Evening star., 1932-10-30

A PROPos of Colonial early American at,
mention may be made Of the one hun
dredth anniversary of the opening Of the Trum-
bull Gallery at Yale University which was
celebrated last evening ceremoniously under the
auspices Of the Associates IN Pine Arts at Yale
A charming invitation with q picture of the
LITTLE Trumbull Gallery surrounded by lawn
and trees was Issued
Trumbull was at one time Washington's
lieutenant. and Is the painter Of some Of the
historic pictures in the rotunda Of the Capitol
The largest collection of his works In existence
is that owned by Yale University
FLORENCE L. BRYANT of this city, who has
pleted a very charming portrait in pastel of
Mrs. Lewis P. Woltz whose husband is the we'll
known local photographer Last Spring Miss
Bryant did portrait In the same medium of
Miss Elsie Huntley. when she was an instruc-
tress here at the Young Womens Christian
Association. Miss Huntley is the physical cul-
ture teacher of the Mccormick Memorial Y
w. c. A. in Chicago. This portrait was shown
last month in the Sears. Roebuck galleries and
is exceedingly spirited and colorful.
will be learned with regret that Jane Bart
lett is closing her arts and crafts shop on
Connecticut avenue. She came to Washington
from New England more than 20 years ago as
a Photographic craftswoman. She became
almost Immediately identified with the arts and
crafts movement in this city a trustee of the
arts and crafts school established about that
time with Mrs. Charles Bell as president She
has done perhaps more than any other one
person to advance and develop interest in the
handicrafts in this city by her appreciation
and her establishment of a market for craft
work She has almost invariably upheld In
hne 1ol1 @l,n
high standard Of excellence and after all these
two are most important services. No artist or
craftsman can continue to produce unless there
Is market for his or her production the best
possible way to create appreciation is through
inducenent to ownership ALWAYS provided n
high standard is upheld
Miss Bartlett is clo5ing her shop because az
the present time there is little demand for
fne craft work, but this is not to be interpreted
as meaning that such work has come to an
end that the machines have triumphed As
long as there are those who know the difference
between machine-made product and works of
art there will be place for fine craftsmanship.
But like all the arts in these days of enforced
economy ard financial readiustment they and
their makers suffer
HE District OF Columbia Federation of Wom-
ems Clubs of which Mrs Harvey Wiley is
an extremely strcng Art Committee It con-
sists OF Mrs. Grace NJ. Swiggett chairman;
Miss Dorothy Stokes Branch, k9s Alice Hut
chins Drake, Mrs. Ruth B. Pratt. Miss Ada
Raney and Miss Clara r. Saunders
Mrs. Swiggett has come quite recently to
Washington to live. She studied art In the
Middlewest and has taught in colleges in vari-
Gus Western cities, among them Seattle and
Boise. Miss Drake is well known through her
radio talks on art and her courses at the Y.
W. c. A.: Miss Rainey for her writings for sew
eral years in the Post and her lectures; Miss
Saunders for her paintings and teaching: Miss
Branch and Mrs. Pratt for their contributions
along other lines. With such committee there
Is much that these clubs can accomplish in
tending knowledge and appreciation of art in
Washington.
EVERAL Washing .on artists represented,
- and exceedingly well, in the annual exhibi-
ton of the American Water Color Society,
which opened in the Fine Arts Galleries New
York last week. Eleanor Parke Gusts shows
three works varied in character and all of much
charm. Margarete Lent shows two typical for
strength, color and characterization. S. Peter
Wagner is represented by two paintings done in
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Hill School of Art
Sculpture -Painting-Etching
Dupont Circle North 1871
THE CORCORAN
CCHO0J Of ART