Evening star., 1923-11-18

" HERE has been quite little
shifting about Of studios among
the local artists this season
= Eben Comins, who last winter
| had Miss Hale and Miss Clements
studio. in ST. Mathews alley, has
taken a studio apartment at 161l
Connecticut avenue. with west win
dows and a well placed skylight. Last
Sunday afternoon he had a house,
warming in his new studio. at which
time he exhibited Informally his re-
Gently completed portrait OF the late
Justice Nathan Goff. which Will De
placed in the courthouse, Richmond,
Va, and formally unveiled some time
this month.
The portrait shows Judge Goff in
his robes, seated In high-back
ieather-covered mahogany chair IN
front of a dark blue curtain, beyond
which stands a bronze portrait bust
of Chief Justice Marshall. 1t is an
interesting composition. The hgure
! is we'll placed the Introduction or
the bust of the first Chief Justice, one
of Virginia's great sons, Is fel1c1tous:
rendered, and though the portrait
was painted from photographs and
suggestions by members OF the late
| Justices family, as likeness 1t car
| ries conviction.
Mr.. Comins has In his studio his
| large impressive portrait OF Ruth ST.
Denis. and also a large canvas rep
| resenting "The Annunciation." paint
| ed in rather a high key and In the
spirit of the italian primitives. HIS
studio, which is of fair proportions,
| Is very simply furnished, but his
tower room adjacent Is sumptuous in
red brocade hangings. Chinese en-
broideries and old furniture In here
4 are to be seen two Of his very color
| full and decorative flower paintings.
quite in a different vein from his
| figures and subject pictures.
| Mr.. Comins is Bostontan and
studied under Denman Ross and at
the Beaux Arts in Paris. His sum-
mers are, as rule. spent In Glouces-
ter. He is one of those painters who,
while Interested In technique, be-
lieve that art should express an idea
| as we'll as interpret beauty. He is
| represented in the National Gallery
| collection by several portrait studies
Of types Of American soldiers taking
part In the war. He Is exceedingly
| versatile and serious student OF the
3, art Of the past, as well as one who
/ likes to make experiments and test
out the value of modern Innovations
| The talk on art which Mr.. Comins
was to have given at the Arts Club
this month has been postponed until
January.
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(1IATTIE e. BURDETTE has lately
IL removed her studio from G street
| between 14th and 18th streets. to 1925
H street, which for many years was
the Bancroft-Davis house. 1t has
lately. for a second time. been remod.
eled for business purposes.
| During the past summer Miss Bur-
dette executed number OF portrait
commissions in pastel, oils and In
miniature. She also painted several
] very attractive still-life compositions
| She Is an excellent colorist and has
an unusual sense of decorative values
Miss Burdette Is member OF the
Society Of Washington Artists and the
| Washington Water Color Club, and
regularly contributes to their annual
| exhibitions. An exhibition Of her
| paintings and drawings was held last
spring at the Arts Club Of Washing
/ ton.
PORTRAITS of number Of we'll
known Washington people. in
cluding one just completed of the
| Secretary of Commerce, painted by
Albert Herter Of New York, have late
lily been exhibited in the Reinhardt
| galleries, 5th avenue, New York.
| Among the Washingtonians portray
| ed, in addition to Mr.. Hoover. were
Mrs. Richard Stockton Emmett and
Mrs. Christian A. Herter.
Mr.. Herter has not exhibited for a
number of years until quite recently
| when collections Of his work were
| shown in Easthampton, L. l., and
| Newport. r. I. He is perhaps bes,
known for his mural paintings and
for his decorative work. 1t was he
| who decorated the Pittsburgh Ath.
1 letic Club. and 1t was he who estab.
lished and for long time conducted
were produced tapestries vyIne IL
quality and design with the great
tapestries which came from the
Gobelin looms In past centuries
Mr.. Herter was recently chosen by
the French government 10 execute