Studio: international art (70.1917)

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none in his etchings, and certainly not his wood-
cuts, and his sense of the picturesque always
stands him in good place. G. B.

MONTREAL.—To commemorate the
term of office as Governor-General
of Canada of Field-Marshal H.R.H.
the Duke of Connaught, the Mon-
treal Chapters of "The Imperial Order Daughters
of the Empire ” recently presented to the Art
Association here an interesting portrait of His
Royal Highness executed by Miss Gertrude Des
Clayes, to whom the commission was given.
Miss Des Clayes is one of a trio of sisters, each
one of whom is a talented artist. Miss Gertrude
Des Clayes specializes in portraiture, Miss Berthe
Des Clayes is a landscapist of merit, while the
third sister is a painter of animals. Miss Des
Clayes is particularly successful with her por-
traits of men, some of which evidence quite
uncommon powers of observation and of psycho-
logical insight. H. M. L.

WASHINGTON.—The display of
original oil paintings by living
American artists not previously
shown in Washington was
opened to the public on December 17, in the
Sixth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary
Art at the Corcoran Gallery, and included
four hundred and eleven works. The First
William A. Clark Prize of two thousand dollars
and the Corcoran Gold Medal were awarded to
Mr. Arthur B. Davies on his exhibit entitled
Castalias; the Second of one thousand five
hundred dollars and the Silver Medal to Mr.
Ernest Lawson for his work entitled Boat House,
Winter, Harlem River ; the Third of one thou-
sand dollars with the Bronze Medal to Mr.
Hugh H. Breckenridge for his Nude with Still
Life ; and Honourable Mention with five
hundred dollars to Mr. George B. Luks for his
Woman and Macaws. The Hanging Committee
did its work well, and the pictures were exposed
in the most favorable way in a series of top-
lighted galleries. One of these, known as