Evening star., 1919-03-09

wAs used was invariably transparent
and the pxper showed through. Later
on, the Dotch water coloristS came
along and applied the color with a
ful1er brush. often reworking the
surface and scrubbing the medium in,
with horror. but which was alto
ee&her legitimate and extremely
oGecffve. Then the use OF body color
vas introduced, which to q great
extent deprived the medium OF its
special prerogatives and made pic
an1 even ut times oil paintings 1t
Vx8 to . great extent this loss Of
Individuality which caused water
color painting to lose its hold. both
In the esteem of painters and OF the
public II water color is gotng to
the medium initiated had better have
heen employed
There Is something exceedingly
intimate about . water color which q
work In no other medium precisely
possesses, and when the painter
have. the limitations as wen as the
possibilities Of the medium especially
4ne results can be obtained
Whistler used water coIors with
brilliant skin, obtaining with them
most subtle and exquisite effects.
o8LBSn mas 6COEcQ ulSh IN the use
OF the medium by. however. an en-
firely different method Though
rarely using body color, Sargent en-
p1oys q fuu brush. and his paintings
IN water color are not only brilliant
hut luscious
There have been few more success
ful painters in this medium than Will
Washington Water Color Club. who
has done his painting during his
leisure hours when his scientific du-
ties would permit He employs both
the direct and the indirect methods.
pure tint and occasionally body color.
He paints rapidly and Is an extraor-
dinarily accurate craftsman The
pictures which represent him in this
present exhibition are almost all
broadly washed in, without the sharp
definition of outline which sometimes
characterizes Mr.. Holmes works. They
have not only pictorial interest. but
tonal quality. and demonstrate both
his craftsmanship and his keen sense
OF artistic values
Miss Bertha Perry and Miss Lesley
jackson are also exceedingly skfl1ful
water colorists, painting with that
sureness which comes through train
ing both of the hand and vision, re-
tanning In every instance freshness Of
color. yet interpreting their themes
with genuine virility.
Miss Jane Peterson, Mr.. Hudnut and
Miss Felicie Howell use an entirely
different method. employing most
often gray paper and working en-
I tirely with body color. The results
they have obtained are peculiarly at
tractive and translate in the simplest
language with picturesque effect struc-
lures Of all kinds. buildings and
street scenes 1t is interesting to note
that even in the use Of this somewhat
slmplified method opportunity is at
forded for the Interpretation of a SUB.
tie beauty which always turks but Is
not invariably discovered in COM
monplace things.
An excellent example OF the use of
fresh. strong color. flowing Just
enough and not too much, is found in
the paintings of Ruel Tuttle and John
r. Carlson the latter well known as
. painter of winter landscapes
Miss Elizabeth Sarotelle has
aehieved excellent success in her
painting of rocks and sea, interpret
ing in the long sweeps Of her brush
both the motion and the weight of
water.
There arc a number OF. still-life
paintings in this exhibition which
distinctly merit more than passing
attention-one by Miss Mary Godding.
two by Mrs. Frances Hungerford
Combs and one by Miss MuhIhofer.
The Dutch were peculiarly skillful
in the rendering of flowers. pointing
the way to their Interpretation in
such wise that the spirit Of evanes-
cence was retained rather than the
artificial aspect of form. It IL after
this method 50 ably taught by the
late James Henry Moser In his classes
in the Corcoran School OF Art that
all of these flower paintings in this
exhibition are rendered.
Quite an extraordinary little exhi.
bition OF paintings and sculpture by
colored art workers was held at the
Dunbar High School. on 1st street
during the past fortnight. This ex.
hihitton consistsd Of the work Of col
- aetfsts aaA Art studsnta. not onlS