Evening star., 1951-02-15
Society News
Peruvian Ambassadors Art Collection
Shown at Pan American Union Gallery

steps. 1t was here, in other years,
that the lavish suppers were
served during the brilliant recep-
tlons which were highlights of
each winter season. The walls of
the gallery are covered with beige
color burlap material and the most
modern lighting for paintings has
been installed. Adjoining the
gallery is the new reading room
of the Columbus Memorial Lii
brary which looks out onto the
Aztec Garden. Between the read
ing room and the gallery are doors
of Latin American mahogany
framed in carved green marble.
Much interest centered last
evening in Ambassador Bercke-
meyers collection of art of the
bullf1ght. This group of paintings
in oil and Watercolor as well as
engravings and Autographs date
as far back as the middle of the
18th century and many of them
are without dates. Spanish paint
ings in the exhibit 60 as far back
as de Zurbaran, 1898 to 1864. and
include more than one work of
the famous de Goya. All of the
Peruvian pictures shown are in
watercolor or oil and include one
from the Spanish Colonial school,
two of Pancho Fierro who lived
from 1903 to 1879, an oil from
the Cuzco school and two from
the Peruvian school.
The Latin American AmbaSsa-
dors to Washington and to the
OAS as well as other heads of
missions from our sister republics
of this hemisphere were among
the guests. Also invited were
the members of Foreign Relations
and Foreign Affairs Committees
of Congress, officials of the State
and number from
resident circles where the Am
bassador and Sonora de Bercke-
meyer have made many friends as
have the Secretary General and
Sonora de LleraS.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson was
among those at the opening last
evening and also from the resi-
dent group of guests there were
Mrs. Edward Everett Gam. for
mer United States Ambassador to
the Argentine, and Mrs. Robert
Woods Bliss, Mrs. James Hamil-
ton Lewis, wife of the late Sena-
tor Lewis, who was chairman of
the Foreign Relations Committee
for some time and Mrs. Fred A.
Britten, whose late husband was
of the Foreign Affairs
Committee; former United States
Ambassador. to Panama and Mrs.
William Jennings Price, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Lawrence Houghtel-
ing, Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Meyer,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Alexander
Pope, Mrs. William Barrett Ridge
ly, Mrs. George C. Thorpe and
Miss Bertha Noyes.
Nine. Brusset Hostess
Another party last evening
which attracted a number of the
diplomats was that of Mrs. A. L. |
Brusset, wife of an official of the
Bank of France who spends much
lime in Washington. She recently
moved from Woodland drive to
he house at 2941 Massachusetts /
avenue and the party was in the
nature of a house warming.
Guests were invited for cock
ails at $50 and supper was
erved later. The hot dish was
obster a la Americaine and there
we're several salads, dainty sand
giches, ices and cakes.
In the company Of 100 were
members of the French Embassy.
headed by Nine. Bonnet, the Chi
lese Ambassador and Nine. Koo,
the Spanish Ambassador and Sc
nora de Lequerica and members
IF that Embassy staff, the Italian
CounselorS with their wives, Sig
nora Luciolli and Signora Ortona,
the Austrian Minister and Mrs.
Ludwig Kleinwaechter and Mrs.
Corea, wife of the Ceylonese Am
bassador. The Secretary of the
Senate and Mrs. Leslie Biff1e were
among the United States citizens
at the party and also Mrs. Do
lores Porges of New York who
is visiting Nine. Brusset.