Evening star., 1917-10-28
NOTES OF ART AND ARTISTS

An exhibition of Autographs by
Joseph Penneu of war work in Great
Britain and the United States" will be
formally opened by the Secretary OF
the Navy, Mr.. Daniels. in the National
Gallery of Art, National Museum, next
Thursday evening.
simultaneously similar EXHIBITIONS
will be opened under state or mu-
nicipaI auspices in Cleveland. Detroit
st. Louis. Philadelphia, Brooklyn and
other cities.
This exhibition will comprise forty
nine British and ftfty-one American
subjects and viii give splendid idea
of the vast extent of war work IN
these two countries. In both instances
these drawings have been made WIN
governmental consent. They could not
have been made otherwise
Armed with proper aulhoriHatioh'
Mr. Pennell has visited navy yards,
.binbuiIdinE establishments, syun fac
tories and the like. and has plct"riallS
recorded his impressions. He has seen
shells in the making, he has watcheo
the workings of the biggest lathe III
the world he has stood by wheh d
great steel arm, called a crane, PICK
ed nm the various parts of war en-
eine with what seemed IKE super
human intellect: he has seen Noihe-
tiyes built in an incredible sPaSe, OF
riI11e and when finished mount INTO
the sky and fit about ike tauots VI VI
doves: he has had the privilege, IN
fact of witnessing the whole WondeF
of work in these great factories
where every day munitions ana othet
Instruments of war are being pro
ducad-aud h" has found II PIC
fl.Tf
amazing skill and rare genius he mas
recorded his Impressions TheF arg
vivid and impressive, they ttii W hat
many viii want to know. but nothihe
that should not tee told. lheS ~
xr.nbfc and at th. same time pretoria J.
~ - wells. writing of the British sci:
said. at has been wise of Mr. Pehhsli
10 mako his pictures OF mouelh II va
fare not upon the battleheld, pu' am :; :
1he huge industrial apparatus tnat Is
,hrustj5.- behind and thrustinS up
through the war of the gentlemen II,
spurs He gives us the spleudots anu
{mmensities of forge and gunpit' iul :
mace and mineshaft- lie SHOWS NV no
great they are and how terrible Among
Them go the little figures of men, fop-
he'd of all dominance, robbed OF All m m
diyidual quality. He leaves II for you
to draw the obvious concluStoil 'ift I
presently if we cannot contrlNc 10 Put
an end to war, blacknesSes like these.
enorrnities and fairies ana 10" "eFlls <
threats, will follow in the track OF @ .ne
tanks and come trampllng over .he
bfckerfng confusion of mahkihu
Mr. Pennel1 sees these forgeS, "or n
sbops cranes and the like. ,as lnnuilaii II
and as wonderful as cliHs or go 5I
caves or icehergs or the stars, lH'S
are new aspect of the loSlS % pl's
cal necessity that made all these oIoel
things and he SeiZeS upon the nhaJeSt
and beauty of their dimensions WIN "ii
entire impartiality- .,,,- =
The British drawings were iiiduJ :.
wear go. the American drawings are put
inst finiShet II would be difncutl 10
say that they are more interesting, pul
Mr. PenueIl himself declares that " ~, d
work in America is the most Venue vi
work in the world 1t is his leeiliiS
and that of those in authority-that
This work should be known ana SNOW
TO 1he people. and that IS one oL w :
reasons why the drawings were i"'0e
and are to be exhibited ..,o
<proba abIy no exhibition at TINS ttHte
should prove of more universal IN
The regents and secretary OF ths
Smithsonian Institution nave issasu
cards of invitation to the private view
on Tbursday evening. but from Friday,
the I'd to Saturday, the sith. the eAhi-
bition will be open TO the puoiie.
catalogue with introduction ana
notes by Mr. Pennell is being printed
An exhibition of paintings by Charles
Rosen of Philadelphia opened in the
Corcoran Gallery of Art last Tuesday
and will continue until next Saturday.
Mr. Rosen was born in Pennsylvania
.hirty-nine years go. He studied first
in the school of the National Academy
of Design in New York and under
Chase. Dumond and Francis c. Jones.
ME has had 10 foreign schooling. IN
f1ela he was elected associate member
of the National Academy and the same
wear he received the first HallsaFIeh
prize for landscape painting. He mas
since won numerous awards ana @ @espe-
cialIv as painter of winter landscape
made an enviable reputation
The thirty-three pictures which con-
siitute this exhibition have been on
tour of art museums IN the mlddie
west and elsewhere and IN each place
that they have been shown have at
tracted favorable notice IL Is an en-
yasing as well as an interesting col
lection, for Mr.. Rosen interprets the
spirit and charm of nature as well as
the aspect of the outdoor world Fur
thermore. he has nice appreciation
of color and uses delightfully."- ad-
1usted color scale. His pictures, merely
as combinations of color, are immense
" pleasing entirely aside from CON
position. In fact, they are not com
positions. but rather bits taken IRON
nature almost at random, and IN many
instances they are lovely not because
of. bat in spite of. their themes. Rut
they are sincere and true and they
carry conviction Indeed, they do more
than this: they open the eyes Of tbs
observer to beauty which heretofore
NAV have been unseen
Quite a number inter pictures
cold. definite. direct and broadly paint
cd. There are others. however, paint
ed in miIder sea sons and with less Sc
verify. In fact, Mr.. Rosen has, X woull
seem. two distinct and different meth
DDS. Sometimes he uses long strok e:
and allows the paint TO flow freel,
from his brush, and again he apple:
his pigment in mosaic-like spots ant
very dry. 1t would be interesting Il
know whether the methods are use,
simultaneously or in successSion--tha
IS. whether the one has been discarded
for the other. Both are effective ant
good. The latter IS perhaps the NOR
atmospheric. hut It also savors some
what of formula and process.
''Icebound River is an excellent eX
ample of Sir. Rosen's bolder and NOR