Evening star., 1924-11-23

mcT are Dy MISS MdTldH l. IhdC1h
tosh of Princeton and Miss Alice
Worthington Ball of Baltimore.
Miss MacIntosh's paintings, % in
all, are hung in the rooms on the
first floor and make very impressive
showing. They are fair-sized can
vases, but painted with so much Wig
or and strength that they seem tc
need more space for display. 1t is
as If one had attempted to bring in
doors the bigness of the universe.
For the most part Miss Macintosh
has chosen rather drear, dramatic
subjects for transcription. Her
Irish themes have the melancholy
pathos of Irish folklore. The pic
lures painted in this country to a
great extent show broad stretches of
sea and sky. rocks or moorland. She
has a message.
Miss Ball calls her paintings pal
ette-knife impressions of the South
They are presumably all pictures
painted in Charleston, S. c., and give
one an excellent idea not only of the
picturesque appearance of that de-
lightful Southern city, but of its at
mosphere. 1t makes practically no
difference whether pictures are paint
ed with a brush or knife or what
implement so long as the result at
tained is artistic and. as in this IN
stance, lovely. Miss Ball shows us
bits of old facades of houses, door
ways, gates, glimpses of gardens, IN
Producing only now and then a hg-
ure, so that the visitor carries away
an impression of a slumbering past
bathed in the caressing sunlight of
the present and grown beautiful through
the kindly touch of time. There Is
freshness and keenness ABOUT
these impressions which bespeak
sympathy and virility on the part OF
the painter. All in all this little ex-
hibition occupying the upper gallery
is in the truest sense commendable,
delightful.
Water colors by a British artist.
William Longstaff. an Australian by
birth, brought to this country by
Miss Furbank of England. occupy
the walls of the library. When pri-
vately shown a couple of weeks ago
by Miss Furbank, these were re-
viewed in these columns. So clever
are they and so altogether enjoyable
that it is gratifying to be able to an
nounce their present exhibition and
to know that after having been seen
by few they may now be seen oy
many. Few painters have interpret
ed London more skillfully or more
sympathetically than Capt. Long
staff.
L Washington Water Color Club,
which has still a week to run, will be
open to the public i'll the Corcoran
Gallery Of Art on Thanksgiving day
from 10 o'clock in the morning until
- the afternoon, which VIII give
busy people chance to see 1t.
1t is unfortunate that the art gal
leries are so seldom open during the
hours when working people are free.
in
aver, has as a rule been so poorly at
tended that the directors and the
trustees Of these institutions are not
yet convinced that they would be put
to sufficient use to compensate FOR the
cost of lighting and service.
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A SMALL special exhibition of
"A unique interest now on view in
the Corcoran Gallery of Art consists
of fisurines in porcelain by Mrs. George
Oakley Totten. formerly Vicken Won
Post of Stockholm, Sweden. These
are in reality little works in sculp-
ture modelled with all the care and
skill which would go into great
work Of art. They were done by
Mrs. Totten purposely for transcript
ton in porcelain and were produced
In a porcelain factory under her per-
sonal supervision. Quite number
illustrate Swedish folklore and fairy
tale and have the charm of piquancy.
Sculpture in porcelain is something
which we have not yet developed In
this country, but which has been car
ried to a high order Of artistic merit
abroad, particularly in the Scandlna-
Wan countries.
Among Mrs. Totten's recent works
which are set forth are portrait heads
of Mrs Mary Roberts Rinehart and
Of Maj and Mrs. Totten's little son.
A COLLECTION of water colors by
"A Miss Lesley Jackson of this city,
secretary of the washington water
Color Club, is being held in Amherst.
Mass, under the auspices of the
American Federation of Arts Appre-
ciatiye letters have been received
from those in charge and much inter-
est has apparently been aroused
among the student body at the uni
versity.
During the last year Miss jackson
has painted series of delightful wa
ter coIors of subjects In and about
p washington, such as the steps at the
head of Twenty-second street, the Du-
pont and Macmillan fountains, st.
Johns Church, the Cathedral our
flower markets, blosSoming cherry
trees in Potomac Park, etc. Many
have painted official Washington, but
few have pictorially interpreted the
spirit Of the city so well-that spirit
and charm of which the French Am
bassador spoke so feelingly at the re-
cent artists breakfast.
ITO the bronze head of War" by
L Charles Crafty, which is to be a
part of the Meade Monument when
in
of the chief prizes for sculpture In
the Chicago Art Institutes annual
exhibition has been awarded. This
head shows War" with grim
visage and is a powerful allegorical
impression.
EBEN COMINS, who has been at
II Gloucester for several months,
has reopened his studio at 1G11 Con-
necticut avenue. From December 81
to January II Mr.. Comins Is to hold
a large exhibition of his portraits
at the Enrich Galleries, New York.
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DRANK GARDNER HALE, medaHst
l. and master craftsman, will hold
an exhibition of his handwrought jew
elry and enamels at Jane Bartletts,
1863 Connecticut avenue. from No
vember "a to December 6. Mr.. Hale
was awarded the medal of the Bos-
ton Society Of Arts and Crafts in 1915,
and, as H. p. Macomber has said, his
work in jewelry and enamel has placed
him among the foremost American
craftsmen. The art critic of the New
York Times, commenting upon a cur
rent exhibition of Mr.. Hale's work,
said that it had the restraint and
dignity and firmness, of execution
characterizing the genuine masters
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