Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
NOTES OF ART AND ARTISTS
Society of Washington Artists Opens Its Annual Exhibition
at the Corcoran Gallery Today-Eben F. Comins
Holds One-Man Exhibit.

London" Rome from Tivoli," Temple
Of the Sibyl, Tivoli" and "on Lake Luz
gano, Italy"
His Winter pictures are as notable for
quality as are his etchings of the Ari-
iona desert-very sympathetic, beauti-
iully drawn, exquisite in relation OF
light to shade-rare works. one should
not fail to see this exhibition.
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A T the Arts Club of Washington, 2017
Eye street, the Ten Philadelphia
Painters still hold sway until January
IL, which is well, as their works are Of
exceptional merit and interest.
From the 18th to the 25th works by
Marguerite G. Mum, secretary of the
Washington Water Color Club, will be
seen in the assembly room on the first
f1oor, and at~the same time a collection
of paintings by Henrietta Wyeth, daugh-
ter of Nathan c. Wyeth, the well known
illustrator, will be set forth in the
lounge on the second floor.
From January Is to February the
special exhibitions at the Arts Club will
be paintings in oil by Lucia B. Hollerith,
downstairs, and paintings in oil by Ma
rion Hawthorne, the wife OF Charles w.
Hawthorne, upstairs.
/ This evening there will be q chaflng
dish supper at the club, after which
Clifford K. Bergman, oartoonist OF The
Star, will give Chalk Talk"
/ Next Sunday afternoon there will be
81 tea marking the opening Of the ex-
hibitions by Miss Mum and Miss Wyeth,
at which Miss Mum and Mrs. Ralph A.
Graves will be hostesses.
THE Frances Hodgson Burnett me-
mortal committee, of which Rod
man Glider OF New York is acting
secretary is endeavoring to raise funds
for children's garden in Central Park.
In this effort the committee is offering
for sale a limited number OF copies Of
the Bird Bath Fountain, by Bessie Pot
ter Vonnoh, which is to be the princi-
pal feature of the garden. This charm
ing figure, life size, slightly over S feet,
is suitable for a fountain, and cast in
bronze, is offered at the very reasonable
sold for erection in the same city or To-
cality, and when. the fund is complete
no further copies will be obtainable
The purchaser, or purchasers, will not
only be acquiring a beautiful work of
art by one of the foremost sculptors of
the country, but will also be making q
handsome contribution to q cultural
movement in the interest Of city chill
dren.
Reginald Birch, who Illustrated Mrs.
Burnett's Little Lord Fauntleroy," has
made q charming pen-and-ink sketch,
which is reproduced on the letter Of an
nollncement sent out by the committee,
included in. the personnel OF which are
Cecilia Beaux, Daniel Frohman, Bea-
trice and Oliver HEREFORD, Mary Pick
ford, Charles Scribner and Mr.. and
Mrs. Otis Skinner.
For Washingtonians this memorial
has double interest, i1asmuch as Mrs.
Burnett was for many years a resident
OF this city and has hosts of friends
here who cherish her memory. Mrs.
Vonnoh, the sculptor, is also well known
here, and nothing could be more de-
hghtful in this city of many portrait
statues than a children's garden with
this memorial fountain as q chief fea-
ture.
A T recent meeting Of the board of
governors Of the Arts Club Of WASH
ington the following resolution was
passed:
Whereas the foundation Of the
Smithsonian Institution was for the adj
vailce The arts and sciences, and
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and other departments Of the Govern
ment and
Whereas thes arts have been only
moderately encouraged by the establish
ment of the National Gallery of Art as
bureau of the Smithsonian (however
many important collections have been
presented to the National Gallery, and
many more would be given If a build
ing were erected for gallery worthy of
the people,:
Whereas designs for National Art
and History Building have been made
by a distinguished architect; now
Therefore, the Arts Club of Wash
ington commends this subject to the
President of the United States and to its
Congress in the hope that this Con-
gress will make suitable appropriation
for this Art and History Building, to
the end that the fine arts may have an
honorable position at the National Capt.
tai as that attained by science"
The purpose of this resolution, obvi-
ously, is to urge a Federal appropriation
to cover the cost Of the erection Of q
suitable building to house the National
Gallery of Art. A place for such q
building has been designated in che new
plan for the development of the tri-