Evening star., 1920-11-28
Notes of. Art and Artists

Mrs. L. H. Hartman has presented
to the Corcoran School of Art of this
city charming collection Of thirty
figure sketches in pastel by j. Nc
Lure Hamilton of Philadelphia and
London. These sketches are on tint
ed pastel paper of light, soft shade
of tan and are in charcoal and co1ored
chalks. The majority are Of women
il essentially feminine attire-siikA
satins and gauzes. evening dress of an
exceptionally gay character-and they
are presented in a manner enoE-
mously clever and agreeably animated.
They display the value OF good
dra aftsmanship and the possibility or
elimina ting detail even while express
ing minutiae. They are first and
last studies. and as such are or the
utmost value to students. 1t is an
and a most welcome gift
to a school of art.
The collection is now on view in
the south gallery on the hrst moor.
where the modern bronzes are shown.
and makes a most engaging display,
each sketch being framed in light
gold molding.
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In the special exhibition room at
the Corcoran Gallery of Art was
placed on view last week collection
of summer sketches by students OF
the Corcoran School. Works in oils.
water color and black and white were
included and a very excellent show
ing was made.
The sketches so assembled were
fresh and spirited and gave indica-
tion of both talent and good train-
ing. There was an exceptionally good
group of outdoor sketches in water
color and in black and white by
Francis Watts, young. man who at
tends the Corcoran night school.
At the Madeira School. 1880 18th
street. there is now being exhibited
paintings in oil and water color by
Elisabeth Spalding and Albert Byron
Olson of Denver. Col.
Miss Spalding has been frequent ex-
hibitor in the exhibitions set forth by
the Washington Water Color Club and
has many friends in this city. She is a
sincere student and Il lover Of nature
and frequently succeeds in getting into
her paintings Il sense of spaciousness
and gravity which are impressive. She
has studied in the Woodstock School of
bury at Ogunquit.
Mr.. Olson is apparently an exponent
of the so-called modern school, which
casts aside as valuelesS what may be
called the amenities OF a1t-in other
words. the refinements of drawing and
beauty of surface texture. His paintings
are rendered somewhat abruptly, his
color held in fiat masses and his con-
struction is rather clumsy. Work OF
this sort is supposed to be naive. but it
is impossible to discard the language
of art and attain Ineligible express
sion Mr.. Olson's work possesses
imaginative quality. but it would not
otherwise seem to give great promise mise
This exhibition is open to the pup.
lie in the afternoons from to 10
O'Clock.
At the Arts Club. 2017 street, this
week, are to be seen exhibitions OF
paintings by Mrs. volnay o. Chase. Miss
MAY Marshall and Miss Dorothy Trout
Miss Marshalls and Miss Trouts
paintings are in the drawing room on
the first floor and are OF a rather eie-
mentary character-outdoor stuoles
formula Of the Webster school. Mr..
Webster is the one modern who has
produced real masterpieces in this YER
nacular. To accomplish such feat.
however, requires that which Mr.. Web
ster MISREPRESENTATION talent, un-
usual sensitiveness to color resations
and an ability to eliminate only tnat
which is actually non-essentiai IN the
matter Of composition. -.
Mrs. Chase's work. which is on tns
walls Of the large room on the secohd
floor, is of more conXentlonal as
well as professional character. It is
for the most part, If not entirely in
nd G
intelligent. Her still life paintings OF
flowers are peculiarly attractive, and
have been welcomed by the juries Of
the leading exhibitions in New York,
Philadelphia anS other cities.
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Miss Bertha Perrie, chairman of the
exhibition committee of the Wahsing-
ton Arts Club and for many years
secretary of the Washington Water
nual exhibition Of the Pennsylvania
Society of Miniature Painters, Penn
sylyania Academy. Philadelphia, two
excellent miniatures. One portrait
Of Mr.. Everett Of this city. the other
a picture in miniature Of a blossom
ing flower garden.
In the exhibition Of the American
Society of Miniature Painters recent
" held in the Arden Gallery, New
York. Miss Perrie was represented by
miniature of Maj. Teiusanu of the
Rumanian legation, and miniature
Of young girl. Emma" both OF
which attracted favorable attention.
Miss Margaret Foote Hawley. for
merly of this city. received the second
Charles NJ. Lea prize for her miniature
of Mrs. Charles SawteIle of Washing
ton in the Pennsylvania Society's ex-
hibition at Philadelphia. She has
made an enviable reputation for her.
self as a miniature painter.
The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
last year acquired one of Miss Haw
ley's miniatures for it's permanent
collection.
The first Charles NJ. Lea prize in
this same exhibition was awarded to
Laura Combs Hills of Boston. for an
exquisite portrait miniature Of a
young woman in a pink dress entitled
Fire and Ashes"
Miss Hills spent the winter in WASH
ington some seasons ago. executing a
number Of commissions for Washing
tonians.
A delightful exhibition of flower
paintings by Miss Laura Hills and
one or two others is on view at pres
ent in the Arden Gallery. Scribner
building. New York Miss Hills has
made a brilliant success of her flower
studies in pastel, which are. at the
same time, extremely true to nature,
yet evanescent and decorative.
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In the Philadelphia Water Color
Clubs annual exhibition. which is
being held in the Pennsylvania Acad-
emy in conjunction with that of the
Society Of Miniature Painters. there is
evidence of tendency on the part of
cnlnriSfS n fn
pure color.
This exhibition comprises not only
water colors, but works in pastel,
etchings and Autographs and makes a
most interesting and varied showing.
Blrger SandZen, an exhibition of
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