Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-12

| some years. is represented by typical
| Southern picture. cotton fields and cot
| ton woods, Texas, and STUDY OF poaCs,
the former the more original ana en-
gaging.
From ]. Howard Iams of washington,
Pa comes a subtly rendered palntlng'
Spring Rain" well composed. Sensl-
lively rendered. Ruth Osgood Is repre-
sented by an ambitious subject sue
cessfully set forth. THE Dark Cove.
a Maine theme reminiscent a little OF
those which Winslow Homer has so
splendidly memorialized.
Kenneth Washburn's Cover Brloge
is picturesque subject TO WHICH tne
blue of sky and water lend adoitlonal
charm.
Different from all its neighbors and OF
distinctive character is Charles Bit
fingers exqusitely painted interior OF a
library. Books" q painting rendered
with all the loving care OF detail ana
delight in things, which has marked tne
works of some of the greatest masters
of the past.
will attract those who view this exhlol-
tion. such. for instance, as Grace Nc
Kinstry's portrait of Charles w. New
hall, headmaster of the Shattuck
School: Alma Bostwick's charming still
life. lilies in black jar; A. II. Q. ROLES
winter Landscape" and A.. j. Schram's
Interpretation of Fields in Autumn;
or again. Margaret s. zimmeles genre,
Children" and Charles Hoover's anus
ing poster-like Les Amies.
The sculpture prize, as previously
mentioned, was awarded to Louise Kid
der Sparrow for her portrait bust OF
Comdr. Frederick B. Colby, q. 5: N.
Mrs. Sparrow also exhibits a. portrait
of the late Senator Theodore E. Burton:
Clara Hill Of this city shows four CT.
her charming small works. one q study
for a mask of Pan. Other sculptors ex-
hibiting are Angelo Ziroli, E. q. Nourse
and Hans Kownatski.
EBEN COMINS' exhibition. which
IL opened last Monday, entirely fil)s
the Yorke Galleries and cannot fail to
impress the visitor not only with the
artists industry and productiveness. but
also his versatility. Mr.. Comins Is not
one. but several artists, and with pleas
ure he takes on the characteristics OF
each. Today he is academic, yesterday
he may have been modern. and the day
before something quite different. IN
doubtedly he commands both his me-
dunn and his talent and is not one who
is likely to fall into a rut.
trance are shown his portraits, mostly
of men. For instance. his portraits OF
curtis D. Wilbur, former Secretary
of the Navy; Of Comdr. Arthur S:
Carpenter, of Joseph Barker, ESQ, OF
Bristol. Tenn: of Right Rev Henry
Yates Satterlee. first Bishop of Wash
ing: of 1.-THE Young Hunter" The one
exception to this masculine group is a
portrait of Mai. Stimson Of the Army
Nurse Corps. who is, however. painted
in military uniform and very mannish
in aspect.
In the gallery to the right Of the en-
trance are hung Mr.. Comins' portraits
of women and children, notably "The
Two Sisters" lent by Mrs. Marshall
Field Of washington; Betty and Dot,
the little daughters of Mr.. and Mrs
Charles D. Draytcn of this city. and
Mrs. H. Evelyn Buckingham OF Mem.
phis. Tenn. together with heads OF
children done in pastel, very sympa.
women and children Mr. Comins is I'M
doubtedly at his best, They are subtle,
significant and never oyerstated.
Above stairs in the two galleries are
shown works which, to a large extent.
Mr. Comins must have painted by way
of experimentation and for his own de-
light, though they undoubtedly delight
Others. Among THESE is series ol
genres. satirical in the extreme. repre-
sentative Of certain ,nlovely aspects OF
contemporary life. For example. one
shows middle-elass family reading the
Sunday edition Of the newspaper. So
cleverly rendered is this work that 1t
was chosen by Marie Sterner for inclu-
sion in the exhibition which she assem-
bled of American paintings shown IN
Paris in 1924. A similar family listening
to the radio. a group of people watching
fireworks. 1.-THE Movie Line" the en-
trance to a moving picture theater;
GOOD Gracious" Good Manner
1879" Under the Daumiers" and 'Tea
Things" are all in similar strain,
though the last is quite different III
manner of rendition, as is also "The
Path Between" a modernistic allegory.
Upon occasion, as in Congo" and
"Acrobats," Mr. Comins employs the
modern idiom to the limit. probably
laughing up his sleeve while doing SO.
Occasionally he becombes cubist, as
in "Ixyl' and in his portrait of mu-
sician. included in the Society Of Wash
ington Artists Exhibition at the Cor