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Evening star., 1939-10-29
Bulletin of Current Exhibitions

THE CORCORAN GALLERY ART. Seventeenth
New York NWPemanent collection and recent acqus
Exhibition of colors Maurice
Prendergast To November l6 Exhibition Designs for Mural
Paintings under Government November to 80 Exi
bon advanced students Corcoran School
of Art. November 2 to %.
exhibition Landscape Club Washington October
November
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, NATURAL HISTORY
BUILDING Constitution Tenth street NWCoo prints
by Will Simmons Of New Milford, Conn., November l to go
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM ARTS AND INDUS
Ninth Independence SW
Still photographs members Of the Paramount Camera Club
Paramount Studios Hollywood, Calf November to 80.
FREER GALLERY OF ART, the Mall at Twelfth street SW.-
coleconsOriena drawings and prints
McNei Whistler the Peacock Room, and paintings by
American artists
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS- DIVISION OF FINE ARTs-Prints
from the Dunbaron Oaks
prints Whistler Penne purchased
Penne Exhibition Early Architecture Of the Deep
South" photographs by Frances Benjamin Johnston.
PHILLIPS MEMORIAL GALLERY. 1900 Twentyhrst street
NWSpecial exhibition Recent portraits by c. Law Watkins and
paintings by alumni of Gallery School, To November S.
TEXTILE 1880 street NW-Rugs tapestries and
textiles Of Near and Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays
obtainabe office George Hewitt
Myers. 73o Fifteenth street NV.
LIBRARY Eighth and streets NW.-Water colors
by Suzanne Muett. November to 80
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FINE ARTS GALLERY
exhibition october November 80
HOWARD UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY-Exhibition of
andc paintings circulated the American Federation Of
November to Is.
WHYTE GALLERY, 17O7 street NW-Abstract paintings
by Jean HeNon.
Paintings and prints Bobbie Gladys Kerr November
CHALET NONPAREI Old Georgetown
by Alexander Clayton and handwrough wey pottery
by Katharine Dawson To November 10.
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Interesting Program
For Season Announced
By Washington Society
OF Fine Arts

The Washington Society Of Fine
Arts, organized nearly IS years ago
with a membership composed OF
both artists and laymen. has just
issued its announcement of lectures
and other activities for the current
season. There will be five lectures
in the regular course. each on a
subject of especial timeliness.
On the evening of November Is
A. Hyatt Mayor of the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, will speak on the
subject of Life in America, as Re-
f1ected in American Painting" with
stereopticon slides of works shown
in the exhibition, of somewhat SIM
liar title, held in the Metropolitan
Museum during the past summer as
supplementary to the Worlds Fair
and its exhibits. Much stress is
placed on the fact that American
painting today reflects typical
American life. The exhibition in
the Metropolitan Museum, for the
assembling and cataloguing of which
Mr.. Mayor was largely responsible,
showed that this has been true of
American painting since the earli-
est days-though perhaps with a
difference.
Evening star., 1939-10-29
"Luroy, Virginia, 1840"-
A Mural Painting
BY Sheffield Koqy

A mural painting by Sheffield
Kagy of this city has Just been in
stalled in the post Office at Lurav.
Va. 1t is long. narrow panel.
showing panoramic view of Luray
in 1910. A famous old blacksmith
shop is seen to the left, with the
, blacksmith at the door shoeing a
horse. Two other horses and a
restive colt occupy the foreground
to the right. A man with a pail and
a man with a paper in his hand are
seen holding converse. Two men
are loading, or unloading, a grain
| cart and third is busy at a pump.
In the middle distance is what was
then the town of Lurav, beyond
which rise the hills which hem in
this country. The season is mid
summer and the picture is flooded
with warm sunlight. The black
smith is an historical character
Louis Ramey after whom the town
was named-his Christian and sur
names being contracted into Lurav.
The paper which the old gentleman
in the foreground is holding is a
petition to establish Page County as
an entity
The commission for this painting
was given by the section of fine arts
Of the Treasury Department. for
which the painter also executed a
mural in 1888 for a post Office at
WATERFORD, S. C. Last year Mr..
Kagy did five large murals for a
local restaurant. and he has lately
had the honor of being represented
by prints in both the New York
Worlds Fair and the Golden Gate
EXpoSition.
Evening star., 1939-10-29

