The Washington times., 1923-03-25
Walk EXHIBIT
:OF PAINTINGS
! Gains PRAISE
Woman Artist, on Visit Here,
I Is Making a Distinct Hit
With Her Informal Portraits
MANY NOTABLE SUBJECTS
Display Is Interesting In Its
Variety and Individuality,
( Showing Genius Of Creator
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: ooh, for portrait commits
gionfe That Is the secret prayer
Of every artist who visits Wash
ington. Sad to say, it is not al
ways granted, although there are
90 many distinguished personages
here Of Just the character that
painters love to portray.
A Y1EETOR'S SPECIALITY.
This season, however, has been
an unusually successful one Tor
several visiting artists, +. one of
whom IL Miss Ella Snowden Walk,
OF New York. who has been occu-
plying George Julian Zolnay's studio
in st. Matthews alley during the
'ecufptor's absence IN italy and
Central Europe. Miss Walk, who
came to town last December for q
visit of only two weeks, with only
two commissions in view. became
quickly 20 popular with her charm
fne pastel and oil portraits that she
hss continued busily at work. ana
win remain another month, at least.
The ssfnformaI portrait IS Miss
-yafksa sueciaIty, and among her
washington sftters have been Mrs.
Coates. wife OF Col. Harry Coates,
YFial Rarrfne Drake, Misses Eliza
kefh and Margaret Zolnay. little
FRANCES Campbell, the baby daugh-
ter of Mrs. PhiIlis Campbell. MAS
Ter John Mitchell. SON of Brig. Gen.
and Mrs. william Mitchell, ana Mrs.
IL. weIIes' little daughter, besides
many others. .r,..
ON Thursday, March. 10, MISS
Walk opened an exhibition OF ner
washington work, which Is m sss
s,feresting I'm its variety. and ois-
tlncf 5ndivfduality,e characteristic IN
Stg variety of each subject. It VIII
, - omen to the public this afternoon.
NATIVE OF VIRGINIA.
=. Later on, Miss Walk win exhibit
her work in WATERFOWL, ~ II
where she has her summer studio,
I'm delightful location on the
lovely st. Lawrence river. Altnousn
che has also q studio in new 10TH
city at 137 East Stxty-sixth street,
and her name il that OF an gig pig
Dutch family OF New YORK, MISS
Walk ID proud OF being q Virginian
by birth. She began her ART stnuy
n New York at the Art League,
- :. e,,l,seal1enfly continued her
VEu-lS in Paris under Jean Jeoffroy.
and the very first year was so suc-
ceegfuI az to get her picture hung
IN the Salon, which Is the goal OF
every artist studying In Paris, es.
Ueriaiiy the Americans. She also
exhibited over there In many other
important places.
: she returned to New York and
became very fayorably, known as
V,ortraft and miniature painter, e1s
limiting in Chicago, 'Philadelph
, and elsewhere in this country. Dur.
itfg the world war, wishing to give
Uracfical service. Miss Walk for a
time laid aside her art and enlisted
with the 7. NJ. C. A. as q hostess
at various officers clubs. She also
OrRanized and decorated some OF
the canteens. She enjoyed this
work very much, and her personal
charm and cultivation won her a
host OF friends, from doughboy TO
general, and even royalty. Her
hand was kissed once by a king
as she was serving in canteen
and marshals and Arab chiefs also
paid her homage. Speaking French
fluently and knowing Paris well.
Miss Walk was enabled to be Of
great assistance In making con-
tracts with the French people dur
ing the war, and after the armistice
she was stationed at the Pershing
hra Quarters. She returned two
years ago to the United States and
resumed her professional work at
aCnCa.
PLEASING PORTRAITS.
Miss Walks portraits are always
n3ae ing, cripple, direct and spon-
tan 3uHs never iabored or over
NJ ID She prefers to lay aside a
ca as ana start anew IL she feels
n ths picture is not going right
r. e than to work over old color
It has lost its fresh vitality.
success in pastel tends to
spontaneity as well to her oil
ats. which are achieved with
less tire for settings, than
Pain ers usually demand.
When Miss Walk leaves Wash
ington in April, she will go to Cali
fornia, where she will hold an i'm
portsnt exhibition and paint sew
eral new commissions. While she
has had one Of the most successful
seasons here, Miss Walk has had