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is incorrectly given as Gabriel rather
than Gilbert Stuart. 1t is an in
teresting but well-known fact that
many portraits of Washington were
circulated and found purchasers in
England toward the last of the 18th
century-the English people then,
as now, taking pride in his English
ancestry and his valor. All in all,
this exhibition corroborates the
statement once made by Charles
Henry Hart that mo other man has
been so honored as Washington
coming as these tributes do from
every country and every cline"
Finally to return to the pictures
of the mansion. There is one pub
lished by N. S. Bennett Of Wash
ington "in aid of the Mount Vernon
Ladies' Association" which shows
the west front, horse and carriage
at the door and ladies on horseback
in the driveway as we'll as others
afoot, which marks the establish
ment of the organization which
saved and has so splendidly pre-
served this national shrine for the
people of America. Also there is q
plan of the grounds drawn by Sam.
uel Vaughan in 1904.
This exhibition will be open tt
the public, without additional
charge during the regular winter
visiting hours from 8 o'clock in the
morning to o'clock in the after
noon.
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Bulletin of Current Exhibitions

THE coRcoRAN GALLERY OF ART Seventeenth street and
New York NW-Waer coo drawings dryponts
January 4Februarys Sculpture wood by
Eugene through January 49, Memorial exhibition William
Glackens, January 20 to February 10.
THE ARTS CLUB OF WASHINGTON, 2ol7 I street NV
by Margaret s. zimnlele, January 26
PHILLIPS MEMORIAL GALLERY. Twenty-hrst
NWLithographs by Honore Daume print
NATIONAL MUSEUM, Natural History Building
Of Old Lyme Conn., January 81 Foyer portraits John san
Forest Ill., January 81 Collection Of Arts
main
NATIONAL MUSEUM Industries Building.
sW-Meopolitan Council
New York, travel salon. 100 prints, January 81.
PUBLIC LIBRARY Eighth and streets NWTahitian draw
ings by Hester M. Handley, January 2 to 30.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY-Exhbtion of
man drawings ehng autographs and Woodcuts by se Kohn
FREER GALLERY OF ART, the Mall at Twelfth street NV
by James McNe Whistler the Peacock Room and paintings by
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, DIVISION OF ARTs-Prints
by Whistler and related pnmake from the Dumbarton Oaks Col
he Penns Fund M OF the Deep
Of prints by foreign
TEXTILE MUSEUM, street N.w-Rugs. tapestries
textiles Mondays Wednesdays Fridays
to Admission by card ootanab at ONCE of George Hewitt
CHALET NoNPARE1l Old Georgetown road Bethesda
and paintings by Beverly Sanford Bryant and John
D. MUSEUM Memorial Continental Hall, Seventeenth and
streets Naturalization of samplers February Gallery talks
Friday 3:45 pm
ALLEGATIONS GALLERY District Works Projects Admins
traon independence paintings ulp
lures loan unsupported institutions.
CHILDRENs GALLERY, District Works Projects Admnistra
ton 8l6 independence SWuno Photographic Exhibition
January 10 to February
THE STUDIO GALLERY g: W. U, 2lsl street Nw.Paint-
ings and drawings Myrta Williams January
BOOKSHOP GALLERY, GIG Seventeenth N.W.-Lho-
graphs drawings and paintings Phyllis de Lapp January a.
STUDIO, District Columbia League American
Connecticut NW-Painting
Everhart, January to 80
LEAGUE GALLERY, 2oO1 Massachusetts
Memorial Exhibition colors oil paintings
Hallowel, January II through q.
WESLEY HALL 1903 K street NW-Exhibiton paintings by
Oren Loudon, January IA to February S.
MOUNT VERNON VA.-"Early Views of Mount and
Prints of the Washington Family Jennings Memorial Exhibition
in Old West Quarters, January % to February 49,
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ond marriage. Most engaging are
prints after paintings by Savage Of
the Washington family-one q ith-
agraph, the other an engraving by
Sartain-the former indoors. with
Gen. and Mrs. Washington seated
by a table on which are a globe,
a map and a book, the Custis chill
dren standing by their chairs, COL
ored boy in attendance, and view
of Mount Vernon hung on the wall;
the latter on the porch at Mount
Vernon, less intimate but no less at
tractive.
Of Washington alone there are
several pictures-portraits and pic
torial prints. One of the earliest
of the latter is of Washington at
Yorktown October 10, 1881, when
CORVALLIS surrendered. Then there
is another, no less quaint. of Wash
ington receiving sword from the
people of Trenton as he passed
through their city, long after which
he is pictured as the gentleman
farmer on his Mount Vernon estate,
talking with an overseer as the hay
is being harvested.
OF the portrait, most interesting
is that engraved by James Heath
from the painting by Stuart, made
for the Marquis of Lansdowne. a
full-length. standing pose, with a
table to his right. Heath was in
1894 appointed line engraver to his
majesty the King Of England and His
Royal Highness the Prince Of Wales,
and this engraving is so inscribed.
The name OF the painter, however,
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Corcoron Gallery of Art

