Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13

/ the left on the shimmering water Is the
reflection of the light on the shore-a
beautiful composition exquisitely rem
dered, with simplicity and directneSs
| that amc yes.
WI Thin the last few years Jane Peter
son has gained much in perception and
| technical competence. 1t is easy to be-
lieve that in the future she will achieve
still more.
T Asst Tuesday evening the counselor
H of the Hungarian legation, Mr..
Pelenyi. was guest of honor at the Arts
Club, and by special request presented
an interesting paper on Romantic
Pages of Hungarian History" prepared
and presented earlier in the season In
Newport at a meeting Of the Art Asso-
citation of that city.
Under the joint auspices of the Hun
gary Society of America and the Ameri-
can Federation of Arts, there is to be,
during the coming year, an exchange
of exhibitions of art between Hungary
and the United States, the American
Federation of Arts assembling repre-
sentative exhibition of American paint
ingS and sculpture, to be shown at
Budapest under distinguished official
auspices, a specially appointed commit
tee in Budapest assembling an exhibit
ton Of Hungarian art, which viii b. cir
culated in this country among the art
museums. There is possibility that
this Hungarian exhibition will have its
first showing here in Washington.
4 X
MRS. H. K. BUSH BROWN has
painted recently four portraits of
former presidents of the Southern Rail-
way. which have been given permanent
placement in the directors room in the
new Office building on the corner of
K and Fifteenth streets designed by
of Samuel Spencer of Atlanta, Col. w.
Johnston of Charlotte, N. c.; George
H. Smoot of Alexandria and DR.. Samuel
Blair Cunningham of North Carolina.
In each portrait Mrs. Bush-Brown
has introduced as background feature
some characteristic scene or emblem
In the portrait Of Samuel Spencer, for
instance, through an open window one
sees the tower of the Southern Railway
station in Atlanta, Ga. In the back
ground OF the portrait of George H.
Smoot is map showing in outline the
Southern Railways right of way. The
portrait of DR.. Cunningham has land
Scape background showing at distance
the mountainous country of North Car
DINA, a river valley, beside which runs
the railroad, the construction of which
Dr. Cunningham superintendent himself.
DR.. Cunningham was no less famous
as a physician than as president of the
East Virginia Railroad and
is credited with having performed the
first operation with aneSthetics in North
Carolina.
In each instance these portraits are
character studies. memorials, in which
personality is strongly emphasized.
Mr.. and Mrs. BuSh-Brown spent the
greater part of the Summer at their
country home in Pennsylvania. but have
now returned and are at work in their
Washington studio.
TT is learned with regret that Miss
l. Hele and Miss Clements will not be
in Washington this Winter, planning to
spend from December to May abroad.
They will sail for Europe in December
and go directly to Egypt. Miss Hale
and Miss Clements spent the Summer
in their home at Folly Cove, which has
become quite an art center in recent
years
Both Miss Hale and Miss Clements
painted a number of extremely inter-
esting canvases during the past Sum-
mer, but their chief attention was given
10 eJCIllIlg, ana JONdTQ Tile ClOSC Vi GIlc
season they, with five other Folly Cove
Summer residents. among them Miss
Lesley Jackson of this city, held an
exhibition of etchings in an adjacent
cottage-an exhibition which attracted
considerable attention and called forth
high commentator.
X
T YDIA BUSH-BROWN (Mrs. Francis
- Head spent the past Summer in
New Mexico and Southern California
and has returned enthusiastic over sub
jects found in the Southwest, which
she hopes and expects to translate into
silk murals.
X \ f.
A RUSSIAN artist, M. s. Mastrukoff.
formerly of Petrograd. has opened
a studio at 1140 Connecticut avenue.
Mr.. Mastrukoff was at one time an in
structor in one of the leading art schools
in Petrograd, but he has lived for
the past 18 years in London and Paris.
He has specialized during that time
chiefly in miniature painting, working