Evening star., 1921-02-06
Washington Water Color
Club Makes Fine Showing
Exhibition Which Opened at Corcoran Gallery on
Friday Upholds Its Standard-Other News
and Notes of Washington Artists.

The Washington Water Color Clubs
annual exhibition. which opened at
the Corcoran Gallery of Art on FRI
day, contains many works of more
than passing interest and uphclds the
same high standard of merit as the
Society of Washington Artists exhibi-
tion. which it Immediately follows.
There is an amazing variety. both In
subject and treatment, and withal
freshness Of viewpoint manifests
itself with pleasing insistence. ~
lt u said that water colors are less
popular in this country than in Eng
land, and England is, 1T ia true. the
best patron this medium has ever
had. The English have delighted In
used 1t we'll. The British method has
been chiefly that of pure wash and
quite different from the method en-
ployed by the modern school of Dutch
artists, who resorted most frequently
to opaque body color. 1t is possible
to initiate, in water color both oil
paintings and pastels, but the water
coiorist of greatest distinction is he
who takes advantage of the mediums 8
own characteristics and converts its
limitations into opportunities.
1t is interesting to note that the
and other exhibitions is to return to
the use of pure, transparent color.
Far from being weak, works so rem
dered are apt to possess greater bril-
liancy of color. as well as spontanelty
of effect.
A notable feature Of this exhibition is
q group Of water colors by Lesley NJ.
Jackson. painted in Japan, from where
she has just returned after year alb
sonce. These are all rather elaborate
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architecture, and including in most in
stances numerous figures painted not
after the japanese, but in the most ap-
proved western manner, structuraiiy
strong. broadly rendered and dellghtfui
In color and tone.
Likewise Of exceptional interest and
significance are the contributions, five in
number, by Elizabeth Sawtelle, an expo
nent Of the Woodbury. school Of paint
ing. who shows In her work this year
delightful breadth Of vision. Among
her exhibits are painting of the cove
at Ogunquit, q wood interior, and
painting Of q bowl Of fowers-marigolds
and larkspur. In point of merit these
three are perhaps on a par. but as 3 a
brilliant piece of technique the still life
PAINTING Is prt-eminent- 1t is in pure
color, broadly washed in. and has the
sparkle which 10 usually associated with
yorhs in pastel Seldom does one see
Feticie Howell. who has made a sue
cess Of her pictures Of houses and
streets, ID represented in this exhibition
by paintings Of tho White House and Of
st. Johns Church. both clever and in
1ividual. but slighter and less important
than her usual contributions.
There is q certain similarity between
the work Of Miss Howell and Miss Jane
Peterson, to whose Village Street" the
place Of honor on the semi circular wall
has been given. Miss Peterson Is per-
haps more obvious and less subtle, but
her work has distinct interest and
charm. She is also represented in this
picture Of the little town basking in the
warm light Of aftergiow as seen from
across the harbor through a group OF
trees
There are NUMEROUS Gloucester pic
lures and all are worth while. Miss
Perris shows one Of her Characteristic
wharf scenes; Bertha E. Baxter con:
tributes Q boat picture. well drawn and
nicely rendered. entitled AT Low Tide:
Elizabeth II. Ingham sends an excellent
painting Of q Gloucester ship; Elizabeth
H. Evans pictures with much charm the
old orchard at Gloucester: Eleanor
.:s,s ralks Gusts is repsssented ey paintings
nea Boats" as well as an excellent still
life of roses: Margaret C. Mann sends.
besides other clever works, "A Gray
Day-Rockport"
The excellence Of the showing by the
artists, all Of whom are represented by
more than one contribution. IL worthy
a note.
The place Of honor on the nat waI q
the gallery Is given to q painting by
6as1h 1unrpe, q group Of Portuguese
women at q fair in Pfovincetown, q dar-
Ing competition boldly handled and In