Evening Star Newspaper, April 15, 1923, Page 31

ARTHUR JAM N interesting exhibition of etch- ings and block prints by resi- dent and non-resident Wash- | ingtonians has been assembled | Dby the department of graphic arts of the National Museum and is being shown at present in the Smithsonian | building. Sixteen artists are repre sented by three or four times as | many prints. Among the resident artists making | excellent showing are Gabrielle deV. ! Clements and Eilen Day Hale, who are both well known as painters as well as etchers. As they work to gether, they often etch the same sub. Ject, though rare: from precisely the same viewpoint, vet their works are | completely dissimilar. Miss Clements | shows, among other prints, one of a stone quarry at Rockport, not far ! from her summer home at Folly Cove. The cbserve apparently stands on | thé brink of the quarry and looks | down to its deep bottom, where men and oxen are cutting and moving | huge masses of stone. It is a com- | Dlicated composition, but it has been rendered with such apparent ease and simplicity that it seems simple. | With great skill she has eliminated | non-essentials and has suggested the ; enormous wall of stone with the few- est possible lines, centering interest on the work, the activity, and thus | created with extraordinal kill an‘ artistic subject picture he also shows etchings of the streets in Palermo and other architectural themes found both abroad and in this country Miss” Hale, like Miss Clements, has a light touch but a firm line, and her work indicates at a glance her artistle verception and training. Besides street scenes, she contributes sever. portrait etchings and one gufte elabo- rate figure study [ $ Bush-Brown, who' was a fel- lo. udent abroad and has been a life-long friend of Miss Clements and Miss Hale, shows a group of etchinga produced some. twenty-five years ago, before her marriage, which evidence sturdiness of her talent, even n immature. M Taylor Fox of Linden, likewise be reckoned with artists. Her contribution is a group of six carly etchings, one of the Burns cottage, the others pure landscape; all delicately rendered, in- terpretive in spirit, and quite remini- scent of the works of Wyant, John Appleton Brown and other landscap- ists of their period. The president of the Landscape Club, A. H. O. Rolle, shows two block prints in color, “Leonardtown Wharf" and “Over the Hills,” both good com- Dositions, cleverly rendered. tilenn Madison Brown makes an ex- celient showih® in two wood block prints, one printed in color, which represents three hurrying figures, two men and a_woman, hastening to shelter in an April shower. Helen Breese Walcott, daughter of rles W. Walcott, secretary of the Smithsonian, show delicate ctchings, one of which is a portralt of Sheldon Pennoyer, the well known painter. Ruel sented by Tolman is modestly repre- single print—an etching of the Capitol seen through the trees in the (‘apitol grounds. an excellent piece of work. Mr. Tolman {s in charge of the department of graphic arts, and he arranged the exhibition. Theodore Bolton, who is represent- ed in this exhibition by eight etch- ings in black and white, is perhaps hetter knowr s an author than as an artist, having written a book on *“American Miniature Painter: which is regarded an_authority ‘on_ this subjebt. His etehings are chiefly of landscapes and shipping, and are very accurately drawn. Among the erstwhile Washingtort- fans contributing from out of town 48 John Taylor Arms, who has won exceptional standing as an etcher and is represented in all of the leading exhibitions of the country. He ig president of the Brooklvn Society of Ftchers and is represented in the permanent collection at the Library of Congress, the New York Public T.ibrary and other public institutions Several of his contributions to thi patints in color: two he_American Clipper “The Golden Galleon"— hoth faithful reproductions of his- toric vessels, no longer proudly rid- ing the seas He shows also some wvery beautiful architectural themes, , a row of facades of forelgn n which light and shade are gly distributed. He shows also an attractive aquatint, Japa- nesque in spirit, of a pine tree on the banks of a Swiss lake. A group of twelva prints, block prints and eight etching: result of a vacation spent at Province- town, Mass. and hence mostly of Toats and fishing scenes, stands to the credit of Courtnev C. Allen, now of New York, but until quite rpcont[y on the staff of The Star. Mr. Allen’s etchings have won general com- mendation and possess that quality which is_bound to make them de- sired by discriminating collectors. George Sensenev, who is now a yesident of Northampton, Mass.. and is noted for his color etching, is rep- yesented by only a single print, a wood block in color. “Tutankhamen, obviously an extremely recent work and original _in treatment, being printed not only in color but in gold, on paper of an_extremely rough tex- ture, quite different from anything that Mr. Senseney has done before. Tn Poli's theater are handsome wall pairiings by James Henry Daugherty, Who contributes to this exhibition & group of five large, impressive prints, done much in-the style of Brangwyn, his master. -Mr. Daugherty studled first in the Corcoran School of Art and later with Brangwyn in:London, gerving as his first assistant. Dur- ing the war he wes in camouflage work. He has executed mural decora- tlons for the State theater in Cleve- jand and the Safety Institute, New York, and he is a member of _the Mural Painters and the New York Architectural League. Most