Evening star., 1916-04-09

| IN HE exhibition of pa aintings by con-
! II temporary artists. which opened
| at the Home Club. IA jackson
place, last Tuesday evening, comprises
! ninetythree pictures The majority
! are by olcal painters and are displayed
! in the ballroom of the club which is of
excellent proportions and admirably
lighted. The walls of the room are
covered with rose coIored hrocade.
but for the exhibition the lower
| ton has been recovered with dark
| green material. which makes an ad
mirable background for the pictures.
| So many paintings of real merit and
interest were entered for this exhibi-
tion that the collection is larger than
anticipa ted, and the hanging is ex-
treInely crowded and less effective than
would have been desired.
| In the days that are past pictures
were quite commonly shown as in this
eXhibition-row upon row and frame
, to frame-and the Royal Academy ex-
hibitionS in London are still so set
forth, but as rule now much art
is employed in the matter of display as
in other fields of artistic activity. 1t
has come to begenerally recognized
| that a picture that is worth showing at
ali is worth showing well, and that
| each picture exhibited should be treat
| ed as an individual unit. JuXts position
| has much to 90 with erect, and many
! Il good picture has been completely
spoiled by being given an uncongenial
neighbor.
| But in this instance ii was en-
barrassment nf riches. So many really
| good Things were offered that the space
! mad to be made. For one-man group
! exhibitions this gallery is IDEAL, and
i since its possibilities have been dis
/ covered and demonstrated. il is to be
f., hoped that it will repeatedly be put in
/ us.
| One of the first pictures to attract the
| visitors attention is a painting of the
old Nourse House in Georgetown. paint
| ed by Miss Bertha Noyes-a sunny pic
| ture and very true presentation of
: the fine old place.
| Above this hangs a large still-life
study by Miss Feiicie Waldo Howell,
, who also contributes one of her char
| acteristic Edgartown pictures, The
! Pier.
Miss Annie Il. Kelly shows delight
| full study of wistaria. picture of >
familiar scene in our Washington mar
ket, mountain view entitled Even
ling" and an Interpretation OF peach
Scrub" at Marthas Vineyard. all of
which have nice feeling, good color and
much charm.
! William Fl. Holmes. president of the
| Washington Water Color Club. is rep
iyesented by number of characteristic
. paintings. the most notable of which
perhaps is Of the mountain Of the Holy
| Cross in Colorado with the snow mah-
Ting the sacred Sy bol on the heights
among the clouds.
! The Society of Washington Artists
! president, Richard y Brooke. has sent
| a painting of tn" sea on the Magnolla
| coast and picture of the Duck Pond
at Gloucester so familiar to sojourTers
at that popular resort, botn of which
are III his we'll known manner.
| Hobart Nichols has contributed tw 0
small canvases, both pIcturing the sea.
( one as from a height looking down and
| the other as on Il level looking off to
! that distant line where sky and water
meet. Both are extremely good. well
lrendered, fine in color and with nicely
adjusted vaiues-pictures which the
lover of both art and the sea Will coVet.
| lucien W. Powell sends two OF his
characteristic Venetian pictures, w. !.
light on the Lagoon and The Grand
Canal neither, however, OF large Ill
pensions.
Portraits and figure studies are not
numerous Miss Fatharine Critcher SENDS
a portrait OF young woman in laiee
picture hat of impressive design Whlch
is veri!e and accomplished. Mrs Lessen
I ring sends a most admirable portrait OF
Mr.. I-esenring's mother, which, aside
from being good likeness. is interesting
for its pictorial composition. Miss Hat
tie +. Burdette shows figure study OF
picturesque and low in tone. Miss Flor
ence Elizabeth Harris shows clever
study of head. and from the studio
Of Mrs. Bush Brown has come child
portrait entitled Cecilia
To this group John Winstanley Brey-
fogle. one of the newcomers in the local
colony, has added portrait painted
somewhat in Whistlerian manner and a
study of a figure scene against a white
| background. 1.-The Would-be"
Miss Bertha r.. Ferries work is always
distinctive and welcome To this exhibi-
ton she has contributed several studies
in oils and in water colors, among the
latter "A picture OF Mount San Michel.
! which was lately included in the Ameri-
. can Water Color Society's annual eX-
hibition in New York.
! Cherry Ford has sent admirable pic
, ture of Apple Blossom. fresh and how-
. erlike. Lottie l.. Fahrenbruch has con-
tributed charming picture of mountain
laurel in a bowl which the opening
, night found a purchaser. and from Eliza
beth Muhlhoper. Marguerite Neuhauser
) and Sarah Munroe have come other flow
, er paintings OF interest.
street in Cairo which Is fresh and vigor-
GUS. as well the study Of roses and
Margaret s. Zimmele sends not only the
! picture Of Polly" previously exhibited,
J but also a picture Of sand dunes at
r Provincetown
The representation is. in fact quite
wide and honors are exceedingly even.
~ In passinsR catalogue in hand, the ex-