Evening star., 1928-04-29


painted Within the last two years. toul
oE five of which are Of her own grand
children.
+ In this group must be considered Mrs
/ Thaw'S self f-portrait, an extremely sue
+ cesSful piece OF work, With little or no
I shadow. Mrs Thaw has painted herSeli
wearing a white felt hat with drooping
/ black pompon and black and white
/ dress against a very light background
an eXonisitely subtle scheme, beauti-
fully interpreted Rarely does one see
| a self-portrait which is SO satisfying
! for here is not only likeness but char
acter The face is expressive. the eyes
peculiarly seeing. and behind them Is
spirit.
OF the little grandchildren, one Is
the son of daughter who married an
italian nobleman. little lad OF
or years of age. wearing blue
frock, a chubby boy with big round
black eyes-a Roman through and
through animated but at the same
time reticent The artist i'll this in
stance has succeeded in catching q
little characteristic shrug of the shoul-
der, an arrested movement, which is
most expressive.
Another expressive portrait by Mrs,
Thaw is of a young American girl with
black ribbon band across her fore
head. now Mrs. Scott B. MacFarland
Here, too. Mrs. Thaw has registered
likeness and character with the utmost
simplicity and has produced a work
which is decorative and at the same
time significant.
This is the day of innovations, the
world is clamoring for that which Is
new: only yesterday age was supposed
70 ~t lie
that neither age nor newnesS conSti-
tutes worth in art: there must in
either case. be elemental beauty, This
Mrs. Thaw seems TO understand, and
for this reason her newest style is per-
hapS her best.
II X *
AN interesting and unusual exhibit
ton of color prints by artists OF
several nations is now on view in the
Dunthorne Gallery. Connecticut avenue
These for the most part are woodblock
prints. though in some instances aqua
tints and Autographs are included.
We associate woodbloek printing pri-
marilv with the japanese, they were
undoubtedly pioneers in this field: in
deed. they were more than pioneers,
they proved themselves great artists,
and through this chosen medium exert
ed a powerful influence on the art Of
the Occident Whistler frankly ac-
knowledged his debt to the woodblock
printers of Japan: prints by Hokusai
and Hiroshige which fell into his
hands undoubtedly exerted powerful
influence upon his art To other paint
ers of Europe and America the art OF
the Ukio-ve school of japan has been
more than significant It was not, how
ever, until 30 or 25 years ago that ar
fists of Europe and America began eX-
perimenting with this medium One OF
the first to take 1t TIP was Helen Hyde,
an American woman who studieo IN
japan under japanese masters and won
the high approval of the japanese. In
recent years the medium has become
popular not only in the United States
but throughout Europe. and extremely
interesting prints have been made, not
initiative of the japanese, but indlca-
tive of the individuality OF the artist.
strongly marked by national character
istics
The diversity Of art in this medium
is admirably shown In the present ex-
hibitton, wherein are prints b. British.
Scandinavian. Austrian and CZechosio-
vakian artists. Nor does the reures snta- :
ton end here. for there is at least one
Japanese artist residing in Europe VINO
makes excellent contribution, working
in an Occidental manner but with an
Oriental deftness.
The Austrian prints are exceptionally
fine and are what might be called
three -dirnengionai In most instances
woodblock prints are inclined TO be
fat two-dfmensional but some Of the
Austrian prints in this exhibition have
q distinct suggestion of depth.
The principal shorteoming OF the
woodblock print up TO the present time
has been It's lack Of subtlety. the fact
that IL delivers its message At a glance
and has no resource Of pleasure I'm
reserve II is for this reason that one
quickly tires OF the usual woodblock
print. whereas an even less meTitoriOus
painting win often continue to charm.
But the woodblock printers are appar-
emily overcoming this weakness and not
a few Of the prints In this exhibition
would undoubtedly prove permanently
en- joyabIe
There are some very fine prints by
Miss Elizabeth Keith. young English
woman who has spent much time in
the Orient. She employs 10 some extent
the Oriental manneT~~strong color.
brilliant effect. but her best works are
neF DRufeS. which are exquisiteIy drawn.
and rendered with a certain Oriental
dignity. There are some excellent prints
here by A. Rigden Read and John Platt,
both Likewise BYitshers: there are some
fine examples In the rnodernistic spirit
by E. Barttoniejczyk, Bogra Kiasnodeb-
ska, Sonina Konarska and Wladyslav
6koczylas. Polish artists.
II is essentially diversified and at
the same time comprehensive showing.
and from first 10 last a high standard
! is upheld.
AT the Dunthorne Gallery at the
present time there is also being
shown a collection Of bronzes and
drawings by An Italian artist, Alfeo
FaRgi
A Fforeniine By birth. Mr.. Faggi came
TO America In 1913, returned 10 his
own country 10 fight with the Italian
army from 1913 TO 1918. and at the