Evening star., 1929-12-15

medals in the following classes: Por-
trait dncluding figure composition)
landscape (including marine), still life
and sculpture. Artists who have been
awarded the medal in any class within
five years are not eligible to compete In
the same class in this exhibition.
The society has arranged to hold q
special exhibition in all mediums at the
Maryland Institute, Baltimore, in Feb
ruary. Contributors to the annual eX-
hibition at the Corcoran Gallery of Art
are asked to indicate whether they are
willing to have their works included in
this Baltimore showing. The society is
therefore stepping outside Of the city
and thus extending its scope and in
fiuence this season.
The officers of the society are: Hon
orary president, William H. Holmes;
president, Minor S. Jameson; vice
president, Mary G. Riley; treasurer,
Clara r. Saunders, and secretary, ]. c.
Claghorn. The executive committee
includes Eben F. Comins. Catherine c.
Critcher, Margaret French Cresson,
Charles Dunn and A. j. Schram.
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A FTER an absence of a year Mr.. and
Mrs. William Penn Cresson have
returned to Washington and reopeneo
their home and studio at 1927 Nine
teenth street. Mr.. Cresson is well
known in this city by his architectural
work, as we'll as his diplomatic asso-
Citations and as an author; Mrs. Cres-
son, the daughter of Daniel Chester
French, by her excellent work in sculp-
| ture, among which is a, head of young
: girl included in the Corcoran Gallery's
collection and q memorial bas-relief in
the Young Women's Christian ASsocf-
alton Building. Mr.. and Mrs. CreSson
spent last Winter in Boston and were
abroad during the Summer.
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7 ILIAN MILLER, who has been
- holding an exhibition of block
prints in color of life in Japan and
Korea at the Dunthorne Galleries and
giving demonstrations of woodblock
printing, is to exhibit and make SIM
liar demonstrations in number of the
leading museums in different parts OF
the country following her engagement
here. One of these, in the near future
will be in the Print Club, Philadelphia
which has charming little home, a re-
constructed old stable. Another will be
in the Art Institute of Chicago, in con-
nection with an international exhibit
ton of woodblock prints, the first fc
its kind which this great institution
has held
Miss Miller's father, Ransford S.
Miller, American consul general of
Korea, is to retire from the diplomatic
service two years from now, at which
time he and his family will probably
return to Washington and take up
residence here. The addition of Miss
Miller to the local art colony Is q
pleasant anticipation.
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CAMERON BURNSIDE of this city
- and his wife, Irene Burnside, for
merly Mrs. Meecham of Washington,
held a joint exhibition in Paris last
Summer, each showing approximately
eight works. In November they ex-
hibited at The Hague.
Mr.. Burnside last May was elected a
societaire of the Societe Rationale des
Beaux Arts on account OF his exhibit
in the Salon.
YESTERDAY afternoon the Art and
Archaeology League of Washing
ton, of which Mrs. Mitchell Carroll is
president and Mrs. o. H. p. Clark Sec
retary, held meeting at the Womans
National Democratic Club by special
invitation, at which time Theo j. Nor
gan gave a talk on his current exhibi-
ton of paintings on view during this
month in the national club house.
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TWO Hungarian artists, Elena and
L Bertha de Hellebrandt, will exhibit
from December 16 to January 4 at tne
Yorke Gallery. These two young arVlStS
have studied extensively in Austria and
Germany, also in Paris. In TINS coun-
try, where they have within a year
taken up residence, they have exhibited
by invitation at the Art Institute OF
Chicago, the GainSborough Galleries OF
New York and the Brooklyn Museum.
They come of a gifted family.
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4 T the Arts Club, 2O17 I street, the
"A exhibitions changed today. The
collections of portraits by Miss Saunders
and caricatures by Charles Dunn are re-
placed by an exhibition of industrial
art. At the opening tea this afternoon
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert LIE Feyre will be
hosts.
EORMER exhibitions, by the Land
l. scape Club of Washington have
prepared one for the pleasure to be
derived from this organizations cur
rent show at the Mount Pleasant
Branch of the Public Library, which
will remain on view throughout the
month.
The exhibition is conservative in
character, as heretofore, and the ma
iority of the work shown depicts the
National Capital and vicinity. The
artists apparently find this locality an
inexhaustible source of beauty and are
content to portray it without recourse
to new fads in technique. Most of the
43 works on view are paintings in oil.
Benson B. Moore is represented by four
paintings, beautifully executed and
harmoniously framed. The most ef-
fective of them is "Anacostia Hills" a
large canvas with five-sixths Of the
surface devoted to cloud effects against
a blue sky. There are two bird and
animal paintings by r. Bruce Horsfall,
"The Jaguar" having been lent by Ma
ture Magazine, In which much Of this