1t is seldom that in a single ex-
hibition one finds pictures that one
can so heartily like, and others dis
like, as in that of the work Of the
late William Glackens, which opened
in the Corcoran Gallery Of Art, yes
terday, to continue through February
18. This covers a period Of 40 years
of production from 1897 to 1887, but
more correctly his painting years, for
before Glackens turned to work In
color, he served an apprenticeship as
newspaper and magazine illustrator.
In 1891 he joined the staff Of the
Philadelphia Ledger, at which time
he was only 81. Then he went to
the Philadelphia Press and again
the Ledger. In 1895 he made q
pilgrimage to Paris, but in 1896 he
returned and got an assignment to
do comic drawings for the New York
World. From the World he went to
the Herald, and while working there,
began making illustrations for NC
Clure's and other magazines. All
this gave background and emciency
for his painting.
He was 4 member OF the IN"
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Judging from the present show,
Mr.. Slavin could profitably continue
to study the painting Of hands,
which, in a number of instances.
are unconvincing and not on q par
with his competently executed faces.
Nor does he seem to express the
vitality of children nearly so we'll
as he does the character of aged
subjects. In his portrait OF q boy
and dog, for example, the animal
is far more alive" than his young
master.
Mr.. Slavin is still young painter.
with about 10 years professional
experience behind him. He studied
at the Corcoran School Of Art under
the late Edmund Tarbell, also Burtis
Baker Richard Meryman, Eugen
Weisz and Mrs. Leisenring. In 1907,
he opened studio in Richmond,
where he still resides. He is repre-
sented in a number Of permanent
collections. The Richmond Academy
of Sciences and Fine Arts owns
Despair" including in the present
exhibition. Selected by the late Carl
Melchers, 1t is more broadly handled
than the portraits, and depicts q
harshly-l lighted nude figure. The
Norfolk Museum and Harvard Uni
versity also own examples Of his
work, and portraits are located in
Virginia Medical College. Bruton
Church. Williamsburg and elsewhere.
Wood Turningx Shown.
Adjacent to Mr.. Slavin's exhibition
of portraits at the National Museum,
is one of wood turnings by James L.
Prestini of Lake Forest, III. More
than 80 objects occupy a series Of
large cases. There are bowls and
platters, vases and serving sets, trays
and more elaborate things such as
coffee table, lamps and candle sticks
and powder boxes, bracelets and
other adornments. All Of them are
simple, unadorned shapes, depend
ing for beauty upon their symmetry,
color, grain and finish. Many woods
are used, mahogany from Mexico
and Cuba, lakewood from Australia,
curly cherry, ASH! birch, poplar,
maple, Austrian beech, smoky brown
walnut,
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art but descended subjectively tc

art but descended subjectively to
pure vulgarity. Some contradictions
are difficult to fathom or under
stand-they must simply be passed
over. And after all, it is these con-
tradictions that evidence the artists
many-sided nature. How really
lovely is Glackens' Riviera Hillside"
with its blue sky, bright colored
roofs and gay foliage. And how
utterly absurd his painting of a
child on hobby horse, ''The Dream
Ride" which was never conclusively
thought out or executed. But the
measure of an artists power is his
best, not his worst accomplishment.
and thus, accordingly, Glackens in
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dependent Artists, and exhibited In
the now famous Armory Show, but
he was an individualist rather than
a rebel-he painted what he pleased,
and as he pleased. and never
bothered about the other fellows. His
early paintings, as shown in this
exhibition, were essentially con-
servative and traditional, as that
word was interpreted in his early
days. His large canvas in this ex-
hibition entitled Shoppers" is per-
fectly conventional, and today utter
ly lifeless 1t is in the French man
ner, but without spark of genius.
Far more interesting but typical
of the same period are Luxembourg
Gardens" owned by the Corcoran
Gallery of Art; Park on the River"
East River From Brooklyn" Ham
merstein's Roof Garden" and Coast
ing in Central Park" All of these
are very conservative, quiet, even
dull in color, very studiously built
up, but utterly without marked in
dividuality. Then came change,
and one sees his work becoming
technically looser, his palette richer,
his style markedly his own. Com
pare for instance "Coasting in Gen.
tral Park" painted in 1905, with
Shedding Central Park" done seven
years later, and the difference is
instantly obvious: the latter has life
and sparkle which the former lacks.
Or compare The Shoppers" with
"The Artists Wife and Son." dated
1911, and that in turn with "Lenna
and Imp" produced in 1880. and the
whole gamut of progress is mani
tested. In the double portrait he
was feeling his way toward some
thing not yet realized: in the third
and latest canvas he had evidently
completely found himself.
Perhaps in throwing off the yoke
Of tradition, Glackens obtained too
much freedom which he used not
to his own advantage or that Of his
art-but even so he is more inter-
esting in this stage than in the first,
It is said that Glackens was un-
commonly willing to allow every
fellow-artist his own convictions,
unwilling to criticise adversely or
to complain. Perhaps he applied
the same leniency to himself, and
once free, went too far. Or possibly
he was more influenced by trends
of the time than he himself was
aware. Certainly in good deal of
his work one feels the influence Of
the French painters who made up
the modern school, especially Renoir,
with, strange as it may seem,
mingling of Van Gogh. But he was
never so profound as Renoir nor so
emotional as Van Gogh, luckily for
his own happiness.
AS the years sped on, he painted
more and more lightly and ap-
parently for his own pleasure. His
color, which at times Is charming,
could also. it is seen. be very ordi-
nary, undistinguished. Included in
this exhibition is one lovely nude,
painted in 1924, but there is also
one done about eight years earlier,
in which the flesh is unbelievably
green. In the same way some Of
his seascapes are delightful, as for
example Malone Bay" 1911, while
others, such as Beach Scene, Great
South Bay" and "Bathers, Belle
port" are quite horribly hot and un-
pleasant in color. In Portrait of q
Young Girl" 1918, he rises to an
extraordinary height, using red for
background, dress, hat trimming,
ETC., beautifully, and as few have
ever done; but when he painted
''The Soda Fountain" in 1898, he not
only seemed to lose the music of his
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Hobart Nichols Exhibition

