Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-01-26
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| \ NOTABLE exhibition OF Cam
bodian and Siamese stone and wood
sculpture, together with Javanese pup
pets and masks, has just opened in the
art gallery Of Howard University,
where it may be seen until Febru-
airy 8. This very unusual collection
has been lent by Yamanaka g. Co.
| of New York and is circulated by the
College Art Association among Amer
lean colleges and universities. There
! are II of the larger and more i'm
portant works-20 puppets made of
colored leather-and 10 wooden,
carved masks. Two of the Cam
bodian heads in stone date back to
the twelfth century and are valued
at over $4,000 each. One of these
is quite similar to a head in the Bos-
ton Museum of Fine Arts. Two Of
the buddhas from Siam are in bronze
with light green patina, and In one
instance trace of gold. Both are
quite like examples in the Hamburg
Museum, Germany.
In bringing such works as these to
| Washington, the Art Gallery of
Howard University is rendering great
service to its students and the public
at large.
WELLS M. SAWYER. formerly Of
w this city, and still an active
member Of the local art societies, has
lately returned from more than
years sojourn In Spain and has held
an exhibition Of water colors made in
all parts Of that fascinating country
in the Ferargil Galleries. New York.
The Spanish people, and especially the
Spanish art authorities, have been
most appreciative OF Mr.. Sawyer's
paintings Of Spanish life and scenes.
and by special invitation he has held
exhibitions of his works in the Nation
al Gallery Of Modern Art at Madrid
the Gallery of the Friends of the
Country in Malaga and elsewhere. His
exhibitions in Spain have Furthermore
been very favorably reviewed in cur
rent periodicals by Spanish critics.
Mr.. Sawyer is represented by a
painting OF Spain-a castle on hill
-"Old Walls, Saeunto"-in the Forty
| fifth Annual Exhibition of the Society
of Washington Artists, now in progress
in the Corcoran Gallery Of Art Mr..
Sawyer has been a member of this
society for overy 40 years. He has
many friends in Washington.
GENERAL Washington artists are
represented in the American
Water Color Society's Sixty-ninth An
nual Exhibition in the Fine Arts Gal
leries, West Fifty-seventh street, New
York. They are Gertrude G. Browne,
Susan B. Chase, Eleanor Parke Gusts.
Janice Holland. Eliot O'Hara and S.
Peter Wagner. Word has been received
that Mr. O'Hara S painting. Burning
Wharf, Savannah" has been sold. One
Of Miss Gusts paintings is illustrated
in the catalogue.
THE death Of King George v of
England brings to mind the pres
entation last May to President Roose-
welt for the American Nation Of
portrait Of His Majesty, painted by
Frank o. Salisbury. an eminent British
portrait painter. whose portraits of
Mr.. and Mrs. Folger hang here In the
Shakespeare Memorial Library. This
gift was made ''in commemoration Of
the valiant service rendered by the
Republic of the United States of
America and the British Empire in
behalf of world justice and peace"
It hangs in the National Gallery of
Art. pending establishment of Ma
tional Portrait Gallery. An excellent
painting, it memorializes for all time
not only a wise ruler, but one who in
all human contacts showed that simple
kindness which expresses real nobility
and endeared him to all his peaple.
EUGEN WE1sZ, vice principal OF
- the Corcoran School of Art, in
which he is also an instructor, is to
give series of 10 lectures on the "His-
tory of Art" at the Washington Club
under the direction Of Margaret Yard
Of the Yard School Of Art. The first
will be on the evening Of February S,
and others will follow in weekly sue
cession. Beginning with the art of
Ancient Civilizations" Mr.. Weisz will
trace the main stream of development
through the many centuries to the
present day. Mr.. Weisz has 1ectured
regularly under the auspices Of the
Department of Fine Arts of George
Washington University He is q strong
and excellent painter. He has had an
unusual career.
MISS HATTIE E. BURDETTE, who
~vA Is well known. not only as a
painter Of portraits but Of figures, still
life and miniatures, has just COM
pleted portrait In oils Of Rear Admi-
raj Spencer s. Wood, U. s. N, which
Is an excellent likenss and q good
piece Of painting. The sitter Is rep
| resented In uniforms row of med
ais with their ribbons lending q
decorative touch Of color to the dark
navy blue Of the coat-and as against
a somewhat stormy sea and sky. The
face and figure are almost squarely
toward the observer and the eyes look
keenly and frankly into those Of the
beholder. The expression is vital and
characteristic. Among Miss Bur-
oette's other and most successful por-
traits are those of both Mr.. and Mrs.
Clifford K. Bergman and of Mrs.
! Fulton Lewis.
| A ANNOUNCEMENT is made by the
= u. s. National Museum, section
Of photography, that Louis Flecken-
stein Of Long Beach, Calf, has pre-
scented 70 the institution the entire
collection Of pictorial photographs
now on exhibition. This collection
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