Evening star., 1928-12-16
NOTES OF ART AND ARTISTS
Paintings Gothic Cathedras View the National Gallery
of Art-Corcoran Gallery Rehangs the
Permanent Collection

quality, decorative quality, spirit of
Cairo, and technique. The judges Of the
competition will be Clifford K. Berry
man, cartoonist of The Evening Star;
Miss Marguerite B. Neale Of the Parker
Brawner Lithograph Co., and Miss Dor
othey Trout, member of the Arts Club.
The prizes to be awarded will be- First,
SIS; second. $40; third, SIS.
Further information may be had by
addressing the chairman. arts commit
tee, Arts Club, 2017 1 street.
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RESIDES the exhibitions noted at the
~ National Gallery the Corcoran Gal
lery, the Freer Gallery, the last with
its rare Oriental collections, and the
Arts Club all open daily. there is for
lovers of art both resident and tran
sient, the exceptional opportunity of
viewing on special days the Phillips
Memorial Gallery. 1904 Twenty-frSt
street, with its interesting tri-unit ex-
hibit: and the Textile Museum estab-
lished by George Hewitt Myers, 1880
street northwest. which contains rugs,
tapestries and other textiles of the
Near and Far East.
The Phillips Memorial Gallery Is
open to the public on Tuesday, Satur-
day and Sunday afternoons from to
pm. The Textile Museum is open
on Monday. Wednesday and. Friday
from 2 to pm, admission by card,
cbtainable at the office of G. H. Myers,
1903 H street northwest
Often it is the little gallery which
provides for the real art lover the
maximum of delight through the posi-
bility Of quiet study and intimacy of
contact. Undoubtedly this is true in
both of these instances.
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THE Baltimore Museum of Art is
holding during this month exhibi-
tions of paintings by William H. Singer.
Jr., an American artist residing in Nor
way: drawings by Ivan MeStrovic, the
Czechoslovakian sculptor, who has lately
modelled two equestrian Indian statues
for Chicago, and collection of printed
fabrics of the eighteenth century
toiles de Jouy
A T Gordon Dunthorne's, 1925 Con-
necticut avenue, there are to be
seen until December II Cadwallader
Washburn's new series of drypoints of
the Riviera and an exhibition of etch-
ings and drawngis by Livia Kadar. the
last shown under the patronage of the
Minister of Hungary and Countess SEE
chenyi Mr.. and Mrs. Dunthorne are
giving a tea at their home in George
town in honor of Nine. Livia Kadar
this afternoon.
Mr.. Dunthorne is also showing,
through the courtesy of the Gardenside
Book Shop of Boston, collection of
old and rare books, mostly from English
private libraries, interesting not only as
examples of fine printing but artistic
binding.
T TNDER the auspices of the American
Civic Association. the Washington
Committee of One Hundred on the Fed
eral City is holding a series of round
table conferences in order to discuss
fully the provisions of various bills In
Congress concerning planning and parks
in the National Capital. The first con-
ference was held on December 10. the
second is scheduled for December II
and the third for January 7. The SUBJ
ject under discussion at the December
II meeting will be Measure to Author
ize Purchase of Great Falls Park"
Frederic A. Delano is chairman of this
committee, John De La Mater secretary.
THE exhibition of paintings by Frank
Townsend Hutchens at the Yorke
Gallery has been extended to Decem-
Der %.
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TN the Fall Exhibition of Little Pic
lures, held in New Haven under the
auspices of the New Haven Paint and
Clay Club, honorable mention was given
to Gladys Brannigan, formerly OF tins
city, for a painting entitled Wild
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