Evening star., 1935-04-28

two priests walking along . roadway
in the Province Of Quebec" there en-.
ters something which is not only seen,
but felt, and is memorable.
There are only two Autographs, "A
Corner of the Harbor" and "Old Rock
port" neither for sale. The latter is
very fine. Among the drawings three
are of Charleston-St. Michaels
Church yard. houses. donkey cart
and Negroes-familiar sights in that
charming city, and all possessed, as are
Mr. Hutty's etchings, with the feeling
of the place-the picturesqueness
which allures visitors and appeals to
the imagination.
For % years Harrison Csdy made
illustration for Life, besides which
he made drawings for children's books
and magazines and found time to
write some children's stories. It was
he who created Peter Rabbit" and
for the nature stories Of Thornton w.
Burgess he made literally thousands
of illustrations. He is a member OF
the American Water Color Society.
New York Water Color Club and other
professional organizations. lie has
travelled much and exhibited extern
sively. Born in Gardner, Mass, he
spends his Winters in Brooklyn. N. Y,
and his Summers at Rockport. De-
spite his prolific output, he Is still
under so wears of age
THE Corcoran Gallery of Art will
l. open, about May l, an exhibition
of miniatures by the leading American
miniature painters. These have been
assembled by special invitation and
will number between so and so. The
intention is to make this continuous
exhibition, changing it from time to
time through the withdrawal OF works
and substitution of others, in order
that this field of art, a very charm
ing one, shall have in the Corcoran
Gallery adequate representation.
FREDERICK BALLARD WI
l. LIAMS of New York, representing
not only the American Artists Profess
sional League, which he heads, but Is
other professional art organizations.
such as the National Academy Of De-
sign, National Arts Club, National
Sculpture Society, Allied Artists Of
America, etc, has addressed a letter
to the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr..
Morgenthau, urging the creation Of
a division of portraiture under the
already existing Painting and Sculp-
ture Section of the Procurement Di-
vision Of the Treasury Department,
which would be charged with giving
commissions for official portraits,
whether in painting or sculpture, and
their installation in public buildings,
also stipulating that these portraits
shall be by American artists. This,
it was pointed out, is in q field not
touched by existing Federal projects
having prearranged architectural set
ting and would widen the effort being
made to advance the standard Of Gov
ernment art in aid Of artists.
1t is q matter which has long mer-
tied attention. A large number OF
such commissions are given, for the
most part arbitrarily, with the result
that the portraits procured have, to
a large extent, not been of estimable
character-at least not outstanding as
works of art. Neither the Commission
of Fine Arts nor the new Painting and
Sculpture Section Of the Treasury De-
partment has jurisdiction in this field,
but to aid the situation the latter has
begun assembling data on American
portrait painters, photographs Of their
works and estimates Of cost, which will
be made available as informative ms-
terial to all within the Government
who have these commissions to give.
This, at least, Is . step In the right
direction.