centuries. The Van Eycks and lit
tie Dutch masters" and nearly 1000
years earlier, the Greeks appear to
have nearly succeeded in attaining
to the perfection of detail which is
now the domain of the camera. Yet
although the painters failed, they
produced works which have lived
for centuries. while the camera S
masterpieces are discarded after a
few weeks. For the painters get
something into their work which
the camera lacks-the Intangible,
lndescribable touch of genius, or at
least, of human talent Yet it ap-
pears, from contemporary evidence.
that many Of the old masters had
aims not a whit different from pres
ent-day photographers-to make
pictures looking as nearly like the
subjects as possible.
Nevertheless. a jug of milk and a
bowl Of peaches painted by Chardin
or Vermeer are enshrined on the
walls of museums, while the crisp
bacon, feathery pancakes. glistening
pearl onions on a mound of green
peas, golden brown doughnuts
emerging from the frying kettle,
and innumerable other delicacies &C
curately depicted by the photogra-
pher, which makes our mouths
water for second or two, are even-
tually enshrined in the waste basket.
Hence one wonders why some mod
ern painters retreated in panic
stricken haste from painting reality
in such way that it would be in
telligible to the public.
With regard to likenesses of peo-
pie, however, one is sure that
photography will be immortal If
any one wants to know a century
hence, or five centuries. the appear
ance Of some of today's great men
and women. photographs will un-
douhtedly be consulted. 1t is not yet
possible to say whether these por-
trait photographs will be esteemed
as works of art. In the Nicholas
Murray exhibition, for instance. there
is a superb photograph of his emil
nence Patrick Cardinal Hayes. an
excellent likeness and brilliant in its
color scheme dominated by his
crimson robes. One wonders how
this will compare, in the future,
with such portrait as that OF Car
dinal Richelieu in the Louvre.
But whatever the future may
think of our Photographic art there
is no doubt that it is very pleasant
record of the contemporary scene,
and we'll worth studying.
Evening star., 1939-10-29

The final lecture, which comes
on March l3, will be on The Kress
Collection of Italian Paintings"
given by Samuel H. Kress Of New
York to the National Gallery of Art,
and to be placed therein with the
Mellon collection at its opening next
autumn. The speaker, recommend
ed by Mr.. Kress and especially IA
miliar with the collection, will be
Stephen Plchetto of New York
Slides in color will be used as il
lustrations.
Other events are in prospect. no.
table among which will be dinner
on January "a at the Mayhower
Hotel in honor of the National
Academy. founded in 1925 by Sam
uel F. B. Morse, one of the oldest
professional art organizations in
this country, at which officers and
members representing paintings.
sculpture and the graphic arts will
be present.
The officers Of the WASHINGTON
Society of Fine Arts are Albert w.
Atwood. president; George F. Bow
erman and Frank c. Baldwin. vice
presidents; Clarence A. Aspinwall,
treasurer, and Leila Mechlin, Sec
retary,
Evening star., 1939-10-29

ing works in the same medium at
the Grace Horne Galleries.
Included IN the catalogue of Mr..
OHara's exhibition were trees in
Honolulu. California New Mexico,
Florida. South Carolina. Mexico.
New England and the District of
Columbia. Since leaving Washing
ton. in the early summer, Mr..
OHara has had a busy and success
full season with classes in landscape
painting at Goose Rocks Beach,
Me. as usual, and has published his
fourth book on the subject of paint
ing in water color, which takes the
form of an Art Teachers Primer"
intimate talks with his colleagues,
advice and experiences, seasoning
sound instruction.
Margaret Scully Zlmmele, a we'll
known local painter, held, in her
summer home at Great Darlington,
Mass. toward the close of this
month an exhibition of paintings
made this summer in that vicinity.
, Included in the showing were both
landscapes and figure paintings. the
former however. predominating.
A collection of oil paintings by
Herbert Hicks. member of the
Landscape Club and former student
of the Corcoran School of Art, con-
stitutes the second exhibition Of the
season in the Clarendon Library. on
Wilson boulevard, this season. Mrs.
Isabel Dew, Mitchell of Arlington.
Va. is chairman of the committee
in chorco
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Hobart Nichols, Former
Washington Artist, Elected
President of the
National, Academy

