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opening this month, Is reported to be
nearing completion. and works from
the Luxembourg Museum and the
Petit Palais will soon be transferred
thereto. This building, the latest
word in modern architecture, has
site covering four acres and is to be
permanent. 1t is two palatial build
ings tied together by colonnade,
and its galleries are equipped with the
last innovation in lighting.
For the art exhibition in connec-
ton with this International Exposl-
ton 80 paintings are being lent by
American museums and collectors-a
very reasonable return for the loans
accorded US in recent years by the
French government and French COL
lectors. Among the museums lend
ing are: The Metropolitan, the Mu-
scum OF Fine Arts, Boston; the De.
troit Art Institute. the Museums ut
Toledo and Worcester and the Wads-
worth Atheneum. Such interchanees
OF treasured possessions cannot fail
to advance international good will.
Our United States Building at the
Paris Exposition is very modern in
style, of steel. glass and concrete con-
struction. and will stand near the Quai
d'Orsai facing the Seine. 1t will house
commercial exhibits and our only art
display will consist of work produced
in the Federal Art Projects, which is
pity. Thomas J. Watson Of New York.
who is commissioner general for the
United States, is known as an art
patron. 1t was he who offered TO
finance an American exhibit at the
International Exposition at Venice a
year ago, and at the last minute with
drew his subscription on account of
the claim made by certain artists for
rental fees for their paintings.
Academy in Rome Fellowship
AWardS and Fontainebleau
Alumni Exhibition.
WORKS submitted in competition
for the American Academy in
Rome Fellowships were shown during
the past week in the Grand Central
Galleries, New York, and at the same
time the eighth annual exhibition of
works by alumni Of the American
School Of Painting at Fontainebleau,
France, was held in the Argent Gal
lerles, on Fifty-seventh street. The
winners of the Rome Fellowships,
selected by distinguished juries of pro-
fessionals. were announced as follows:
Architecture, to Richard Gardner
Eartshorn, jr., Of Yale University:
sculpture. to John Amore, student of
the Beaux Arts Institute of Design;
painting, to Clifford Edgar Jones of
Indiana, who studied in the John Her
ron Institute of Indianapolis: land
scape architecture, to John Finley
Kirkpatrick Of Cincinnati, Ohio, a
graduate Of Cornell University. The
value Of these fellowships is estimated
at $4,000; the recipients are enabled to
study and travel in Rome and else
where during two-year period. The
American Academy in Rome is
chartered by Congress.
Muirhead Bone, British Etcher,
Honored by the King.
On THE Kings honor list at the
time Of the coronation was Muir
head Bone, the great etcher, q most
brilliant -pointist, who was made
baronet, and will henceforth be "Sir
Muirhead." Similar honor was be-
slowed on Hugh Walpole, the novelist
thus the crown rewarded distinction
in the arts and evidenced intent of
royal patronage.
In our free country we have no
titles to bestow, but honor can be paid
in many ways, and when wisely given.
as in this instance, is very stimulat-
ing. In our present scheme Of en-
couragement, those who have made
valuable contribution through achieve
ment seem to have been overlooked
This should not be.
Print Exhibition
Corcoran Gallery of Art.
AN EXHIBITION Of 100 prints en-
4 titled America Today will open
in the Corcoran Gallery Of Art to-
morrow and continue for a fortnight.
This exhibition was assembled and Is
set forth by the American Artists
Congress.