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appropriation of So, 100000 for the
completion OF the interior OF this
museum. which was halted by the de-
preston and has greatly Handicapped
display of collections. The Baltimore
Museum broke ground last Fall for
new wing, which will be completed
during the coming Summer and is
purposed to house in its eight galleries
the Jacobs collection, acquired by be-
quest. of paintings, tapestries and OBJ
jets dart. This building, which in
cidentally has been erected through
Federal grant of funds, will also pro-
vide a much-needed auditorium de-
signed to seat 500 persons.
Fine More
Competitions for Mural
Paintings for Public Buildings.
THE Treasury Department through
its Procurement Division Art Sec
ton has announced another national
and four regional competitions for
mural paintings for public buildings.
The first is for a mural painting to
cover the entire wall of the foyer OF
the San Antonio post Office and court
house The subject must deal with
either the history of Texas or the
functions of the building For this
70O-foot mural painting the winning
artist will receive $4,000. Artists de-
string to compete will be furnished
blue prints and data upon application,
but designs must be submitted by
May l3 Quick work Reginald Marsh,
who has painted two murals for the
Post Office Department building in
this city. and Ward Lockwood, painter
and photographer of New Mexico, have
consented to act as advisers in the
selection of the winner.
The four regional contests are for
muralS in the post Offices at Phoenix.
Ariz., and Wilmington, Del, and in
court houses at El Paso. Tex, and
Miami, Fla. These are to cost from
So. 700 10 $4,000, and the competitions
will be conducted by local committees.
Annual Meeting OF
the Landscape Club.
THE Landscape Club will hold its
eleventh annual meeting tonight
at the Arts Club According to Gus
tom, this meeting begins auspiciously
with a dinner. which is followed by a
program of entertainment supplied
by the members. Heretofore these din
ners have been exclusively mascu-
line: this year for the first time the
gentler sex has been invited to par
ticipate. This club. which consists
largely of those who follow art as an
avocation, producing only during holi-
day hours as recreation, is one Of the
most live art organizations in the
city. Many of its members have at
tanned to professional proficiency and
repeatedly display in current exhibi-
tions. Furthermore, the club itself
puts on numerous very creditable
shows each year, not only in Wash
ington but in cities in the South and
West.
The Virginia Museum Puts On1
Second Notable Sculpture Sho1D.
THE Virginia Museum of Art IN
Richmond is making a name for
itself among American museums by
the notable exhibitions of sculpture
it has arranged. A few months ago
a very important exhibition o. sculp-
ture by Paul Manship was set forth
in its sculpture hall-which. by the
we,-, is a memorial to Mary Ball, the
mother of Washington-and now. to-
day, it will open, with private view,
a comprehensive exhibition of sculp-
ture by Malvina Hoffman. This cur
rent exhibition will include not only
the bronzes and works in other media
by Miss Hoffman, shown here a couple
of seasons ago in Explorers Hall, the
National Geographic Society, but also
and for the first time. in this country,
her frieze OF the Pavlowa Bacchanale
and her monumental work, THE Four
I.vrsemen of the Apocalypse" The
tae will n iS announced dominate