Evening star., 1933-01-29
7ee Trees" BY John Fe painting recently
the Gallery of

Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors and
Gravers. organized a couple of years ago by Allyn
Williams, miniature painter of London and
Washington. The exhibition set forth by the
Society Of Washington Artists will continue to
February 26; the miniature works OF art WILL
however, be on view only until February o.
Both promise much in interest
THE Corcoran Gallery of Art has lately re-
ceived as gift from the painters daughter
Mrs. James de Wolf Perry wife of the Episco-
pal bishop of Rhode Island and presiding bishop
Of the Episcopal Church at the present time)
a landscape Three Trees" by the late John
Ferguson Weir, brother of ]. Alden Weir and for
many years professor of art at Yale University,
whose father was for some time professor of
drawing at West Point, where he and his brother
were born.
John Ferguson Weir was sculptor as well
as painter, executing portraits in both
media, painting landscapes also and genre.
Among his works in the latter category were
The Gun Foundry" "The Forging of the
Shaft and "An Artists Studio" While he did
not attain as great reputation as his brother
either as painter or etcher, his works have much
the same charm Of simplicity, strength and sin
cerity. Furthermore. through his teaching he
exerted a wide influence, and in the history of
the development Of America art will always
lery is fortunate in now possessing one of his
paintings and in its acquisition has definitely
strengthened its American collection
THE ATS Club is showing in its gallery and
reception rooms until February an ex-
hibition OF paintings by Harry Leith-Ross Of
woodstock, New York. and a collection of etch-
ings by 10 distinguished American etchers the
latter lent by the Grand Central Art Galleries
New York
Mr.. Leith-Ros was q pupil of Birge Har-
rison and John F.. Carlson at Woodstock and
OF Laurens in Paris. He is associate member
OF the National Academy of Design a member
OF the Connecticut Academy and of the Allied
Artists, and he has received numerous medals
and awards One Of his paintings in 1927 was
purchased through the Ranger Fund He spe-
cializes in landscape and may be ranked with
the reaGSts What he sees he sets down frank
ly, sincerely and with great correctness He
Is apparently one who likes to paint-in other
words, finds pleasure in mere transcription AS
faithful records his works are exceptional, but
they have little or no emotional quality and
do not address themselves to the Imagination.
Perhaps one of the most emotional of the works
shown is a fairly large canvas entitled END of
Day" representing mill with partly frozen
stream and now-patched land seen in the
romantic light of Winter afterglow. One or
two other smaller works have certain delcacy
and nice feeling but for the most part Mr.
Leith-Rcss' paintings are neither subtle nor
virile and thus seem to fall between the works
now regarded as ''traditicnai' the one hand
and the so-called "nlodernistic works on the
other. Perhaps, however, We are becoming too
much accustomed to that which is strong and
vivid and hence are losing our sensitiveness
OF perception. If so, we may well remind our
selves that while judging works of art we are
ourselves judged by them.