Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-05
Notes of Art and Artists

The first exhibition of illustrative
! work by artists in the United States
| Department of Agriculture, which
| opened at the Corcoran Gallery OF
Art last Wednesday, is distinctly
| unique. 1t, Furthermore, introduces
! to Washington an entire new coterie
| of artists, men and women who show
themselves to be expert craftsmen
! commanding their medium and capa-
BILE of what might almost be termed
| technical perfection. The scope OF
| the work also will be a surprise to
many. 1t includes drawings and
! paints of bugs, insects, worms, flow
| ers, fruit. grain, etc.
| The bureau Of plant industry, office
of horticultural and genealogical in
| vestigations, is represented by paint
| ings made from the original fruits in
| connection with the Investigations
in systematic pomology,. which are
| used as an aid in Identification OF
varieties and record for new intro
! ductions of fruit. The artists are
! r. c. Steadman, Mary D. Arnold and
| Amanda A. Newton. The work Is
extraordinarily fine in color and &C
curate in rendering, grapes, apples
pears, plums and berries of mos,
perfect description being shown, al
very realistically copied.
| The Offices of fruit disease investi-
| CATION and economic botany, forest
! pathology, plant physiology, etc, ex-
hibit groups of paintings covering
| wide range of scientific investigator
| along botanical lines made by J
| Marion Shull for the purpose Of
record and education.
! From the Office of economic and sys
! tematic botany come drawings o.
! American grasses by Mary w. Gil
and Agnes Chase used as illustrations
| in the botanical bulletins.
Illustrations drawn to show tn
habits of different grasses. by Mrs
Ellen !. Schutt Wallis, are exhibited
| by the branch in charge of forag'
crop Investigations.
| Mrs. A. E. Hoyle shows charming
drawings made in connection will
the investigation for the perpetual
| ton and Improvement of the sheer
and cattle grazing areas in the ma
| tional forests.
| The most realistic drawings are
| shown of insects that are injurious
/ to truck crops, fruit trees, ETC., b!
Miss e. T. Armstrong. II. B. Bradford
Miss e. Edmonson, Miss E. Hart, Mis-
Anne Motter, Mrs. S. Swegman. X.
| Snodgrass, Miss C. Stuard and w. X
Walton. One Of these drawings is :
I IIlRuLluily ICdALSSAS pASSSA@sSSASA ~
| caterpillars.
| E.. r. Kalmbach of the biological
| survey shows drawings of birds. Blu
/ this branch of artistic work in thu
service is not as largely represented
| as might be desired.
| Scientific illustrative work of thi
kind has been carried on in the scien
tific departments of the government
| for a good many years and has per
haps not received the appreciation O
! the attention it deserves. 1t is crafts
manship of a very high order.
\ There is a work, however. of an ar
| tistic, illustrative sort included il
this exhibition which is quite new
This has to do with interior decora
1 ton and landscape architecture. TIL
purpose is to improve In appearance
\ the outdoors and indoors OF farm
| houses throughout the country and t
| thus raise the standard of farm life
| 1t is an excellent plan and step ii
the right direction.
| The drawings suggesting the devel
onment of outdoor setting for farm
houses are by B. q. Morrison and Mis-
e. NJ .Whitehorn and are also not o.
a strictly professional character. Thu
! interiors are by Miss NJ. B. Sawrie.
| Such an exhibition as this gives
opportunity for comparison and criti
| cism which should be helpful. ant
not only instructs the public but call!
the attention Of the people to thu
! work which is being done in this f1elt
under government auspices. AS mrs
| showing it is highly to be com
mended.
| A most engaging exhibition Of
etcbinps by Arthur William Heintzel'
man ia now to be seen in the atriun
Of the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
| Mr. Heintzelman was born in New
ark. N. J.. in November, 1892. He was
onIy nine years old when he entered
the Art School at Providence. r. /.
where he studied for elght years, win
ming various prizes and finally tn
alumni travelling scholarship. which
gave him the opportunity OF stud,
abroad. He returned to the United
States in 1910 and for the next foul
years was head OF the i nne arts Is DC De
sign This position he relinquishet
Ito accept the position Of instructor II
1.-The fine arts department OF the Rhod
Island School of Design.
n was not until then that he begal
fetching. his attention having Deen en-
on etching by George 7; Plowman,
well known etcher, which lead to Ger
tain experiments and almost imme
idiate success.
"The Rabbi" a portrait study, wa
tn" first plate he etched. and orough
Ihi.n at once into prominence. HI
first exhibition was held in Boston Il
the fall of 1917 and attracted wide
lspread and favorable attention. TIL
comprised twenty-seven plates. most
lily figures and heads. AT that tim
and ever since his work has pee
reminiscent fthe great master Q
etching, Rembrandt. but 1t is quit
certain that Mr.. Heintzelman has no
consciously initiated any one. He ma
chosen for Interpretation most orte
old men and women, such as Rem
brandt would have liked to hav
etched or painted. and he has rendere
these subjects with a skill and sin
cerity which would have delighte
the great master. Like Rembrandt
he has made old age beautiful an
truly venerable.
There are several Of these portrait
Of splendid old people in the presen
exhibition in the Corcoran Gallery Q
Art. Among these is an impressio
of his, 'Threescore and Ten" whic
has received prizes in no less tina
four exhibitions. Here. too, is hi
Iportrait Of 'sThe Old Man with q Vic
lin" and other now famous plates.
Curiously enough. Mr.. Heintzelma