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Evening star., 1941-01-05

OedIn, comparatively recently, Te-
leased this bequest, and the Cor
coran Gallery is now in possession
of these very interesting and ac-
ceptable accessions
Already, few of the oil paintings
In the Parmelee collection have been
exhibited-as loans. however, not as
acquisitions. These include the
"Simplon Pass" by John Singer
Sargent, reproduced and commented
upon in The Star early last Sum-
mer: 'Battersea Reach by James
A. Mcneil Whistler: a still life,
THE Picture From Tibet" by Emil
Carlsen, and a portrait of Mr.. Par
melee by Carl Melchers. The Whis-
tier is a picture of boats with color
full sails furled, but not tightly, on
bent masts, lying moored along the
Thames shore near the famous Bat
tersea Bridge, within sight of the
artists home on Cheyne Walk, Chel-
sea; it was probably painted in the
1860s about the time the now famous
Thames set" of etchings was made.
1t is characteristic in style of the
painters work of that period: a
little more finished and less elusive
than some of his later canvases.
Many persons consider still-life
paintings dull, but it seems impos-
sible to believe that any one could
stand before the Carlsen which is
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cinders from the eye. But doctors.
lawyers, bus drivers, plumbers acd
many others find their recreation
in creative endeavors in the arts
The amateur artists generally re0-
ognize their art for what 1t iS-a
hobby. The public, unfortunately, IS
not always able to distinguish BE-
tween genuine art and recreatio.al
efforts. Most of us know of homes
in which one or more walls are given
over to hard, tight copies of The
Stag at Eve" or the William Tel
Chalet 'hand-painted in oils" by
some friend of the family. There
are several works of this type IN
the Department of Justice eXhib.-
ton.
Nevertheless, one can find some
very good work in the show. There
are five landscapes by A. j. Schram,
whose paintings are well known 70
Washingtonians, as he is one of the
original members of the Landscape
Club and also is affiliated with the
Society of Washington Artists. He
has exhibited frequently in this city.
He has an eye for pictorial beauty IN
nature and depicts it in straight
forward manner.
Nelson Davis shows two portraits,
subdued in color and with an in
dlViduality which betOkenS good
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likeness, and several well-designed
and nicely rendered interiors. He
taught painting and composition at
George Washington University for
seven years and was also an in
structor at the Abbott School of Art.
He is now designing interiors for the
Bureau of Prisons.
Crozier Galloway, now artist in
residence at the Box Research
Studio in Maitland, Fla, has con-
tributed five canvases apparently
painted in that State. All of them
have the bright, often harsh, colors
of the tropics and are executed in
a modern idiom.
Donald P. Reeder, who has been
a commercial artist and is now en-
ployed in the photographic section
of the F. B. l., has five works in
various media, among them a color
full little rendering of Gadsby's Tav-
ern, Alexandria.
Several oils and water colors by
an artist named j. w. Kehoe, con-
corning whom no information is
given save that he is United States
attorney at Seward, Alaska, are de-
cidedly good. If Mr.. Kehoe is self
taught it is obvious that he has
natural ability. His grave, simple
portrait of an old fisherman of
Alaska and his water colors Of
Alaskan scenery are among the most
attractive works in the show.
The catalogue. containing thumb
nail sketches of the artists, some
of them photographed, breathes
an airy gayety which inpresses one
as the proper spirit in which to
view the exhibition.
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quisite pencil drawing. Near Norris
town." by George Inness. which
possesses the charm of his best
paintings and evidences not only his
knowledge of tree forms, but his
great love of simple landscape.
Delicately rendered, it shows us the
heart of the artist as we'll as the
loveliness of the quiet, open country
which it portrays.
William L. Lathrop, who will al
ways be numbered among our most
distinguished landscape painters
and, with Inness, is splendidly rep
resented in the Evans National Col
lection, is represented by crayon
drawing Of an "Old Pier" In the
same medium is a drawing by Gus
tave Cimionetti of "Notre Dame
From uai de la Tourelle" which will
be found engaging.
John Sloan, who is. indeed, one of
the many-talented few, excelling as
painter, etcher, photographer and il
illustrator, has to his credit a crayon
drawing which undoubtedly was
purposed as an Illustration. En-
titled HE Brought His Fist Down."
it sets forth graphically an amusing
domestic scene with that keen sense
of humor and understanding which
characterize this artists paintings
and prints of people in various walks
of life.
Everett Shinn, best known as an
illustrator, is represented by three
pencil drawings Of diverse treatment
as we'll as subject matter, which,
collectively, go to prove his versa
tility. His Dancer" in particular,
has buoyancy, grace and rhythm.
Lauren Ford. who has made a
name for herself not only through
illustration of books for children but
through oil paintings of children in
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ply and sketchlly indicated. The
background is dark and shadoWy.
Not in this way would Emil Carlsen
have seen this theme or interpreted
it. But Mr.. Tarbells vision and way
are quite as trustworthy and enjoy
able. Indeed, for those who find
pleasure in paint skillfully put on
canvas-a thing done when inspi-
ration is red hot, done beautifully,
with both knowledge and emotion
this painting cannot fail to fasci-
nate.
The II water colors, 7 pastels and
l silver point which constitute the
second section of this collection have
not yet been placed on view, owing
