Evening star., 1922-11-12
THE National Association Of
Women Painters and Sculptors
makes an excellent and i'm

ME National ASSOCIATION OF
Women Painters and Sculptors
makes an excellent and i'm
pressive showing in its exhi-
bition in the Corcoran Gallery OF Art.
which opened November 4 and con-
ltinues through December 3. Oil paint
ings, miniatures and sculpture to the
number of seventy-six occupy the semi
circular special exhibition gallery,
and certainly no concessions need be
made to the artists exhibiting because
of sex. In every respect the work
! 81 own is as virile as that done by men.
| Indeed, it is surprising display,
showing great versatility as well as
artistic perception and technical skill.
Turning first to consideration Of the
paintings. note Is made Of the fact
| that both in subject and treatment
there is great diversity: there are
figures, landscapes, street scenes.
boats flowers and still life. and even
the last are rendered with that
strength which is commonly asso-
ciated with masculinity.
To the right of the doorway as one
enters Is a long panel snoWiH6 a
broad sweep of western scenery. It
is entitled. "Out on the Hopi Mesas,
and is by Mary Russell Ferrell Cotton.
To the right are two donkeys with
colorful packs. off in the distance Is
one of the mesas. The sky Is partly
through, rests with intensity on q dis
tant spot. 1t Is a large subject ad-
mirably handled and possessing strong
decorative effect. Such a. painting
would make an excellent over mantel.
Beyond. passing from right to le1t,
/ painting life size by Susan Kicker
Knox Of an emigrant woman, Madame
E. from Moscow" splendid char
acterization, boldly and vigorously set
forth. The woman's face and hands
are equally expressive.
picture entitled Prom Hill to HILL"
painted in all probability in the
neighborhood of Gloucester.
Jane Peterson and Felicie Waldo
| Howell. each send pictures OF Glou-
titled "The End Of Day" Miss Peter
sons "A Quiet Harbor" Both are
dominantly gray in tone, but very
differently handled, Miss Howell's
being much the subtler Of the two.
Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts. Sec
retary Of the Concord Art Association.
sends a charming picture of Concord
in May. not a picture Of houses and
streets, as one might suppose from the
title, but Of meadow freshly green,
through which a little brook. mirror
ing the blue sky, gently meandere
Women heretofore have not excelled
in the field Of landscape painting. save
in the medium OF water color, Charlotte
b. Conan standing almost alone as q
woman painter Of landscapes in oils, but
there are several admirable landscapes
in this exhibition by women, the one
tust mentioned by Miss Roberts, another
Of an Autumn Hillside" which possesses
very much of the quality and the beauty
Of the late J. Francis Murphy's work
and stands to the credit Of Mabel r
Welch, who has made an admirable rep
utation as a painter Of miniatures. A
third Of hilly farm country, by Helen X.
Mccarthy. rich in color. toneful in effect
and charming in composition. and a
fourth to mention only few, Mountain
Country. North Carolina" by Lucille
Howard. little perhaps intense in blues
and green's but very beautiful and quite
true to nature, a picture the loveliness
of which quite sweeps the heholder on
his feet.
Mary Wilson Hubbard shows Poppy
Garden. painted In 2 high key. and
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