Evening star., 1933-12-17

Christmas sale of small paintings, prints and
art objects by league members opened.
The National Society of Independent Artists
has concluded its early Winter showing and
has announced the result of the voting contest
for the most popular and the most unpopular
pictures in the exhibition.
Marjorie Meurer won the first popular prize
with landscape entitled Spring Sunshine, :"
winning the bronze medal annually awarded
The second popular prize went to Rowland
Lyon for portrait entitled lie Baron" And,
oddly enough, Mr.. Lyon received first prize for
the most unpopular painting, beach study en-|
titled Shorts
The third popular prize went to A. j. T. Meu-|
rer for Virginia landscape entitled "Old Mill,
Waterford" and the fourth to w. F. Evans for
a landscape, In the Blue Ridge"
The second unpopular prize resulted in a tie
vote for two pictures by Herman Maril-"Sid7j
Show" and Landscape" The third prize was
a tie vote for works by three artists-Mary ASH
burton, Felix Schwarz and Flora Sager.
At a recent election Charles Bittinger, oneI
of the founders of the Society of independent
Artists was elected president; Rowland Lyon,
chairman of the executive council; A. j. T.
Saltzman and Mrs. Marjorie Meurer members
of the executive council. The society's next
exhibition will be held in the Spring.
THE Landscape Club of Washington is holdingI
an exhibition, and very attractive one, in|
the Mount Pleasant Branch of the Public Lii
brary, Sixteenth and Lamont streets. Thirty
two or three paintings and number of works
in black and white, etchings and drawings are|
shown in a small lmproyised, but very salts
factory gallery back OF ths reading room TheI
paintings are almost exclusively in oils and of
size suitable for the home.
This being a landscape club, the paintings
shown are chiefly landscapes. 1t is interesting
to note, however, that two portraits, pastels by|
Bjorn Ege are introduced, and with excellent
effect. One of these is of Gen. George o.
SquierS, the other of Dr. w. Calhoun Stirling,
both well modelled and presumably character
istic.
Paul S. Rolando shows two rather unusual
paintings, one of beach scene with figures
Garnet Jex and r. Bruce Horsfall both Show|
paintings made a trip to West Virginia lastI
Summer colorful and very pleasing in COM
position. Minor S. Jameson is well represented
by colorful landscape, open rolling country|
seen in the warm light of he setting sun.
Benson Moore shows two Autumnal landscapes,
Tom Browne charming bit of leafy woodland,
sensitlvely interpreted. There are two marines
by John U. Perkins, and very pleasing lttle|
landscape by H. Hicizs to say nothing of etch-
ings by j. c. Claghorn and others.
One seldom sees pictures to better advantage.
or pictures of more pleasing character than
these.
+ CALUSD an Armenian artist, who has for
W some time been residing in Washington,
is holding exhibition Of his paintings at a22
Seventeenth street. MIR. Calud spent his early
youth in ConStantinople (now IStanbuD and|
views of this fascinating city on the Bosphorous
with its many mnarets are represented promi-|
nently in several of these pictures. But marines
predominate, and it is in the painting of theseI
that Mr.. Calusd has attained chief distinction
Among his most priced tributes is a letter from
the late Admiral Sigsbee commencing his cor-|
rect representation of the weight and motion Of
water.
One of the most interesting of the paintings
now on view is Over-mantel decoration isl
three panels representing the fishermen of the
Bosphorous, the center panel showing them
tossed in their small boats on restless sea- the
end panels depicting them as going out from
Constantinople, and their return. A more re-
cent work is entitled the Spirit Which Guides >"
and shows Lndbergh's plane, the Spirit of st.
Louis making its famous ocean crossing, and
In the clouds to the left, scarcely perceptble,
the figure of Christ. Mr.. CaIusds work is
essentially academic and of the old school but
it has naive simplicity which commendS it.