Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-16

lions by Bnree individual artists are
now on view at the Arts Club 2017
street On the upper floor, in the
leunge, A. H. o. Role of this city,
president OF the Landscape Club, is making an
impressive and comprehensive showing of re-
cent work. Mr.. ROLES exhibit includes 10
moderate sized canvaSe6-landScapes painted
in Winter and in Summer and seashore pic
tures-a very interesting and charming dis
play.
These are Without exception the kind of
paintings with which one would like to live,
paintings which interpret Sympathetically the
beauty of the outdoor world And what is
more they are ably painted, thoroughly profess
sional in the matter of technique, broadly and
simply rendered, good in color, pleasing in
effect
There is much confusion in the art world
today rs to what constitutes beauty, and there
is o strong influence which tends to exalt the
drab and the plain even to put q premium
on distortion. 1t is therefore refreshing and
encouraging to find, as in this instance an
artist interpreting beauty which is universal,
and with freshness and vigor bred, perhaps,
Of the new and revolutionary ideas.
Mr.. Role paints by way of recreation: his
art is his ayocation. But he stands, rs this
exhibition evidences, shoulder to shoulder with
those who make art profession.
TN the reception room and dining room, on
the first floor, and in the library, on the
second floor, at the Arts Club, Mildred b.
Miller of Chester Springs Pa, Is showing paint
ings in oil and water colors, 40 in all. The
oils are In the reception room and greet the
visitor on entrance. They are large canvaSes,
broadly painted with 9 direct, loose and at
tractive technique. They present an unusual
variety OF subjects There are flowers, land
scapes, figures and animals and they make a
pleasing and excellent showing
Only those who have visited Chester Springs
: can know the interest and quality Of the ma
terial which the old houses, interesting farm
neighb0rhood and beautiful outlying district
afford Mrs Miller has made excellent use
OF this material. Perhaps the most vivid Inn
preston that one win carry away from this
exhibition is Of her rendering Of horses singiy
and in groups. These are impressions swiftly
registered-very significant.
1t is interesting to note also that AIRS. Mil
ler's technique is very different In the use Of
oils and Of water colors, and that, reversing
the usual order, her handling Of water color
is tighter and more finished than her handling
Of OIL But both are clever.
aFFSETTING the paintings by Mr. Role
and Mrs. Miller are ~ statuettes and 2
busts by Barksdale Rogers, caricatalring or
characterizng whichever one wishes to caN
it-members Of the Senate Of the United States.
These are IN plaster, colered sketchily rendered,
but extremely vital; lively little works which
bring smile but have NO sting. An unusual
use Of sculpture as q medium.
At the COrcoran Gallery OF Art @ notable
group Of little bronzes by American scuIp-
tors has lately been placed ON view h, n case
In one OF the hrSt-hoor galleries The sculp-
tors represented are AbaStenia st. Leger Eberle
Harriet w. Frishmuth, Bessie Potter Vonnoh
An0lph A. Weinman and Carl c. Nose.
Miss Eberle has I'VE works 70 her credit
among which Girls Dancing In the Street
is especially well known, plastic and at the
same time full of action.
Miss Eberle, it win be remembered, has made
to some extent a specially Of small brOnzes of
New York East Side children, representing
them, for the most part at play. In her choice
OF subjects Miss Eberle Is distinctly modern,
and the fact that she represents almost in
variably, figures in motion shows her In SYM
pathy with the modern school. But her work
in character is in accord with the best tradi-
ton
Harriet Frishmuth is also one of our leading
American sculptors. She shows among other
works here at this time q small version OF one
OF her most celebrated works. THE Vine" an
exquisite nude, which, full size some years
ago was purchased by the City of Los Angeles
for permanent placement out-of-dOors Her
allegro" likewise small, in this exhibition Is
another lovely nude exquisitely modelled, light
as air, rhythmic with suggested motion,
Bessie Potter VonnOh U.s. 1t win be renaem-
bered, the wife Of the painter Robert Won.
noh, and the sculptor Of the charming little
garden figure intended q memorial to the
late Frances HodgSon Burnett, lately mentioned
and reproduced in these columns. Her spe-
ciaity has been mothers and children, modelled
with exceptional tenderness and feeling, works
lin little" possessing large significance. Among
hsr best are the graceful figure Of q young
girl. The Dance" and the bewitching little
child In nightdress, Good Night" both Of
which ere included in this current showing.
Adolph A. Weinman is best known In wash
hcgton as the sculptor Of the Steuhen statue IN
IRfaYette Eullare He ID alsn the acrlrtnr nR