Evening star., 1936-12-19
An Exhibition in the Press



tions In this country.
An Exhibition in the Press
Club Lobby-lllinoiS Artists.
r TNDER the auspices Of the Picture
~ Committee of the National Press
Club, of which Frederic HaSkins is
chairman, an exhibition Of paintings
by Illinois artists has been set forth
in the club lobby This collection has
been assembled and is exhibited by the
American Art Bureau OF Chicago.
which has lately established national
headquarters in this city. with off1ces
in the Brookings Building. 1t consists
OF l8 or 20 oil paintings Of an academic
type. by artists whose names are
scarcely known in this part of the
country. There are two forCeful figure
paintings, THE Speaker" and Mothers
of Revolution" by Oskar Gross,
Vienese by birth, who has lived in
Chicago for some years, and consist
emily won awards as well as portrait
commissions. Joseph Allworthy. born
in Pittsburgh. now resident OF Chi
cago, is represented by figure paint
ing. The ConnoiSSeur," and an excel
lent still life, Me and Thee" both
outstanding. Others represented, and
well. are Frederick Tellander, Axel
Linus. Leo Marzola and Glenn c..
Shelter. These are paintings which
the Art Bureau proposes. 1t is UNDER
stood, to circulate in its campaign
to increase appreciation Of art among
the school children Of the country.
The American Art Bureau was orig
inally organized with the purpose of
promoting the sale of reproductive
prints, and was largely supported by
frame makers. 1t has lately been re-
organized as q nom -proflt-making in
stitution, to carry on purely educa-
tional work. 1t proposes TO issue edu-
cational publications, broadcast lee
lures on art, and send about original
works. The exhibition in the Press
Club will continue throughout the
month, and is open to the public.
Sales in Regional Exhibition
Announced by Studio House.
CTUDIO HOUSE announces, as tam
gible result of the Regional Ex-
hibition held in the Phillips Memorial
Gallery, the sale Of 20 paintings BY
Is artists at q total Of $1.l33. The
names Of Mr.. Phillips, Mr.. Dows and
he st
Of purchasers This exhibition closes
tomorrow, and the exhibiting artists
are requested to call for their works
on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday
at the latest, between the hours OF
$50 am. and pm.
During the Christmas holidays.
Studio House will exhibit selected
works by those who are studying or
have studied at Studio House or in
the Phillips Gallery. No special ex-
hibition is announced by the Phillips
Gallery, but it is understood that
some radical changes will be made in
the arrangement Of the permanent
collection when the gallery is rehung.
The TertHe Museum Closes
During the Holidays.
THE textile Museum Of the District
L Of Columbia will be closed to the
public during holiday week, including
December IS and January l.
Members of the Cherrydale Art
Center Exhibit in the Women'S
City Club.
THE December show at the Women's
CITY Club consists of paintings by
Mrs. Cherry Ford White and her col
leagues, Isabel Brockway Walker, A.
Forsyth Pawley and Gertrude Mitchell,
all residents Of Cherrydale, Va, who
have banded themselves together with
the purpose of doing creative work in
art There are landscapes, flower and
figure paintings, showing keen per-
ception and considerable skill in ex-
ecution. This exhibition also closes
on the Goth.
Connections for FelloioShips at
American Academy in Rome.
THE American Academy in Rome
announces its annual competitions
for fellowships in architecture, land
scape architecture, painting. sculp-
ture, musical composition. and classi-
cal studies, TO take place in the forth
coming year. Those desiring to COM
pete must make entry before Febru-
ary /, 1897. These fellowships are
open only to unmarried men Qn clas-
sical studies to both men and women)
under 80 years of age, who are citi-
xens of the United States. Each car
ries q stipend, an allowance for trans
portation 10 and from Rome. and for
materials. to students Of fine arts, and