Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12

acter. But "Fishermen's Mass by the same
artist showing a crowd OF psople gathered ct
service near the sea, and Typical Candy Sell
ers," by Lucille de Albuquerque, have more
regional favor.
For figure paintings strong in what one
imagineS to be national characteristics on
must turn to the works from Sac Paulo. Three
paintings by Annita Malfatt full of local
color" figure of a in a mantilla,
"On sthe Balcony" gives evidence of the ElI-
ropean aspect of Brazilian life, while the color
ful Bahamas seem to be Brazils very own.
Country Life depicts men with an oxcaTG
which has the most primitive form of wheek,
wooden disks pegged to a croSs-pole One is
prone to forget that such relics of prehistoric
times are still in use. But they are more paints
able than our up-to-date harvesting machines,
which have rendered horses and oxen obsolete.
"Rosinha," by Padua Druta, bravely wears a
costume combining red and pink; difficult
feat Three paintings of Indians by the gifted
artist, Antonio Gomide, decorative two-dimen-
SIGNAL designs appropriately bring into the ex-
hibtion records of the primitive people who in
habit most of the interior Of this great country,
the area Of which is larger than the lifted
States.
A. Tarsila upholds Sac Paulo's reputation for
modernism in his three paintings-two decora-
tive designs in primary coors, MORO da Fa-
vella," presenting a native family at home in
a landscape of boxlike houses and solid rouni
trees and cacti, and Brazilian Religion" which
the artist would apparently have believe is
form without spirit. These two paintings, if
reproduced as textiles, would be successful in
modsrnist interiors. The same artists third
painting is a surrealistic presentation of a frog
whose solitude is accentuated by the barren
architectural setting. There is notable
scarcity of sttll life in this exhibition, one fine
example being Flowers and Fruits" by Fran
cisca de Azevedo Leao.
An exhibition such as this, is important out
nf all fi1p1 To ire ciZ Tor To of
us, perhaps, Brazil has heretofore been syn
onynous with rubber and coffee But after
seeing even this small group Of paintings (be-
tween 20 and 80 view we will never again
have SO circumscribed vision of this distant
repubnc.
r ECENT paintings by Betty Lane which con-
stitute one of the special exhibitions at the
Phillips Memorial Gallery, throughout this
month, reveal the work of a promising young
artist. Born in Washington in 1907, Miss Lane
was taken to the West Indies at the age of 10
and spent three years there. Upon her return
she studied for two years at the Corcoran
School of Art and later attended for q like
period the Massachusetts, School of Arts, in Bos-
ton. During a sojourn in Europe in 1923-29
she studied for three months at the Academic
Andre Lhote. The paintings in the current
exhibition are the fruit of her trip abroad and
Of four months in Yucatan last year More
than thirty paintings are shown, most of them
in oils modern in tendency and full of youth
full vitality. The group shows a decided kim
ship with the art south of the Rio Grande al
though Miss Lane is not conscious Of any spe-
cifc painters influence. Her paintings are two
dimenSional in character, predominantly in
warm earth tones complemented by bright reds,
yellowS and greens. She has depicted the
robust native types Of Mexico, her Portrait of
Ruperta" and Market, Progreso," being espe-
cialy pleasing; aspects of native life as in THE
Tram" and Train Passing" and a number of
colorful studies Of fruit and flowers, as well as
landscapes, both in Mexico and the south Of
France.
Water colors by John Marin, from the Phil
lips Gallerys permanent collection, have been
Coaitinned naa T.,ne1lf1i- second pnno