An erstWhile Washingtonian. Eo-
bart Nichols, has Just been elected
president of the National Academy.
which is one of the highest honors
an artist in this country can re-
celve at the hands of his colleagues.
Mr.. Nichols was born in this city
and lived here until long after
reaching manhood. He was active
in local art circles for a good many
years, member of the Society of
Washington Artists and of the
Washington Water Color Club, with
both of which he exhibited regu-
larly.
The National Academy, as it is
now called. formerly the National
Academy Of Design. corresponds
somewhat to the Royal Academy,
London, and although at times
schisms have occurred in its ranks.
comparatively few artists have not
been proud. and are not still so. to
be privileged to write N. A. after
their names. Among its presidents
have been artists of such outstand-
ing distinction as Daniel Hunting
ton. j. @. A. Ward, John w. Alex
ander. j. Alden Weir, Herbert
Adams, Edwin H. Blashfeld. Cass
Gilbert and Jonas Lie, the last of
whom has just retired on account
of i'll health. Among the members
OF the academy have been and are
the leading painters, sculptors, ar
chitects and engravers of America.
1t is the trustee of the Ranger Fund
through which our national art COL
lection is constantly enriched. 1t
conducts great free art school and
holds annual exhibitions, open to
all, in which numerous prizes and
medals are awarded
Mr.. Nichols has for some years
been vice president of the National
Academy, and before election to this
office was for long time recording
secretary. He was elected an asso-
ciate member in 1912 and to full
membership in 1920. In his youth
he studied here under Howard Hell
mick and in the local Art Students
League. Later he went to the Ju-
liam Academy in Paris. He has
specialized in landscapes and has
won equal distinction by his work
in oils and in water colors.
Mr.. Nichols first award was the
second Corcoran prize in the
Washington Water Color Clubs an
Evening star., 1939-10-29

is a one-man exhibition of % paint
ings by Andre Derain of France
who. it will be recalled is admirably
represented in the Phillips Memorial
Gallery here.
Selected Abroad.
The paintings from abroad were
selected by Mr.. -Gaudens last
summer and luckily reached this
country just before war up-flamed.
They will probably remain here
until they can be safely returned.
From study of the collection in
the galleries, or from the elaborate
ly illustrated catalogue. certain
things become evident. First. that
painting today in Europe and Amer
lea is not nationalistic, but has be-
come essentially international; and,
secondly, that the same malady
affects all Theme makes no diff
ference; it is the way work is done
that signifies, not only in result,
but as indication of the play of
environment on personality. We are
passing today through troubled
waters. the hazard of which is great,
and the art of painting reflects the
spirit Of unrest and instability
arising therefrom.
But all, fortunately, have not
fallen under the spell, and no
amount of disaster can completely
blot out the light which has led to
the heights of accomplishment in
the field of painting for the past
600 and more years. That which is
trivial and merely of the day will
pass and perish-that which is
universal in significance and appeal
will endure
Reference has been made to Gerald
L. Brockhurst as portraitist, and
an excellent example of his painting
is to be seen in this exhibition. It
is portrait of Mrs Paul Mellon,
daughter of former Senator Bruce
of Maryland and wife of the son of
the late Andrew w. Mellon, who
is now chairman of the board of
the National Gallery Of Art given
by his father Like all Mr.. Brock
hurst's work in whatever medium, it
is beautifully drawn and true;
simple, direct and without obvious
technicalities, quiet in treatment
but insistent with personality-in
short, what one would want por-
trait to be- Mr. Brockhurst is, at
present, holding exhibitions Of his
paintings and his etchings in two
different galleries in New York. 1t
is in the latter field that he has
attained to greatest distinction not
only because of his command of
medium but brilliant interpretative
power. He is essentially original
without being in the least SELF
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Exhibitions of Interest
Opening This Week

