Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1921, Page 36

Notes of Art and Artists The American art season for 1921-22 was inaugurated by the opening of - the annual exhibition of paintings &nd sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago and of water colors and niiniatures at the Pennsylvania Acad- emy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia week before last and is now in full From thix_time until next May dghibition will follow exhibition in quigk succession, not only in New York, - Philadelphia, Boston and Chi- cago, but in Washington, Baltimore, Cleveland and smaller cities all the way 1o the:Pacific coast. The texhibition now in progress aty the Chicago Art Institute consists of 150 paintings selected from over 1.000 ssubmitted, together with fifty especjally invited, and eighty works| in_sculpture. The' largest award, a cash prize of $1,500; went this year to a painting by Cecelia Beaux, entitled “The; Dancing Lesson.” which, a couple of years: ‘was on exhibition for sev- hs as a loan in the Cor llery- of AFt. is _pictur td two of the late Richard ‘Gilder's_daughters and was “twenty-five or more years Tt is without question one of st ‘distinguished paintings pro- in-thls coumtry. That K has) A& since passed into the pos- and an excellent designer, ani the work he produced is as certainly to be regarded as art of a high order as was the work of the eraftsmen ef the renaissance. He has working with him as an assistant in his Boston studio an ex-service man, disabled by the war, who has developed a remark- able gift for this branch of c: manship, z * ¥ ¥ % ‘The Corcoran Gallery of Art is plac: ing on exhibition, hy the artist's re- quest, a group of recent portraits of distinguished Americans by Philip de Laszlo, In compliment, as it were, to the conference. This group will include portraits of the President and Mrs. Harding, Semator Root, Secretary Hughes, Gen. Pershing, William R. Cas- tle, jr., and Lord Lee of Fareham. * ok * % Edith Hindela Whitehead of Morris- town, N. J., an1 New York city, an as- seciate member of the Royal Miniature Society of Londom, is spending the winter in Washington. Miss White. head is a pupil of Mr. Alyn Wil- liants, and has exhibited in London as well as here. Her miniature of the Countess Tolstoi has received special commendation both in this country and in Englund. LI A comprehensive exhibition of etch- ings, lithographs and books by Joseph Fennell 'is being shown at the Art Alliance in Philadelphla. This exhi- bition covers a period of production .of ope uf our art museumleeuennmg back to the latter eighties, It is not in DMiss s preseat manner. but it a work and very beautiful in .composition and quality of Mies Beaux is also represented dgrkable. m: e has been proviously e " in- Washington. by her . painting | I8 the weries of books written by n-and a black ut.l 2nd gives Mmdication of enormoas out- put of universally high standard. Not the least charming are the early pen- and-ink drawings made for illustra- tive purposes, and delighttful, indeed, ! y Mrs. Pennell and illustrated by Mr. Pen nell, recording their travels and ad ventures {n foreign lands. begin- THE - SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, NOVEMBER 13, 1921—PART 1. ) * K ¥ % i ‘Philadelphia exhibition, which water colors, illustrative tchings. lithographs.and draw- gs:as well as mintatures, is very rg this year, though perhaps ngaging to the casual visitor as In*past seasons. For some time ter colors have been given > @npearance of oil paintings orf, past through ‘the use of gouache and the influence of the modern Dutch schodl. . Recently there has been aj tendency to return to former methods and_the ‘majority of the water colors in this exhibition are rendered in pure | color and keved to white. In many cases white frames and mats are used. The character of the work for the most parc is what is termed today “mode color and form are Eiven chief place, regardless of subjective interest. There is distinct evidence of exploration, but the work is serious and well considegrd. The place of honor s given to a group of water colors by Sargent,| colorful, but rather loosely rendered. A much-coveted place at the end of the main gallery is occupied by a brilliant group of western pictures by Birger Sandzen of Lindsborg. Kan. Joseph Pennell. who is best known as un etcher and lithographer. has this vear adventured in 2 new field and shows a delightful group of water colors painted from the window of his hotel-home on Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, which overlooks East river and lower New York. Special features of this exhibition are memorial groups, one of original illustrations by the late F. Walter ~Taylor of Philadelphia, who died last summer: the other of water