Evening star., 1922-12-10
Notes of Art and Artists

of the passport division of the De.
partnent of State. He had studied
art. but never entered the ranks OF
the professional artists. but that he
who may see his pictures in the pres.
ent exhibition will agree. They make
quite an impressive showing.
Oil paintings for the most part and
. large canvases. they are decorative in
design and strong in color. There is
fluence Of MaXfield Parrish, but they
are not initiative. They are chiefly
landscapes, toneful dream pictures
evidencing on the part of the arts,
love of beauty and an imaginative
sense. One of these pictures reaches
a rather higher plane than the others
! 1t is of the three crosses seen above
the heads of the clamoring multitude
si!houetted against the evening sky
as they stood. so long ago on Noun,
calvary The masses are in shadow
the whole shadOwy scene is envelop-
ed in atmosphere. 1t is as though
/ witnessed at great distance, but i,
is lmpresstvely dramatic and at the
same time restrained.
Mr.. Adams has not restricted him
self, however. to landscape painting
In this exhibition there are several
figure paintings which are we'll drawn
and to an extent convincing. One Is
portrait study OF negro man. pos
sibly West Indian; another is Of a
nude man and yet a third Of nude
woman. supposedly Eve. entwined by
the serpent. The work has not the
appearance of a novice; in color, In
tone and in texture it is good.
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IN one OF the smaller rooms at the
Art Center is being exhibited a,
this time group Of water colors by
Warren W. Ferris of Fredonia. \. Y.
the majority of which have been done
in and around Washington. They are
large, rather loose works, commend.
able for broad handling and initial
strength. One of the best is Of the
Adams Memorial. that great master.
piece of sculpture in bronze by Au-
gustus Saint-Gaudens. to which ar,
lovers from all parts of the world
cluded shelter in Rock Creek ceme-
terry.
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A r the Washington Arts Club, POI
1 street. two "one-man" exhibi-
tions are now in progress. both in
water color. The artists are Miss
Elizabeth Sawtelle Of this city, secre-
tary of the Water Color Club. and
Eugene CASTILLO Of Philadelphia
member of the Philadelphia Arts Club
and writer on art.
Miss Sawtelle is a pupil Of Charles
H. Woodbury. and paints somewhat
In Mr.. Woodburys manner, using
broad washes and sweeping strokes
which help to bring her compositions
into nice relationship. In her present
exhibition illustrative of her best
manner is an admirable picture Of the
sea painted with full brush. much d.
rectness and sincerity. Her flower
paintings. two only of which are in
cluded in the collection. are pecu-
liarly colorful and charming.
Mr.. Castello's pictures are painted
more in the older and dryer method
with greater minutia of detail and
set forth almost exclusively foreign
scenes, famous Egyptian monuments
street scenes in Algiers and other
architectural subjects found in north
ern Europe.
DoYAL CoRTISSoZ will give the
~ second lecture in the course on
'The Genius of American Art" at the
Central High School auditorium
Thursday evening, December "a
under the auspices of the Washing
Ton SOCIETY Oh tHo CIHc ATtS. Inc
title Of this lecture will be 1.-THE
Disciples of Nature" and. like that
which preceded 1t, THE Fore
fathers" will be elaborately illus
trated by stereopticon slides. Mr.
Cortissoz Is giving this same course
of lectures this winter, not only a,
the Metropolitan Museum. New York
but the Art Institute. Chicago, and
one or two of the other leading ar,
museums Of the country.
LEILA MECHLIN.