Evening Star Newspaper, January 24, 1926, Page 44

THE SUN VDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., NUARY 24, 1926—PART 9 NOTES OF ART AND ARTISTS Two Additions to the Permanent Collection of the Corcoran of Edmond Amateis. Gallery—Exhibitions at the Arts Club—Work i | orcoran Gallery of received two not ulting from exhibition Acade: the Desig of | it \!mhw ce president of the of Design. The v the artists at tion and )n\ ne and graciousiy aec with_expressions of uppreciation the trustees of the of Art Mr. Kon one of el me been pted, and Cor- were made the exk formally a monu despot s by hum 1its ide what the sume t satisfles the requirements to the = 1as o eon wposes well from eve It {s strongly mod cal in line, ha The Corce its poss Isidor Kont ria, in July, 1862, he Imperial Academy | Helmer and Kund 28 years oid nited States of his adoption made an A '.'A('Pl‘h 7 a A—-‘) a gold medai at <position_for his work The Metropolitan M wns his “Genius of I body Institute, Balti-| For he exacu Al in that city u ann. He wa aciate t D the exhi Justinian ar tennial Academy of | of his e part | s permanent charming ch ha por hung t the end of v attracted | dent on the ceived his viously it Whistler's famous por- mother. The only similar. however, between the two is that both beaut depict old age and shov ilar arrange- tention of ng nd . Watrous e president of Nationdl Academy of Design and been most active for years in the of the organiza omoting interests ourage- sion less is a Cali-| bu: he studied under sters in Par er and Lefebvre have been painted wit carry home to the tity e is a most : his stt have Y“.‘L\“ h\ b ') the leading m Boular picture pose, lessor 7 of his a pur- public a cotempor- omplished paintifes y in THe e uld wany be- does not or to nts a very to He part renditi naints in tradition Uit is known diti ever endure. f either to by, occasic ape, as, fo ning nocturne show the academy's exhibitions ago. His works are leading museums, as well as collectdrs. That Mr. Watr have himself wished this p his mother to have perman. here is a compliment indeed * x AT which hi life private us should | THE Arts Club two new exhibitions were placed on ek, continuing until the end of ith. They are of painti harles P. Gruppe and of water colors by Arthur F. Musgrave, past president of tie Arts Club. Jle gifts Do gifts Hind " | gentle is | tures | | of | tiens. the by A1 makes landse: moved we Mau mon tures, the his ¢ which today 1ve who odeutters’ which w in Amer many his wo i dor chi Gec | Art on of watcr Cooper the expeditions, , In e both of | “THE DESPOTIC the Ay rters Dutch n upy Club, T h At school, tinetive ora [ 1ireres and | exhihir ip between isterg and now on Chere is a n element rks which school of ! far re. yet names of ries sum- quiet pic plc- charm midst of by bla e found | s “The Day— those ple kills kport, ollang but < feceived ! ate collec Vork. ion lorfy ssent com “Winter AG] ipelago, a dash s @ woo a glimpse | e flowe > other of frezhness mand not onsist TIsabel | spices of search five | st research oological . British 1 expedi- in Arcturus the York every BY ISIDOR KONTI, N. A. NENT COLLECTION OF THE CORCORAN GALLERY OF Lood his father executed the “Angel| at Houston, Tex., the “Call | at. Corsicana, Tex., the Ros. wnuent at Gualveston orks. Thus Bdmond's edu | ton began even before he knew ;He learned to model s socn as if | before he learned to read e ed in the Washingion schools, After his father's death | went to New York. and in 131 | giv study at t Arts Design by George | Al ( of Iartsdale, N. Y {In enfisted in (he | Field Artillery of ith Divi: |and saw service om the Vesl, Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne. Afier war he wa ent with the S, ! detachment to st | Academie Julien ) n other . it not a year's Institute Chrl April ianey 917, he bonne under 1919 the Beaux Arts idving during the stu ant nd « In 1 h ‘o wi . a fellovwAip in sct American Academy i bled him to studv While in Ror copy of the *) Jewel” to Mry. E. H |saw it and admired iturn to this couniry he has executed | poreriite of Mrs. E. Roland Harr | ana other: He has in New | whi terest nument) ifenry nd Roman Gr Rore road for ately held York at the Fe has created a great deal of in and received very favorable | notice. Royal Cortissc rerhaps one of our most exacting crimina | ting critics, comparing work with that of Bourdelle, t French | | seulptor, a collection was reously shown York. “The Frenchman s for his | own idea