The Washington herald., 1911-03-05

color is a bit attenuated, her drawing Is
always fine and her interpretations of ma
ture sometimes tremendously appealing.
Katherine Patton. the last of this
group of Philadelphia water color paint
ers, is a close student of dull, gray un-
inviting effects, which make strong ap-
peal to the artist for the subtle, obscure
truth and beauty which she has pro-
duced with obvious great pains. The
| Rainy Street" scene and myriad of
roof-tops, in the present show, reveal
this ability to make the commonest COM
monplace worth while, in art. Alice
SchiIle, of Columbus, Ohio, sends four
pictures of a loose, sketchy, almost
sloppy technique, which are notwith-
standing a fine type of water color. These
street and figure pictures have won for
| her a wide reputation in the last four
years. She is credited with genius, and
there certainly is a fascination and
| charm about her work which 1t Is the
despair of a writer to describe. Her pic
lures must be seen to be appreciated, and
then, much knowledge of what art is will
he needed for their proper understand
| ing and enjoyment.
Among the other local artists, not al
! ready mentioned, Miss Lesley jackson
shows fine sunny New England garden
painted with skill and sympathy: Carl
Rakemann. a moonlight, attractive and
true in color; Hattie Z. Burdette, one Of
her ideal life-size heads, "'The Lotus"
and a poetic fantasie called AT Even
| ing" This, while lacking in professional
| maturity of execution, is nevertheless
one of the few artistic and imaginative
| things in the whole display. fine in COM
position and color. Helen Nicolay sends
| three English landscape and cathedral
| things, which are among the last in this
years contribution from the local artists
Good color and an easy command of the
| material make them conspicuous. Mary
X. Porter shows an atmospheric picture
! of Gettysburg with a wheat field fore
ground. Carl Willer, former treasurer
of the Water Color Club, and Lucian
Powell are exhibiting smaller, less i'm
portant works this year.
J. II. Renshawe sends an early morning
OF great delicacy of treatment, which re-
calls vividly the work of De Lancy Gill,
who. in later years, has been so con-
spicuous by his absence from the local
water color exhibitions.
Students of the Corcoran School. who
have not yet established themselves pro-
fessionally. make a showing this year so
professional looking. skillful, and artis-
tic that surprise is expressed on all sides
for much of the work shown. These
young women have learned the art of
telling the story in the most up-to-date
and skillful fashion. What have they to
say? That is the vital question. That they
have mastered the art, can draw, and
show a color sense and taste far beyond
many of the professionals" on the walls
mere, is obvious.
We may be sure they will be found
among the coming water color painters,
telling their message in a manner cred
table TO the Corcoran School and Wash
ington.
First among these is Clara Rossman
Saunders. whose two still-life studies OF
roses and art objects, Nos. lO6 and 49,
are beautiful in sober color. They
are drawn and painted with hrmness
and truth which make a strong appeal
from their place on the wall, close as
they are to the distinguished New 4ork
work OF Alice SchilIe, Lizbeth Hunter,
and Mrs. Smell.
Very different, in another school, Eliza
beth SawteIle paints English scenes IN
an English manner, with all the breezy
ioyousness OF out-of-doOrs. Nos al, 6I,
127, and 131. Mrs. HersheU, Mrs. Broun-
igan, Sarah Sewell Monroe, Annie ID.
Kelly, Alice Lowe. Eliza l.. Smith, Mrs
Cameron and Lorna Gale exhibit land
scapes which show especial talent in this
field.
In flower and still-life work. the exhi-
bition is good. Besides the work of Mrs
Keplinger, Miss Godding, and Miss Wag-
ner there are flower studies in great
variety of point of view and method,
some Of them full of delightful flower
characteristics and charming color. by
Janette Messer. Myron Davis Smith.
Elizabeth MuhIhoffer. Emma D. Rice,
Anna G. Whittleton. and Mrs. Kerlin.
May Malone offers a small pastel sketch
on gray paper of Mrs. Etz. 1t is one of
the most captivating and artistic things
on the line.
Lucy Lee Offutt is another of the Cor
coran students who early in her career
has shown extraordinary grasp of the
water color medium. Her study of Dog
wood and Lilacs' seems the brilliant
sketch of a mature water color painter
and won the enthusiastic praise of the
jury when it came before them. In an
other way. Mrs. Enquist. with her study
of THE Great Blue Vase in the Cor
coran gallery, and Corn and a Copper
Kettle shows what heights of realism
are possible TO good craftsmanship,
skill. and patience. These two water
colorS are perhaps the soundeSt, most
academic pieces of work produced in the
water color class at the Corcoran during
its ten years existence. The honors here
lie between Mrs. Keplinger and Mrs.
Enquist. the former being only stronger
in color. Everything shown has excel
lence of one kind or another.
The small display OF etchings is ex-
tremeIy high class. Everett L. Warner
leads with three choice examples, for
eign subjects. Others represented in this |
group are Ernest d. Roth, Charles Henry |
White, Mrs. Mabel r. Ward, and Will
]. Quinlin.
Never before has the club shown so |
distinguished a group of paintings on
ivory. The twenty-four miniatures ex- /
hibited are so sincere, skillful. and ar
tistic that ones whole space might well |
have been given to an elaborate appre- |
citation of them alone. In addition to |
those of Allyn Williams, already re-
ferred to. which flank the group on either |
side, there is one solitary exhibit from |
Eda Nemolde, of Chicago, that has |
easily attracted more attention than any
single picture in this years exhibition. |
bust portrait of Miss A. Goss. 1t is |
girlhood glorified. No beauty of any |
kind is drawn into it that did not exist |
in the perfectly beautiful original to any |
one who had eyes to see. Veracious and