Evening star., 1926-10-10

| treats. i he T1rSt OF tue SERIES, oII AL I
and the Allied Arts" will be by J..
Monroe Hewlett, well known both as
| a mural painter, an architect and one
| Of the leading authorities on decora.
| ton in the country. The second will
| be on Augustus Saint .Gaudens, the
| sculptor Of the Adams Memorial. the
Chicago Lincoln, the Sherman statue
in New York and the Shaw Memorial
in Boston, to name only few of his
distinguished works. This will be
given by his son, Homer Saint .Gau-
dens, who Is now director of fine arts
| at the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh.
The third lecture will be on "Ameri.
can Domestic Architecture" by c.
Howard Walker. at one time lecturer
on fine arts at Harvard Univer.
the American. Institute of Archi.
tects. This will be followed by
lecture by Arthur Shurtleff Of Bos-
ton, landscape architect and vice
president Of the American Society
of Landscape Architects. on Parks:
Their Design and Recreational Use"
Finally, the course will be concluded
by clay talk, THE Sculptor's stu
did," by dorado Taft, the sculptor, au-
thor and teacher. Mr.. Taft will bring
with him a number of his assistants
and set up on the stage at the Cen
trail High School typical sculptor's
studio of the Italian renaissance.
wherein will be enacted a little play
demonstrating the sculptor's way of
working.
This is perhaps the most diversified
and interesting course given by the
Washington Society Of the Fine Arts
for some years.
MANY will learn with regret Of the
Ava death of Charles T. Carruth, who
lectured here not only last season but
in previous seasons for the Washing
ton Society Of the Fine Arts. Mr..
Carruth's subjects were invariably on
the art OF the italian renaissance.
His lecture last season was on CHR
landajo. His lecture given here two
were illustrated by the most beautiful
color slides that have been produced.
the collaborative work OF the lecturer
and two artists. Mr.. Carruth was
life member Of the Boston Society of
Arts and Crafts and at one time the
society's vice president.
MISS MARIAN LANE has brought
AVA back with her from Ogunquit,
where she spent the Summer. partic.
ularly interesting series of pencil
drawings Of the f1sh houses and other
characteristic Ogunquit scenes. These
are done with remarkable accuracy of
line. as we'll as engaging technique.
Fifty Or more years ago students were
taught to sketch with pencil In this
accurate and effective manner. which
later completely went out of style. It
is being brought back now almost as
lost art and its return may be heralded
as evidence of an increasing interest
in good craftsmanship.
While she was in Ogunquit Miss
Lane also made quite number Of col.
orful studies of the rocks and sea in
water color, handling her material
more broadly, perhaps. than in the
past. and with considerably more free.
dom.
At present Miss Lane, who stands
among the foremost bookbinders.
master craftsman. is finishing the
binding of a beautiful Book of Re-
membrance for the Noman's Auxil-
iary Of the Episcopal Church in the
diocese of Maryland. in which will be
inscribed the names OF the de.
ceased members during the so years
Of the organization's existence. The
leather chosen for this binding is
a rich dark blue morocco. and the
fooled design. for which Miss kibbey
is largely responsible. is symbolic in
the extreme: a very beautiful design
finely executed Miss Lane has also
been commissioned to bind copy of
the illustrated catalogue of the collec'
ton of crosses given by Mrs. James T.
Leavitt in memory Of her husband to
the Washington Cathedral.
MISS ELISABETH SPALDING Of
AVA Denver. who is we'll known in this
this city and has painted and exhibit
ed here. has lately held, or is holding
at the preesnt time. an exhibition of
40 water colors and eight oil paintings
under the auspftes of the Denver Art
Museum. The majority of these are
Western scenes. but a few We're paint
ed here in Washington. From the
first picture to the last" says Arnold
Ronnebeck. acting director of the Den.
Yer Art Museum. who lectured in
Washington, it will be recalled, last
Winter, this exhibition is a rare de-
light" Miss Spalding. he says, shows
in her works extraordinary sensibility
and is at the same time master of
her medium. This is high praise and
we'll deserved.
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TT is interesting to know that James
= Earle Frasers sculpture, THE
End of the Trail" typica.ly an Ameri-
can work which was exhibited
at the Panama, Pacific Exposition il
San Francisco. is TO be put in perma
nent form and placed in the city of
Waupun. Wis. by Wisconsin bust
ness man, Clarence a. Shaler
This statue. 1t will be Recalled. de-
pictS an Indian warrior bowed in deep
detection. seated on his pony. which
also crouches forward in distress. It