Evening star., 1939-12-17


Gallery.
world at peace or a people content.
What the art of the golden ages
possessed-and the art Of today so
sadly lacks-is intellectually; not
merely power. but ability of express
sion, and thoughts worthy Of express
sion, thoughts which made those
who delivered them giants and those
who comprehended them better men
and women. The mere putting of
paint on canvas is not painting
any more than drawing a bow across
the strings of a violin is music, or
placing words in measured sequence
poetry. The only expression which
is worthwhile is that which comes
from a full heart and deep wells of
wisdom, but in itself is simple and
understandable.
The benefit derived from such a
comprehensive exhibition as this is
that it affords opportunity for those
who are concerned with present-day
trends in art and in life to study,
at first hand, work which has at
tracted worldwide attention and to
make ones own estimate by such
personal contact and study.
Christmas Sales Exhibition
Many Purchases Reporte
From Shouting by Local Artists.
The Christmas Sales Exhibition in
the Phillips Gallery occupies the
two rooms on the ground floor
usually given over to prints and the
staircase leading below stairs thereto
Sixty-t1ve works have been hung
and % more may be seen in q
rack, unframed. OF these, quite a
number bear the magic red stars,
indicating they were purchased be-
fore the exhibition had been open
a week. For the most part, the
offerings are small and in the nature
OF sketches, rather than finished
works, but none is priced at more
than $50. Among those represented
are Alice Acheson, Sarah Baker, Oke
Nordgren, Margaret Gates, Robert
F. Gates, c. Law Watkins, Bernice
Cross, Julia Eckel, John Gernand,
Nelson Rosenburg, Prentiss Taylor,
John Maril, Mary Elizabeth Part
ridge, Hugo linden, Marjorie Phillips,
Laughlin Phillips and Paul Arlt.
This exhibition continues to Decem-
Der q, but works purchased may be
removed on the 23d. The patronage
Of the Christmas sales exhibitions
Of works by local artists has been
very generous this year.
Society Of MedoI;sts
New Medal Is Work of John
Gregory.
The Society Of Medahsts has just
issued its Goth medal to its wide
spread membership. AS two medals
are issued q year, this means that
the organization is 10 years old.
Its object is to create interest in
this delightful form of sculpture,
and to increase its appreciation
also, by commissioning sculptors to
design and model medals, to en-
courage artistic production. That
it has succeeded in these objectives
goes without saying
The new medal will be of special
interest to Washingtonians, mas
much as it is the work of John
Gregory, sculptor of the fine and
effective panels in high relief on
the facade of the Folger Shakespeare
Memorial Library, the subjects of
which are taken from Shakespeare
plays. The theme of the medal is
drawn from similar source, being
taken from a scene in the fourth
act of "The Tempest"
In this scene, after the betrothal
of Ferdinand and Miranda, Prospero
and his industrious servant, Ariel,
produce, it will be remembered, a
masque. Iris, Ceres and Juno ap-
pear to honor the occasion and
bestow blessings. The inscription on
the medal is taken from the last two
lines of the song of Ceres:
Scarcity and want shall shun
you;
Ceres blessing is on you."
A rose surrounded by lettering is
on the diverse of the medal and
Ceres head on the reverse.
Mr.. Gregory, born in London in
1879, studied first in the Art Stu
dents League, New York, and later
in London and Paris. He is a Ma
tional Academician and q fellow of
the American Academy at Rome, the
Beaux Art Institute of Design and
the National Sculpture Society. OF
the last he was once president. He
is represented in the Corcoran Gal
lery Of Art by q wall panel of "Laun-
celot and Sir Ector," memorial to
william Corcoran Eustis. For the
city of Philadelphia he did an eques-
trian statue of Gen. Wayne and for
the New York Worlds Fair a work
entitled Victories of Peace"
Engraving Unit Formed
National Committee to Promote
International Exchanges.
A National Committee Of Engrav-
ing has been formed, with John
Taylor Arms Is president. Ernest D.