of sculpture and the world well lost. He has ardent followers and you will hear in fome guarters | | that " the whole gossip of ...mn\ | plastic art lies in his work, that lis ‘the only way." But Mr. Amateis | reminds us of the diversit tural Inspiration. He the fican Academ great of whici New THIS WORK HAS BEEN “PERSEUS SLAYS MEDUSA” fundamental grasp upon form The! linear distinction of his nudes is but the expression of a deeper structural truth He has sk in design, too. H: st important relief, ‘Perseus | Sla Medusa,” is beautifully n'(\m-l posed a al drift of his| tempera a curb upon re s sufficient | dle, o d 14 convention ADDED ART. TO THE PERMA- Mr. Gruppe's paintings are xecond fane ond o on the case from the being to colors and « tures which ifter deatd her have been pleted the the living pical crea- ognizable h made | idea | up- | turned from his sojurn only about a year ago. He is too young a man | for his art to have the depth or the| complexity which belongs to Bour- delle. But he has something already which ought to carry him to greater | land greater remarkable “THE WOODCUTTERS,” A PAINTING BY CHARLES P. GRUPPE, WHICH IS EXHIBITED AT THE ARTS CLUB The painter, a Canadian by birth, studied in Holland, and his work dis- tinctly reflects ghe influence of the Tutch school. The late Richard N. Brooke of this city did much to introduce modern Dutch art to America, and it was Jargely on account of the appreciation which {t found here it was so Tighly esteemed in that is,| jn this case the usual rule was Versed—it was America. not Europe, | which set the seal of approval on u new school Those who remember the beautiful collection of Dutch paintings owned by the late Thomas Waggaman of { oth Georgetown will recognize with a sen- sary part of the records of the depart- ment of tropical research of the New York Zoological Society. . ¥ ‘HOSE Amatels, who who knew * the 1 for ma residence ing impor | pair of bronze | will be glad his son, Ex 1aken up his fi has attained real He was born in T while his father hond now-at Galveston Amateis, profes ditinction Rome, Ita late Louls years de‘ ny v, n"ks. 1 s: was o\eculing the monument for the Texas war heroes During his child the Roman Academy seems fo have done for him exactly what McKim, who founded the fnstitution, hoped that it would do for the young Amer- ican artistd; it has steadied and ma- tured him, helped him to achieve the {purlty and dignity which peculiarly | characterize bis art.”” Th high { praise, but it is not all. Mr. Cortisscz ues Amateis is an expert craftsman. | Working either in the round in low reliet he discloses a fine control over his medium, a really polished technique. But the important thing about his smooth, broad modulations Cor is that they have more than beauty of surface, it is that they evince a few pieces or 12, but 1 hubit of mind, and to end the brief col- to the artist’s ideal ,of flowing line and There are show, T illustrate only thaps vari ng is faithl e charm 10 in the they graciors lr may be of interest to those who | : the radio habit to know that a series of 20.m ks on “Art in Evervday Life” are being given under the zuspices of the American Federa- tlon of Arts through the co-operation of the leading Ame An expert om station WEAF, New York, on Satur days fr 5 5:20 pm. The first of these talks was civen by Robert W de Forest, president of the Metropol tan Museum of Art and of the Amer fcan Federation The talk Getting the Best was given by of the College York. The re- s will be as fo “What to Know ,” by Harvey sident of the of New York; 2king_Use of the by Homer Saint- the department Institute, Pitts. ng the Best Prof. John| k. Unb i‘$It\. the Home,” by wresident of the ne and Applied of Our Fore- Halsey, author Am. in Dress,” by Fern designer of New Out Prof. of Ythe main, lows: About Wiley Archi Februa Maseur and Leigh Hunt City of t ebru Architect H father of various works art; Ap 4, “Art Bradley, e York the Countess i which were for several days nestock’s were | at the Way- farer's Book corner of Seven: teenth and H where they will remain on view tor & few days longer. made a’ specialty s in minfature, and distinguishing char- stics. This is ansuncommonly ehensive showing, including 50 e fascinating portraits in little. It will he remembered that the count. ess is one of the few living minfature painters who is represented in the permanent collection of the Metro- politan Museurn of Art. 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