Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-02


which one would like to live
MISS GRACE E. McKINSTRY, formerly of
Minneapolis and now of Washington, was
honor guest at meeting of the Minneapolis
State Society here Friday evening at the Wash
ington Hotel.
OF portraits, and among her most recent works
Is portrait of Howard Sutherland alien
property custodian, formerly United States
Senator from West Virginia Miss McKinstrv
has also painted Of late a portrait of Capt A.
t. Abbott for the Abbott Memorial Tower at
Shattuck Military School, Mimi and portrait
OF Charles w. Newhall, head master of Shattuck
School. The latter, it will be remembered was
included in the Society of Washington Artists
recent exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery of
Art Another portrait by Miss McKinstry is
OF former mayor of Minneapolis, William
henry EustS, philanthropiSt, painted for the
University of Minnesota
Miss McKinstry was born in Fredonia N v
She studied at the Art Students League of New
York, at the Art Institute Of Chicago and IN
Paris at the Julian and Colarossi Academies
and under Raphael Collin. She is a member of
the American Artists Professional League the
National Arts Club and the San Francisco So
ciety OF Woman Painters, also of the Pen and
Brush Club, as well as an honorary member of
the League of American Pen Women. Her
portraits hang IN the Minnesota State Capitol,
at St Paul; Carleton College Northfeld, MINI:
Beloit College, Wisconsin; Pomona College.
California; Lake Erie College gainesville Ohio;
the Woman's Club of Minneapolis and the
Army and Navy Club Of this city.
A T the Dunthorne Gallery there is now on
view an exhibition Of portraits, crayon
drawings and pastels by Alice Acheson (Ars.
Dean Gooderham Acheson) of Georgetown.
These are for the most part portraits of chill
dren, though a few are of young women.
and two are of men.
Few mediums are better adapted to child
portraiture than crayon. Its successful use
implies certain simplicity and directness
which most truly represent the spirit of youth
OF childhood years. Mrs. Acheson has captured
this spirit. Her portraits are natural presenta-
tions-wiStful or gay as the case may be-bue
always appealing She has achieved particu-
larry happy result in her portraits in red chalk.
among them those of little Miss Lorraine
Daniels and Miss Virginia Hall. Two heads of
models in this medium are strong and char
acterfu
Three of the drawings in this collection are
OF youthful members of the artists own family,
Misses Jane and Mary Acheson and Master
David Acheson. Among other children inter-
estingly portrayed are Miss Susan Oulahan,
Miss Cicily Page, Miss Sharman Douglas, Mas
ter John Dickinson and Master Richard Lee.
Among Mrs. Acheson's most successful Dor
traits of women is that of Mrs. F. Trubee Davi-
son. Others included in this group are of Mrs,
Lewis Dauglas, Mrs. Prentiss Gilbert Mrs Con.
rad Babcock, Mrs. Gardner Platt Mrs Samuel
Cross and Mr.. George Stanley.
All of the seven pastels shown are of chill
dren-sunny interpretations of childish forms
IN colorful dress, with, in many instances, back
grounds OF contrasting color, which Is repeated
in narrow line in the mat OF these a poFv,-
trait OF a little mulatto girl Magnolia" In
tones of brown, holds special charm.
I N the little gallery of the Phillips Memorial
Gallery the group Of works by lyric painters
is the chief present attraction. This group in
cludes fifteen works. six in water color eight in
Oil and one in tempera by artists of the new
school.
Included among the oils is a very charming
still life by Mrs. Phillips, "Marigolds" bunch
OF gay-colored flowers in a white paper cornu-
copia laid on a table. keenly observed sympa-
thetically rendered.
Among the more elaborate works in oil are
The Newspaper" by WILLARD, an exceedingly
interesting French interior Here are two by
Bonnard, Vuilard's friend and contemporary.
"a Little River" and Strawberries"
Among the water colors are two by John
Marin, one entitled Fishing Smacksp the
other, "FrancOnia," loosely rendered. without
Inc least intention of setting forth facts, but
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