Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-25
WITH PRIVATE VIEW
Water Color Club Exhibition
Opens This Evening.
AT C0RCORAN GALLERY
Exhibition to Continue Daily in
Hemicycle Until March 10.
HIGH STANDARD IS UPHELD
Some of the Best Work Done in This
Country Shown on the
Walls.

The fifteenth annual exhibition of the
Washington Water Color Club opens this
evening in the hemicycle hall of the Cor
coran Gallery of Art with a private view
and reception. From tomorrow to March
10. on week days between the hours of 9
and 4, on Sunday afternoons from 30 to
4: 80 and on Tuesday and Friday evenings
from ? to 10 o'clock, ii will he free to the
pubic
This is in many respects not merely an
interesting but a notable exhibition. Some
of the best work that is done in this
country is shown and a high standard is
upheld. The majority of the paintings
shown are by local artists, but some i'm
portant contributions have been made by
out-of-town artists of distinction.
The place of honor on the sem-circular
wall has been given to figure study in
pastels by Mr.. Thomas Absolute Of Fort
Washington, Pa. who is one of the in
structors in the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts. 1t Is a picture of a
young woman in a blue and red gown
standing before a mirror surveying her
self. The back of the figure is toward
the observer and the face is seen re-
standpoint it is a difficult problem we'll
and interestingly solved. Mr.. Anschutz's
work is always academic, serious and
sound.
Demand Respectful Admiration.
He draws well, has a good sense of
color and. handles his medium skillfuly.
but his pictures rarely have spontaneity
or charm. They call forth respectful adj
miration, bnt awaken no emotion. This
will be found true not only of the picture
;ob oi, no ri of
but also Of the two hung at eXtremities Of
the semi.circular wall which are by the
same painter One is half-size study
of a lady in black holding spray OF
iris in her hand: the other is a lfe-size
portrait of a young woman in a red gown
holding green parrot on her finger The
former is perhaps more subtle than the
other. but neither goes beyond actually;
they give frank statements of facts which
make no appeal to the imagination: who
these young women are or what may be
their. characters does not concern the
onlooker; no attempt is made to render
personality.
To the right and left of the Absolute
picture-the lady in the mirror-hanS
groups of water colors by MIR. William
III. Holmes. former president of the
Washington Water Color Club. curator OF
the National Gallery of Art and Il scien-
| fist of much distinction. No one handles
| water colcrsr with greater Skill than Mr..
| Holmes. and il WAS a naply thought on
| the part OF Inc hanging NUS
| To place the twelve pictures he contrib
| utcd in response to special invitation.
| Thus is formed a strong focal unit All
| of the twelve paintings are landscapes.
| and the majority were produced last
| summer in the vicinity of Washington.
| There are fowery meadows. pastures.
| woodland streams. There is a view on
Piney branch. "a beauty spot rapidly be-
| ing despoiled. and another at Great Falls,
| looking up the river shore to the down
rY1S
mountain peaks among the couds-one
| of the Holy Cross mountain which
takes its name from the cross, formed by
embedded snow in deep crevasses. All
are wrought with assured directness,
strength. deicacy and consistent feeling.
Some are rendered with broad washes.
others with short, precise strokes. The
inherent qualities OF the 1nealUm are.
however. invariably manifested. Not enc
of these pictures would be mistaken for
d painting in OTIS or i'll pastels. And Yet
in subject as well as treatment they are
very diverse.
Delicate in Treatment.
| The fiowery meadows are very deli
cate in treatment and the color used is
| fresh and sparkling. The shady pas
lures and winding country roads are rich
| err and more gravely studied. with un-
usual depth and quality of tone. One of
| the latter is entitled The Haunted
MILL and is an extraordinarily brilliant
performance. Reminiscent somewhat of
| the English school. it has the carrying
quality of a painting in oils. Though the
| freshness and spontaneity of "A water
color. In this and in several of the ether
! pictures in this same group figures have
| been Introduced effectively. not US a ma
jor factor. but as an incident. relating
! the landscape to humanity. Not often
| < this done successfully.
| To the left and TO the right are hung
groups o. SIX pictures. each by Mr.. James
Henry Mosei. president and Miss Bertha
T.. Perrie, secretary of the CLUB Mr.
Moser's group is also made up entirely OF
landscapes and for the most part of
recent productions. He handles his me-
dunn very differently from Mr.. Holmes
but no less skillfully. There is subtlety
and delightful sentiment in his pictures
entitled "A Gray Day on the Marshes