Evening star., 1926-04-18
BY. I.Elk.t Mi3CHLIN.

AG.N,nnneCticut avenue, ana eK
Il hibited last Sunday informally
thereiu- 10: especially 4nVi1ed guests
group of recently completed por-
traits. Chief among :As:e WAS nof-
trait of Mrs. John TtaGHor or Los
Angeles, painted in the Trsauor home,
to which il will shorty be returned
and wherein IL IL to occupY an hcA
ored place over the nlsntei ~ az
stately living room.
This liz portrait which NOT "ht%
carries conviction hut cannot !ah 20
he found pictorially Plea sing. 1t repre-
sents Mrs. Treanor. a woman o. pa
quaint feature and youtntut nsure, n
simple white evening gown. Seatei
in a chair over wn!ch = ditped a
white ermlne evening ci9at thrown
back from her should -. The pll' 3
ground is a colorful sc. eca of a. oio
rose tint, in which Ofa 'ee ana Nt2iet
hues are comminSie>'. inc deUotd-
tions are floral and Sus$aS, @Aah.
peonieS Of white ana pins, VINE
conventional design in which thsEd Is
a dominant note of blue, lends nH4fa~t
and interest. rhe whole comps ~-0n
is in a high key and gives an imp.es
sion of flowers and spring tine. the
snringtime OF youth. 1t IL extremely
broadly painted, with the pigment 'l4id
on heavily in spots and shows skliltui
use of the palette knife. bat II Is essen
tiallv inlbued with the sitter per
sunality and charm. 1t is vit3l pof-
trait-reticent yet positive. eNane*'
cent in effect yet substantia!- i"e
frame, which is mosi suitable and e.,
fective. was espeu ally Designed ana
decorated bs Nj. Collins.
Quite in a different vein. but equally
admirable is Mr.. Comin's portrait o.
Graeme Haughton of Boston, ana
Manchest by .the-Ses. This is
half.length and shows this well-known
Rostonian. lover of sports and OF the
outdoor world. wearing his cape-oVer
coat and seated in chair, with deep
Woodlands as background. TINS k
an extremely direct piece Of painting
the head stands boldly out from the
dark back ground and is strongly mod
eled. the eyes look directly into those
of the observer. The hands are
crossed and the right rests not lightly.
but firmly on the back of the left,
characteristic pose and one indicative
of irmness.
An excellent piece Of painting /.
Mr. ComnS' portarait of Miss Martina
MacTaggart of Worcester. whom H.
has pictured wearing an exquisite
gown OF old rose Chinese embroidery
with Just a touch of black velvet to
set it off and A string OF blue jade.
Here again Mr.. Comins has somewhat
altered his style 10 his subject and
has rendered personality with an ex-
tremely subtle. sympathetic touch.
One of Mr.. Comins' latest works Is
a portrait OF Mrs. Albert Dewey of
this city. whom he has pictured
against a hlue.grsy background, wear
ing black evening gown.
He has also in his studio at the
more than year ago Of the late
calvin Coolidge, jr.. work which,
though done from "A photograph and
with the guidance Of those who knew
the lad, is essentially imbued with
Hfelike suggestion, a spirited portrait
OF a most promising lad on the
threshold OF youth. The artist has
pictured him halt seated, half stand
ing. on the piazza of the house at
Plymouth. the windmill he himself
constructed at his side, the beautiful
vista Of thu hills and open fields serv-
ing as a background The head, Is
painted against the unbroken blue OF
the sky; the whole is in a high key
and has the air of the out -of-doors.
The figure its well into the compo-
sition ano the work as a whole is
something more than a mere portrait.
Mr. Comins has also lately painted
himself, working from the reflection
in a mirror, and loosely remarking
that bald heads are always interest
ing to paint" he has produced not
only a. true likeness but q spirited
painting, a really brilliant work of
art.
Mr.. Comins has brought back with
him from California number Of ex-
tremely interesting Chinese paintings
which he has hung on his walls and in
which he takes great delight. To him
rolor and design make tremendous ap-
peal, and he finds relatively great
fascination in them. BY no means
modernist MIR. Comins Is open minded
toward innovations and is an expert
mentor himself, one VINO brings
scholarship to bear upon MS knowl-
edge of art. In the exhibition Of mod
ern Italian art now on view in the
National Gallery, National Museum,
he processes to, have found not only
mTch of interest hut real inspiration.
THOSE who have not seen the exhi-
hition OF etchings ~ Arthur ".
JIeintzelma In the Smithsonian Build
ing should do so without delay. The
exhibition closes on April IS and lie
nncommonly fine.
Arthur w. Heintzeirasn was born
i'm Newark, n. j., in 1881 and began
hs studies of art at the youthful age
Of nine. These STUDIES were. pursued
for eight years in the Rhode Island
School of Design az Providence, after
which he won the aij.mni travelling
schola rship and was thus enabled to
go abroad. From 1910 TO f9l4 he vas
the head of the department Of fine
arts of the Detroit School o: Design;
then he was called back as an instruc.
tor to the school in which he fad
studied and his first etching was done
after accepting this appointment. 1t
IS said that an article in new spa per
first induced him to experiment in TINS
medium and that the FIRST Plate that
he produced. a portra;t- OF a raonl,
proved so successful thai ne oe-
ternined to give his entire time to
etching. His frst exhibition was he.d
in Boston in 1917, at which time ne
showed 27 plates. He is q member OF
all the leading etching societies,
among them the Societe Gravure
Originate en- Noir, Paris, and his Wori>
IS included in the .perp,a nent co!lsc-
tions OF the leading rart muse 7's =
both here and abroad. st oreSs? h
Is working. in Paris. He is one o: tHe
few etchers who confines BIN Ell a.,
most exclusively to ror-ra 'ti'"s 3.f.d
one of the very few toeia% v no un52e1'-
takes to interpret religious sIb'ecs%.
In the present. exhibition a." n
cl,lded several ete6ings of the Cruc!-
ffxion--two under this titie., ona el'
titled "Go,gotha." another les T"ois
Maries." and still snotfep, Mise gu
Tombeau." Probably since Hemora nct
we have had nothing frcr OF these
great subjects, nothing more "x'
0uisitely' and reveren:'% rendered.
Following in the footsteps o. me ereat
master, Arthur Heintzs irE.t y ,cas pro.
duced work before which an"@!o"er of
art must stand rot nfers:r with de-