Evening star., 1938-10-02

broadly interpretative Harold Wes-
ton. Robert Gates. Clifford Beal and
other contemporary painters hold
their own in this distinguished COM
pany Also included and adding in
terest are two water colors, one each
by Mary Elizabeth Partridge and
Elisabeth Poe, of mountain subjects.
showing a largeness in conception
and an imaginative note which are
very impressive. The variousness of
art-the new and ever-changing forms
of expression-is constant and un-
ending marvel witnessing to the in
ventiveness and individuality of man,
which this present showing calls
vividly to mind
The Phillips Gallery School of Art
will be housed in the main building
this year instead Of at 1914 Twenty
first street. as for some years past.
This means a discontinuance of ex-
hibitions in Studio House, which many
will regret-but also a concentration
of resources Mr.. c. Law Watkins
will be in attendance the first week Of
each month. but will give himself
more time than heretofore for original
work. painting and writing. Mr.. Rob-
ert Franklin Gates will be in charge
Of the school, with a new assistant,
Mr.. Robert AIDES Glasses begin Oc-
tober 10. Mrs. Margaret Casey Gates
will continue to be executive secretary.
Paintings by the Late Edmund c.
TarbeH in Washington
Collections.
THE death Of Edmund c. Tarbell on
August at Newcastle, N. H.. occa-
stoned great sorrow and regret here
in Washington, where his work was
highly regarded and where he had
many friends, made largely at the
time he served as principal Of the
Corcoran School of Art. Mr. Tarbell
had been in i'll health for several years.
but was only seriously i'll for couple
OF weeks.
Among all of the painters of this
country. Tarbell was one of the most
outstanding The highest honors and
awards had come to him, and as
teacher as well as painter, he had ex-
erted for years strong influence upon
the art Of his day. Plans had been
made by the Boston Museum Of the
Fine Arts to hold this fall or early
winter joint exhibition of paintings
by Mr.. Tarbell and Frank w. Benson.
close friends and long leaders of the
so-called Boston School, At the re-
quest of Mr.. Benson, the exhibition
will now be dedicated solely to Mr.. Tar
bells memory.
The Corocran Gallery of Art is for
tunate in owning two OF Mr. Tarbells
most charming interiors with figures
Josephine and Mercie." picture Of
his two daughters in the living room
Of their Newcastle home, and a picture
Of one of the daughters Josephine
Knitting" painted somewhat later, but
with equal assurance and skill. Also
there is on exhibition In the Corcoran
Gallery at the present time as a loan
a still later portrait of Josephine, in
his characteristic style.
Both Mr.. Tarbell and Mr.. Benson
were students In Paris at the time that
French 1mpressionism came into vogue.
Both were undoubtedly influenced by
association with the impressionists.
but neither used the technique nor
accepted the tenets Of the school, To
both, however, the illusion Of light
and air was always of dominant inter-
est; but in painting figures both out
doors and within their manner OF
transcription was more than Of Vermeer
and other Dutch painters than OF their
French colleagues.
We hear today much of the Amer
ican Scene" and find the worst side of
American life so exploited, but GER
tainly the paintings Of Tarbell, such
as those owned by the Corcoran GAL
lery Of Art. reflect most truly q side,
and the better side. OF life typically
American. Obviously Mr.. Tarbell was
conservative and held to established
ideals, but he was far from narrow
minded and never out of step with the
changing times. For instance, his
painting Of "Marjory and Little Ed
mund," which in 1928 won the Popular
Prize in the Carnegie Institutes Inter-
national Exhibition, was as broadly
and directly painted as any canvas
by q leader Of the new school.
In addition to the two paintings in
cluded in the Corcoran Gallery's per-
manent collection. there are four por-
traits by Mr.. Tarbell in the National
Collection of Fine Arts. These are of
Marshall Foch, Gen. George Leman
and ex-Presidents Hoover and Wilson.
all Of which will some day be included
In our National Portrait Gallery.
Edmund Tarbell was born in West
Groton. Mass, in 1862; began painting.
it is said. when he was 10 years old;
went to Paris In early youth and stud
led at the Julien Academy under Bou-
lAAser and Lefebvre. It was there
that hs cams IN contact With Frank