of the year, circulated under the aus
pieces of the Society of Graphic Arts
of New York and representing the
works of traditionalists and modern
lists. the former selected by Ernest d
Roth. the latter by Ralph NJ. Pearson