to limitations of space. 1t is the
expectation that, in the near fu-
ture, a separate room will be set
aside in which these and other works
in like media will be exclusively
shown. Suffice it, therefore, to say
that included in this section are
works by Winslow Homer, Childe
Hassam, Frank w. Benson, John
La Fargo, Thomas w. Dewing, Weir
and Whistler, as well as few others.
The sculpture in the Parmelee
collection which has now come to
the Corcoran is, in some respects,
no less notable than the paintings.
1t includes a bronze bust of John
Paul Jones, intrepid sea fighter,
privateer, naval hero, friend of
royalties and nation builders, broken
on the wheel of fortune, but never
defeated-the work of Jean Antoine
Houdon, one of the greatest sculp-
tors of France in George Washing
tons time, he who came to this
country to do a statue of Washing
ton: at the behest of Franklin and
Jefferson, that statue which now
stands in the Capitol at Richmond.
Manship's Style.
All the rest of the sculpture in
this group is by contemporary Ameri-
can sculptors, but not of the modern
school. There are no less than six
pieces by Paul Manship, Fellow of
the American Academy at Rome, to
whom the Corcoran Gallery gave a
notable one-man exhibition some
years ago. When in residence at
the American Academy in Rome, Mr..
Manship developed a style, based on
ancient tradition, but essentially
modern in spirit, which strongly in
fuenced his colleagues and the
whole trend of sculpture in the
United States. Indian Running
With Dog" and Flight of Night"
in this collection, both reductions of
works on a larger scale, are espe-
cially typical of his stylized produc-
tions. Both are extraordinary SIM
pie, decorative, and, at the same
time, full of emotion. Quite out of
the ordinary are a bronze vase and
an ashtray by this same talented
and original artist, the former re-
calling works by Greeks in terra
Gotta, but with modelling suitable to
the material in which it is cast, re-
strained and dignified, true decora-
ton. This same understanding of
| the uses of ornament is shown like
wise in the design and handling of
the ashtray. 1t is good to find a
really great artist willing to turn
his hand to making a thing of use
beautiful.
Here are two tiny works by noted
sculptors: A paper weight in the
form of a turtle, scarcely 2 inches
in dimensions, by Albert Laessle of
Philadelphia, who makes speciality
Of sculpture of animals, birds and
other living creatures, and q "Danc-
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nome environment rendered with
the eXactitude of miniatures, of
which the Corcoran Gallery has
shown several and owns one, now
shows three illustrative drawings in
pen. ink and crayon-"Spring Plant
ing" Apples" and Saturday
child life on New England farm
which cannot fail to be found
attractive.
Appear Almost as One.
Outstanding is Maurice Sterne's
drawing in pen-and-ink of two fig
ures from "Mandalay" standing in
statuesque attitude in such close
proximity that they appear almost
as one. Is, one wonders, this more
than clever draftsman-Sterne the
painter, who apparently likes to be
ineXact-or Sterne the sculptor, who
handles line so deftly and to such
perfection?
Similarly effective is the drawing
of nude, reclining, by Alexander
Archipenko, the sculptor who, as an
exponent of the Italian futurist
school, has produced works in stone
and marble of amazingly vague OBJ
jectivity. There is nothing vague
here, but, to the contrary, that which
is frankly obviouS-drawing of a
kind which Rodin did in preparation
for whatever he had to model. 1t
is said of Archipenko as teacher
that he insists upon discipline and
keeps his pupils feet firmly to the
ground, their noses to the grind
stone, until they know the rudi-
ments of their art, before allowing
imaginative flights.
In interesting contrast are two
pencil drawings of clowns hung to
right and left of the drawing by
Archipenko. They are by George
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rines: still-life, and sculpture. These
awards will be made by a jury COM
posed of three painters and one
sculptor from out-of town and non-
members. The same jury will select
and hang the exhibits, all of which
must be by members or artists of
Maryland, Virginia and the District
of Columbia, and not heretofore
shown in Washington.
The officers of the S. w. A. are:
Rowland Lyon, president; A. H. o.
Role, vice president; Omar H. Car
rington, treasurer, and Cara D.
Kimberly, secretary. On the Execu-
tive Committee are Paul Arlt, Nico-
lai Cikovsky, Eleanor Mulliken,
Roger Rittase and Kenneth Stubbs.
Entry blanks will be sent on applica-
tion to the secretary at 2ll2 o street
NV.
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first to discover the paintability of
the desert country, and so pleasing
were his transcriptions that the
buying public never permitted him
to turn to other themes. A typical"
Groll always has been a desert pic
ture; sand and limitless blue sky,
enchanced in beauty and spacious
ness by the white clouds by which
it was crossed. These will always
stand between the somewhat bonn
bastic paintings of typical American
scenery of Moran, Bierstadt and
Church, and the present-day COM
monplace representations Of the
contemporary American Scene"
Fascinating Work.
Edmund c. Tarbeu was best
known as a painter of portraits and
flgures-especially figures in. some
particular setting, such as his young
daughters in the living room of their
New England home, one of the Cor
coran's most priced possessions.
But in the Parmelee collection he is
represented by a still-life of de-
lightful quality and richness of color
and tone. 1t shows bunch of light
colored grapes on table, between
a red-and-yellow apple and bright
green alligator pear. A long
stemmed wineglass of crystal clear
ness stands behind the fruit, SIM
Evening star., 1941-01-05
Lost Portrait of Lincoln
Painting No1U Brings Sill


