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hang in the beautiful reading room
of the Shakespeare Memorial Library.
These also show him as a painter Of
mark.
r ICHARD MERYMAN and S. Bur-
tis Baker, for some years principal
and vice principal, respectively, of the
Corcoran School Of Art, have given
up their teaching this year to devote
themselves exclusively to creative work.
Mr.. Baker, it Is understood, will retain
his studio here and his afiliation with
the art department Of George Wash
ington University, but Mr. Meryman
has returned to his old home near
Dublin, N. H., which will be his head
quarters hereafter.
His departure takes from local art
circles a painter of real power and
distinction-an artist of sensitive per-
ception and strong conviction. Mr..
Meryman studied with Abbott Thayer
and regarded him as master. He be-
longs to the academic school, but with
out restriction; he respects tradition
without being bound by it; he believes
in experimentation. adventure, but
deprecates acceptance of the crude
and immature on the basis of original
ity-newness. His paintings have
found placement in some of the lead
ing exhibitions here and elsewhere.
Two Of his portraits hang in the Ad-
Olson Gallery, Phillips Academy, An
dover, Mass. His paintings of western
scenery have attracted much favorable
attention.
THE trustees Of the Corcoran CAL
lery of Art have not yet appointed
a new principal for the school, but
Eugen Weisz, instructor on the staff
for some years, has been promoted to
the position of vice principal and is at
present acting principal. Mr.. Weisz
Is not only good teacher and execu-
tive, but an excellent painter, both in
water colors and oils, and Is rapidly
making a name for himself in both
media. An exhibition of his water
colors was shown in the Corcoran Gal
lery Of Art last Winter. It attracted
much attention and called forth praise.
He has lately completed q portrait of
an elderly woman, strongly constructed
and very well painted in oils. He has
a fine color sense and marked individ-
uality.
0UT-oF-T important exhibi-
tions are opening. The Pennsyl-
vania Museum, Philadelphia is now
holding an exhibition of THE Sea
and Ships" to which President Roose-
velt has lent no less than is paintings
and prints from his own private col-
lection. Among these are four items
OF unusual interest-two engravings
by Demon depicting engagements Of
the frigate Philadelphia In the Tri.
politan war, and two by Yoshi-
kazu, Japanese artist, commemorate
ing Commodore Perry's expedition to
Japan and the artists conception of
q Mississippi "side wheeler"
To an exhibition Of paintings by
Twentieth Century American Artists
assembled for circuit by the College
Art Association which opened last
week in the Grand Central Galleries,
New York, the Corcoran Gallery Of
Art has lent its prize winning still life
by Maurice sterne, apd the Phillips
Memorial Gallery has contributed
from its collection water colors by
John Marin and other paintings. This
exhibition includes sculpture by Saint
Gaudens and by zorach; paintings by
Whistler and Homer and Eakins but
also by Karfoil and Fiene and Kan
tor-a strangely assorted group. Also
there is Kuniyoshi. How, one won
dsrs does he f into the Index Of