Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-12
BY POP.

part Of the-observer enjoyment rather
than analysis. A genuinely beautiful
picture.
The Tarbell-Redfield exhibition will
continue until the 21st of this month.
An exhibition Of etchings by Frank
W. Benson is now to be seen in the
Dayton Gallery. on Connecticut avenue.
Mr.. Benson is a colleague of Mr.. Tar
BELLS and a lifetime friend. They are
both Bostonians, they were in Paris
studying at the same time and they
have often worked together. painting
not infrequently. the same subjects.
Mr.. Benson, however. has made spe-
cialty of figure paintings out of doors
groups OF boys and girls on summer
holidays beneath the trees or on the
grassy hillocks bedab billed with sun
shine and blown by the breeze.
Within the last four or five years he
has taken to etching and in this me-
dunn has accomplished remarkable re-
suits and phenomenal success. In this
field. too. he has chosen outdoor sub
jects. subjects of keen interest to the
sportsman. Many of his etchings are
of flights of wild birds. ducks and
geese. accurately recorded and at the
same time decoratively disposed.
1t would be impossible not to liken
Mr.. Benson's etchings of wild birds to
the drawings and paintings of the Chi
nese and Japanese artists, yet there is
nothing initiative in his work. 1t is
essentially original and individual
. Mr.. Benson has not confined himself,
however, to bird themes: a number of
OF the etchings now on view in the
Dayton Gallery are of figures There
is one, boldly rendered. entitled The
Moose Cali: another. and one of his
very best. THE Gunner; a third pic
lures a lobsterman propelling his lit
tie dory over the calm waters of the
harbor: OF interest to many will be
The Hunters Dog" admirably pic
tured as on the alert for game, and
"Leaping Salmon" is the subject of still
another etching suggestive of sport
and yet in different realm.
Mr. Bensons etchings almost in
varlably give suggestion of motion.
yet they are never restless in effect
One of the loveliest of all pictures is
little fishing boat, The Seiner," on
It's way to sea, and gives a wonderful
impression of the movement of the
waves. the onward rush of water
somewhat similar collection of
etchings by Mr.. Benson is now being
shown in the museum of the Rhode
Island School of Design
An exhibition of posters designed by
pupils of the seventh and eighth
grades in this city to be used in the
campaign for the sale of war savings
stamps will be held at the Berret
School. 14th and Q streets, tomorrow
and Tuesday evenings.
These have been made in a nation
wide competition instituted some
months ago among the school children
of America, with the object of increas-
ing patriotism and encouraging better
production in this field. Obviously all
Of the work which is done in the Dis
trict schools cannot be shown, but a
selection of the best will be put on
view.
The Washington Water Color Club
held its annual meeting last week
William H. Holmes was reelected
president, Miss Bertha E. Perrie. vice
president: Miss Elizabeth Sawtell. sec
rotary. and Miss Mary K. Porter. treas
urer These. together with Miss
Bertha Noyes. Miss Lesley Jackson and
Miss Clara Saunders. will constitute
the board of directors for the ensuing
year. LEILA MECHL1N.