colors and_costume studies by Lucy Conant of Boston, who passed away in the spring. Both are impressive show- ings and add much to the larger ex- hibition as a whole. * ok ok ok The Royal Soclety of Miniature Painters of London is exhibiting this year at the Pennsylvania Academy with the Pennsylvania Saclety of Miniature Painters. Thia society. of which Alyn Williams {s president, has sent to this country an interest- ing group not only of miniatures, but little paintings, {lluminations and other very smali works. which after being shown in Philadelphia will go on_a cirouit of American cities. It is interesting to contrast the difference in style between the work of the American minlature painters and those of England, the Ilatter ‘being more smooth and delicate, the former more vigorous, freer in exe- cution and with more character. Among the foremost of the Ameri- can painters represented are Laura Coombs Hills of Boston, who, it will be remembered, spent a geason In Washington some years ago; Mar- garet Foote -Hawley, formerly of Washington, and Eva Springer, still a resident of this city. The only Jocal painter represented in the water color section is Elizabeth Sawtelle. Among the contributors to the Black-and-white section is H. Devitt Welsh, who shows quite a group of drawings and was, it will be remem- \bered, in charge ‘Washington dur- ing the war of the pictorial division of the governmental committee on publicity. * K k¥ The American Society of Miniature Painters held its twenty-third an- nual exhibition in the Arden Gallery from October 31 to November 12 and made an excellent showing. Mi ‘Hills, Miss Hawley and Miss Springer were again well represented, beside others of distinction, such as Lucy M. Stanton, Maria J. Strean, Mabel ‘Welch, lie Cross and Alice Beck- ington. * ok ok ¥ In connection with this exhibition in the Arden Gallery wus shown a eomprehensive group of porcelain figurines by Mrs. George Oakley Tot- ten (formerly Vicken Von Post) of this city. Commenting upon this collection, Mr. Cortissoz, art critic : “The ave a 0ap- ital Impression, but thess, which first meet the eye, are really of leas in- terest than the sculptural ability which Mrs. Totten reveals. She is a deft modeller, with a certain plastic gayety at hér finger tips.” S An exceedingly interesting . collec- tion of marine paintings by Frederick J. Waugh of West Indian subjects is to be seen in the Macbeth Gallery, New York. Mr. Waugh, who rep- resented by two impressive works in our National" Gallery and 1s well known in this city, spent the greater part of last spring and i the West Indies, and this sp] little exhibition graphically registers; his impressions. There are superb pictures of the South Sea, vividly col- orful, but not blatant; pictures full of light and air and, what is more, suggestive of motion. The palm{ trees on the beaches that he has; painted bend before the wind, the sea ! is restless, there is an inrush of surf, yet there is no impression of arre motion or restlessness. In every in. stance contours are boldly shown, the drawing is firm and accurate. One @ets a suggestion of Winslow Homer at his best: than which there is no Detter. In these paintings Mr. Waugh seems to6 have attained his highest achievement, exceeding even his own high standard of previous years. * ok kK Half a:dozen art associations have lately joined forces and established the Art Center, Inc., in New York. A building on East 56th street has been purchased and remodeled and therein | each organization now has its home. The Art Center was opened the first week in November, at which time all of the .affiliated organisations set rth #gecial exhibition Among ese organizations are the Pictorial Photographers of America, the New York Socfety of Craftsmen, the So- e¢iety of Illustrators, . the Tiffany Foundation, the Art Alliance of Amer- fca and the Soclety of Graphic Arts. On the evening of November 3 a 'tsman dinner was given, at which ‘were in attendance. * X kX Frank Gardner Hale, master crafts- on Society of Arts and ers, is .coming to ) on. this week and will held an exhibition of his recent work at ::. Bnn.h':-. ;x:‘ cnn:;uan ave- beginn| nesdsy and asa- ST ‘ ning in the days when tricycles were in fashion and continuing to the present. 