Evening star., 1936-11-07

informed layman to keep these gov
ernmental art projects clearly de-
fined in mind, because they do in
some particulars seem to overlap.
For instance, the art section of the
Procurement Division Of the Treasury
Department does have a small SUBJ
division operated on a relief basis,
through which easel paintings. prints,
etc, are obtained, and under the
w. P. A. Art Project many mural
paintings have been executed. In fact,
row q special section will be devoted
to this particular work and "The
Making of a Mural will be graphi-
cally illustrated by series of process
pictures. For this purpose, the work
of James Michael Newell has been
selected. Newell four years ago oc-
cupied studio at Seventeenth and X
streets while painting a series Of
murals in the board room of the then
new Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co. Building, Tenth and E
streets. He was at that time lately
back from Europe, where he had
made q special study Of fresco paint.
ing in the American school at Fon-
tainebleau. This year the Architec-
tural League of New York awarded
him its gold medal for his mural
paintings in true fresco in the Evan
der Childs High School in the Bronx,
New York. This work the Federal
Art Project has selected for display
as "the most striking and educational
Of its kind illustrating accomplish
ment under these auspices" Com
plete records have been kept and will
be shown of every step from the
making of the preliminary studies,
through the preparation of colors &C.
cording to strict chemical formulae,
and the work in wet plaster. until the
achievement Of completion. Materials,
ranging from tray OF mineral pig
ments to one of the completed panels,
will show the long and patient effort
required-as we'll as Imagination and
talent-to produce the series of five
panels for the Evander Childs High
School. There will be other demon
stration exhibits of how the artist
works in the production Of the graphic
arts and Of sculpture.
THE Washington office of the Fed
eral Art Project, Holger Cahill,
director, announces that aboNA so
outstanding examples from the ksel-
painting section, including work in
oils. water colors and pastel, will be
sho offering "a qualitative selce-
tion Of project work rejecting the
vision and style Of artists in all parts
Of the country" The printmakers'
art, stimulated by the establishment
OF graphic art work shops in New
York and other large cities, will be
displayed through q series of prints
ranging from bold line cuts to the
refinement Of etchings." Plates Of
copper, etched; burins and burnishers
used in their making, with other
tools and equipment will illustrate the
varied techniques Of the printmakers.
The group Of sculpture will, it Is
said. be relatively small, but the ex-
amples chosen for display range from
gay decoration to mystical expires.
sion." As the work Of the Index of
American Design" and the art Of
children In the settlements and COM
munity houses have previously been
given special exhibition in Washing
ton, these phases of the activities of
the Federal Art Project will be re-
stricted to representative groups of |
fresh achievement. Poster -making,
on the other hand, will be exhibited
In representative groups from New
York, Illinois and PENNSYLVANIA, No
distinction Is made under this project
between the work Of creative and
commercial artists. the intention being
TO break down" the false barrier be.
tween the fine and applied arts.
An exhibition Of work done under
the w. p. A. Art Project was, It will
be recalled, held in the Phillips Me.
mortal Gallery last June. For this
the exhibits were selected by Mr..
Phillips and his associates. The ex.
hibits shown in the Museum of Mod. |
ern Art, New York, were selected by |
the curator Of that institution. The |
current display - opening tomorrow
and continuing to November So
will not duplicate either and will not
include works previously shown here.
It will, however, according to the
constitute . report Of prog |
ress and achievement Of the Federal
Art Project of the w, p. A. to date.
Other selections from the New Hori- |
IONS in American Art" exhibition are |
to Be sent on . circuit Of museums
and galleries throughout the country |
by the Museum Of Modern Art, with |
the purpose Of bringing this achieve