It is long time since an exhi-
bition of paintings by Hobart Mich
OILS has been held in Washington,
and that of his water colors, dry
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there will be shown in these same ir
collection of early views of Mount
Vernon and pictures of the WASH
ington family, the majority of which
were assembled over considerable
number of years by Miss Annie Burr
Jennings Of Connecticut and, after
her death last July. given by her
niece, Mrs. Wilmarth Lewis, to the
Mount Vernon Association. Of which,
for many years, Miss Jennings was
q vice regent and most generous
benefactor. In appreciation of Miss
Jennings interest and the valuable
gift, 1t seems entirely suitable that
the group, as an entity, should be
exhibited as the Jennings memo
rial collection"
Mount Vernon holds place in the
hearts of the people of this coun-
try quite unparalleled, and what
ever concerns it concerns all. Also,
1t stands for something in our ma
tlonal life which should never be
forgotten-a precious heritage from
the past of those whose home it was
and whose simplicity and nobility of
character it reflects and commence
rates. That the views of Mount
Vernon should be given first place
in this exhibition, therefore, seems
suitable. and that after these should
come pictures of the Washington
family. whose home it was. With
but two exceptions-a plaque show
Ing a halflength figure of Wash
ington modelled in high relief by an
unknown artist, and a water color
these are all prints-engravings.
aquatints, lithographs-many of
which are reproductions of paintings
by well-known artists made by en-
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year at the age Of SO, having been
born in Denver in 1886. Hallowell
first made a name for himself as
illustrator, but apparently, judging
from his works now on view, he
was by instinct primarily a painter
It is not the illustrative side Of pic
torial representation which seems to
have interested him but the tech
nical skill in so putting pigment on
canvas or paper that it conveys to
the beholder the impression which
at a glance he himself must have
received. In his water colors he is
at times rather vague, but they are
charming in color and convey to
the beholder a conviction Of sensi-
tive. shyness on the part of the
artist. In his paintings in oils this
Is absent. They are clumsier in
drawing and less pleasing in color
but even so one is assured that they
were painted sincerely to please
himself and not the public.
Wesley HoII
Twenty-Five paintings by Orren
Louden now constitute an exhibi-
ton under the direction of Mrs.
Norman Kane in Wesley Hall, which
was one time the Glover resi-
dence on K street. Among the
most pleasing Of these are Rough
Passage" Approaching Storm, -
Might Rain" and Lake Catherine.
In addition to his landscapes and
marines he exhibits q number Of
figure studies and portraits. Mr..
Louden is former pupil of the
Corcoran School of Art and has
exhibited widely throughout the
country. He held q one-man show
in the Georgetown Galleries last
year and has = wide circle OF &C.
quaintances in Washington.
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gravers and lithographers of note.
In point of time they go back to the
late years of Washington's life,s sand,
Interestingly enough, some were
made not only in France, but in
England and Scotland. AS historical
documents they are of the utmost
value, and as works of art also, in
the majority of instances, they are
by no means negligible.
The earliest prints of the mansion
show it very plain, sitting high on
hill overlooking the river and with
comparatively few trees close by. In
q number of the earliest there is seen
q little circular pavilion, or summer
house, on the edge of the hill, but
whether this was fact or fiction has
not vet been determined. In the
later prints appears the ornamental
balustrade, added in 1889, which now
tops the portico. There are, OF
course, certain anachronisms. For
instance, in one print, published by
Currier g. Ives in 1845. Lafayette
Is pictured standing reverently be-
fore the Tomb of Washington-the
new tomb, built in 1881, whereas La
fayette's last visit to the United
States occurred in 1924. But, after
all, what does it matter?
Family Pictures.
In natural sequence the visitor
to this exhibition passes from pic
lures of the mansion-among which,
by the way. is copy OF a drawing
made of the west front by Latrobe,
to those of the Washington family,
which include, in most instances,
Nellie and George Washington Parke
Gusts, as we'll as, now and then, an
unidentified young woman OF per-
haps 20 years of age or more. Some
of these, taken from paintings made
at Mount Vernon before Washing
tons death, though engraved or
Autographed later, would seem to
be authentic, but others are un-
doubtedly apocryphal There is, for
instance, a charming print of Wash
ington paying first call on the
Young widow Custis-a call which,
it is understood, was unduly pro-
longed and very consequential. There
is also an engraving of The Early
Days of Washington"-a boyhood
scene painted by Inman, whose dates
were l801-1846, but very charming
Belonging also to early days, though
those Of maturity, Is a portrait OF
Lady Washington" looking quite as
she does in the courting picture
engraved by J. G. Buttre of New
York, after the original painting by
Wollaston, which now hangs in
washington-Lee University, ano
must have been done before her Sec
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portrait Of John Barrymore as
Hamlet. This three-quarter-length
seated transcription Of the actor
with his face turned to display the
famous profile, is an undeniably
good likeness.
Furthermore, there are four in
stances, in which two different por-
traits Of the same subject are
shown. As the items in each pair
resemble each other, ones impress
sion that Mr.. Slavin has a gift for
likeness is strengthened. The most
telling capture Of character among
the portraits is the pair Of Senator
Henry T. Wickham. President OF
Virginia's Senate. w. S. Rhoads, sr.
owner of large department store
in Richmond, also is to be seen in
two oil portraits. An aged Negro
whose deeply-wrinkled countenance
must have made him an interesting
subject to the painter, is depicted In
an oil portrait and q charcoal draw
ing.
OF paintings Of younger subjects
those Of Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm
Jameson are most attractive. The
former. clad in his hunting pink
reminds the observer Of what a pity
1t Is that more men do not wear
something colorful when sitting fol
their portraits.
Has No Backgrounds.
A curious feature of Mr.. Slavin's
work is the complete absence OF
backgrounds, save for a chairarm, a
vague drapery here and there and q
pillow In one portrait called Con.
valescent," the surroundings of this
artists subjects consist of dark olive
green or neutral tone. There is much
to be said for simplicity, but thi,
portraiture carries it too tar. How
poignant minor detail can become
in a portrait Gas for instance, the
vase Of flowers on the table beside
Velasquez's little infanta in the
Vienna Gallery, vel! known in re.
productions) is evidenced in any
number of superb works. Character
can be revealed, personality and
tastes expressed by the introduction
Of some significant object.
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Dog Is First Deserter

