The evening world., 1918-03-22
Dozen Artists
ShOU at the
MdcdOWeU Club
BIZ w. C. BOndOin.


II is an exceptionally good exhibit
ton now on at the Macdowell Club,
No. los West b5th Street, where It
is to be continued until March "a.
There are a dozen participating
artists in the showing, all OF whom
are women.
Miss E. Marguerite Enos contrib
utes a Portrait of Miss Hart Shields"
done in warm. bright colors. The
girl (Afiss Shields) enters into the
picture most happily, as painted
against a tapestry background, that
lntonslfes the delicate costume oolors
and color combinations. Her we'll
rounded arms and her neck and
shoulders are all painted with much
distinction, and her pose Is highly to
be commended.
The portraits in pastel by II. A.
Brewer are carefully and pleasingly
laid in.
Ethel Evans has painted "Peonies"
in n most charming copper c~ontainer.
made all the more effective by mean
OF the pewter porringer in close lux
opposition.
"Old Cottages at Edgartown," by
the same artist, Is a very joyously
painted sector OF Edgartown. showing
tho summer dwellings there. with a
finely branched tree over all.
Charlotte G. Conan has featured
the curling but un%obtrusive smoke
from a chimney in several of her
pictures with notable success. This
incidental adds tremendously to the
value OF the landscape each time she
has used IL as a painting devrce.
Miss Coman's rendering OF the rain
in her Passing Shower" is also highly
noteworthy.
"A Glimpse of East Gloucester by
Anna Fisher, shows the edge OF the
wood, a winding road, the struggling
houses, the telegraph poles and wires,
and the gossipers around the Infants
carriage with infinite charm.
'The Green and the Gray" by the
same artist, with its globe c%Ontainer,
and the Jacquemlnots, in combination
with the sanity picture within the
picture. is full OF charm.
A colorful canva is that by Fanny
Griswold Ely, entitled, The Senti-
mel" which shows a well managed
tree in a well painted meadow, with
the turn OF the road at h left.
est. Georges, Bermuda" by Rhoda
Holmes Nichols, gets much out or tho
fiat topped roofs of the tropics, with
the vegetation OF tho Bermudas
painted in good colors.
"A Sunny Day in Venice" by Miss
Nichols, well expresses the venetian
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by her, enc charm and vitality 20
the picture, and tho waters of the
Grand Canal lave the landing steps
most gloriously. The anchorage pole
ut the right Is painted In good color.
There are some lovely things in the
show by Edith Penman.
Tho Infanta," by her, is an excel
lent still life, with ictlles and metal
containers, and a diapered wall
paper, introducing n green parrot.
Brass and Dust" also by Miss Pen
man, Is a splendid enrolment OF GER
tain brasses, including a fine Russian
Samovar. Tho dust on the lower shelf,
on which the brasses are displayed, Is
admirably painted.
Miss Penman's The Feather Fam
deals with IA fan in which peacock
feathers are ranged about the stick
and some bright colored asters are
congressional units.
"Way Down on the Suwanee River"
by T.. N. Vnnderpoel, attracts attcn-
ton and arouses interest in the tree
forms shown, with the glorious and
highly decorative and depending
Florida moss that grows on them.
medicine Rock" by the same
artist, Is IA well painted boulder, sol
Idly planted In the landscape, which
gives no suggestion OF its glaciated
transportation.
"The White Rose" by Anna Fish
or. Is a pleasing still life theme. The
best work in this painting has been
lone on the delicately shaped vase, on
It's teakwood base.
1.-The Orange Chair" by Clara
Weaver Parrish, is an appealing por-
trait Of a girl in a Windsor chair, with
its unusual orange trim, most delight
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