at Auction in NeU York.
A portrait of Lincoln, painted in
1860, from life, by Thomas Hicks,
N. A., was sold in New York re-
Gently at the dispersal of the Edison
Bradley collection for S11 100. 1t was
painted after the Lincoln surprise
nomination for the presidency, for
the purpose of being Autographed
and distributed during the campaign
which resulted in uincoln's election.
Mr.. Bradley bought it at that time
from the artist and it has only been
publicly shown once since, hence the
supposition that it was lost. Bidding
began at $4,000 and went up rapidly
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included in this bequest without be-
ing stirred with delight and admira-
ton. Very high in key, but simple
in color variation. this painting of
tnanimate things is exquisite in its
subtlety and sympathetic handling
"a masterpiece of sheer loveliness,
gently calling forth amazement and
satisfaction. The portrait of Mr..
Parmelee, in its bruSque directneSs,
is utterly different from this. Mel
chers was among the most accom-
plshed artists this country has pro-
duced and has to his credit a large
number of splendid genres-fgure
paintings, portrait studies of women
and children, interiors, also subjects
with outdoor settings-but he never
scored success as painter of por-
traits of men. Perhaps they did not
interest him; certainly, he did not,
as in this instance, seem to look be-
meath the surface. Obviously, of Mr..
Parmelee he produced likeness, but
of the man who loved art and ac-
ouired it for the joy it could give, he
shows us little or nothing.
Blakelock a Genius.
Among the paintings which have
tust been placed on view, and not
previously shown, is "Moonlit Land
scape" by Ralph A. Blakelock, which,
while small, is characteristic and
fine. Blakelock was undoubtedly a
genius. a man so possessed thereby
that he could do nothing but paint;
so. when his pictures did not sell,
he went hungry, and the body,
deprived of fuel, finally took revenge
by refusing to tighten the MIND.
When it was too late to make
amends. the merit of his work was
recognized and high prices were
paid for it. He was romanticist,
enamored by the beauty OF trees
silhouetted against moonht SKY,
but his romanticism was based on
study and understandings for
that matter, also was Ryders.
Quite diverse is painting, Early
Evening" by Dwight Tryon, In
which the artist interprets for the
beholder the mystery which trees
and meadows take on. mist-enwrapt,
at the time that daylight is fading.
Tryon was one of a group OF eX-
ressionists-among whom were
Twachtman, Murphy, Ochtman and
perhaps half a dozen others-Whose
chief interest was the interpreta-
ton of the illusions of light and air,
and their desire to open the eyes OF
those who would look to beauty
which, ever existent, they had them
selves discovered. This example
from the Parmelee collection must
have been a comparatively early
work before the painter became
especially interested in demonstrat-
; ing distance by demarkation OF
planes-as, for example, a line of
= ieafess trees crossing the canvas
horizontally without cutting the
composition in two.
There is Twachtman here
"Spring Landscape"-but very vague
and bv no means comparable to the
'sWaterfall' already in the Cor
.coran's collection, nor to canvases by
him in the Evans collection, Ma
tional Museum, or the Phillips
Memorial Gallery.
On the other hand, there is an
excellent little painting of the
desert, "Sunshower, Arizona" by
Albert L. Groll, which, while espe-
cially suitable for hanging in a
home, holds its own among the
( larger canvases with which it Is
now to be seen. Grol was one of the
Evening star., 1941-01-05
Arts Club Exhibitions
Water Colors by Gyra, Pas
tells and Drawings BY Pal
mer Are ShoUn.

