Evening star., 1923-01-06
WATER COLOR CLUB
HAS FINE EXHIBIT
Admirable Display Is on View
at TWenty-Seventh An
nuaI Showing.

The Washington Water Color Club
opened its twenty-seventh annual ex-
hibition today in the special exhibit
ton gallery of the CorcoTan Gallery
of Art. over 15s exhibits are set forth
and an admirable display is made.
Water color is a delightful medium.
and It's widely varied possibilities are
admirably illustrated by the pictures
In this exhibition. There are so many
different ways of using water colors
which are admirable and interesting,
and there Is always some new way to
be discovered. 1t is this variableness,
this individuality Of expression. this
freedom from leading strings that
makes modern art peculiarly interest
Ing and at the same time rather dis
tracing. Style in painting today Is
more or less like that flea of popular
renown-dif1cult to put ones finger on,
impossible to card catalogue and file.
Mrs. Wharton IN her most recent
novel calls attention to the fact that
art exhibitions, like the drama of to-
day, are not built around a few stars.
and IL is perhaps for this reason.
which a novelist rather than an art
critic discovered, that prize awards
are so seldom satisfactory.
Many Fine Exhibits.
1t would be next to impossible 20
select either for award or for special
distinction the best picture In the
Water Color Clubs exhibition. There
are many equally good, and each in
stance. the fiat wall of the semi
Circular gallery. Here are three little
pictures by Yarnall Abbott. Guinea
Boats" Aground" Low Tide" are
rich in color. warm in tone and what
them is hung a water color by John
F. Carlson entitled .Ice-Bound Mills"
in which the color is cool and clear
and the treatment sprightly.
ings by William H. Holmes. president
of the Water Color Club. "A Glimpse
of the Potomac" Maryland" Com
muning With Nature" and The Open
Sea-" the last two hung one above the
other, the one showing direct treat
ment, the other a fantasy, a lovely
piece Of color; the former realistic,
the other purely romantic.
From these one passes to con-
sideration Of a painting by henson B.
Moore, Morning Light" the tech
nique of which is extraordinary. the
color being laid on with almost scien-
tific accuracy in little dry. crisp
patches, but In such wise as to pro-
duce a most charming effect. The COM
position Is really commonplace. but
1t is made lovely by the interpreta-
ton of the Illusion OF light and air
Francis Watts, in picture entitled
'"The POOL showing rocks, water and
foliage, employs somewhat the same
method. but with little more loose
ness, and produces a picture which
would take it's place among the best
known works in this mediun-a really
fine achievement
c. H. Benjamin shows little picture
entitled "On the Canal" done In pure
color. but with sparkling brilliancy.
A new exhibitor, Julius Delbos, shows
four paintings. foreign subjects. "Au-
France or italy" Morning in France"
are in pure color, brilliant accomplish
ments, in their own way gems, works
which when stumbled across give the
observer the thrill Of delight which be-
longs to discovery of unknown talent as
well as continents. Morning In France"
nesting among the hills and is ex-
ceptional for its nicely related values
as well as excellent craftsmanship.
Walter Hough, in his picture of
denhall, in her painting entitled
Marshes" both use broad washes
and give suggestion of spaciousness
in a more than pleasing manner.
Place Of Honor.
The place of honor on this fiat wall
has been assigned to a painting of
the sea by Elizabeth Sawtelle. which
we'll merits the honor. for IL Is a big
subject, strongly and broadly handled
In a way which indicates not only
mastery of material but also feeling
for design. ;.
Arthur Musgrave's picture of "a
Farm Yard" is an excellent tran
scription, full Of light and air and
shows excellent handling.
B. 2. Cooper's Golden Sunset" and
Famous Pathways" are imaginative
studies washed In with a flowing
brush, suggestive of pleasant ex-
cursions into the land Of experiment,
contrasting sharply thus with the
frank realism with which Alfred
Hutty's nearby picture is engagingiy
rendered. :,
passing to the semi-circular wall
attention is attracted by the several
exhibits contributed by Edgar Nye.
large pictures, boldly rendered with
excellent effect. among which special
mention should be made of his sea-
scape entitled Maine"
Gertrude B. Bourne Of Boston also
makes a strong showing with a pic
ture of "Monhegan Harbor," one Of
Spring Garden and third Of
Trinity Church, Boston" on win
ter day when snow covers the ground,
all done somewhat In the Dutch man
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