Evening star., 1926-11-14

MASTER CRAFTSMAN.
she lived in the fragile dolls house.
which is a Japanese home, to put upon
canvas the loveliness Of the land of
the chrysanthemum. She was in Paris,
the mecca of the artist, and in the
| country around, made fsmous by great
Frenchmen, she painted French gar.
| dens. Claude Monet, who has just
given the great series of paintings OF
his own water lily gardens, his beau
tiful Nympheas, to France, said kind
ly and encouraging words about her
work. 1t was after this that she came
home to her own Southland, to see
again the flowers which had been the
vision Of her childhood and to put into
permanent form for others the beauty
Of Southern gardens as she knew
| them"
TT is good news that Henry B. Smell
has consented to come to Washing
ton and criticize a self-constituted
class of professional artists and ad-
vanced art students. Mr.. Smell is one
of the foremost art teachers in this
country; years ago he used to take
groups of students abroad in the Sum.
mer; at one time he had a Summer
| class at Gloucester; for several years
now his class has been held at Booth
bay Harbor. 1t is undoubtedly through
the persua sion Of some of those who
have studied with him in the Sum
mer that he is now coming here to
give regular criticisms.
The meeting place of this class will
be the rooms of the Abbott School,
1923 II street. Opportunity will be
| lr~1rr y11I
model twice a week. in order to have
figure work, as well as landscape for
Mr.. SHELLS criticism. All artists who
are interested will be welcome to both
the club and the class. The class will
hold it's second meeting in these school
rooms on November 16 at 3 o'clock.
Miss Eleanor Field, a graduate OF
| the New York and Paris branches of
the New York School of Fine and Ap-
| piled Arts, has been added to the fac
ulty Of the Abbott School this season
and is now conducting classes in in
| terror decoration and costume design.
Mr.. Harris has again started his
etching class, which has been aug
mented by several new members.
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AT Jane Bartlett's there is now to
Of hand-wrought jewelry, mostly in sill
! yer. by Ferruccio Pini, Florentine
craftsman who came to Washington
last Spring and opened a workshop
here. Mr.. Pint works in the Floren-
tine manner. His designs are chiefly
chosen from renaissance motifs and
are wrought with restraint and skill.
1t is beautiful work and that there is
a real demand for it goes to show that
there are those who appreciate its
artistic value. Among the numerous
pieces on view is a chain made up of
the insignia of the various famous
families of Florence, most skillfully
wrought and combined. Mr.. Pini's
use of semi-precious stones with silver
setting is also to be commended.
Miss Bartlett has inaugurated the
opening of her new shop on Connect
cut avenue north Of Dupont Circle
with a showing of some excellent
pieces of Italian furniture, made and
carved centuries ago and collected in
out-Of-the-way places in Italy by a
well known connoisseur. One Is a
quaint old chest, made in southern
Italy, which shows distinctly Spanish
influence. 1t is said to be of the thir-
teenth century. Others are more usual
but equally interesting pieces.
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THE Baltimore Museum of Art,
= while still in temporary quarters,
is giving its members and the public a
taste of the type of some of the per-
manent collection that it hopes to
have in the building at Wymans Park,
for which a million dollars has been
appropriated by the city and plans are
| now being drawn.
Twenty pieces of Flemish tapestry,
dating from the fifteenth to the sew
enteenth century, form the center
around which other objects of the
period have been installed-armor,
wood carvings. Italian majolica,
Limoges enamels and bronZes. They
will be on view from November IT
through December Z.
The top lighted conservatory forms
an excellent setting for two Gothic
tapestries and two full suits Of armor
loaned by Duveen Bros. In the main
gallery is a beautiful seventeenth CEN
tury Flemish tapestry. after cartoons
by Louis Van Schoor, depicting the
goddess Flora and her attendants.
from the collection OF French & Co.
The end wall of this gallery is deco
| rated by a large Gothic tapestry rep
resenting hospitality, Flemish work
of the last decade of the fifteenth
century
Between the tapestries that serve
as q foil there is a case of superb
pieces Of Italian ma ajolica loaned by
Duveens; another of Limoges enamels
from Arnold Seligmarn and Rev
Canessa and others. and a case Of
Italian bronzes of the period.
An exquisite relief Of THE Madonna
and Child" by Antonio Rossellino Q427-
70) of Florence has been given a
chapel.like setting by placing it in
the alcove above a carved Italian chest
| and with tapestry on each side
wall.
Eight paintings by Italian artists
form a separate gallery. A Virgin
and Child with accompanying saints
signed Giovanni di Pietro da Pisa, 1923,
has been loaned by the kleinberger
Galleries; two panels. each with a
saint nearly life size, by Sano di
Pietro, came from the Enrich Gal
leries; a Madonna and Infant Christ"
of the Botticelli School is the prop
erty of Knoedler & Co. A large COM
position by Bonifazio Veneziano. de-
picting THE Coronation Of st. Cath
crime, contributed by Wildenstein &
Co., is fanked by a portrait of a
lady by Pontormo and the portrait
of a senator by Bassano, the latter
having been loaned by Scott & Fowles.
The center of one wall is occupied by
one Of Sebastiano del Piombo'S well