Image 19 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), June 13, 1936
MANY SPLENDID THAYERS FOUND IN LOCAL GALLERIES A JL________ WORK STRICTLY AMERICAN French Training Left No Mark Upon Character of Artist Who Is Represented in Three Capital Galleries by 31 Paintings Children Often Were His Models painting certain great works in stantly come to mind as for all time outstanding such as La Farges mural of The Ascension in the Church of the Ascension New York Homers Alls Well in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and Thayers Caritas which has found permanent placement in the same institution The quality of Thayers work was happily recognized during his life time but since his death in 1921 his fame has steadily increased and found universal acceptance He was not a prolific painter When In 1922 a memorial exhibition of his work was held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York only 78 paintings some of which were un finished wer catalogued Under these circumstances it is very re markable and a matter of consider able congratulation that no less than 31 Thayers are in the permanent collections of art museums in Wash ington Sixteen are in the Freer Gal lery collection 13 are included in the collection left to