Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-08
DISCUSSION OF SKYSCRAPERS
TO FEATURE ART EXPOSITION
Relative Value of Tall Buildings in Mod
ern Business Will Be Interpreted at
New York February Fair.

| The relative values Of the sky
| scraper in modern business will be in
| terpretcd by noted advocates and op-
ponentS of tall buildings, while the use
Of color in architecture beginning
with the early Greeks and in evidence
at the present day. will be among the
| subjects To be featured in series Of
seven conferences to be held under the
! auspices of the Architectural League
Of New York during the Architectural
and Allied Arts Exposition in New
York City February q to March D.
| First formal announcement of the
varied program was made yesterday
| by Alexander TroWbridge. president Of
| the Agricultural League.
The National Sculptors' Society, the
| American Society of Landscape Arch1~
! tects, the Mural Painters "a national
| society and others are contributing to
| the symposium. Among other topics
| to be elaborated is the development OF
mural painting in America since the
Chicago Worlds Fair, in 1898, includ-
| ing a paper to he read by Edwin III.
| Blashtield, dean of mural painters III
| America.
| st. Gaudens Lecture by Son.
! Homer St Gaudens will give a
/ lantern Sl1te tdlk OH Liit iltS anu WV "a
Of his famous father. Augustus st.
Gaudens. The use Of sculpture for
| city and park decoration will be dis
| cussed by architects, landscape archi-
/ tectS and sculptors. The architecture
of the stage and movie studios VIII
be disclosed in peep behind the
| scenes, while the subject Of color IN
| architecture will find a reCurrent note
! in a discussion on Architecture as a
,,,I rT1A
Four conferences will be held in the
afternoons of the first week OF the
| exposition, the first on February ~,
| and three will be held in the mornings
of the second week. Each conference
| will be in charge of a chairman. The
place. of assembly will be on the third
| floor OF. the Grand Central Palace,
which will be occupied by the Archi-
! tectu1al Exposition.
The program in full is as follows:
| February %, Tuesday, 2:30 pm
| Leon V. Solon chairman of the con
| ference: subject, THE Principles Of
| Architectural Polychromy as Estab-
| lished in Ancient Practice Mr.. So
Ions particular field, in the use or
color in architecture, is the classic
| field. dating to the very early begin
nings of polychromatic architecture
in Greece Mr.. Scion will be assisted
by Milton Medary, architect who Will
present polychromy in the Gothic pc
riod, and by Raymond NJ. Hood, arch
itect, who will speak on color in mod
ern architecture,
/ Behind the Scenes"
February %, Wednesday, 2:30 pm
Howard Greenley, chairman; subject,
Behind the Scenes in the Theatefs
and Movie Studios" Mr.. Greenley
will be assisted by Kenneth MCGOWAN.
playwright. and others in the discus
sion of the architecture of the theater
and movies,
February "a, Thursday, $50 PM
f. Van Buren, AIagonigle, chairman:
subject, Architecture as Problem
in Form and Color" Mr.. Magonigie
will be assisted by James Monroe Hew-
lett, architect and mural painter; Her.
bert Adams, sculptor; Huge' Elliott,
educational director Metropolitan Mu-
scum of Art Lee Lawrie, sculptor.
and A. T. BrinckerhofT, landscape
architect.
On the morning OF the. same day, at
10 O'Clock. there will be held a re-
gional conference of the American In
stitute of Architects under the chair
manship of Mr.. Hewlett, director of
the second regional district of the
chapters of the institute in this dis
trict, will be invited to come to New
York for this conference and to in,
spect the exposition Of architecture
and the allied arts.
February %, Friday, $50 pm
Harvey Wiley Corbett, chairman; sub
ject, THE Value of the Skyscraper
in Modern Business" He will be as
sisted by Stephen F. Voorhees,, archt-
tect, and Henry II. Curran, Republi-
can nominee for mayor of New York
in 1921, lawyer, and former commits
sioner of immigration at Ellis Island.
This will be an interesting discussion,
as it is well known that Mr.. Corbett
and Mr.. Curran are widely opposed
| in the development of their ideas as
! to skyscrapers.
February %, Monday, amin
| stead of a conference, the National
Sculptors' Society, under it's president,
| James f.. Fraser, has arranged to
have Homer Saint Gaudens give an
address on the life and work Of his
| ilIustrious father. Augustus Saint
! Gaudens. The address win be illus
trated with lantern slides.
| City and Park Decoration.
March !, Tuesday, II a.m,---The
American Society Of Landscape Archi.
| tects will hold conference under the
| Craftsmanship Of Gilbert ID. Clarke,
| landscape architect. Subject. The
| Use of Sculpture for City and Park
| Decoration" 1t is expected an archi-
tect, sculptor and landscape archi-
tect viii take part in this symposium.
March 2, Wednesday, II a.m.-The
| Mural Painters, a national society,
under the craftsmanship Of its presi-
dent, Arthur CoVey, will hold a SYM
postum of the subject of mural paint
| ing. Edwin FL. Blashtield. the dean
of mural painters in America, will
read a paper. entitled. The Men of
| Ninety-two'' referring to the artists
who were invited to prepare the mural
decorations of the famed Chicago ex-
position, in 1893, which marked the
| beginning of nationwide interest in
architecture, sculpture and mural
painting Mr.. Blashfield's paper will
cover the period from 1892 down to
the commencement of the World War,
| Mr.. Covey will follow with a discus
| sion of what has occurred since 1914