Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-05-29

of the school year. These awards are made by
members of the faculty.
Notwithstanding the much talked of and
genera1lyexperienced financial depression, regis
tration at the Corcoran School of Art during
the past year has been but slightly diminished.
The enrcllments have been over 800, and the
students, while for the most part residents of
the District of Columbia, have come in con-
siderable numbers from elsewhere, as far South
as Florida. far North as Maine The stand
ard Of work produced during the year has been
well upheld and Of a sound academic quality.
Good drawing. excellent color good brushwork,
evidence command Of medium No one can be
taught to produce great works Of art unless he
or she possesses real talent, individuality vision
but, on the o-her hand, unless one commands
a medium of expression it Is impossible to
deliver message 1t is the language of art.
pure craftsmanship, which art school such
as the Corcoren endeavors to teach.
Glasses in the CorcCran School of Art are Of
varied character, with life and portrait under
the instruction Of Richard Meryman and Burtis
Baker. still life and antique under Mathilde
M Leisenring and Eugen Weisz sculpture under
J. Maxwell Miller of Baltimore and composition
under Burtis Baker The composition class las
each week a different theme to set forth and
its purpose is to develop the creative instinct on
the part of the student and to give SELF
confidence. 1t is a very different matter to
produce competition including several figures
from reproducing a still life group or figure
posed by the master.
The competitive work at the Corcoran School
was finished yesterday and prize awards an
nounced. Tomorrow . selected exhibition Of
work produced by students during the year will
open in the special exhibition gallery to the left
Of the staircase, wherein Of late Edward Bruce's
paintings were set forth. This exhibition will
give the public opportunity to judge of the
character of instruction as well as the progress
OF the students, and will likewise reward,
through approval, those who have achieved
success, but may not have entered the COMPETE
tons
1t is nearly half century since the Corcoran
School had its modest beginning with group
Of copyists who went to the Corcoran Gallery
Tor study and self-inStruction. During that
time many diligent and ambitious young people
have entered its classes and have gone out to
make place for themselves. More than few
have succeeded. and as one looks back over the
years and recalls the excellent direction the
work has been given. first by Mr. Andrews,
then by Mr.. Messer. and in recent years by Mr.
Tarbell and the present principal Mr.. Mary
man and staff, there Is good reason for pride
and also for gratitude to the generous donor
through whose benehcence this free school of
art was established and is maintained
- g.
- Robert w. de Forest and Mrs de Forest,
was opened by the Metropolitan Museum of Art
various museums have purchased fine interiors
houses erected during colonial and post
colonial days and rebuilt them as exhibits with
suitable furnishing. In most instances the
museums have not destroyed houses that could
have been saved: in other words, they haze not
committed depredations. In ether instances
museums have gone step further than this and
have possessed themselves of houses which they
have taken over, restored and refurnished as
branch exhibits This is the case Of the Penn
sylvania Museum and the several historic houses
that it has taken under its protection in the
adjacent parkway. -' ~---7 49,
On May H. in Baltimore the Johns Hopkins
University formally opened "Homewood" the
historic mansion known as the Charles Carroll
House, built in 1901 which has lately been
stored and refurnished through the generosity
of Mr.. and Mrs. Francis P. Garvan. the con rs
of the we'll known Garvan collection of ea~ly
American silver. furniture etc. at Yale This
house will henceforth be public exhibit and a
landmark for future generations of the culture
of these of TIE past who helped to create and
upbud our Nation
In the Baltimore Museum of Art wyman
Park, not far from Johns Hopkins University
was recently installed the "Chestertow Room"
with beautiful woodwork, which has been fur
nished in exquisite taste by Mrs Miles White jr.
honorary curator of Americana. with furniture
belonging to the period, each piece note worthy
as an example of design. This room was the
gift of Mrs. Emma James Johnson in memory
of her husband, j. Hemsley johnson associated
for many years as an offcer of the Municipal
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