Evening Star Newspaper, November 9, 1930, Page 102

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, NOVEMBER 9, 1980 AR AND Ak & CALENDAR OF EXHIBITIONS. CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART, Seventeenth street and New York avenue. William A. Clark Col- lection. PHILLIPS MEMORIAL GALLERY, 1600 Twenty-first street north- west. Modern Art and_ Iis Sources. Inaugural Exhibition, New Building, October 5 to Jan- uary 5 NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, Tenth and B streets northwest. Permanent Collection. UNITED STATES NATIONAL MU- UM, ARTS AND INDUSTRIES BUILDING, Ninth and B streets southwest. Pictorial photographs !;g ;‘X’evero Antonelli, November 1 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Tenth and B streets southwest. Etchings by Frederick T. Weber, November 1 to 30. FREER GALLERY OF ART, Twelfth and B streets southwest. Per- mne:ut Collection; Recent Ac- ons. 4RTS CLUB OF WASHINGTON, 2017 1 street northwest. Water colors by members of the Wash- ington Water Color Club, No- vember 2 to 16. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, First and East Capitol streets south- east. Pennell Memorial Exhibi- GORDON DUNTHORNE GALLERY, 1726 Connecticut avenue north- west. English S Paint- ings of the Last Century, prints by coniemporary eichers, en- gravers and lithographers. HERE is great variety in treatment as well as subject to be noted in the collection of etchings by Frederick T. Weber of New York, which opened in the two notable etchings of Madison Square - den, one in the early Spring, the other in early Summer—elaborate THh §'FE§II ’f sfgk gl i Hi L il M i Il ik il y TEILA MECHLIN % Excellent Etchings on View at the Smith- sonian—Paintings at the Arts Club. Other Notes of Local Art. SR i G5 “Madison Square Garden—Early Spring.” One of the eichings by Frederick T. W eber, who is exhibiting his work at the Smithsonian. Brooklyn Society of Etchers. He is not a prolific producer, publishing only a few etch- " ings each year. Ruel P. Tolman, head of the division of aphic arts of the United States National Mu- seum, under whose direction this exhibition is ampton he revels in roaming over the Long Island fields. Or he-takes refuge from the of New. York in the quiet rooms of the litan Museum. For five years his studio Gramercy Park, and he etched this 1d New York with a love which won membership in the Society of Patri- FERRRE fHih gg g i Morning”—and Roy Clark—“Haunted House.” Both Miss Keplinger and Roy Clark are like- wise represented, and perhaps even more notably in the large gallery, where the former shows a beautifully painted boat picture, “Gloucester Derelict,” tHe latter a spontaneous study of trees and grass by the sea. Miss Keplinger also has to her credit a very colorful and ex- cellent study of zinnias, which hangs to the left of the doorway as one enters the reception room. A pilace of honor over the mantel in the re- rl Potter Etz—“The Yellow Tree;” Mar- garete Lent, “Wind Over the Harbor,” and An- nie D. Kelly, “My Window,” flowers seen against But especially noteworthy is a still which in water color is made in favor of Benson Moore, a group of whose recent etchings, five in number, is set forth as a panel and constitutes an attractive feature. Three of these are of animals; one a subtle and charming landscape, “Virginia Hills,” and a fifth an interpretation of “Moonlight on Chesapeake Bay.” Exhibitions of this sort add not only to the reputation of the artists, but to the distinction of the club. The Washingon Water Color Club will hold its next annual exhibition at the Corcoran Gal- ley of Art, February 25 to March 25. TH!onlyWuhingumthedhm ing of a Bavarian village, and one of a church, both in strong color but transparent wash. But in the exhibition held simultaneously the Academy by the Pennsylvania Society of Miniature Painters no less than five Washing- H.”; Eva Springer a “Evelyn” and a figure painting entitled “A Lady pain,” while Alyn Williams is repre- a port-ait of His Eminence Cardinal These are both ccemprehensive exhibitions, the one comprising 156 principles underlying what we term in various fields modernistic expression, for there is an obvious connection between such expressions in the various fields of art—painting, sculpture, architecture, music, literature, the drama. Exactly what these prineiples are and what has brought forth this expression it is hard to say, and none can at the present time venture safi an opinion as to the permanence of the move~ ment. It has undoubtedly many characteristics and it exaggerates some of features of modern life which are tionable and wearing. But it possesses a vitality which will of thought and eventuate in | advertising fleld its use seems appropriate. Government Printing Office, the latter of its printing, but its bookbinding. Steel engraving of fine quality has almoss Continued on Twenty-second Page ART SCHOOLS. "HILL SCHOOL of ART Figure and Still r o mw‘. Painting Under EMY—~— ME, 2883. : of the Corcoran Gallery of Art N. Y. Ave. and 17th St. CRITCHER SCHOOL OF ART] 1 Dupont Circle—North 1966 y’s National Art School Interior Decoration, Costume Design, Commercial Art, Color. < 1747 R 1. Ave. North 1114 40000 046000004 Life Class (with or without Arts and Crafts Rates on Applicdtion Abbott Art School 1624 HSt. NW. Corner 17th