Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-13

but one may rightly question whether 1t
was not the sunlight as it fell on the
back of the white bench that primarily
engaged the painters interest
Painter of Decorations.
Robert Reid, who is represented by
large canvas showing full-length figure
of young woman descending hillside, is
frankly painter of decorations-one who
employs figures because to an extent
they decorate the earth. Less Of this
quality than usual is found in the present
painting which has, however, excellent
feeling. 1t is in high key, but not ex-
travagantly so, and will be found char
acteriStic.
this exhibition. to which for lack Of space
no reference has been made. One is by
Ralph Clarkson Of Chicago and is of a
Mr.. Farwell; another is by Frank Duve-
neck Of Cincinnati, and one is by Fred
eric p. Vinton of Boston. Mr.. Charles
Neel Flagg sends his portrait of Paul
Bartlett, the sculptor, an excellent like
ness and clever piece of work; Mary
| Foote. her portrait of Frederic Mac
Monies, whose Mcclellan in this city
stands at the head of Connecticut avenue.
One of the two portraits by which Shan
non is represented is of George Hitch
cock. the painter. who personally makes
| a contribution; and to the credit of Au-
gustus Tack stands his portrait of the
| late John La Fargo, which Is distinctly
personal.
| Several charming portraits of chill
dren are also included, among which
| special mention should be made of a
little girl in quaint blue silk gown
| standing by great armchair in a
| room where brilliant light streams into
| darkness strongly defining light and
| shadow, which was painted by Grace
II. Turnbun of Baltimore-a work
Belts picture entitled apple Bios
| soms," lent by the Chicago Art Insti-
| tute, is in the same category, as Is
also Hubbell's mastery portrait en-
| titled winthrop"
Snow Pictures Numerous.
| Snow pictures are in abundance and
| of admirable quality. Edward w. Red
| field contributes several, one of which,
a small canvas hung to the left of Mr.
Reids figure painting, is peculiarly at
| tractive and important. 1t shows lit
| tie stream flowing through a snow
covered field and rejecting the blue Of
| the sky. The foreground Is in shadow,
| the middle distance in warm sunlight.
Gardner Symons sends two large can
vases, one of which. "Snow Clouds
| is particularly strong, showing we'll
! related values and nicely adjusted
| planes of vision. Then there are the
| Metcalf. which won the Harris prize
| in Chicago: Charles Warren Eaton,
| possessing special subtlety and truth !;
a characteristic Leonard Ochtman, an
| Ernest Lawson and a Charles Morris
Young The blue and lavender snow
| of the exhibition pictures Of five or six
| wears ago seems to have disappeared
| entirely and in it's stead has come
| snow of dazzling Wh1teneSS-a snow
which is something more than an imi-
| tation in paint.
The landscapes seem TO be IN the mi
nority but 1t is fact that almost all
| the leading landscape painters are repre-
| scented. William S. Robinson, ]. Francis
| Murphy, Ben Foster. Bruce Crane. j.
Alden Weir. Daniel CARRIER and William
Sartain have each made notable contribu-
| tions. as well as others scarcely less dis
| tinguished. With the landscape painters.
| as with the portrait and figure painters.
| the problems of air and light have proved
absorbing. The work shown as a whole
is colorful. we'll studied and better both
| in composition and construction than it
| has sometimes been
Marine Views and Still Life.
| Four we'll known marine painters are
represented = Frederick Waugh. Emil
Carlson, Paul Dougherty and Charles H.
| Woodbury-each at his best. The style of
| these painters works Is very different,
vet each finds and interprets a phase OF
| the sea which is familiar and impressive
Mr.. Waugh's great canvas at the end OF
| the east series of galleries makes splen-
| did showing, and Mr.. Carlsen's transcript
| ton of midocean in the varying shades of
| blue has not only spacious suggestion but
| poetic significance.
There is some fine still life painting,
| too-real still life; fish by William NJ.
| Chase which is moro than clever. and a
bowl of peonies by Wilton Lockwood
| these are but a few of the many exhibits
| which the Corcoran Gallery has SO sue
| cessfully assembled.
The exhibition will continue until the
| odd of January, and the fact that 1t will
be open to the public without charge on
| Tuesday and Friday evenings and on
| Sunday afternoons, as we'll as all day Oh
| Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. will
afford an opportunity to view It,.