Evening star., 1919-03-02

work. He has exhibited in Boston.
New York, Philadelphia and Detroit
under the auspices of the several arts
and crafts societies, and at Ann Arbor
and Madison under the auspices of
the art associations of those cities.
as well as at Fassar College and in
the John Heron Art Institute and
elsewhere.
His pictures for the most part have
been made in the vicinity of his home.
little island off the Maine coast, and
are the result of intensive study and
the impulse to find pictorial express
sion.
Seeking only the little local market.
he gradually became known in wider
circles, so that invitations to exhibit
have come to him, in many instances
unsolicited, from places far afield.
OF the photograph entitled SNOW,
90 which reference was previously
made, he says: ..The composition and
lighting were sought at every oppor-
tssnify for three winters. and finally
the precise lighting desired lasted
Only long enough to make the path as
shown in the picture and single
exposure"
Another OF the photographs. "Mon-
hogan Spruces.'' is the result of
our seasons study before way was
found to separate their peculiar
Nauty from other features which
tominated and overshadowed them"
lements offered assistance" Then for
hour the photographer waited for
s'recisely the right density of blow
lag fog to silhouette, the trees The
ondition came but once and was
one.
Thus It is that the pictorial photog-
itphef overcomes the handicap Of
j nmovable things, and, with a trained
We and knowledge of composition. of
alnes and of the relation Of light
nd shadow, is enabled. through
ftient waiting and an instructive
sight, to interpret subtleties of
tturs with the skin and veracity of
,.,e painter or the etcher-
1T is Mr.. Wentworth says, "the
caption and not the rule in his ex-
,, srjence when the critical moment for
slrch an Interpretation is not thus
= seting," So he has come to believe
sarty are always momentary, and
80 count the power to record them
stantly one of the greatest powers
al the photographers tools"
Those who love the outdoor world
who recognize that which is artistic
and are moved by natures sublime
r-oods will find much that is express
sive and beautiful as well as artistic
siIy admirable in this collection of
pictorial photographs.
X
A portrait OF the president OF the
hoard of trustees of the Corcoran
Gallery of Art. Charles c. Glover,
,ainted lately by Wilbur Dean Ham
lion for the Catholic University. is
row on exhibition in the Corcoran
gallery of Art.
Mr.. Hamilton is a Boston painter
sNd pupil of the Ecole des Beaux-
It's in Paris. a member of the Cop
p1 rArinienF al a gold
edal at the Panama Pacific expo
ion, in 1915 He is not, however. a
frequent exhibitor and for this rea-
N his very admirable work is not
.speciaIly well known
The portrait OF Mr.. Glover shows
N at full length, seated in an arm
aair. facing the observer; large
q cured tapestry of dark color forms
he background and the whole is
tainted with rather dry color and in
rupasto, somewhat resembling in
handling work in pastel. The color
ing, particularly in flesh tints, is ex-
client; the likeness all that should
10 desired. The hands, too, are
painted with exceptional skill and
are as expressive in a way as the
,sharacterful face. While the work Is
by no means faultless or beyond
criticism. il is of so unusually gooo
a quality as TO provoke real admira-
don.
A collection Of sixty Autographs by
members of the Senefelder Club of
London, shown in this country under
the auspices of the American Fedora
ton of Arts. is now on view at the
Washington Arts Club. 2017 1 street
Within the last few years interest
autobiography as a medium of artis-
tic expression has been revived. The
Serefelder Club of London has had
much to do with this revival. Joseph
Pennell was one of its organizers and
until about a year ago its president.
The men and women who compose it
are all distinguished artists. the ma
1ority well known as painters in
Great Britain. who have turned to
Mfhography as a means Of direct and
EMVtd transcription Among them may
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