Show I Public Shows Expert Tas Taste e S 'S i as Art Judge Judg I WASHINGTON ASHINGTON AP AP pub PUb- 5 I 1101 lic is is' is about as good a judge of S.- S. paintings as artists and professional S art art- critics directors of ot the noted Corcoran Art gallery of Washington h hive have ve found out The Corcoran gallery at Its bi- bi exhibitions of ot contemporary American oil paintings conducted a public referendum among the vis- vis to to the exhibition on their choice hoIce as the best painting A AS S painting by Garo 1 o of New NewYork York called A Native o of Virginia Vir Vir- ginia was selected It shows an anold old eld country woman leaning on a grubbing hoe S in previous exhibitions has won second third and fourth Respectively in choices made by a jury of leading artists and critics of the tho country t C c. Powell rowell director o othe or of the the- gallery said the picture unquestionably un un- un- un fI questionably was one of the most ll noted ted in the exhibition A prize went to to the artist was born in Detroit In 1560 1860 and has gained considerable renown both In the United States and Td rid ridin In foreign countries He lie He has hasteen teen leen awarded decorations ons by BavaS BavarIa Bava- Bava S rIa France and Germany for his paintings |