Evening star., 1925-01-04

facilities by opening a little
gallery in the Phillips resi-
dence communicating, up a
few steps, with the main gallery In
the annex. In this little gallery
which has excellent fighting, are to
be installed during the remainder of
the season a series of one-man shows
to run a fortnight each. The series
was inaugurated this week by an
exhibition of the recent work OF Mar
jorie Phillips-a good beginning, ana
one which augurs well for the IN
terest of the plan. Superb examples
of Mrs Phillips work have been seen
in the Corcoran Gallery's most recent
contemporary exhibitions and now
and again in the Phillips Memorial
Gallery, besides which a collection of
her work was exhibited last season in
New York, attracting very favorable
notice.
The 10 pafntin now on view have
not heretofore been shown. For the
most part they are landscapes painted
in the vicinity of the Phillips coun-
try home in Pennsylvania, hence they
envision rolling mountainous scenery
of q picturesque and engaging type.
In breadth Of view most of these
landscapes Sre almost panoramic.
They differ wsdely. however, from the
usual panoramic scene In agreeable
concentratioe Of interest. unity of
effect. Mrs. Phillips shows in these
works admirable feeling for form.
Her LANDSCAPES have structural virili-
ty. She haJ felt the roll of the land,
the rough contours of the hills turn
ings 1t Is this particular feature
that she has rendered expressive. Her
manner is extremely simple, forceful,
direct. To ah extent her works SAVIOR
of the influence of the moderniSt
school, but they are invariably sane
and tempered. She takes the best
and avoids exaggeration.
Two of the pictures in the exhibit
ton are of the sea on the south shore
of Long Island in the vicinity of
southampton, and are true interpre-
tations of place, rendered with A large
simplicity suggestive of classic mod
els. Two still-life themes. one flow
ers and the other fruit, lend color to
the collection, and a picture painted
from the Luxembourg garden looking
toward the Pantheon in Paris recalls
VividIy the unrivaled charm of that
enchanting place Finally, there is a
picture of New York seen from high
window, a very complicated compost
ton rendered with apparent ease and
certain pleasurable quality. There is
difficult drawing and an extremely
nice adjustment of tone and color
values, which go to make 1t an IN
teresting subject of study to the
technician, the professional.
In all of Mrs. Phillips painting
there is lyric. quality. suggestion
of much held In reserve, sustained
same tins q vary difnite charm.
which is quite her own.
The Phillips Memorial Gallery is
usually open to the public only on
Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday after
moons from . TO s, and at other times
on other days by appointment. but
during this series of one-man shows
will be open every day.
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MR. AND MRS. JERRY FARMS
4Vl WORTH of this city, and DR..
Burleigh Parkhurst of Boston, who
Is spending the second season in
Washington, are exhibiting at present
at the Arts Club. Mr.. Farnsworth
and his artist wife, who was Helen
Alton Sawyer. have the two rooms
upstairs. while DR.. Parkhurst's paint
ings are displayed in the front room
on the first floor.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Farnsworth are
pupils of Hawthorne, and much or
the work shown was painted at Prov
incetown. Mrs. FarnSworth, however.
has all her life been a pupil or her
father, Wells Sawyer, and shows in
her landscapes traces of his influence,
as we'll as the influence of the Prov
incetown School. Among the younger
painters few have more promise than
these two The room at the Arts
Club is much too small for the show
ing Of these works. Mr.. Farnsworth's
Accordion Player and Henka
Berry and Her Husband" were both
included In the recent exhibition of
the National Academy of Design,
hung on the line in the Vanderbilt
Gallery, here they appeared to ex-
cellent advantage. At the Arts Club
one must see them too close to get
the correct impression.
Following in the footsteps of his
master, Mr.. Farnsworth employs as
backgrounds imaginative schemes
which to some have the appearance
of back drops. The purpose, OBJ
viously, is to stress the figure and to
Intensity the human drama portrayed.
the drama of life which is variously
interpreted by each and all.
There is much to be said in favor of
this work: its strength, its directness,
its dramatic appeal are all eminently
worthwhile, but there is no reason