Evening star., 1926-05-09

OUlSG L1ONo I1EC o 49, ~
we'll known portrait painter OF
New York, has lately completed
IL a number Of portrait commits
sions here in Washington.
Miss Heustis' work has been shown
in all the leading current exhibitions
. at the National Academy OF Design,
New York: the Pennsylvania Academy,
Philadelphia: the Carnegie Institute,
Pittsburgh; the Art Institute of Chi
cago and the annual exhibitions OF art
associations in Boston, Newport, New
Orleans, st. Louis and other cities
and her picture, THE Sea Captain S
children" shown more than two years
ago in the Corcoran Gallery'S ninth
biennial exhibition, last Winter won
the S2,500 prize in the Brown-B -Bigelow
national art competition. This prize
was won over 1000 contestants. The
Jury Of award was composed OF well
known artists, art critics and art deal
ers Another picture by Miss HeuStlS
won a prize at the Newport Art ASSo-
cations latest exhibition. Among her
sitters have been well known people in
New York and Newport social circles.
She has met with special success IN
her portraits of children. A portrait
by Miss HeuStis of Gen. Young hangs
in the Navy Department in this city,
and another of her portraits has been
given place in the permanent coliec-
ton of Yale University.
Among the portraits painted here
are half lengths of Mrs. John Dryden
and Mrs. Ford Anderson Todd, wife
of Comdr. Todd of the Navy. Mrs.
Dryden is painted in a light green.eVe-
ming gown against a decorative out
door background, the foliage of dark
Tree throwing into relief the head and
shoulders. and a CLINT of dark blue
water complementing the light green
Of the gown. The head is turned
slightly to the right, the eyes are
fixed apparently upon a distant object.
The expression is retrospective. Mrs.
Todd, who is brunette, is pictured in
an evening gown of figured chiffon, in
which light henna is the predominant
Ing note. The background here is un-
decorated but atmospheric, the pose
rather alert and almost full face.
Miss Heustis' drawing is exceed
ingly fine and her work extremely
sympathetic. She employs as much
as possible broad, fiat planes and ere
ates invariably a beautiful surface.
There are no technical pyrotechnicS
in her painting. Instead, her art is
used to conceal her artistry. She has
charming personality, which inVa-
riably finds unconscious expression in
her work. and she has a faculty, which
some portrait painters lack, of getting
a so-called likeness - satisfying her
patrons.
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THE Corcoran Gallery Of Art an
L nounces an evening opening next
Thursday. May 13. from $50 to 1890,
in honor of the members and delegates
IN attendance at the annual meetings
of the American Association of Mu-
scum Directors and the American
Federation Of Arts. which will be held
in Washington this week. Attend
ance is not restricted, however. to rep
resentatives of these organizations,
hut instead is free to the public. This
is the only time that the contempt
rary exhibition has been on view in
the evening, with the exception of the
private view when the exhibition was
first assembled. 1t will in way take
on the nature of a farewell, as this
notable exhibition closes on the 18th
and will then be dispersed
The voting contest for the popular
prize. which has been in progress dur
ing the past week. terminates today,
and announcement of the prize winner
will be made in the news columns to-
morrow or Tuesday.
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AT THE Phillips Memorial Gallery
was opened yesterday what is
practically the last of the series of
son. 1t is devoted to intimate impress |
pressionists, starring Sisley, Berthe |
Morisot, Bonnard, Andre and Prem |
dergast, none of whom can with real
propriety be classed with the modern
lists, except Bonnard and Prendergast, |
and they with reservations.
The gallery will be open Friday
for members of the American Fedora |
lion of Arts and delegates to the fed !
eration's convention. This exhibition
viii he on view in the little gallery
FOR the remainder of the month and |
open TO the public. as usual, on the
afternoons OF Tuesday. Saturday and !
Sunday. A fuller notice of the eNhi |
bitiOn will be given later.
The series of exhibitions which Mr. |
Phillips has assembled and set forth !
in his little gallery this season has |
aroused a great amount of interest |
and has done much TO enlighten the |
p IT flowing public of Washington con- |
Cerning the development of new move |
ments in the realm of American
painting.
THE May exhibition at the Arts |
Club Of Washington. 2017 / street, |
consists of crafts by the industrial |
arts members of the club. under the |
auspices of the industrial art commit !
lee. This continues through May Is, |
after which time in the upper room |
will be shown water colors by the Y |
Painters and in the lower room water |
colors by Miss Dorothy Savage OF Bal |
timore. u student of the Maryland |
Institute and Of Charles w. HaW-
thorne at ProvincetoWn.
A week from today a tea will be
given at the Arts Club in honor of
Miss Savage and the y Painters. The
hostesses will be Miss Catherine Carter
Critcher. Mrs. Mathilde NJ. Leisenring. |
Miss Sarah s. Munroe and Miss Ber-
tha Noyes.
AS a result of a recent election. l..
Norris Leisenrins was reelected pres
ident of the club; Felix Mahony, vice
president; Alfred +. Lewis, jr.. CORE
sponding secretary; Will c. Barnes,