Numerous new exhibitions are
opening this week. among which.
most extensive and notable. will.
undoubtedly, be that of Designs for
Mural Paintings" held in the Cor
coran Gallery of Art under the
auspices Of the section of fine arts
of the Public Buildings Administra-
ton. which is scheduled for Novem-
Der to 30. The day following this
opening, the exhibition of works by
alumni Of the Corcoran School will
be placed on view.
In the north lobby of the Natural
History Building, United States
National Museum, Constitution ave-
nue. at 10th street NV. an exhibit
tion OF color prints by the we'll
known etcher, Will Simmons of New
Milford, Conn.,, may be seen from
November l throughout the month.
An exhibition by the Paramount
Camera Club. Paramount Studios.
Hollywood, Calf, will be held in the
section of Photography, Arts and
Industries Building. United States
National Museum, at the same time
Evening star., 1939-10-29

conscious or eccentric. his work Is
f1aWless but distinctly spirited and
vital. He is not only gifted but one
who knows.
Different Styles.
Two of Mr.. Brockhurst S compa-
triots Reginald Grenville Ewes and
Simon Elves. are represented in this
exhibition by excellent portraits. a
little more freely rendered. but sound
and sincere. Utterly different in
style. of painting are these three
canvases by British artists and that
"a portrait of an "Old Musician
by Tamara de Lempicka, a Pole
Again widely differing. vet engaging
in rendering and spirit, are "At
Champs Elysees" by Jean Gabriel
Domergue and The Two Sisters
by Martin -Roch-both of France
Robert Brackman's Two Figures
and Robert Philips The Sisters
are both beautifully rendered, but a
bit academic-painted for the sheer
| pleasure of the doing, which is as 1t
should be, but not properly an end
in itself. Bernard Boutet de Monvel S
seated portrait of Miss Martha
Douglas will be found too pretty
by the advance guard" but it GER
tainly has much charm.
As has become customary in cur
rent exhibitions, landscapes here are
scarce. Outstanding among those
/ shown, for beauty of composition
majestic inference and strength in
rendition, is canvas by Rockwell
Kent, which is merely entitled
America" and would seem to have
been painted from the top O the
world.
In this great international exhi-
/ bition-the only one held in this
country and the last to be held until
peace is restored, war ceasing-tWo
Washington artists are represented,
Marjorie Phillips by a landscape
Woods and Farm" and Edward
Bruce by picture of bit of Vir-
ginia, entitled "Gooney Manor,
which is a far cry from his earlier
works done in Italy before he took
over the direction of the first Gov
ernment art project-P. w. A. P
and, later, the Treasury section OF
fine arts. Among the lenders from
this city are Duncan Phillips and
Paul Mellon. The closing day viii!
be December 10, and by plane Pitts
burgh is no farther from Washing
ton than Philadelphia is by rail.
Evening star., 1939-10-29

The second lecture in the course
will be given on December 13 by
DR.. Alfred Frankfurter, editor Of
the Art News, who will speak on
Masterpieces of Art Exhibition at
the Worlds Fair" with which he
was especially closely connected.
He. too, will show illustrations.
On January TO- the speaker will
be Miss Grace Dunham Guest, as
sistant director Of the Freer Gallery
Of Art, and her subject will be, The
Ancient Arts of China as Exempli-
fled in the Freer Gallery of Art"
The war in Europe has turned our
attention from the conflict in the
East, but much depends upon the
Evening star., 1939-10-29

preservation of China, which has
given to the world some of the
greatest works of art of all time,
the cultural as we'll as artistic value
of which is incalculable.
According to announcement, Feb
ruary 7 has been set aside for a
lecture or symposium on The Arts
OF Latin America" which will, it
is understood, be somewhat along
the lines followed at the recent con-
ference held at the State Depart
ment under the auspices of the di-
vision of cultural relations, and at
the same time give demonstration of
the feasibility of recommendations
then made.
Evening star., 1939-10-29

