Evening star., 1934-12-16

City and in the border views Of historic
buildings
This is the first exhibition set forth
by the Division of Textiles, which has
had dominant art rather than tech
nical interest, and it marks gratifying
step forward in this direction. 1t is
very attractively shown.
TOWARD the close Of the past
art season the Corcoran Gallery
Of Art received as loan from the
sculptor, Evelyn Beatrice Longman,
portrait-panel in relief Of the late DAN
lei Chester French which, because of
its subject and its exceptional merit
as a work of art, is noteworthy. Mr..
French was, it will be remembered, the
sculptor Of the Gallaudet memorial at
Kendall Green, of the Dupont memo
rial fountain. the figure surmounting
the war memorial south Of the State
Department, as well as of the Minute
Man" at Concord, the Spirit of Life"
at Saratoga, the beautiful Milmore
memorial, better known perhaps as
Death and the Young Sculptor" of
which the Corcoran Gallery Of Art is
so fortunate as to have a cast, and the
statues Of Lincoln in Lincoln. Nebr.,
and the Lincoln Memorial in this city.
not by any means mentioning his full
output. Evelyn Longman (Mrs Batch
elder was his pupil, and she has por-
trayed him with knowledge and sensi-
tive insight.
In her panel Mr.. French Is seated
in an armchair in his studio, modelling
tool in hand. not actively at work but
reviewing the past, in contemplation.
Across the upper portion of the panel,
in orderly procession, as a frieze, are
represented, in very low relief, some Of
his most distinguished works. Rarely
has sculptor so successfully suggested
atmosphere. This portrait Mrs Her
bert Adams has said Is IAN entirely
original evocation Of an artist amid his
creations; nowhere else has the pro-
cession motive been used In Just this
way"
The Corcoran Gallery has placed this
panel in the gallery in which Mr..
French's relief panel Of Death and the
Sculptor" is shown In an adjoining
gallery is to be seen the original marble
by Mr.. French, "The Sons Of God and
the Daughters of Men" purchased
during the sculptor's later lifetime.
Evelyn Beatrice Longman was born
in Ohio and passed part of her girl
hood on a farm in Canada. The
World Fair in Chicago in 1893 brought
her a realization Of talent and dorado
Taft's teaching and encouragement
opened the way. Then came student
days in New York, after which appren-
ticeship Miss Longman became Daniel
Chester French's assistant A beautiful
friendship was formed between her and
his family, and when subsequently she
was married it was in the lovely garden
Of their home, Chesterwood, near
Stockbridge, Mass. Miss Longman
collaborated for some years with the
late Henry Bacon in his monumental
works. Her bronze bust of Alice Free
man Palmer is in the Hall of Fame,
New York; her portrait Of Henry Bacon
is owned by the Metropolitan Museum;
her Victory" in reduction, is used by
the Atlantic fleet as a trophy; the
bronze doors of the Naval Academy
Chapel at Annapolis are her work
She is to be counted among the most
gifted Of our contemporary American
sculptors.
TN THE veerhof Galleries Lois Bald
win is showing a group of her
portraits in pastel, several Of which
are of outstanding interest and merit
Among these are a portrait of the
young daughter of Mrs. McCock
Knox, two of little chubby faced boys
with sparkle in their young eyes,
and one Of a Negro girl showing her
white teeth in a broad, contagious
smile. In interpreting these varied
personalities the artist manifests in
sight into character and lightness Of
touch, as well as a pleasing sense Of
color.
A DELIGHTFUL little exhibition of
water colors of Virginia land
scapes and New England marines by
j. Whitla Stinson of this city opened
yesterday and will continue for about
a week in the Warrenton Country
Club. Mr.. Stinson has specialized
not in art but international law, and
is on the staff of the State Depart
ment. but he studied architecture at
Columbia, painting in Italy, and prac-
ticeS art as an avocation with genu-
inc Zest. His pictures are painted
early in the morning. late in the
afternoon and on holidays, and they
convey to the observer something Of
the pleasure in the doing which every
artist feels or would cease to paint.
Evidently, also, Mr.. Stinson is lover
of nature, sensitive and sympathetic
to beauty in landscape and marine.
He Is not a modernist. He paints
what he sees, and with apparent emo
ton. His work is, in measure, aca-
demic, but it has freshness and vigor
His pictures of the rock-bound coast
of Maine are very good-no better,
however, than a transcription Of a
trout stream, very difficult subject
to interpret, or his views of the coun-
try in Virginia over which he has re-
peatedly ridden. Especially charming
is water color of Virginia garden,
with its clipped box and tall poplars.
With his larger paintings Mr.. Stinson
is showing a group Of little water
colors-flrst impressions, quickly rem
dered-which in almost every instance
possess spontaneity and distinct
charm. Mr.. Stinson has from time