Evening star., 1925-04-26
Notes Of Art and Artists
The Question Of the Clark Collections Since the Metropolitan
Museum Has Declined -Advertising Posters of Foreign
Observation-Disclosures of Etchings.

iroom. on the first floor Eleanor Parke
Gusts of this city. a member of the
club. is showing a delightful series OF
paintings in souache--that is, opaque
water color on gray paper. These are
| chiefly of outdoor themes found, al
Gloucester. Boothbay Harbor and in
and around Washington. They are
done in an extremely simple way In
soft color, but are very decorative In
effect and pleasing in design-charm
| ing works. Miss Custis also shows a
number of decorative flower paintings
of a more elaborate sort which also
testify to her technical skill and keen
! sense of artistic values. In these
works one recognizes instantly talent
of an unusual order finding expression
in painting of an essentially profes.
sional standard.
| In the front room on the second
| floor is displayed a group of water col.
ors by Felix Mahony. also member
of the club and leader in local art
circles. These are vigorous color notes
done out of doors with a full brush
and trained perception and are of en-
gaging interest.
In striking contrast, but equally
noteworthy are the water colors by
Walter Rich of Portland. Me-, of birds
and water fowls, displayed in the
clubs library. Mr.. Rich is a scientific
| illustrator and his work is done with
the utmost precision, but il is also
| effective.
! These exhibitions continue through
May 1.
| MESTROVIC, the great Serbian
sculptor, is coming to Washing
| ton next month to do a portrait of
| Secretary Hoover. Since the death
of Rodin, Mestrovic may be regarded
as the leading European sculptor of
| the present day. An exhibition of his
work was held last Fall in the Brook
| lyn Museum, attracting very wide
and favorable attention. This collec-
tion has been divided in two sections
since then and is at present touring
| the country, going from one to the
other of our leading American mu-
seums and art associations. One sec
| ton Will go as far as the Pacific coast
where it will be shown in san Fran
cisco, in which there is quite a large
| Serbian settlement, immigrants from
| the Dalmatian coasts having crossed
our continent and established them.
selves on the coast of the Pacific
| a wide transplanting.
| y X
| II he 1nllllpS memorial IdlierN mas
purchased for it's permanent col.
| lection from the exhibition being held
| in the Corcoran Gallery of Art Little
| Carmen of the Hills" by Maurice
Fromkes. This is a delightful char
| acter study, one of the most inter
esting of the works in the Fromkes
| exhibition. and will serve admirably
| to represent both Mr.. Fromkes and his
| school in the Phillips collection, which.
| by the way, recognizes neither period
| nor school, but merely those principles
upon which all great art is founded.
MIR. Fromkes declares that a work
of art should give indication in it's
| production of intellect, of spiritual
quality and craftsmanship, and it is
his conviction that every great work
| or art must evidence all three of these
| elements. 1t is his belief. further
more, that a work or art, no matter
| how studiously wrought, should not
show trace of labor or struggle, and
1t is true that this effect he invariably
accomplishes His works give the i'm
preston of easy execution. He is a
strong and an original painter
So fascinated is Mr.. Fromkes with
Spain and Spanish subjects that he
proposes to return there this Fall and
| take up his permanent residence in
Madrid. His exhibition here has ere
ated much interest and called forth
high commendation.
| X x xx
inNE hundred etchfngs by mem.
~ bers Of the Brooklyn Society OF
| Etchers, a collection circulated by
the American Federation of Arts, Is
now on view in the Smithsonian
Building, set forth by the graphic
arts section of the National Museum
Included in this collection are etch
/ ings by Frank w. Benson. who is
one of the foremost of bur American
painters: by Clifford Adams, pupil
of Whistler; Philip Little, likewise
painter and etcher, as well as Dy
those who stand pre- eminent for
fetching and for whose works, through
the we'll arranged series OF one-man
shows held under these same aus
pices during the past two seasons.
| have become familiar to Washington
print collectors and art lovers, such
| for instance, as John Taylor Arms
George Elbert Burr, Ernest D. Roth
| Will Simmons, J. w. Winkler and
Arthur w. Heintzelman.
| Thirty-nine etchers in all are rep
| resented and the showing demon
strates the possibility of variety In
the handling of this delightful and
most artistic medium. The subjects
| which are set forth have been found
/ in all parts not only of the United
States but of the world. There are
| landscapes, figures, architecture
| themes, flowers. birds and beasts. II
! is a charming collection, carefully
assembled, fully representative and
| amply evidencing the high standard
which our American etchers have at
tanned. 1t will be on view for four
| weeks.