Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-08

mHE galleries of the home construction
division of Sears, Roebuck g. Co., of
which Theodore j. Morgan Is director,
were formally opened with q private
view last Tuesday evening, attended
by Mrs. Hoover, Mrs. Charles Francis
Adams and other distinguished guests. julius
Rosenwald, president Of Sears Roebuck & Co.,
and two of the exhibiting artists were present
ALBERT Herter mural and portrait painter,
and Norman J. Mortimer sculptor
Paintings by Mr.. Herter and his wife, Adele
Aerter filled the walls of the main exhibition
gallery providing a display OF sumptuous color.
Mrs. Herter's Is paintings were Of flowers and
sttll Life, may of them in paStels but having
the richness of oils. These paintings, as well
rs six by Mr.. Herter Of the same types Of sub
3ectS, were characterized by an exquisite rem
dering of surfaces and textures, delicately adj
justed values and jewellike colors Of the objects
depicted.
OF the IA portraits by Albert Herter. that of
Pilgun YUM, in a gorgeous Chinese costume,
was given central placement IN an alcove be-
yond q small stage, with dramatic lighting.
But there was no doubt that the chief attrac-
ton and popular favorite was the PORTRAIT of
the Artists Sons" shown by courtesy Of the
metropolitan Museum Of Art. This well known
double portrait showing the handsome blond
boys, each with a book, seated back to back on
q couch, is thoroughly natural, yet has
architectural balance in its composition. The
younger son. on the left. was secretary to Pres
ident Hoover during his relief work In Bel
GUM. The elder Everit Albert Herter was
killed In France in June, 1918. In his memory
his father painted a mural depicting the first
departure of French troops for the front, which
now hangs in the Care de LEST. Paris. At the
unwilling Of this mural Mr.. Herter was deco
rated by Marechal Joffre with the cross of the
Chevalier of the Legion of Honor.
Another double portrait in the current exhi-
bition, of Miss Maude Bowler and her twin
sister, Mrs. Henry ClarkSon Scott, was an out
standing feature of the exhibition Of 'Distin-
Guished Portraits Of Women" at the Grand
Central Art Galleries in New York City about
tlful young women is emphasized by the lighter
shades of their peach-colored gowns in con-
trast with jade-green background. Mr.. Her
ter has an instructive gift for the most felici-
t0us combinations of color as is seen in all of
his portraits and flower studies. Warm colors
predominant. ranging from pale yellow to deep
Eusset Gas in the portrait Of Zorah Gharsa and
her mother), but even his blues and greens are
warn" despite their great variety.
The Herters' paintings are shown against
kexttle hangings in varied and colorful floral
patterns, designed by the artists and pro-
duced by the Herter Looms Among them are
. number made by a new process, which appear
20 have been handpainted in oils These tex
tiles to be shown later at the Metropolitan
Museum of Art F. S. B.
DY coincident, a considerable number of the
exhibits in the Sears, Roebuck a. Co. show
AFe Of Brittany. All Of Lester Stevens paint
ngs were made in Brittany within the last year.
and third, if not half Of the pen and ink
drawings by Thornton Oakley were made as