Evening star., 1933-05-28

Army, was in the uniform of the British army.
accompanying Braddock as aide de camp on his
memorable expedition which passed through
Winchester. Mr. Bakers painting is ski feet
in dimensions; the composition includes 10 or
II figures.
X AR. MERYMAN. principal of the Corcoran
w. School Of Art, and his wife and children
are planning to motor to California after the
school closes and spend the Summer on a ranch
about 20 miles from Santa Barbara
CBEN CoMINS is at work on a mural paint
- ing in freseo to decorate local garden
wall-an exceedingly interesting commission
and one which he is executing with great zest
TWO or three years ago an exhibition was
held in the Corcoran Gallery of Art of
sculpture by Malvina Hoffman, which was SO
profoundly impressive that those who saw it
will never forget it. This exhibition included,
besides idealistic and allegorical groups portrait
heads made as studies of character of people Of
differing and varied races.
little later announcement was made that
Malvina Hoffman had been commissioned by
the Field Museum of Chicago to model portraits
heads and fgures-100 in number of sig
"a
new Hall of Man, a combination of art and
anthropology which had never been attempted
before. Her quest for subjects in the fulfill
ment of this commission has since that time
taken her to far off parts Of the world, but
the task Is now largely completed and those
who visit this Summer the Century of Progress
Exposition in Chicago should not fail to see
this great collection of works in sculpture which
records not only for all time the peoples of the
world but marks an advance in the attitude of
science toward art-a recognition of the fact
that there are some things "truer than truth"
Heretofore anthropologists have been salts
fed with skeletons and SKINS parts Of remains.
measurements of skulls, etc. Through the art
Of Malvina Hoffman these facts have been as
sembled and have been clothed with humanity
have been given life. OF course some Iortho-
dox anthropologists may still hold that science
has been sacrificed to art In this instance but
on the other hand it is believed by many that
this combination Of art and anthropology has
done great service to the latter
Sir Arthur Keith, a distinguished British
anthropologist in the New York Times Maga-
zine last week. wrote enthusiastically of Miss
Hohman's work, drawing particular attention
to the exceptional merit of the Bushnian group
OF South Africa, to the Negro type of the
Southern Sahara and to an example of an
Abyssinian woman
Malvina Hoffman, who in private life is Mrs.
Samuel B. Crimson, is the daughter of q
musician. She studied painting under John
w. Alexander, sculpture under Rodin and
anatomy under Sir Arthur Keith and Dr.
George Huntington of the College of Physicians
and Surgeons and the Royal College of Sur
geons in England. She is an indefatigable
as well as most gifted worker. Her first ex-
pedition to the wids was in 1884, her second
the following year. Everything was most skill
fully and wisely planned She was accom-
panied by her husband and by her secretary.
She took all of her materials with her, and
she used her own persuasive powers to secure
what she desired, not merely models, but the
best models in every instance, typical examples
The plaster casts Of her works were carefully
packed and sent back to Paris, where they
were cast in bronze.
But Malvina Hoffman's great triumph in
this respect is not merely the quantity or the
oddity of her work, but the fact that with
subjective and scientific interest she has been
able to attain in everything that she has done.
dominance Of art Each work is apparently
as individual as though it were sole achieve
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