Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-04
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An exhibition Of paintings in oil and
water color by William II. Holmes
opened In the Moore Gallery. on 18th
street, last Monday and will continue
for another week. This Is an extreme
ly interesting showing, comprising
works which are not only technically
fine. but subjectively engaging. MIR.
Holmes has said that he considered
landscape painting the highest form OF
art. and his own pictures go to show
that his approach to nature is both rev.
erent and Joyous. He paints as one who
fully commands his medium and Is In
sympathy with the outdoor world. ne
is, however, not only the nature lover,
but the artist, though he works directly
from nature and with amazing dexter
ity and swiftness. His pictures are in
variably well composed. toneful and
complete, not, as is so often seen, mere
records of mpressions-fragme
and of but passing interest
The scenes which Mr.. Holmes has
painted have been found in many lands
and in various sections of our own
country, but it makes little difference
to him where his picture is found and
| it makes little difference to the be-
holder SO long as the themes are, as in
this instance, equally well interpreted
Mr.. Holmes is one who invariably
strives for truth, and beneath the facts
which he sets forth will be found traces
of an imaginative quality of thought
which greatly enhance the interest.
Some of the paintings now to be seen
i'll the Moore Galleries were painted N
the far west and show majestic seen
cry of the mountain and desert regions:
others were painted in the vicinity of
his summer home, near Rockville. and
concern themselves with the rendering
| of summer skies and blossoming mead
ows. There are a few marine pic
| lures. painted in the course of
| travel-vivid Impressions brilliantly in
| terpreted of the motion and weight of
water. On the whole these pictures,
| whether of sea or land, having been
produced with pleasure. are of a pleas
ure-giving kind and of a worth and
value far exceeding that price for
| which perchance they may in some in
| stances be exchanged.
| A collection of portraits by Miss
| Dorothea Macomber of Boston is now
| on exhibition in the Arts and Crafts
| Studio, 18th street, where 1T may be
seen until February 10. The collection
! comprises twenty -four works. a num-
Der of which have been loaned by their
| owners. They are painted for the most
| part sketchily in line and wash and
| are almost altogether in tint. 1t is
| their simplicity and directness which
makes appeal. The artists line is sensi-
tive and significant and in several in
| stances shows more than ordinary feel
! ing and skill Portraits of this type
as well done as the best of those shown
| should prove popular
( The Washington Water Color Clubs
opened Friday in the Corcoran Gallery Of
Art, is not only larger than any previous
exhibition held under the auspices OF this
society, but is in every way interesting
and commemorate. The work shown is of
a high average, and. what is more,
sprightly and entertaining
| Water color is no longer what IL once
was, a mere tinting of white paper, but as
medium may be regarded as altogether
robust and capable of registering a great
| variety of subjects seen through ex-
tremely diverse personalities me ex-
hibitions held in New York and Phila-
delphia by the water color clubs are no
more worthy or engaging than this ex-
| hinition which is now in progress here.
The exhibition will be open daily until
February Is.
The subject of the monthly talk which
will be given in the auditorium OF the
Corcoran Gallery of Art Monday after
moon at AIS is American Illustrators.
and it will be illustrated by stereopticon
Slides These lectures, while primarily
for the benefit of the students, are open
| to the public without charge.