Evening star., 1928-01-29
NOTES OF ART AND ARTISTS
Miss Gordons Paintings Reveal Her Gift of Expression
Charming Bronzes by Two Clever Womer-Exhibit'on
oy Society of Artists.

D Al those nrices for the astute buyer
nothing could prove better invest
meut
A group of paintings by Olive Rush
of Santa Fe, N. Mex, is on view IN the
local clubhouse OF the American ASso-
ciation Of University Women, 1884 l
street. admission by card only.
Miss Rush WAS born in Paramount
Ind and studied at the Art Students
/ League OF New York under IWacht-
mann and MoWbray under Howard
pyle in Wilmington. Del. and under
Richard Miller IN Paris. Her early WORK
as represented IN the present group
was traditional, III a measure conNen-
tional similar in style TO that OF the
painters who We're her masters. hef
present work is distinctly moderniStlc
Whether she gravitated TO Santa re nc-
cause of modcrniSuc tendencies or
finding herself there. was drawn mo
modernistic methods through aSSocla-
ton. IL matters little. The fact Is mat
she is today an exponent OF this most
up- to- date school.
There is certain quaintneSS, naive
simplicity. in her paintings, such as
were found in old embr0derieS sam
piers ones great -auntS or grandmoth-
ers floral paintings Of the early eight
een- hundreds mingled with one mas
an artistic sophisticatIon and command
of technique
To the group now on view Mrs. Her
bert Hoover has lent painting by Miss
Rush of a gayly blanketed Indian on
pea green horse sharply silhouetted
against the desert sands and decorated
by surrounding towering cactuS--an In
lereSting design. striking piece OF
work. No less unconventional. though
distinctly designed. are two other paint
ings by Miss Rush in this group, one OF
four Indians silhouetted as in marching
procession against dark embroidered
background embroidered with rich
toned dull-colored paints; the other a
picture in which four fires send, at
equal distance and set on o straight line
parallel with the lower edge of the
frame their flames upward, like four
bloSS0ming flowers. Certainly Miss Rush
is not realistic painter. but she has
something to say.
Among her earlier work is an admira-
bic portrait Of a mother and child, and
IL vas III the painting o! mothers and
children. young babies In particular
that Miss Rush first won distinction
This painting is beautifully rendered
and interpreted a very satisfying work
The third section OF Miss Rush's ex-
hibit consists of water colOrs These
again are in a modernistic manner and
extremely clever of their kind One of
an adobe house. another OF the desert
with its stark occasional growth. are
perhaps the most interesting.
At the Arts Club today an exhibition
OF Western sketches by Miss Helen Nico-
lay will open, 10 continue on view for
two weeks
Naturally the Arts Club is all agog AT
the present time with excitement con-
cerning the Bal Boheme To be given to-
morrow evening at the Willard. 10 the
success OF which all Of the artists of the
club have been for weeks contributing
The era represented in the decorations
and the costumes OF the floor committee
will be medieval and from all reports
the whole will constitute splendid
colorful showing, a pageant worth see
ing an art event OF note.