Evening star., 1926-05-30

F, conflict, and as he did SO remembered
constantly the fundamental. immemo
Frial canons of plastic art. The resul,
a monument extraordinarily beauti
full, one in which an historic conven
tion Is so filled and animated by per
sonal force that it Is lifted above con
ventionality. Incidentally, it offers q
grave rebuke to those numerous me
| uolials produced since the war which
| nave illustrated the impulse toward
mere novelty"
Washington IS indeed fortunate ir
having two of MIR. Fraser's works
! among its public memorials.
A PORTRAIT Of the Bishop OF
Washington. the Fight Rev
James E. Freeman. d. D.. has been
painted by Mrs. Marion Boyd Allen
Of Boston, a nonresident member OF
the Arts Club and frequent exhibitor
in local exhibitions. THIS Is a three.
quarter length and represents the
bishop in his robes standing with face
and figure turned toward the observer.
1t Is technically an excellent piece OF
work, broadly painted. simple and d.
rect. 1t was done, in fact. in seven
and . half hours sittings. and there
was little chance for indecision. The
destination of the portrait. 1t is under.
stood, is the Cathedral library: mean
while, it has found placement in the
bishops house.
Mrs. Allen held an exhibition here
last year at the Van Dyck Galleries.
Her portraits of the late Jonn Lane,
the London publisher. and Of Anna
Hyatt, whose equestrian statue of
Joan of Arc is on Riverside Drive,
New York. are we'll known, outstand-
ing works. She has been particularly
successful also in figure painting and
interiors. Her pictures of children es.
pecially have found popular favor.
The great portrait which vitality IN
terprets personalityytogether with like.
ness is not an everyday occurrence
The great portraits of the world are,
n fact. so few that almost every one
can name them. 1t Is not quite fair,
therefore, to measure current prOduc-
ton by these standards or complain
if 1t does not attain them. Mrs. Allen S
portrait of Bishop Freeman Is essen.
TALLY commendable for technical mer-
it. sincerity and simplicity of treat
ment.
THE permanent collection of the
Corcoran Gallery of Art has been
rehung and the gallery Is again open
to the public. It was no little work
to take down, box and reship the more
than 800 paintings comprising the
Tenth Biennial Exhibition and to re.
hang the entire permanent collection.
Happily, the rehanging has been as
heretofore. and visitors will have no
difficulty in finding. in their accus.
TONED DlaceS. old fayOrifeS.
To some extent the Corcoran Gal.
lery's collection is arranged chrono.
logically, the works of the cartier
American painters coming first and
the works of the later painters in sue
ceeding galleries. The Corcoran Gal
lery of Art has since the first laid spe.
cial emphasis on American painting,
and it has today one Of the best col
lections of American painting that has
been assembled.
Note may also be made of the fact
that there has been some rearrange-
ment Of one of the lower galleries,
that containing portrait busts in mar
BILE and Barye brOnzes, the small gal
lery adjacent to that in which the
Eustis memorial is found. BY the
acquisition, Of new cases and the re-
arrangement Of bronzes and busts,
this room has now been made no.
mogeneous with the beautiful Eustis
memorial room--fitting introduction.
as 1t were, to that splendid work in
sculpture and charmingly arranged
collection of small bronzes.
The Corcoran School of Art closed
for the season yesterday. The award
Of prizes will be made tomorrow or
Tuesday, and from Tuesday. for a
week or more. the work Of the stu.
dents Of the school will be on view.
THE annual exhibition Of the work
= of the students Of the Catholic
University of America Is now open
to the public. The work shown is
being exhibited in the drill hall build
ing at the university, in the hall and
class rooms on the second floor.
This exhibition is noteworthy. show
ing as 1t does the work of the success
full students of the local school in
the Fontainebleau scholarship compe-
tition. A student of Yale University.
Mr.. Nagel. with Mr.. Miller Of the
Catholic University. were winners OF
the two scholarships offered for for
eign travel and study. One Of the
Fontainebleau scholarships was won
by John E. Miller of Cleveland, Ohio,
who was also awarded q first medal
by the jury Of the Beaux Arts Insti-
tute of Design. Mr.. Miller will sail
on the s. s. Paris June IL, to remain
in France until October.
The subject Of the program for the
Fontainebleau prize was "A Municipal
Carlton Tower" and the high stand
ard Of presentation which prevailed
was quite as remarkable as the wide
range of imaginative power displayed
in the solutions presented. The prize
winners designs indicate upon the
part Of the student designers an ap-
probation of modern requirements Of
design coupled with a fine feeling for
architectural composition in which a
distinctly modern suggestion Is dis
cernible.
The Fontainebleau scholarship car.