Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-10

by Illya Zemsky, Russian artist late
ly arrived in Washington, is to be
seen at the artists studio. 1919 /
street. from 4 to every afternoon
| until April "a
Mr.. Zemsky studied first IN Russia,
| then in Paris, and his work shows
both the effects of his Partisan train.
| ing and the characteristics of his na-
| tive land. They are skilltul and at
the same time elementally strong, even
more than strong bold, vigorous.
Several of the oil PAINTINGS on exhi.
bition are character studies. Two or
three are OF an elderly Hebrew. such
as Rembrandt would have liked to
paint or etch. Others are of fellow art.
lists, violinist, great mathematician
and writer. Among the best are
colorful studies of peasant women in
costume In which a CLINT OF Bright red
in headdress or shawl appears.
Perhaps the most interesting and
significant of all the works on view,
however, is a series of portraits in
charcoal of the actors of the Mos.
COW Art Theater. showing them in
their several and most famous roles.
1t is understood that the Museum of
Moscow desires to obtain this collec-
ton en- bloc. but at the present time
the artist is unwilling to part with it.
p EXPERIENCE was made a fortnight
ago in these columns to the paint.
ing of the Coolidge homestead at Ply.
mouth. VT, by Gustave Wiegand
on view at the Veerhoff Galleries. This
picture is still to be seen in these
galleries and is attracting much IA
vorable notice. The original sketch from
which 1t was painted was executed in
the Summer Of 1925 and is now In the
possession of the President. The pie.
ture was shown in January at the
Mich Galleries, New York.
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"A 7 the Corcoran Gallery of Art there
has lately been placed on view
In the south room on the main Aoor
wherein modern sculpture is displayed,
five rugs and some art objects of ORR.
entail Workmanship. lent by Hagop
Bogigian, an Armenian.
Four rugs on the wall are of Per-
sian design and workmanship, very
lovely in color. The rug In the glass
case is Indian and contains over ten
million knots. 1t shows a most intri-
cate design and is considered by ex.
perts to be of the finest quality.
The art objects comprise tray and
set of nine coffee cups AMI holders,
the silver being filigree and very elab-
crate. There Is also a solid silver fili-
gree flower vase and a brass vase or
incense burner from Persia.
A RECENTLY completed portrait of
Lincoln by Douglas volx, entitled
"Breasting the Winds" is now being
shown in the Corcoran Gallery of Art
as a temporary exhibit.
The Corcoran Gallery has also lately
placed on view, as a loan, remark.
able little statuette of torso, THE
Martyr" by Gutzon Borglum, work
rendered with classical beauty and
modernistic power of expression.
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TWO paintings by Burtis Baker
have been temporarily placed on
exhibition in the Corcoran Gallery, re.
placing works recently loaned One is
picture which took one of the Cor.
coran prizes some years ago at a
biennial exhibition, a picture of a
young woman standing before a dress
ing table; the other is a portrait
study. Both admirably take their
place in the Corcoran Gallery's not
able collection of contemporary
American works.
OWING to the great and growing
interest aroused among the people
Of Washington by the Tri-Unit Exhi.
bition at the Phillips Memorial Gal.
lery, and in response to urgent re-
quests of visitors from out Of town, as
well as within the city, the closing
date has been extended to the end Of
April.
A beautiful brochure illustrating
works in the exhibition and giving
estimates by Mr.. Phillips and others
of the painters has been issued by
the Phillips Memorial Gallery for dis
tribution, thus enhancing the educa.
tional value of the exhibit and fur
nishing a permanent record.
A N exhibition of the works of Rob-
= ert Reid opened April in the
Grand Central Galleries, New York,
under distinguished patronage. For
this exhibition the Corcoran Gallery
of Art has lent a painting. THE Open
Fire." an excellent example of Mr..
Reds work.
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At the Maryland Institute, Balti-
= more, there Is now on view an
exhibition of rare and valuable etch.
ings and Autographs by Whistler from
the institutes collections.
This collection of Whistler material
is a part of the well known Lucas col.
lection of art, which came into the
institutes possession through the
death of George A. Lucas, native
Baltimorean, who died in Paris in
1909. The catalogue of the present
exhibition contains a foreword in
which mention is made Of the donors
desire that the institute should re-
ceive all of his paintings. Barge
bronzes, rare ceramics, palettes Of IA
nous French artists and about $4,000
etchings and prints. They were left
for life, however, to Henry Walters,
and it is through his generosity that
they have been turned over at this
time to the institute.
The present showing embraces the
entire Whistler section, even to many