Evening star., 1924-10-05
Notes of Art and Artists

which time note was made of the sub
tlety OF his handling and the lyric
quality of his work. Several of his
pictures have been purchas sed by the
French and the Japanese govern
mentS.
Mr.. Burnside has taken and is
shortly TO open a studio at Seven
teenth and Fl streets. and he has ar
ranged 10 give series of talks on
art appreciation at The Louis Lakin
Studios, Pill Bancroft place. These
VIII be on Tuesday mornings at IL
o clock, and the first will be on Octo-
Der Ia. He is also opening classes
in landscape painting and portraiture
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FOR the past two or three Summers
Miss Catherine Carter Critcher
has been painting at Taos. ~ Mex
In recognition Of the excellence of
her work she has lately been elected
Artists the first woman to whom
this honor has been accorded. One
or Miss Critcher'S paintings done in
Taos last Summer. the head of an In
dian. was purchased, ii will be re-
embered. from the biennial eXhibi-
ton for the permanent collection of
the corcoran Gallery of Art.
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-nCITE number of the Washington
- artists spent the summer at
Boothhay Harbor. Me. Among these
were Lesley Jackson. Mary c. Riley.
Eleanor Parke CuStis and Margueri,e
c. Mum. From August 10 To - these,
with six others, all former pupils of
( Henry B. Smell. who had his class at
l,n0I Ia r Ill Il
an exhibition in the rooms OF the
Board Of Tradt-an excellent show
ing Quoting from Il Boston critic: "A
canvas by Mary Riley, October was
rIch IN color and We'll composed.
Marguerite Z. Mum showed
an unusual composition treated with
great charm, of apple trees and fig
ureS IN the wind. against d back
ground of deep blue sea. A fine group
of water colorS by Emma MendenhalI
was freely and Sensitively handled
Among them We're several good cloud
effects and charming garden of
l-arkSpur. Eleanor Parke CustiS'
Souache water ColurS of harbor scenes
We're treated in a decorative and
highly interesting way. East Allan
tie Avenue and Damarisc0ve Har-
bor We're Well seen and individually
noted. Lesley jackson had a skillfuI
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life. color and movement. Her Wind
Clouds fully expressed their title
/ y ENSON Is. MOORE. who is a mem
Der of the local art societies and
has won recognition as capable
PAINTER of landscape. spent his sum
! iner etching. and result has an
/ almost unbelievable number Of ex-
ceil"nt plates made in the vicinity
, of n about Washington. Some are
I scenes on the canal others street
scenes: few are pure landScaDe
He has used both pure etching and
drypoint the latter with special sue
+ cess. y comprehensive group of these
recent works by Mr.. Moore are now,
I" be seen at LoWdermilk' on T.
street. where. by the way. every now
and then interesting and worth while
prlntS-engravinGs etchings and lith-
osraphS-hy old and modern masters
! may be found
THE American Society of Book
p,ate Collectors and Desisners
has just issued It, year book Tor la-4
which is printed for members only
und IN, editorial supervision ot
Each"l McMa- a-ters Miller Hunt. This
+oc.et! hss its headquarters in Wash
ing on. Ii iS just TWO years old One
.. its objects Is to add TO the perrna-
nent collections in the Library Of
tonGre$>. but IL is also endeaVoring
/ to create interest in the art of book
plate making throughout the Unitet
States. and 10 this end is circuIatin.
( Il travelling loan collection. The ycal
book publishes appreciation of the
works Of Sarah r. Hill Margaret Ely
! Webb and cynthia Pugh Littlejohn
reproducing by way of illustration