Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-09-25
NOTED PAINTERS
VISITORS TO D. c.
Friess and Lee Arrive to
See Mellon Collection.
H0nored at Dinner.

Othon Friess Of Paris, noted land
scape and figure painter. and Sydney
Leo Of London, landscape painter and
treasurer Of the Royal Academy, ar
rived in Washington yesterday on their
way back home after pre-viewing and
Judging pictures in the 1898 Carnegie
International Exhibition Of Paintings
to open in Pittsburgh next month.
Even with the guns Of war being
pushed around Europe, these two art
lists focused their attention on a pro-
posed exhibit Of American fine and
applied arts to take place in the Royal
Academy, London, during the winter
Of 1939-40
Looked upon as - very important
international aesthetic gesture" Mr..
Lee brought first mention Of 1t to
Washington yesterday Is newsboys
cried warlike headlines outside his
hotel window at the Mayflower. The
proposed American exhibit would be
the first Of its kind ever held on Euro
pean soil.
Until his ship sails for England in
early October. the visiting artist in
tends ito look around" and Sc what
American artists are doing. So, too,
Mr.. Friess. Result Of their search will
be seer In London next year, unless
war activities intervene-and even q
war may not stop this exhibit: for. as
one Of the artists pointed out, art Is
long and war is feeting."
Reciprocity efforts on the part Of
England and America will be needed
to make the proposed American ex-
hibit in London supreme success.
This was stated by Homer Saint
Gaudens, director Of the Department
of Fine Arts. the Carnegie Institute,
acting as host to the visitors on two
week tour Of America. Mr.. Saint
Gaudens entertained them at dinner
last night along with Duncan Phil
lips Of the Phillips Memorial Gallery,
and G. Powell Minnigerode, director
of the Corcoran Gallery Of Art. Mrs.
Phillips and Mrs. Minnigerode also
were guests. along with Mrs. Lee, wife
Of the artist, and the Hon. Arnold Pal
mer, Carnegie Institutes London rep
resentative.
To show An unusual honor to the
two distinguished artists, David E.
Finley. director Of the National GAL
lery. fastened from the ship which
just brought him back from Europe
so he could be in Washington this
morning to open the Mellon art COL
lection for the visitors
Rated by experts as "a mildly adj
vanced landscape and figure painter"
which means he is somewhere between
the old school and the modernists, Mr..
Friesz, with his English compatriot,
Mr.. Lee, called straight landscape
painter, arrived in America only four
days ago to serve on the jury of award
for the Carnegie exhibition along with
two American artists, Charles Hop
kinson. a straight academician, Of
Boston, and John Carroll of Detroit, a
mildly advanced h8ure painter. Thus
the board was about equally divided.
according to Mr.. Saint Gaudens-and
painters throughout America are
awaiting their decision, which will be
made public October IS. the opening
day Of the exhibit. It will continue
until December 4. ---
The visitors were taken to Mount
Vernon yesterday afternoon and today,
after seeing the Mellon collection, they
will be guests Of Mr.. Phillips at the
Phillips Memorial Gallery. They will
leave tomorrow for Philadelphia, where
they will be entertained by Joseph
Widener and the staff of the Art Mu-
scum. After that an itinerant pro-
gram awaits their pleasure until the
Queen Mary makes its first sailing in
October. The visitors expressed de-
ight over Washington, the city BEAU
ful-as they called It,