Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1932, Page 15

RTS FEDERATION MEET TOMORRDH Exhibit of Washington Por- traits to Be Feature of 3-Day Session. ‘Taking as its general subject “The lace of Art in American Life,” the twenty-third annual convention of the American Federation of Arts will con- vene tomorrow for three days’ sessions at the Mayflower Hotel, with delegates expected to be present from all parts of the country, A feature of the program tomorrow will be tihe evening session at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, where the Bi- centennial Exhibition of portraits of Washington and his associates will be viewed. The gallery will be open at 7:30 to members of the board of trus- tees of the. Corcoran Gallery, their families, friends and guests from the American Federation of Arts. At 8 o'clock there will be a gallery talk by Mrs. McCook Knox, chairman of the Portrait Committee of the Bicentennial Exhibition. The gallery will not open to the public until 8:30 o'clock. It will remain open to the public from hen until 10:30. This will be the first time the exhibit has been cpen to the public during the evening. The Washington exhibition, assembled by the United States Bicentennial Com- mission, was collected from museums and public and private ownership in this and other countries. Among the most famous of the paintings is the Lansdown portrait by Gilbert Stuart, owned by the Earl of Rosebery, Lon- don. This painting on shipment was insured for $250,000. It is one of the two paintings gf Washington which Stuart did from"life. Another famous picture is the Charles Willson portrait of Washington as “The Virginia Colonel.” It was lent by Washington and Lee University. incidental to the collection of paintings, there are rare and interesting exhibits of Washing- toniana and a sword which belonged to Lufayette. Greater Need for Arts. F. A. Whiting, president of the feder- ation, Jast night explained the principal theme of the convention. “In these times of depression and discourage- ment,” he said. “it is very evident to thoughtful people that there is a greater need for the arts than in times of prosperity. . “Many persons are interested in look- ing out for people’s need for food and clothing, but they don't think of the people who are starving spiritually.” All sessions of the convention with the exception of the one tomorrow evening at the Corcoran Gallery will be in the Mayflower Hotel. The morn- ing session tomorrow will be opened by the president, Mr. Whiting, in an ad- dress of welcome, following which there will be reports on the work for the year by officers and department heads. At the luncheon meeting tomorrow brief reports will be heard from dis- tant chapters. Under the general subject of “Art and Community Planning” tomorrow afternoon “The Future Washington” will be considered by Earl S. Draper of North Carolina, member the Ameri- can Society of Landscape Architects, and by Frederic A. Delano, chairman of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Informal discus- sion will be opened by Horace W. Peas- lee, second vice president American In- te of Architects. lanning the Small Commurity for the Life of Today” will be discussed by Henry Wright, architect of New York, and John Irwin Bright. The presiding officer tomorrow afternoon will be C. C. Zantzinger of Philadelphia, third vice president of the federation. Subjects to Come Up. With a distinguished group of speakers listed the programs for Tues- day and Wednesday will take up many important subjects, including “Art and Leisure,” “Art and Recreation,” “Art and Nature,” “Art and Education” and “The Future Program of the Federa- tion.” The closing session will be a dinner Wednesday night on the subject, “Art and Life.” Among the speakers and presiding of- ficers Tuesday and Wednesday will be Morse A. Cartwright of New York, di- rector of the American Association for Adult Education; William Sloane Coffin, president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Joseph L. Wheeler, librarian, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore; George D. Pratt of New York; Thomas Munro, curator of education, Cleveland Museum of Art; John C. Merriam, president Carnegie Institution; F. P. Zeppel, New York; Edwin A. Park, New #nrk: Theodore Sizer, professor at Yale University; Philip Youtz, Pennsylvania fuseum, Philadelphia; Royal Bailey ‘arnum, principal of the Rhode Island ®chool of Design: George H. Oydyke, author of “Art and Nature Apprecia- tion;” Stanley R. Yarnall, pnnflpal'of Germantown Friends School: Wil Hutchins, professor of art, American University; Grant H. Cole, director of Membership Promotion, American Fed- eration of Arts; Thomas Wilfred; Miss , ‘secretary of the feder- PEACE THREATS LISTED Dr. Walsh Puts Soviet Policy and Reparations First. 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Many of the exhibition sponsors have | in saddle horse, hunter and children’s | classes, and others will be among the | active participants in the annual event. A well balanced program has been designed by the committee for this year, with the 850-odd entries appropriately divided among the four é’lys. The show will reach its climax Saturday, F. A. WHITING. TEA THIS AFTERNOON National Capital Republican Club ‘Will Be Host. shown in hand; 1:30, Chairman Robert H. Lucas of the [SHORG 10, QR0 153, novice saddle National Republican Executive Com- |3 and 4 year olds, shown under saddle: mittee and Mrs. Lucas and Representa- | 215, green hunters, middle and heavy - of Towa | Weight: . model saddle horse, shown tive Thomas J. B. 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