Evening star., 1939-03-26
Many Attend
COrcOran
PrevieW
American Oil
Paintings Exhibit
Is Opened
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lower atrium. where an orchestra
provided semi-classic music during
the evening.
Receiving Line
Again Abandoned.
The receiving line at this annual
affair was abandoned several years
ago, for the popularity of the recep-
tions has caused the invitation list
to grow to such length that the
large number of guests who call dur
Ing the evening made the task of
greeting each one individually al
most an impossible one.
Almost all of the nine trustees
and their wives. who are in town
now, were present last evening. The
trustees are Mr.. c. Powell Mimi
gerode, Mr.. George E. Hamilton, ST.;
Mi. Robert Fleming, Mrs. Corcorar
Thorn, Mr.. Charles Carroll Glover
jr,; Mr.. Rudolph Max Kaufman
DR.. John Oliver La Gorce, Mr.. John
Spaulding Flannery and Mr.. John
II. Hall, jr., the latter of New York
DR.. and Mrs. La Gorce will not be
back from Florida for about two
weeks.
Among the guests were many of
the artists whose paintings were in
the exhibition, among them being
Mr.. Franklin G. Watkins of Phila-
delphia, who received the William
A. Clarke first prize of $4,000 and
the Corcoran gold medal. Mr.. Ernest
Flene of New York, who won the
fourth prize, also was present for
the preview.
Many Members of
Diplomatic Corps Present.
The diplomatic corps was we'll rep
resented IN the large company, the
Turkish Ambassador and Nine. Err
tegun being the ranking guests from
that circle. Nine. Ertegun was
smartly gowned in black, the gown
simply made and without trim
ming.
The newest member of the group
of Ambassadors, Senor DR.. Don
@DiOSSl1No 4JoSdI1IilC. wiz was lC-
ceived by the President the middle
of the week as the personal repre-
sentative of the Venezuelan Presi-
dent, attended the opening with
Sonora de Escalante.
The Danish Minister and Senhora
de Bianchi were present, and other
ENJOYS from foreign governments
who viewed the pictures were the
Slamese Minister and Nine. Raja-
maitri. the Latvin Minister, DR..
Alfred Bilmanis; the Minister of
the Dominican Republic and Sonora
de Pastoriza, the latter wearing a
blue chiffon gown made with pleated
skirt; Sonora de De Bayle. wife of
the Minister of Nicaragua, was
alone, the Minister being on vaca-
ton in his homeland, and the Irish
Minister and Mrs. Brennan, accom-
panied by their daughters. Mrs
Brennan wore her favorite black,
choosing a chiffon gown in keeping
with the warmth of the spring at
mosphere. Miss Emer Brennan was
in white and Miss Deirdre Brennan
wore Wine-color satin.
Nine. WankoWicz, wife of the
Counselor of the Polish Embassy,
was accompanied by her sister-in-
law, Nine. de Romer, a gifted artist
in her own right. They both wore
black, Nine. Wankowicz in crepe,
with which she wore long pendant
earrings, and Nine. De Romer in
lace. The Secretary of the Finnish
Legation. DR.. Sigurd Won Numers,
was at the opening without attrac-
tive Nine. Won Numers.
The First Secretary of the German
Embassy and Frau Tannenberg also
attended, the latter wearing very
becoming and striking costume of
gray crepe, made with long, full
skirt and bolero effect in front of
the bodice, which had a deep v in
the back. The only trimming was
buckle of green crystals which held
the narrow belt and she wore green
slippers in the same shade.