Evening star., 1927-11-27
NOTES OF ART AND ARTISTS
Exhibitions in Washington This Notwithstanding of Walter
Beck Attracting Attention-Artists Return
ing to the City

Paris to study drawing and painting
during the greater part of the year
The good wishes OF the entire corps
60 with her"
THE Winter exhibition of the Ma
tional Academy OF Design opens In
New York tomorrow with vanishing
day" and will remain on view until
December IS. Numerous much coveted
prizes will be awarded in connection
with this exhibition. among them the
two Altman prizes of $1,000 and $500.
respectively; the Carnegie prize of $500,
the Julia A. Shaw and the j. Francis
Murphy Memorial prizes. as well as
the lsidor medal. TO mention only a
few.
Announcement Is made in connec-
ton with this exhibition that addi'
tional purchases will be made from
the works shown by the trustees OF
the Ranger fund. These paintings
will be assigned to art museums
throughout the country. but on all
such purchases the National Gallery
,f Art has first option. SlNty'two
paintings have already been purchased
by the council of the National Acad'
.my of Design, trustees, with this
fund.
The Ranger fund was established by
Henry w, Ranger for the purchase OF
works by American artists, two'thirds
of such purchases to be by artists who
are as wears of age or over. one-tnlrd
bv those Of less years. with the pur.
pose of encouraging production ana
the collection by American museums
If the works OF our native artists,
M M
AN event of this week will be the
"a presentation Of the Metropolitan
Museum cinema films, inciudlhg
three of their most perfect MIN pro-
ductions along the lines or authenuc
art that have been made in this great
est of art museums in America.
The films will be offered Thursday
evening at Central Community Center
as the third event Of the Community
Institute course for this Winter. and
Huger Elliott. director OF the mu-
seum's educational work, will give
short talk on the film production at
the museum and its importance and
value in the art life of cultured Amer
leans.
The museum has produced a mum.
Der of motion picture films which
deal with art in it's various phases
and periods, and the three flims to
be shown on Thursday evening pre-.
sent a diversity of these phases and
periods Authoritative and vivid
knowledge of armor and the armorer's
skill. given in historical sequence,
with knights In armor. will be shown
in "A Visit to the Armor Gallery"
Furthermore. the great beauty of de-
sign of armor and the skill in model
ing in steel are clearly shown to the
spectator in this Aim.
"The Pottery Maker" tells the
story Of the age.old making of pot.
terry, interviewer with a delightful
story OF a potter In the sixties: and
in "Vasantasena." the story Of tenth.
century India. a careful study of the
Indian paintings exhibited in the mu.
scum has preceded the production of
the film. Another interesting fact
about this film Is that the scenery has
been painted in the fiat" manner Pc
culiar to Indian miniatures. BY stu.
dents of Pratt Institute. who also de-
signed and made the costumes and ap.
peared as actors in the production.
The Community Institute will pre-.
sent during the present season a num-
ber of interesting art events in the
course. in which the Washington So
ciety of the Fine Arts is cooperating.