Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-26

Richard Horssc!os. IN srsf s1
. fer pytafs through me pahll
Graphic Arts. Smithsonian Bal
his sork. not surprising IN view al
his experience as q mural painter
Hall Of the group Ii French he
ginning with Delaeroixs lltho'
graph OF q lion desortng = horse
That leading romantleist made q
number Of notable depics4ons al
tigers and lions An amusing nth
ograph entitled The Ratl1ers BY
Daumier. illustrates one phase al
the greatly gifted satirical artist
Jean Louis Fogsins lemons 4
l'audience" soft ground etching
Is as free In appearance as o
crayon sketch He, too, WAS ar
outstanding kattrist and socia,
commentator. BY Rodln And Fan
,tn-LAtour are beautiful little nuds
studies. a drypoint Ii Printenps
and . Autograph Lite" resp~e
lively.
Toulouse -Iautrec has left . re-
markable record OF the Moulin
Rouge and other Paris dance hal
performers in paintings an G
graphic arts. Al the Smithsonian
is . larse color Autograph. the
figure In which appears TO be Ia
Goulue." the red-haired dancer
who Is more familiar TO some OF Us
thanks 70 Lautrec. than most o!
our movie stars, LAboureur. the
latest French print-maker twhc
died In ls&3l made the very lineai
engraving Il 'Escaillere. smart,
Partisan In character.
Anders Zorn. whose work VA,
a sensation early In this century
did the toneful etching New Bal
lad" In which the women's face
are clearly seen in the shadow,
interior. Finally. there Is 4 single
American. Boris Margo Russian
born New Yorker who has laugh
q special course each spring a.
American University for rvcra
years. He invented the "eeiioeut.(
an example of which Gin eolorsi
represents him In this show
These prints from the Dshlgreer
Fund were selected BY Jaoot
Kainen. curator OF the vision oi
Graphic Arts. who said.V want to
all significant gaps In the ooliec-
tons. and also 70 add importan,
technical material" The exhibit
ton will remain through Septem.
Der s.
American Prints
The Corcoran Gallery Of Art is
concerned with the development
OF the graphic arts In the United
States, According TO Hermann
Warner Williams. tr.. director. the
endowment fund established by
the late Mary z. Maxwell. and the
collections donated TO the Gallery
by her. Mrs Childe Hassam. Julius
Garfinckei and 8. r. Koehler. have
made prints long a significant part
OF its resources Lately the gallery
has acquired Some important i'm
pressions OF key works.
The Corcoran Bulletin. recently
issued. Is = brief. general suide
with eight illustrations. indicatins
the major phases OF American
print-makinT for the museums
visitors. II In q sprightly. com
prehensive account by John Pal
mer Leeper. keeper Of the CLARK
collection. and covers the subject
admirably In very little space
Among the recent acquisitions he
discusses are . rlexxot!nt portrait
dated 1880. BY Peter Pelham.
"echoins the admired grand man
ner' Of the Britain portraits Of
that period: Edward Eavagea en-
craving Of the Declaration Of
Independence: hand-ooiored en-
cravings by Amos Doolitile from
his "Prodisal Son" seriss. inspired
by HoGarth. . charming little
View OF Hudson" engraved and
hand-colored by John HUI from q
painting by w. O. Wall. . beauti-
ful etching. 'Riva degii 6chia-
voni. By Frank Duveneck. show
Ing Whistler's influence: Mary
drypoint- "Eimone Kneel-
Ing In an Armchair" q GOOD ex-
ample by our first great woman
artist.