Evening Star Newspaper, February 25, 1923, Page 10

L buLLA LG, BALTIMORE MU soanias UM OF N the Smithsonian Institution is now to be seen an interesting ex- hibition of ctchings, dry-points, aquatints, e ent out by the Print Makers' of California and shown under the auspices of the department of graphic arts. This ex- Society hibition comprises 162 prints and rep- resents not the foremost print makers, only of the United States and nada, but of England, France and other forefgn countries. In other { words, it is an_international exhibi- 1 Lovers of etching will find it cngaging and perhaps, unless in touch with present-day on, discover it to be of sur- gly high standar British mak showing. One Gre don exhibits a entitled “The Ric and at the same ti dered, with a vel shadows. ittle land: “Summer,” bigger than a full of a sens & different vein, sting, is a mezzo yard with sheep, by G. Pasadena, Calif. Frances H. Gearhart of Pasadena shows three delightful eolored wood bloc! ts, one of an old oak, the oth entitled “Fisher- men's Cove” Bertha Lum of San Francisco is represented by two char- acteristic wood block prints, “The Fox Woman” and “Wind and Rain,” anese, both eful in line, founder of a charming tion entitled dry-point, no , and vyet| In quite almost equally nt of a rick- R. Duncan of . Hesketh Hubbard, ho Print Society of Ringwood, Eng- | land, which has done really ploneer work In interesting the public anew n the graphic arts, 1s represented by an admirable etching, “The Fajr. irounds,” and a less important work, The Cheap Jack.” Mr. Hubbard em- ploys in most Instai what is known as straight etching, and makes most excellent use of firm, well de- fined lines. From Prague, the capital of Czecho- slovakia, comes a transcription, in the same medium, of an old bridge, by J. . Vondrou; which is peculiarly at- tractive. George 1bert Burr shows Colorado eubjects, “Pike's Peal Cedars and Spanish Peaks.” cesco Chiappelli of Florence, 1taly contributes an etched portrait. Alfred Hutty sends his “Southern Oaks,” an | nteresting composition wherein the ght is in the foreground and die- ance shown by increasing darkness. here are some interesting aquatints —“Horseshoe Bend,” by Harry Banks of Chard, England, and “Sunset, Ot- by Leonard R. Squirrell of Lon- Iit s not always easy to tell dry- points from aquatints or aqux.unl,!i from mezzotints, and, after all, the nethod Is of less consequence than | he result, but it is interesting to uote that all these methods are being ised and are admirably set forth in; chis exhibition. Most interesting per- aps, among the dry-points is a tran- iption, “The Hills of Auvergne,” y Alfred Bentley of London, which brings to mind not a little some of 3 . b Epstein has lent a fine Seymour Hayden' finest things, and | \alters. Jaco i o architectural subject, “The’ Gal, | Corot, a Josef Israels and Cazin—"The ery, San Felipe,” by Howell C. drown, which has the lovely texture 0 notable in Cameron’s etchings. Mr. drown is secretary of the Print \lakers' Society of California. From Winnipeg, Canada, comes to this ex- tibition a delightful wood block print | 1 color, “Canadian Landscape, Win- by Walter J. Bertha Chicago y . 18 represented by «n_etching ed “Mill in Lelfe” It is the custom of the California print makers and other etchors’ so- sietles to issuo yearly a print to all of thelr members. One of those most scontly chosen was by Ralph M. iaarson and it is set forth in this ex- sibition. Roi ridge's prize otch- ng, “Mills Hall.” is also shown and hero is an excellent example of the vork of John Taylor Arms, formerly ary of the rooklyn Society of ers. These irints, each one of which is genuinely work of are and no one of which as been printed in large quantity, an be purchased at from $5 to $40, jority range between $10 urely these who love art ession cannot com- high priced today an acquire it Unfortunatel lelayed in tra wnly last week, and, as i ng collection, must 8 on this veek, continuing only through Feb uary 28. It is to be followed, how ver, by an exhibition of ctchings by Mrs. Jaques of Chicago. * Kk ¥ X HE new museum in Baltimore was formally opened last week. This| nuseum was incorporated in 1914, as . culmination of a two-year cam- naign by the City-wide Congress. The nuseum fs at present located in the iarrett Mansion, on Mount Vernon i ylace, the entrance of which is on] West Monument street. Miss Garrett aft this house to Miss Cary Thomas, ormerly president of Bryn Mawr Col- oge, and it is she who has lent it for + lfmited number of years to the museum. The inaugural exhibition is set forth in the rooms on the first floor and in an attractive little gallery at the rear. n the first room to the right of the sntrance is- an extremely interesting axhibition of water colors by Amer- ican artists—six by Sargent, three by Joseph Pennell, four by Winslow Homer, onc each by Tryon, Horatio Walker and J. Alden Weir, thres by Frank Benson, two by Reynolds Beal, one by Frederick Crowinshield and ane by Charles Demuth, besides a 1it- tle chalk drawing, “The Captive,” by Whistler. Adjoining this gallery is the print room, In which are shown selections from the print collection made by the late Mrs, Marla Conrad Lehy and S DL WAADLUW ART'S INAUGURAL E! lis a greater joy t ito the student of art as a brilliant | ! { | | | | | Voaities, 10 20k XHIBITION. named by her “The Conrad Collec- tion,” preserved and cared for perma- nently as a gift to the city of Balti- more. In a foreword to the catalog of the exhibition of these prints held n Baltimore in 1914, Mrs. Lehr wrote: “I have chosen all of my proofs be- cause 1 love them, not because some are rarities and of special value. T have selected each because it pleased, and