that MS water cOlOrS, 100, would
be pleasing and predominantly ira
ditional in character His color
schemes are fresh and simple, vari-
Gus blues giving his scenes a feeling
of salty tang. "Birches and Blue
Water" "Penobscot Bay" Sun
Rays and Morning Light impress
one as the best of the group, as they
are clean-cut. less detailed, simpler
in composition, with larger areas Of
pure color than some of the others.
There is also an exhibition in the
same gallery. of handicrafts chiefly
by Katharine Dawson, including
pottery (of which few pieces are
the work of Mr.. Clayton. copper
plates and bowls and silver jewelry.
The pottery does not seem to have
advanced beyond the experimental
stage, The copper work is the best
OF Mrs. Dawsons contributions. as
she has kept her forms in this me-
dium simple and has decorated them
with restraint.
These exhibitions will remain at
Chalet Nonpareil until November 49,
Color Photography at National
Museum.
Visual verisimilitude is only a
degree short of perfection in the so
photographs by Nicholas Murray of
New York. which are exhibited at
the National Museum. Arts and In
duStrles Building. Only three days
remain to see this excellent show,
which has been on view since Octo-
Der l. The majority Of these photo
graphs were made for advertisir~
purposes. Or for reproduction a,
color plates introducing sections of
Home Making" etc. in women's
magazines. Portraits of famous
people, artists. cinema stars and
others are also included.
If it were possible to see these
photographs in duplicate through
one Of the little gadgets people used
years ago to entertain children on
Sunday afternoons, they would
achieve the appearance Of depth
and the illusion Of reality would be
perfect.
This Is popular art in it's most ex-
tensive form, for these photographs
have been planned to attract the
public eye and appear in magazines
with circulations of several mil
lions. The subjects are invariably
cheerful: Pretty women, appetiz-
ing food. well-dressed couples at
the Worlds Fair, or climbing into
new automobiles. The camera has
accomplished the feat of capturing
reality to the minutest detail, which
was the aim of painters for many
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Extension by National Art
Society of Campaign Of Art
Appreciation Inouguroted
By The Star

A Nationwide program of popular
education in the field of art appre-
citation was inaugurated on the eve
ming of October I over the National
Broadcasting Co.'S Red Network
stations. sponsored by a newly
formed National Art Society. with
headquarters in New York Under
the title Art for Your Sake" this
series of lectures will continue for six
months-26 talks in all by leading
authorities-7: to pm. on sue
cessive Saturday evenings. 1t will
be based in part on the 48 famous
paintings. reproductions of which
were distributed widely in The
Stars memorable campaign for
wider general art appreciation.
The National Art Society is head
ed by Frederick T. Fisher, president,
with DR.. James r. Angel. president
emeritus of Yale University: F. Tru-
bee Dawson. president of the Mu-
scum of Natural History, New York,
and Herbert E. Winlock, director
emeritus of the Metropolitan Mu-
scum of Art, trustees.
In addition to the broadcasts. the
national society is making available
to the public faithful color repro
ductions of the paintings discussed,
which will be issued in portfolios
containing each l6 prints. Our
purpose" says Mr.. Dawson, ARE
to encourage and support one of
the oldest forms of human culture:
to furnish much-needed type of
material to the artist and student,
and to open for the average man
an avenue of relaxation and enjoy
ment formerly reserved for the
wealthy" The address of the Ma
tional Art Society is 30 Broad street,
New York City.
Evening star., 1939-10-29

nual exhibition in 1901. but he has
been winning honors ever since He
is at present director of the Tif-
fany Foundation at Oyster Bay,
Long Island: member of the
American Institute of Arts and Let
ters. the New York Water Color
Club, the American Water Color
Society and other professional or
carnations. He is represented in
the Corcoran Gallery of Art by a
painting in oils entitled "Housa-
tonic in Winter"
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Dinner in Red

A millionaire once won a great
deal of money at Monte Carlo play
ing the red color and made a BAN
quiet for his friends to celebrate the
event. When the guests arrived
they found everything in red, even
the lamps. table covers, flowers and
chairs and the walters were dressed
in red, the menu printed in red and
probably the Holsters in red.
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Samplers on View.
In D. A. r. Museum

A special exhibition of Samplers
some OF which date back more than
100 years. opened in the D. A. R,
Museum, Continental Memorial Hall
on October %, to continue to
February l. A feature of this exhibi-
ton will be a series of Gallery Talks
at 3:45 pm. each Friday, to which
all are invited