Frances first deserter in the pres
ent war is Boy, trained dog owned
by M. Maurice Houcke, a Partisan
now in active service. Taken to the
front by his master for patrol work,
Boy promptly deserted and started
for Paris, where he arrived ex.
hausted and with bleeding feet. The
name and address on his collar en-
abled the police to take him to M.
Houckes mother. But discipline
must be maintained, and Boy is to
return to the front.
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Slavin's Portrait Talent
Revealed by Exhibition
In Foyer at Museum.
Simplicity Carried Too Far
In Background Policy of
Washington Mans Painting
By Florence S. Bergman.

John Daniel slavn native Washingonian claszned
ginia having exhibition portraits figure
the National
will remain until the end of the MONTH
Although
kenesses to the original subjects public
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Exhibition Mount Vernon Presents Jennings Memorial Collection
Early Views of Mansion
And Washington Family
Are Significant Works
Glackens Group at Corcoran
Covers Period of 40 Years
Of Individualist Painter
By Leila Mechin.

An exhibition at Mount Vernon much more than local event
adjns greenhouse exhibition prints originals duplicates
from the plates acquired by Washington and the
manson this opening
mpoved galleries engaging
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this exhibition Is seen to rank high.
This exhibition was selected from
a larger exhibition held in the Whit
ney Museum of American Art and is
being circulated by the American
Federation of Arts in memory OF
the artist. 1t is an excellent thing
to do, for never from a single ex-
ample, seen here and there, could SO
adequate an idea be obtained of his
gift and achievement.