Evening star., 1938-04-03

given the name of porcelain bisque,"
a dull-fnished, light coffee -colored
substance, created by ceran1ist Walter
Howat of Tottensville, Staten Island,
which, upon experimentation, has been
found to have some exceptional ad-
vantages. 1t can be produced in a
variety of colors, can be scrubbed with
out damage, is not injured by rain
or severe cold. It is, in fact, real
porcelain, but without glaze. and Is
produced at much higher tempera-
ture than either terra Gotta or china.
Up to the present time it has been
found practical for casting works in
sculpture up to 2l2 feet in dimension,
The clay used is very fine and there.
fore works of great subtlety in mod.
cling can be cast therein, as in the
present case.
The three medallions which Mr.,
Adams has given to the Corcoran Gal.
lery are, IN two instances, of little
boys. profile portraits; the third is
OF the head of a woman. draped and
slightly windbloWn They are ex-
qulsltely modelled with all the delicacy
and refinement of touch characteristic
OF Mr.. Adams work, reductions Of
larger pieces produced some time ago.
Such work in a new, lasting medium,
is contribution to contemporary art
OF more than passing note.
Special Exhibition of Drauinos
By Isabel Bishop Opens.
AN EXHIBITION of drawings by
Isabel Bishop opened in the Cor.
coran Gallery of Art last Monday to
continue through April II. These
are literally notes made as memora.
ollla recording gesture, an effect,
figure or expression which the artist
has come upon by chance Miss Bishop
was born in Cincinnati after the turn
OF the century and is a pupil of Ken.
meth Hayes Miller of the Art Students
League, New York She is a member
OF the American Artists Professional
League, Society of Painters, ScuIptors
aand Gravers and Society of Amert-
can Etrhers. In 1886 she won the
Maynard prize for portraiture in the
National Academy Exhibition. She is
represented in the Metropolitan Mu.
scum of Art, Whitney Museum, Addi-
son Gallery and the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts Her paint.
ings have been included in the Cor.
coran Gallery's biennial exhibitions
Works By Picdsso and Marin )
to Be ShOUn. -
A INVOLVEMENT has been mad.
by the Phillips Memorial Gallery
OF a special exhibition of works in
various media by Pablo Picasso and
John Marin. which will open In the
gallery week from today. April 10.
At the same time drawings by Board
man Robinson will be placed on view
in the print rooms.
At Phillips Memorial Studio House
the current exhibition will close on
the 7th, to be replaced on the 10th by
exhibitions of water colors by Mary
Elizabeth Partridge Mrs Phillips
sister, and of water colors and litho-
graphs by Prentiss Taylor.
Special Exhibition in National
Collection OF Fine Arts.
ON WEDNESDAY, April 6, a special
exhibition of paintings, etchings
and sculpture drawn from the Ma
tional Art Collection in the custody of
the Smithsonian Institution will open
in the National Museum, Tenth street
and Constitution avenue This will
give the public opportunity to see
some of the fine works acquired,
chiefly through gift, by the Nation,
which. for lack of space, must the
greater part of the time remain In
storage. The exhibition will be set
forth in the foyer, which, with its
series of alcoves, assures excellent
showing.
Gallery OF HoUdrd University
to Sho1o Modern Art.
IN THE Art Gallery of Howard Uni
versity may be seen this month a
collection of paintings by modern
American artists, lent by the Ameri-
can Federation Of Arts. Among the
artists represented will be Biddle, Hal
pert. Spencer. Poor and Kuhn. This
exhibition will commemorate the 9Th
anniversary of the founding OF this
gallery and the initiation of effort,
we'll sustained, to take to the students
of Howard University the best In con-
temporary art. Following this exhibi-
ton will come one composed Of loans
from the National Collection of Fine
Arts.