Evening star., 1923-11-11

president of society OF Washington
-on Water Color t1uh.
IL. Brewer.
called, was not oEly a great painter,
but a great teacher. and much that
is finest in Anglican art today is
attributable to his' teaching and in
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A r the Arts Club this week three
one-man exhibitions are seen, air
Of which opened On November and
will continue to November II. In the
main room upStaiES are paintings by
Arthur +. MuSEraSr. president of the
club. In the adjoining library are
etChingS by Emily zBurling Waite, and
in the room dow sstairS are photo
graphs OF gardens aeSigned by Harold
Hill Blossom of BgStcn. Mass.
As compared w:th the exhibition
which Mr.. Musgrav:. held at Nenahle's
last season and =the two exhibits
which represent l;im in the water
color exhibition at :thiS time. the col
lection at the Arts club is insignifi
cant. Mr.. MusgravE. has a kcenly ar
tistic sense Of beaaty in nature and
he is an excellent craftsman. a much
better artist all around than the Arts
club exhibition would lead the casual
looked closely ana discovered the
merits in certain: exhibits iucon-
spicuousiy placed. To be sure. the
painting over the mantel of bit Of
woodland. painted at "A time when
the foliage had turged to gold, is in
Mr. Musgravc's happy vein. but the
large paintings on fhc wall opposite,
rather complicated compositions. do
him injustice, OF ap:ear TO when seen
in this gallery in: the unromantic
light of midday. Tn 5 is an extremely
unbeComing light aad the room not
adapted to the showing OF oil paint
ings.
EMILY Burling W4ite was 4 pupil
- of William NJ. Chase and has
studied under Alberr Sterner. F. Luis
Mora and Edmund &c. Tarbeu. She
was awarded 4 Paige. travelling schol-
aTShip from the MuSt=um of Fine Arts.
Boston. and Il silver medal at the
an-PacitiC eXpoSitiOE. Her etchings.
many of which have zbeen reproduced
in current magazines: are strong, but
not. particularly sensitive. She has
frequently, it seems. zessayed difficult
architectural Subject2 and with con-
sidcrabe--in fact. 5fteu amazing
success. Her plates are small, her
line is rather heavy :an1 her themes
have been found i'm j great variety
of places.
bEiOIoGRApftS, no matter now
good. are a poor means of judg
ing the quality Of a landscape ar
chitect's work, but the photographs
of Mr.. Blossoms work now at the
Arts Club give one aa excellent idea
of results attained ana bring to mind
the wonderful prog.ess that has
been made in this art here in Amer
ica in recent years. :The landscape
architect. must, Of necessity, if he
be succe cessful. have Nisual imagina-
tion and must be able to create an
effect not with mere: pigments but
with growing things. He must also
be able to correlate his work with
that of the arChitect= and sculptor.
and he must create results which in |
themselves inspire the:paintcr. 1t is |
all matter of composition and bal |
ancc. and the reiaton of units ;
brought together in zunllied design. !
These are some of tie lessons that
one learns from Mr., Bl2ssom's photo |
graphs, which, in themselves, en-
phasize and manifest tse significance
and charm of the spirit zof the garden, |
fascinating theme particularly at |
this time of year, whe=l gardens are !
going to sleep and bei9s remade for |
the coming season.
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THE students of the CDrcoran School |
OF Art are showing on the walls of |
the south gallery, given over to modern |
American sculpture. a : collection of !
summer sketches done without aid of |
instructor. There are fgares and land ]
scapes, drawings and paintings, the lat |
ter in oil and in water color; and the |
showing is admirable the best of it's |
kind that these or any other students of /
this. school have made. The majority |
of the work shown is strong and color |
ful and shows an.eVident knowledge and |
appreciation of the fundamentals upon
which all good art is BASED. There !
are some charming dra wings, among |
which, worthy of special mention. is one |
of the Adams memorial by Saint Gau- |
dens, very sympathetica9ly rendered. |
With the paintings most notable are
some sunny landscapes fall of atmos-
phere and showing effects:o of light and !
two or three vital interpretations of the |
rocky coast of New Ensland. 1t is an
exceedingly promising and encouraging |
display
pURTlS BAKER. zone OF. the instruc- |
- tors in the Corcoran School of Art |
spent last summer in RocEport. and in |,
spite of the fact that he il primarily a |
figure and portrait painter: has brought |
back with him a number .of charming
pictures of this section oE Cape Ann
and of views in and about Gloucester.
Not more picturesque and lovely are
they, however, than a picture painted !
before he went away, of one of the
Lighthouses on our own canaI-a pic !
ture fairly flooded with sunlight and !
sparkling with color. Again one is re- |,
minded of the saying of Saint -Gaudens:
1T is not what you do. but the way
you do it which makes work of art |
Mr.. Baker is occupied at present with
number of portrait commissions, two |
of young women. one of a man. the last |
Bostonian, distinguished both as a |
man of business and as n musician, a |
flute player
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A T the Smithsonian Institution an ex-
hibtion is being held at the present |
time, under the joint auspices of the |
American Federation of Ares and the |
graphic arts department OF the Ma
tional Museum, of Autographs by mem
bers of the Senefelder Club of London: |
and in the National Museums old build
ing. there is to be seen an Interesting
exhibition of pictorial photographs by |
members of the Camera GLIB of New
York. Both of these exhibitions will be
reviewed at greater length LITER.
LEILA MECHLIN.