Evening star., 1926-05-23
BY LEILA MECHLIN.
T the Phillips Memorial Gallery
a collection of IA paintings,

A T the Phillips Memorial Caller,
n a. collection of IA paintings
"A the work Of intimate impress
sionists," is on view. Thu
is the concluding exhibition
of a series arranged for the present
season by Mr.. Phillips to acquain
the Washington public with the oes'
Of progressive development In art
the art Of painting.
In founding the Phillips Memoria
Gallery Mr.. Phillips declared 1t to bt
his conviction that great art OF al
periods was homogeneous and thai
the art OF today was essentially the
inheritor Of the past; that one period
did not end merely for another te
begin, but that all were OF the same
family. He was one Of the first to
venture to show the works OF old
masters and modern painters side by
side, and by so doing proved the
soundness Of his theory. The cur
rent series OF exhibitions mas peer
arranged to illustrate to a degree the
same continuity, and each has been
selected with the utmost care in order
to carry special significance.
The artists represented In the cur
rent showing are Alfred Sisley. Berthe
Morisot. Albert Andre, Samuel Hal
merit. Pierre Bonnard. Maurice Prem.
dergast. Marjorie Phillips and Paul
Dougherty.
group. was born in 1883; Marjorie
Phillips. the latest, in 1885. Four OF
the painters are French, the other
four Americans.
The two works by Sisley shown are
"Snow at Louveciennes" and Banks
of the Seine" both of which were
acquired some time ago for the Phil
hps permanent collection. They are
exquisite works. subtle, reticent and
lovely in color-paintings which are
representative and at the same time
interpretative. They set forth not
merely actuality, but actuality ex-
pressed through O sensitive per.
Sonality, II Is indeed as II the painter
had taken the observer by the hand
and said. Come and see this lovely
vision which I have discovered" Al
fred Sisley did not disregard drafts
manship. nor did he forget the neces'
sity Of creating a composition. but
he vas not afraid to transcr.be real
loneliness in nature, and such he has
permanently recorded for our unend'
ing JOY.
The example which represents
Berthe Morisot in this exhibition IS
a figure composition-two girls. II
perhaps. than some Of her landscapes
and garden themes: and yet she was
better known for her pictures or the
houdoir. the nursery and the drawing
room-interpretation Of femininity-
than for her outdoor pictures. she
was a. pupil Of Corot. Manet was
her law. her friend and her
mentor. She was the one woman
whose name Is associated and whose
work was reckoned on par with that
of the great French impressionists.
the greatest of all of whom, doubt
less, was Manet.
Mrs. Phillips paintings have been
likened 10 those Of Berthe Morisot,
and there Is undoubtedly similarity.
This similarity lies somewhat in man.
ner, in the choice Of color. in SINGER
itv and restraint. Mrs. Phillips Is
represented in this exhibition by
landscape. entitled "Rich Earth" and
a landscape with figures, Before Sup
per-" The latter, as Is explained In
the catalogue. is a moment out OF the
lives OF two little children in their
mountain home.
Albert Andre is represented by four
examples. among which still lfe,
Melon. Peppers and Grapes" is per-
f1aps the most interesting. This paint
ing has all Of the vivid strength OF
the works Of the modernist school.
but is rendered with a refinement and
finish foreign to this school and truly
exquisite The slices Of melon are
broadly painted: the grapes, on the
other hand, are rendered with minute
accuracy The whole is splendid
piece of color and goes to show that
1t is not necessary to be crude in or.
der to be forceful.
Samuel Halpert, the American, and
Pierre Bonnard of France are less
subtle and more primitive. If this
word can be applied to sophisticated
effort toward simplification. Halpert's