Water ColorS By Gyrd, Pas
tells and Drawings By Pal
ner Are ShoWn.
Two exhibitions opened simul-
taneously in the Arts Club last Sun
day to continue to January IT.
These are water colors by Francis
Joseph Gyra of Newport, R. l., and
pastels and drawings by Herman
Palmer of Harrington, Utah, and
Cornwall-on-the-Hudson, New York
The former are hung in the gallery,
the latter in the reception rooms
adjacent. Mr.. Gyra studied in the
Rhode Island School of Design, at
Providence, and abroad, and has
exhibited extensively. His water
colors are impressionistic-in the
true sense of the word-and do
pass on to the observer, to some
extent, the artists emotional re-
action. But they seem without
foundation of knowledge - and
though a half loaf may be better
than none, if one is normally hum
CRY, such Scanty allotment may be
irritating or disappointing. Such
is the case in this instance. There
is so much good in Mr.. Gyra's work
one wants more-better drawing,
clearer expression, fresher color. The
best of the q or more paintings
shown are those setting forth scenes
at the opera, which have qualities
of light and of life. But even in
these there are some pretty big
gaps for the imagination to fill,
helter-skelter, and not enough
verify. If the music of these operas
were so transcribed would it meet
with appreciation? Probably not.
AS memorabilia, all Mr.. Gyra's
sketches doubtless have significance
to him, but for one who has not
shared his visual experience they
fail to carry conviction.
Mr.. Palmer, a former pupil of
Mahonri Young, versatile painter,
etcher and sculptor, and also, Incl
dentally, direct descendant of
Brigham Young, is obviously a lover
OF animals. For purposes of study,
he has made two trips to Northern
Africa and visited practically all the
leading ZOOS of Europe and this
country. His drawings of animals,
tame and wild, are very sympathetic.
Some are in pastel, others in black
-white-occasionally white on
gray paper-but, in almost every
instance, he seems to have captured
and made manifest the spirit of the
creature drawn-shyness, wildness,
strength and ability to relax bodily,
but never in watchfulness. Mr..
Palmer is member of the New York
Water Color Club and the American
Water Color Society. In 1910, he was
awarded a Guggenheim Memorial
Foundation Fellowship for further
study in his particular field.
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Marinko, one-time pupil of the Yale
School Of Art, and are exquisitely
rendered with the delicacy of silver
points and delightful eXactitude. To
do thing so thoroughly we'll and
yet preserve its spirit is an achieve
ment which few attain.
1t is pleasant to see again in
this collection a drawing by Charles
Livingston Bull, Bear and Cubs, -
Mr.. Bull having begun his career in
Washington when employed in the
National Museum as taxidermist,
and had his first showing, in
formally, in the studio of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. F. Andrews, on Sixteenth
street NV, with his friend, Walter
King Stone. then employed at the
Zoo. both of whom later made en-
viable regulations for themselves
as illustrators.
Rockwell Kent is represented by a
satirical drawing in pen-and-ink,
AT the Gallery" There are anus
ing drawings in the same medium
by E. w. Kemble and George B.
Luks. E. Barnard Lintott, the
painter, shows a landscape in wash
and a portrait sketch in crayon
and water color of Vice President
Garner. A crayon drawing by j.
Alden Weir of Mrs. Weir is char
acteristically reticent and. at the
same time, vital. All in all, this is
very enjoyable showing.
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S. w. A. to Exhibit
Groups 50th Annual Event
Is Set for Feb. I.

