Evening star., 1919-03-23
Notes of Art and Artists.

port. A successful i exhibition has
been held in Boston Other exhibit
tions in other cities are planned.
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Thet Washington Water Color Clubs
current exhibition has proved un-
commonly successful. attracting not
only interested visitors, but quite
number of purchasers:
Desires the water solors. which have
already been reviewed. this exhlol-
tion embraces a very excellent group
of miniatures. and some choice ex-
amples of illumination, the latter by
Miss Marion Lane. the well-known
book binder. -
The miniatures are nineteen in'num-
ber and include not only portraits
but some uncommonly attractive PIC
torial themes. 81
For example, composition by r.
McGillivray knowles. entitled "a
Moonlight F'rofic," group Of nude
figures >on the edge of a wood-border-
rendereds."A Hillside Orchard no
less attractive and skillfully set forth
by Mrs. Knowles: "Nymph and Frog"
an exquisite nude child in sylvan.
setting by Alexandria Robertson
Among the portrait miniatures of
especial note are two by Margaret
Foote Hawley, one of little May
Foote, the other of Edward Foote. a
young lad; one by Bertha E. Perrle
of Capt. jacques Rouvier7 OF the
and one Of MiesS jeanette <Birren, by
Among the ,etehings listed sin the
water color exhibition are four by
Oscar Gieberich which are specially
pleasing and rather out OF the ofdi-
nary =,
This exhibition continues. until the
31st Of March!
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tt e exhibition Of paintings and
sculpture by members which opened
at the Arts Club, 2017 1 street. on
is an admirable and uncommonly in
teresting show, comprising no less
than ninety exhibits.
Miss Clara r. Saunders shows four
excellent portrait studies in pastel as
well as. d charming still life study.
Mrs. Leisenring contributes a very
excellent likeness of Miss Noyes. well
rendered and delightfully."- sympathetic
There are two admirable portraits by
Mrs. Bush-Brown, one a full length
of little lad. Herbert" John 0.
Siebert sends his virile portrait OF Or.
Battle as we'll as portrait of BOBBY
Henderson. Mrs. Marion Boyd Allen of
Eoston, one of the out-of-town mem-
bers. is represented by a portrait
of Gov Curtis Guild. a pleasing child
portrait of Little Mary" and a genre
painting. Barbara and Her Grand
mother" Miss Anne Fuller Abbott,
who has a studio at 1917 II street, is
represented by portraits of John W.
Hattie Burdette. whose works always
have colorful as we'll as decorative
quality, contributes two figure studies
''The Green Book" and Purple and
Cold Mrs. Zimmele shows broadly
rendered portrait of child.
There is group OF amazingly clever
and excellent poster portraits by Miss
Nellie Fontaine Buckley, admirable
likenesses. all very successful as char
One is of the sculptor
George Julian Zolnay, representing
him at work; another is Mrs. Zolnay
in costume: third shows Lieut.. Andre
L'Huiller. the young French army Of
ficer who is lecturing in this country
in the interest of reconstruction of
French villages; a fourth is of Miss
Amelia Dorothy Defries. whose re-
cent gift Of British posters to the Ii
brary Of Congress has already been
noticed; the fifth is of Mr.. Siebert,
the artist.
Beneath these poster portraits by
Miss Buckley are hung two exquisite
little color etchings of landscapes by
Glenn Madison Brown; one moon
light, the other cedar trees, both rep
resenting moods of nature, full OF
interpretations.
Miss Sarah B. Munroe sends charac-
teristic work. broadly rendered, rather
violent in color. but virile and sugges-
by william Baxter Closson intended
merely as impressions, figures in cos
tune against landscape backgrounds.
Miss Bertha E., -Perrie sends four
paintings, two of boats, one of a green
tree low hanging over the roof of
little cottage, a picture flooded with
summer sunshine and replete with the
"Old Gateway, Sienna Miss Annie
d. Kelly is admirably represented by
I'm the Catskills.'' and picture Of the
Friends Meeting House in Sandy Spring.
There are other skillful landscape
by Lieut.. Cline, Miss
Mary X. Porter. j. G. Fitzpatrick, Miss
Marion Lane and Miss Alice Z. Will
loughby.
Miss Lesley Jackson sends a Glou-
cester picture. Fishermen Weigh
ing the Catch" and a Washington
street scene. view down Pennsy1-
The sculptors exhibiting are the
president Of the club, Mr.. Bush
Brown; Mr.. Zolnay, the president of
the Society of Washington Artists;
Mrs. Kelly. Miss Kendall, Miss Miller,
all Of whom are exceedingly well rep
resented LEILA MECHIIN