5 Mr. Penmell will give an illustrated lecture on Whistler-under the auspices 9f the Friends of Art, at Oster Hal, imore, on the e - » P vening of No- L Charles Warren Eaton, one of our est known American _landscape painters, spent last summer i Gla. cier National Park, and has brought Macbeth Galleries, cember 13 to 24. * ok Wayman Adams. whose portraits are well knoyn. has been fpor some months in New Orleans and has brought back with him a series of charming sketches interpreting New Orleans life quite as picturesque as any scenes to be found abroad. * ¥ k% Royal Cortissoz, the art critic New York Tribune and avathor o¢ “The Life of John La Farge” and other books on art, is to give an illustrated lecture on “The Making of Portraits” in the Central High School auditorium, next Wednesday evening, under the auspices of the Washington Soclety of the Fine Arts. This is the first of a series on great painters, all of which will be given by Mr. Cor. New York, De- * % % x At the Washington Arts Club will be shown this week and next a com- prehensive group of paintings by the late Bertha E. Perrie. This group will Gonsist chiefly of the works she did last summer at Gloucester, which were mnot available on account of legal restrictions in the state of Massachusetts for the memorial exhi- bition held recently at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Many of Miss Per- rie's friends are of the opinion that “"‘lfh h'e:l:lhvl":rk ‘was her best. o e ition will be open to the public daily between the h%e\lru of 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. MECHLIN. BY HAL OFLAHERTY. Bpecial Correspondence of The Star and Chicago Daily News. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Dally News. HELSINGFORS, Finland, October 15—When it comes to smuggling liquor into “dry” countries the bands of liquor pirates in the Baltic sea and in all the waters surrounding the Scandinavian countries have reached a degree of skill far exceed- ing that of the organizations op- erating between Cuba and the United States. The booze brigands of the Baltic use whole fleets of swift mo- tor boats as well as innocent-looking old fishing smacks that lumber along with deck cargoes of cordwood. In nearly all cases the smugglers arm themselves and are desperate enough in character to open fire upon rev- enue officers in case of emergency. In Finland, where absolute prohi- bition has been in force for several years, the smugglers find their most active market. There are regular ex- changes in nearly every Finnish port where contraband liquor is sold to bootleggers at prices that make the risk of running the blockade well worth taking. German, Esthonian and Swedish boats are engaged in this trade and hardly a day passes without a thrilling engagement be- tween the blockade runners and the customs officers. By far the greatest amount of liquor that reaches Finland comes from Esthonia, where the potato crop is converted into raw spirits of an enormous voltage. In a recent cap- ture the officials overhauled a motor wfio boat loaded with 3,500 quarts of Esthonian spirits and were able to coni e cargo only after a running t that lasted more than an hour and in whcih many shots were fired. ‘The thousands of islande that dot the waters of the Baltic make smug- gling comparatively emsy. The. boats, operated by men who know the tor- tuous courses, can evade detection for days, If necessary, by simply weaving ug! unused and little known lanes, lying “doggo” during the day l!nd (CFeeping o the mainiand at night. German smugglers plying between Denmark and Norway, have me s0 troublesome recently that action on the part of the Norweglan govern- ment has become necessary. A law has been passed permitting all cus toms officers to heavy rifles and arm their boats with light guns. This action followed the killing of a reve- nue collector during an engagement with a German smuggler, who used a long-range rifle with deadly effect. Premier Blehr of Norway has made e e O RESORTS. ‘ . ATLANTIG CITY, K. J. begs to announce that d Nevember to January inclusivée - it has established on the American Plan (including meals) _the following Weekl: DOUBLE ROOM AND BATH, heretofore. Horsehack. Piers, BALTIC BANDS OF RUM PIRATES EXCEL ALL OTHERS IN BOLDNESS “ATLANTIC SEABOARD, Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, November 12.—Mui and art lovers who thought that the war would result in a dearth of artis- tic endeavor and creation may put an end to their fears. Art and music are not dead, and the authority for the statement is none other than the ture. v up hi WEST INDIES? PAINTING BY FREDERICK T. WAUGH, N.A. (Photo used by. courtesy of the Macbeth Galleries.) WAR HAD NO ILL EFFECT ON MUSIC SAYS LEADING GERMAN COMPOSER America since my last visit, seven- teen years ago, is. In your architec- . I thin Buildings here are fully 100 er. cent better looking than . they were then, and 1T am progress in that direction is still go- ing on. Asked his opinion about jazz, hands with a gesture w = B The Proof of the Pudding B —is in_the eating with Dr. Wyeth’s handmade @ TRIPLE PATENT SUCTION PLATES. GUAR- 8 ANTEED for 30 years not to SLIP or DROP. B Light as a feather, the pudding is going to taste & mighty nice. 5 ' Terms of Payment to Suit Examination Free Clennliness 1s one of our many striking