impres- sive, possibly, of his five exhibits is that which shows the entrance portico of the Pennsylvania raliroad station or} contributors to _this ex- nibition are Thomas §. Handforth, four th BALFOUR. A DRYPOINT BY WALTER TITTLE, NOW ON EXHIBITION AT THE CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART. |of the | This exhibition will remain on view who was in Washington during the war and studied at the Corcoran Art School, but is now in Parls, where several of his works were exhibited in 1 year's spring salon; Edward T. Kirby, now in New York, and a member of theh staff of Good Furni- ure Magazine, and Blanche Greer, who, for some time had a studlo at the “White Peacock.” Miss Greer is represented by her first essay in etching, a large plate showing a view Connecticut avenue bridge. until the 4th of May, probably be replaced & ternational group. e e e ARRANGEMENTS have been made to show in the National Museum, under the auspices of the National Gallery of Art, a collection of archi- tectural drawings submitted in the Chicago Tribune’s $100,000 architec- tural competition. The leading archi- tects of the country entered this com- petition and, not only the prize de- sign by John M. Howells and Ray- mond M. Hood of New York, will be hown, but those which received other awards and honorable mentions. This was one of the most notable archi- tectural competitions which has been held in this country, and in the ag- gregate the drawings will show the | possibilities of variety in solution of such a problem, &nd the competence of American architects to design sky- scrapers of great dignity and beauty. This group of drawings has already been shown in some of the leading cities and in the foremost universities of America. It is a distinct oppor- tunity to have it exhibited here, It will be on view only a few days, from the 19th to the of this month. c e e THERE is probably nothing in art quite so engaging as the interpre- tation of character—portraiture at its best. Walter Ttittle sets forth in his | exhibition of etchings, lithographs and dry-points now on view in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, a veritable galaxy of stars, men who have been in the public eye as makers of history during the past decade, and British writers. who have won extraordinary fame as novelists, poets, and essay- ists. There are portraits, and excel- lent ones, In this collection of Presi- dent Harding, of Earl Beatty, of Sen- ator Lodge, of the Earl of Cavan, of Lord Riddell, of Senator Schanzer, of | Admiral Baron Kato; likewise of Gll- | bert Chesterton, Sir Oliver Lodge, of A. 8. M Hutchinson and Hall Caine. But the best of all are two dry points of the artist's mother and’ father, rendered with consummate skill and evident sympathy, respect for his art, | reverence for his subjects. The | Chesterton portrait is admirable, a genuine characterization without cari- cature. The men are in the majority in this showing, but there are excel- lent and sympathetic portraits of the Viscountess Astor, of Mrs. Edward S. Harkness and of Mrs. Frelinghuysen, the last of this city. The series of the British writers is now included in the British Museum and in our Library of Congress col. lection. Reproductions are to appear | simultaneously in the near future in | a British and in an American maga- zine. Mr. Tittle is not only an eteher and a lithographer, but a painter, and his drawings have in most instances a certain painter-like quality. e e PURTIS BAKER. who is an instruc- tor in the Corcoran School of Art and an exhibitor in the foremost ex- hibitions here and in other cities, has lately painted and officlal portrait for the Marine Corps of Gen. Lejeune. Tt is a three-quarter length and shows the officer in uniform, seated in an inconspicuous armchair.’ It is an admirable likeness and has been painted with considerable breadth, spirit and vigor. o e s e \,IXSS SARAH N. BARTLE of this VL city has just finished a charming miniature of Anne Camden Barrett, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Barrett of Warrenton, Va. 1t shows the little girl seated out of doors with her hands in her lap, with ‘what might be described as a tapestry landscape background. Miss Bartle’s miniatures have al- ways exquisite color and finish, and though they are somewhat in the English tradition, they follow along | the line of our own famous minia- turists—Balbone, Frazer, and In these | later days, Margaret Foote Hawley and Carlotta Saint-Gaudens. PR MR AND MRS. HOMER SAINT- Gaudens, the latter now director of the department of fine arts of the Carnegle Institute, Pittsburgh, were in Washington the early part of this week In company with M. Desval the distinguished _ French painter, who, with Augustus John, the English painter of portraits, served as_forelgn representatives on the jury of award for the Carnegie In- stitute's international exhibition which opens in Pittsburgh the latter part of this month. An informal r ception was given for M. Desvallier by the staff of the American Federa- tion of Arts in the Octagon Tuesday afternoon, where the federation has its headquarters. LEILA MECHLIN. and it will a second in- WHEN YOU NEED A KEY You need our instant dupli- cating service. Duplicate key, 25c. Bfl'n% our locks to- the shop. l},R,NER & CLARK Basement. 1233 New Yor‘: Ave. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, APRIL 15, 1923—PART 1. | Puttin g the House in Order We may not be advertising just at the moment. things in which you are specially concerned. 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