Evening star., 1934-12-02

exhibition of paintings by Eilshemius.
26 Of 80 shown were sold. but Eilshe-
mius waited to old age for this sue
cess After conclusion here this ex-
hibition by the p. w. A. P. artists is
to be shown in Baltimore. at the
Maryland Institute, and in Richmond,
both Of which cities we're included in
the region represented.
THE American Society of Miniature
Painters will, by special invitation,
hold an exhibition of works by men,
bers in the Corcoran Gallery of Art
opening the last of this week in the
southeast corner gallery wherein Mrs.
Sommer's weavings are now so pleas
ingly displayed. There will, it is un-
! derstood, be so of these intimate little
portraits and pictures, and among
those to be represented are painters Of
such distinction as Laura Combs Hills,
Elsie Dodge Pattee, Annie Hurlburt
Jackson, Helen Harlow. Grace Murray,
Mary c. Allen and others. The WASH
ington Society of Miniature Painters,
Sculptors and Gravers will hold its
annual exhibition in the Corcoran
Gallery Of Art in January.
THE Corcoran Gallery Of Art has
announced its jury Of selection and
award for the Fourteenth Biennial
Exhibition Of Contemporary American
Painting to be held March "a to May
5 as follows: Jonas Lie, president Of
the National Academy of Design,
chairman; George Harding, painter
and illustrator Of Philadelphia: Victor
Higgins, painter Of Taos, N. Mex:
Henry Lee McFee, painter of Wood
stock, N. Y. and Richard E. Mil
Ter of Provincetown. Mass. With the
exception of Mr.. McFee, these men are
all conservative and while they repre-
sent divergent viewpoints, there should
be enough unanimity among them in
fundamentals to assure awards which
are neither compromises nor sops to
modern fads. And yet who can tell
what a perfectly safe and sane" jury
may do? Witness the first prize in
the Carnegie Institutes great Inter-
national to sur-realistic painting en-
titled South of Scranton" represent !
ing in a kind Of puzzle picture the
artists subconscious impressions Of an
automobile trip. But there is no deny |
ing the fact that prizes create interest |
and that the very generous Clark |
prizes given in the Corcoran Biennials |
encourage the artists to offer their |
best works.
A T THE Public Library this month
will be shown q collection Of |
Autographs by Daumier, lent by Stu
dio House. Daumier is indeed q name
to conjure with and his Autographs |
rank high in the art Of the western |
world. In his recently published
Handbook of Print Making and
Print Makers" John Taylor Arms, the
eminent etcher. has this to say of
Daumier: He has been called the
greatest artist that has ever drawn
on stone and it would be difficult to
disprove this statement He pos
sessed all the qualities necessary to
the great artist and q great litho.
graphic draughtsman - imaginative
power, highly sensitive feeling for plas-
tlC 10TH, d VlVlQ Sense Oh CHAR aCC8TlZ2.
ton, a preoccupation with the essen
tial and universal, brilliant draughts-
manship, complete sympathy with his
medium and limitless technical skill.
He was tremendously prolific, being
credited with about five thousand
Autographs, mostly political and So
cial satire. He created the inimita-
BILE Robert Macaire,' speculator,
swindler, 'racketeer,' and .Ratapoil,'
the political demagogue; he delineated
the people Of Paris with an insight, q
wit and q pungent draughtsmanship,
never applied to them before. He was
for his caricatures; he
drew on stone the magnificent and
terrible Rue Transnonain,' one Of the
great works Of art Of the world; and,
perhaps most amazing Of all. he main
tanned throughout his prodigious
work . standard Of excellence to which
few other masters Of the lithographic