my greatest pleasure is not al ways appended the ‘show’ piec which able critics of the world h procaimed utiful {mpress: ) fifty of mediocre tone.” The ed.” all excellent impressions and wise selection has 1 made, for one finds in the group v on display th_eworks of Whis of Seymour Hayden, of Rem- of Meryon—the great lights— the greatest printmakers of all time. The Garrett house was bullt at a time when eastern influence was strongly felt and eastern carvings, mosuics, etc., greatly in vogue. It was a happy thought, therefore, to set aside one room for teakwood carv-. ings and metal work of the Hindus, examples of which were purcahsed by the museum at the Lockwood de For- est sale in New York last November. The pieces in this collection are rich in design, with a profusion of animal, floral and geometric motifs worked out in great detail, which s charac- teristic of all Indian art ot least interesting in the Inaugural exhibition is the collection of silver, which has a room to itself (the old din- ing room), a loan collection of great value assembled and installed by Mrs. Miles White, jr.. of Baltimore, and com- prising many rare and beautiful pieces. The first state law In the United States requiring a quality stamp on silver was the Maryland act of 1814. The oldest existing firm in this country is that of Samuel Kirk & Son Co., founded in 1815. In Phlladelphia, and moved to Baltimore in 1817 by Samuel Kirk. Included in the exhibition are a few samples of early American furniture, dating from the best period, the third arter of the eighteenth century—for example, a block-front knee-hole desk, similar to pieces in the Pendleton and the Bolles collections, one in the Provi- dence Museum and the other in the Metropolitan Museum in New York. The sculpture display, arranged by J. Max- well Miller, a Baltimore sculpto forth in the old conservatory amid palms and follage plants and includes works by Paul Bartlett, Herbert Adams, Carl_AKeley, James Earl Fraser, Dan- fel C. French, John Gregory, C. Paul Jennewein, Frederick W. MacMonnles, Anna Vaughan Hyatt, Paul Manship, Hlerbert MacNeil and others—an excel- lent little showing and for the most part lent by Baltimore collectors. The oll paintings, of which there are forty-two, were assembled by Thomas Corner and E. L. nt and are set forth in the old gallery, redressed with fresh wall covering of a sand tone. Here the place of honor is rightly given to a portrait of Miss Mary Garrett, by John Singer Sargent, owned and’ lent by Johns Hopkins' University, a reticent &and beautiful work. Opposite and a lit- tle to the right hangs an exceptional example by Whistler—*“Wapping"—lent by Mrs. G. M. Hutton. The Welr es- tate has lent an unusual figure painting s great American master; a fine m, the “Lorelel,”” which is an ex- te nude, has been lent by Henry —all three notable works. From the home of Robert Garrett has come an excellent Rosen, a winter land- scape. The Alexander estate has lent the “Gossip.” Mrs. Francls Jencks has lent her own portrait by Thomas De- wing. A beautiful example of the land- scape art of Ben Foster has been lent by Mrs. Lewellys F. Barker; there is an excellent Redfield, an admirable Lawson, a Theodore Robinson, a Waugh, a Zuloaga, an example of flgures in ndscape by Matisse, a Homer Martin and two Claude Monets. Jerome Myers and John Sloan are both represented. It is an assemblage of fine paintings, without regard to period or school. This exhibition will remain on view until the 1st of April, and the museum, which is comparatively near Walters' Gallery and the Peabody In- stitute, is open, free, daily from 10 m. to 6 p.m, Fridays until 10 p.m. and Sundays from 2 to 6 p.m. * ok ok K NHE Corcoran Gallery of Art has purchased lately a portrait of comparative recent date, by John Singer Sargent. It Is & small canvas showing at life size the head and shoulders of Danfel J. Nolan, a work- ingman in khakl, and was painted as a gift about the same time that Hr. Sargent painted his well known por- trait of Mr. Woodbury. It was not intended as an exhibition picture, but as a sketch, and is of most interest piece of technique. * % k % 7[HE Soclety of Washington Artists was to have closed {ts exhibition today, but, owing to a slight delay in the arrival' of the next exhibitlon scheduled for the same gallery, it will continue to the end of the m3nth, and possibly over next Sunday. This exhibition, which is et forth In the | special exhibition gallery of the Cor- coran Gallery of Art, is a commend- able local showing. ‘Those who have not seen it should avail themselves of this extension of time to do so. * ok k% REGINNING March 1 and continuing 15"t March 15, the Corcoran Gallery will show In th ecases in the upper atrium a collection of etchings, draw- ings and silver-point portraits .by Robert Logan of Connecticut. At the same time there will be set forth in one of the smaller galleries a collec- teion of etchings by Sears Gallagher of Boston. * % ok % ~[HE Landscape Club of Washington will hold an exhibition of paint- ings by its members at the studlo, 1221 15th street northwest, from to- day, February 25 to March 11, in- clusive. The exhibition will be open| from 5:15 to 9 p.m. week days and from 2 to § p.m. Sundays. LEILA MBOHLIN, Seventh at K FURNITURE THAT MERITS CONFIDENCE—AT LOWEST-IN-THE-OITY PRICES. Just a few days remain in which to buy furniture in our February Sale at the extremely low prices we are quoting for this annual event. We do not believe that you will again have an opportunity like GOLDFNBFRC'S FURNITURF, STORE “Across the Street” eI | this, as we have recently received notice of increases from several manufacturers. 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