foatures. GEN. SAWYER CHIEF SPEAKER AT MEET Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teachers’ Associa- tions to Hold Session. The District of Calumbia Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Asso- ciations will meet in the ballroom of the Ebbitt Hotel Tuesday at 1:45 p.m. At the close of a short business session a concert will be given by Esther Marvin, pianist; Mra. Mattie Leltch-Jones, soprano, and Herbert Bangs, violinist. The addréss of the afternoon will be mgde by Brig. Gen. Charles E. Sawyer, U. S. A., on “Chiid Welfare.” \ This will be the first of a series of eight lectures relating to the home and child life, to be given by cel brated speakers, and which have been arranged by Mrs. Willlam Wolft Smith for the monthly meetings of the organization. The program is as follows November 15—Brig. Gen. arles E. Sawyer, U. on “Child Welfare.” Decembe Frances Parkinson author, magazine writer, wife} ator Keyes of New Hampshire, Literature in the Home. January 17, 1923—Brig. Gen. Her- bert M. Lord, chlef flnance depart- ment, U. §. A, on “Thrift in the Home. Februar: 1—Prof. Robert Ruff Kern of George Washington Univer- sity on “The Social Life of the Child. March 21—Col. Edward L. Munson, general staff, U. S. A, on “Chid Psycholos: April 18—Brig. Gen. Amos A. Fries, chief chemical welfare service, U. §. A., on_“Relation of Parent and Child.' May 16—Dr. Gertrude Richardson Brigham, Ph. D., George Washington University, on “Art in the Home.” June 20—Mrs. Rhea Watson Cable, composer and comcert pianist, on I fluence of Music in the Home." The meetings, held in the ballroom of the Ebbitt House, are open to the public. and every one Is cordially in- vited to attend. My perfect Suction Teeth Will Not_Siip Dr, WYETH, 427-29 7th Strect N.W. opre e i, ol St Fuie B G St o Bk 2o W R RS SR T DR S S of impetience and the remark that everybody asked him that question. ‘Il know nothing about it,” he re- plied. “It has nothing to do with music. It is an interesting outcrop of the old tribal music that is common to raost parts of the world, especially the Congo and the various black k it is chiefly interest- When Constipated, Bilious, Head “Cascarets"—10¢ or stirring up. There will B2 no bowel poison to cause colds, sick headache, dirziness, biliousness or achy Clean your liver and bowels! Enjoy "the nicest, gentlest bowel cleansing you ever experienced by ng for its rhythm, but I am sure PSRRI b that it has not influenced the art of taking “ome or two candy-like | sour stomach when you wake up in music in any way.” When Lucrezia Borgia was be-| Cascarets tonight. physic | the morning. More people take Cas- told that the| Dr. Slnnuer or'klslrlers Beethoven | trothed ln‘ .;\klfon’uol d'!-‘l-hze. “lu'rh; :; your bowels fully. All the consti- | carets for liver and bowels then the greatest of all composers, but|ginning of the sixteenth century, Pated waste and sour bile will move | all other laxativ . likes Mozart the best. All through |bridal outfit included a single dress - e e-cathartics com~ e U e e ecavallers: ona en: | Worth 30,000 ducats, and & hat worth| out of the bowels without griping | bined. 10-cent boxes. he says, feel the influence of Mozart. half that =um. greatest composer of modern times— Dr. Richard Straussc of Bavaria and; Vienna. Dr. Strausse spent two days here the past week. Asked about present conditions in Germany, he said: “General conditions in Germany are slowly improving. due In a con- siderable degree to the American re- lief measures. The country really needs more American aid. In Austria conditions are much worse; almost unbelievable, in fact. The money situation in Germany is bad. Wages are ten times as high as before the war, but things cost even more than ten times as much. There seems to be plenty of work for everybody. Austria, on the other hand, cannot B0 on as at present and survive. ‘There must be seen a change for the better or Austria will be dead. Music Makes Progress. “Music has progressed greatly in the last five years, -continued Dr.| Strausse. cannot say in just what way, but it has become broader, more vital, more necessary; at least, to the people in Germany. There they would spend their last cent and_go without food to hear good music. e last thing they ecomomize on in Ger- many is art. “One great change that T notice in an appeal for the outfitting of a whole fleet of powerful boats fully equipped with quick-fire guns:to pa trol the entire coast to the south- ward. He characterizes the methods of the smugglers as brutal and sense- less and declares that they must be met with equal brutality, - Sweden Is using the swiftest of motor boat, stmilar to the tish || motor scooters developed during I war, to patrol her west and .south || coasts. 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