Is Set for Feb. 1.
The Society of Washington Artists
has announced, within the past few
days, its 50th annual exhibition, to
be held in the Corcoran Gallery of
Art February 1-23. The following
prizes will be awarded: One hundred
dollars, donated by The Evening
Star, for the best painting in the
exhibition; $50, donated by Robert
Woods Bliss, for the best landscape
painting; $50, donated by Thomas
Saltz, for the best figure painting.
In addition, the society will give
prize of $100 for the most outstand-
ing work shown, regardless of sub
ject or medium-painting or sculp-
ture.
The society also will award bronze
medals in the following classes:
Figure composition, including por.
traiture; landscape, including ma
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Mural Is Ordered

Mitchell Jameson, Washington
artist, has been commissioned BY
the Section of Fine Arts, Treasury
Department, to paint a mural for
the Willard Ohio Post Office.
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lhe Art W0dReveWs of Current Exhibitions and News OF Artists
James Parmelee Bequest
Is Interesting Addition to
COrcOran Possessions
Paintings and Sculpture by
Talented Contributors Are
Notable; Arts Club Works
By Leila Mechin.

When the late James Pamelee this died
bqueahed the Gallery
the his wife 80 paintings
which assembled his
the Bell occupied the Chinese
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Variety Of Approach Noted
Tn Statler Exhibition at
CIV. Studio Gallery
Artist Comparatively Abstract
In Oils and Naturalistic in
His Water Color Paintings
Bv Florence S. Bergman.

George Unversys Studio Gallery has an hnn ot
paintings and penandink drawings by Alfred me ?oM
will continue Saturday divided equally among three neo ana "
a artists approach 10 ea ne con-
paratively oil paintings predomnany III ms
his insofar as one
Evening star., 1941-01-05
Justice Department Show

Library Displays Works of
IS Federal Workers
The main library of the Depart
ment of Justice has been the gallery
since December 16 for an exhibition
of oil paintings, water colors, draw
ings in various media, wood carvings
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can judge from a small group OF
works.
One suspects from the predomi-
nant earth-red and warm blue of the
oils, as we'll as their fat, simple
color areas, that Mr.. Statler has
been exposed to MeXico-or, at least,
to it's art-although his subjects are
of the United States. The water
colors, Anchorage and Seventh
Street Water Front" have an en-
gaging freshness and sparkle.
There Is an emotional and, in
some instances, sinister atmosphere
in the pen-and-ink drawings. One
entitled FURNISHED Room" is full
of turbulence, despite the peace sug-
gested by the pipe-rack; and an
other, "Rooming House." recalls, in
its gloomy hallway, the mean lodg-
ing house in Glasgow's Road to the
Gallows," which John Lavery de-
scribes in his recent autobiography.
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American Masters
Drawings Are Exhibited

IEIS WEEK UL COTcOTdn.
Through next Sunday the Cor
coran Gallery of Art is showing a
special exhibition of drawings by
American artists which is not only
interesting in itself but as giving
indication of the skill attained as
craftsmen by those in these ranks
who have become eminent.
To begin with. there Is IN ex-
The Nome nugget., 1941-08-15
Nazis Substitute Wood for Cotton

BERLIN GP) Wood fibre may dethrone King Cotton" in Maxi Germany.
 Big-scale preparations, based on work by the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Research, are being made to insure a continuous sup ply of wood. About 48,0O0 acres have been devoted exclusively to growing of giant" poplar trees considered best for wood fibre.
 The trees, cultivated from pop lar trees from Siberia, North Am erica and the Rhine, grow 20 to 40 per cent faster than ordinary poplars, according to Dr. von Wettstein of the institute. Two years after the young trees have been planted their sprigs can be harvested.
The Nome nugget., 1941-08-15
NURSE EXAMINING
 BOARD APPOINTED

The first Territorial Nurses Examining Board, created by the Alaska Legislature, this spring, was named by Gov. Ernest Gruen ing.
 Three nurses from as many AL aska towns were named on the new board. From Juneau, the board members is Mrs. Lola Wal ther. She will work with Mrs. Helen Hendricks .r of Ketchikan ano -..ss Margaret Dunnigan, of Fairbanks.
 Tie new law, which provides , system of registering nurses who wish to practice in Alaska and prohibiting any persons from nursing as registered nurse un- less he CT she meets Territorial qualifications, is contained in Chapter 46 of the 1941 Session Laws of Alaska. It was approved by Gov. Gruening on March 27.
 The Governor also named four men to serve on the Alaska Aero nautics and Communications Commission. Only new member of the board will be William l.. Lavery, of Fairbanks, who re- places Joe Crosson, now in Seat tie and no longer a resident of Alaska.
 Re-appointed to the Aeronau- tics and Communications Board were Sheldon Simmons, of Ju- neau; John M. Cross, of Deering, and Thomas M. Donohoe, of An chorage.