Evening star., 1922-11-26

n l. lrssn at the @ Washins''r ,a IN
Arts club. Mr.. Ipsen is OF
direct Danish descent, his father and
mother being Danes. but he was
born and brought up in Massachusetts
and got his first instruction in art
IT the Boston Museum School. Evil
,lencing more than usual talent anu
desiring TO make art his profession.
his father arranged TO have him go
20 Europe and enter the Royal Acad-
cmy at Copenhagen, in which lnstitu-
tiou he studied for four years, get
ting il thcr"ueh grounding in drafts
.nanSlip and ~ the basic principles
If art, Tor thr lanes are thorough
as we'll rs ;,,isenturuus people. R'--
suru.ng Et'> cu. l." ia"d !
own studio hut continued to study
und.r Mr. V!nton. who! while him
sslr d e, !::>t :vatIVe PAINTER h d great
breadth Q; vision ana SEnpa'n ~;
been along what might b. called
STRUCTURAL lines and like compare
tivt,y few present-dny painters, ne
fas >"rv.d an Apprenticeship StrlE-
lag first for accuracy and correct
aers struggling to gain and gaining
:, command of his medium and thus
:;"uuirins freedom Of Expression. he
! rery versatile and his technical
E1sthods are extremely Taried
In This pf:ticm'"r cYhlb!'ion , ne ne
snows !. rortrai' Of Of Ms nj, mo-, o,hfT: r.,
7ss- entitled a. + lSG1. which Is
exruisirely rendered with unnSu"l
suhtlrty and restraint and which
pos <asscs that peculiar intimacy OF
charm which on" associa,es most
-rs,."rl,- wl.h miri- ''"a f'i' II d
riI.awise in most of Whistler's paint
;cES.
on the other hand. his portrait OF
<li. G-eacen. thu young G"uThter or
hiS painter Confrere. Edmund W.
G-escen pict tured out-of-doors against
:. background of sea ard sky, is very
broadly rendered. much of it being
do-a vri.S rnio.-a '-rif". the %"
being loaded with pigment 1t is in
-his manner the great Italian painter
M ,"iri points
With this same freedom Of stroke.
this really loose technique he has
rendered most efferti""iv double
por-rnit of Mrs Philin Sheridan. jr..
and her little son. PhiliD. TO which
-hc p'ace OF honor on the west wall
ri the Arts club gallery has been
given. This TO q degree might be
d.s"-ihed az q study III whites. and it
Is admirably handled. a genuine tour
de force.
rn the side wall. opposite the
kew of Mrs. Glenn Newell the wife
nt the painter by that name. and be-
side which are to be seen pastelS,
or" Of Mr.. I"S"- entitled IT" T.
Turban" the other of big little
2i-'" E,Alvr W'Ik7r ho'h extr -'"'''
cle~er'y set forth with fresh charm
and color.
Mr. Ipeen seems to be very fortu-
nate in his portraits of men. such as
those of DR.. Hubert: professor Of
ma th "matics. John HOPKINS Uni
versity. loaned by the university for
this exhibition: the portrait Of
Chauncey Ryder. the handsome
painter: of Paul A. Rochester. Col
Arthur Lynch and Charles Ashby. all
Included in this exhibition.
IT, his ~ni. t.f JOIN Lane, the
British pub'isher. the Proctor prize
was awarded by the National acad-
my of Design a year or more ago.
Mr.. Ipsen since 1910 has been living
~ nd working in New York and he
finds in the metropolis inspiration
and encoura cement He has steadily
won his way and recognition Until he
holds today a place among the fore
NOS. Am rri"1r por'rai- na'n'er~
That ne does not confine himself
wholly to portraiture. however. Is
indicated by the two marine paintings
Contrihrt' 70 his e~hibi ior y tn
are nocturnes. both give the impress
sion of the breadth and subtle beauty
of the sea not along shore but In mid
ocean Like all Danes. he has an in
herent love of the sea. and these pic
lures he painted for the pleasure the
painting gave him. They are very
true and very beautiful and recall
Just little the marines of Emil
Carlson. who. likewise, 1t Will be re-
membered, is a Dane.
Mr. Ipsen las spent in his lifetime
only four or fi're davs In Paris. visit
ing the city as any traveller might,
and there is not in his work one trace
this which makes 1t different from the
work of the majority Of American
painters. for it is in the Paris ateliers
that American painters have received
their training.
Portrait painting is not at a great
height Just now, and for this very
reason work of the type which Mr..
Ipsen produces is the more gratifying
and significant.
The exhibition continues to the end
Of the month.
4 X X X
TN the lower gallery of theArts Club.
Gladys Brannigan is showing coll
lection of water colors recently painted
which not only does her real credit. but
is q delight to behold. Rarely will one
come across fresher, more attractive
little pictures rendered with greater
simplicity. sincerity and skill. They are
almost without exception frank sketches
obviously made out Of doors in the face
of nature. and they show not only skill
IN rendering. but discriminating taste
what might be termed an American
snjrit freehnAaa Of vision, courage. con-