Evening star., 1926-11-07

! we'll known etchers. among whom
mention may be made of Louis Orr,
John Taylor Arms, Caroline Arming
| ton, Charles A. Platt and others
equally distinguished: also a collec
/ ton of drawings by w. A. Rogers
| Of scenes in and roundabout George
| town.
| The majority know Mr. Rogers best
| as cartoonist. and to those these
| drawings will come as a. genuine sur
prise. In a little introduction to the
| catalogue Mr.. Dunthorne has remark
ed in them a. suggestion OF the works
| of Edwin A. Abbey and Howard fyie,
! O. certain delicacy and charm which
! is not always found in illustration to-
! day. The greater portion OF the draw
] ings were made with pen cut from
a goldenrod stem. Mr.. Rogers. when
| sketching one day. broke his pen. and
| looking around for something with
which to complete a. sketch, saw
| spray of goldenrod made pen from
| it and found it so emtnently salts
| factory that he has continued the
practice. For the past two or three
| Summers" says Mr.. Dunthorne, MI.
Rogers has spent Il great deal or time
with his sketch book among the old
| streets and houses of Washington. In
| the woodland and rivers of southern
| Maryland and Virginia. Old George
| town doorways and houses have had
| for him a great charm.
| How common it is to think of places
| abroad as picturesque and overlook
| the picturesque which is close at hand
but unohserved! In bringing to our
attention the beauty and pictures.
uueness to ife found in and round
about old Georgetown, Mr.. Rogers
has rendered a real service to our
community. Among the subjects
which he has set forth are THE Uni
versity Towers From q Hilltop: THE
! Old Rosedale House" Tudor House"
'Old p Street, @ Street. Georgetown"
| and Canal Lock at Great Falls. to
! mention only a few. Some of his sub
| jects are in water color.
| Whatever Mr.. Rogers does in done
well, and one is not surprised to learn
! that long ago he won the hearty
| CONNIE ndation of one whom he great
! ly esteemed, none other than John
! La Fargo.
During the war Mr.. Rogers render
! ed valuable service through his car
! toonS and posters, and at the close
Of the war he directed i'll New York
| "A school of illustration for disabled
veterans He still retains a New York
address but he is living in Washing
! ton. a very valuable acquisition to our
! HGt tOlOuS III IL HULK DOOh Cbllticu
"A World Worth While" MIR. Rogers
, has embodied the story of his own
associations with the great painters
and illustrators and has drawn
word picture of that particularly en-
chanted world in which artists move.
| To have set forth these drawings
! of Mr. Rogers of local subjects stimuli
taneously with the etchings of Paris
| by we'll known etchers was a bit dar-
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the same time interesting.
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| A r the Arts club there is now on
! n view 25 or 80 small recent paint
! inGs by local members. In the lower
room are to be seen an attractive
! water color, broadly painted with full.
| flowing brush, by VIII Hutchins; two
colorful and extremely pleasing Cali
fornia subjects. by Mrs. Sleeth; THE
Bridge at Antietam Creek" a water
color by Annie d. Kelley. and figures
and landscapes by Frances Bryant.
/ Mary s. I.ukens Myers. Margaret
, Law and Margaret Lent.
! ps1airs in the larger assembly
/ room are to be found an excellent
study of a birch tree. by Edith iOyt;
two landscapes, by Margaret >. Zim-
mele;. a group Of fish houses at Ogun-
quit, and Rocky Highland. by
| Marian Lane. ana a DIT OF Wooueu
road. by Mary King Porter. all of
which deserve special commendation.
The paintings will be on view dur
ing the month Of November.
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An unusual exhibition Of Georgian
"A silver and old Sheffield plate from
the Brainard Lemon silver collection
of Louisville. Ky. is now. and until
November II will he, on exhibition at
! Francise, 1741 Rhode Island avenue.
The Brainard Lemon silver collection
was founded number of years agu
and now comprises over 10000 orig
inal pieces. 1t is true that the major
ity of pieces are for sale, but all who
desire may avail themselves of the
privilege Of the exhibition.
1t should not be forgotten that
hand-Wrought silver of this sort
comes essentially within the field
OF art. Some of the greatest artists
of the Renaissanc nee We're silversmiths
Fabulous prices have been paid for
their productions. Furthermore. our
own American silver. of the artistic
quality of which we have good right
10 be proud. has derived much from
the English silver Of the Georgian
period. Said 10 Pennington I'm an ar
| ticle in the International Studio some