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admirable study of an old mill, idle.
Mr.. Motley's paintings are perhaps
q little Photographic, and when he
introduces a note of strong color, as
in q house or barn, it has an inclina-
ton to jump out of the picture, up
setting the balance of his color
scheme. But he has a fine pictorial
sense, and these are minor matters
easily remedied, or perhaps not in
need Of remedying, from his and 9TH
ers' point of view. AS whole he
makes q very attractive showing.
THE LANDSCAPE CLUB, Of which
Mr.. Motley Is a member, is hold
ing an exhibition during the whole
of November in the sun room at the
Mount Pleasant branch of the Pub
lie Library. In the center Of the wall,
opposite the entrance has been placed
Winter picture, Snow, Rock Greek
Park" by A. H. o. Role, to the right
of which Is hung Minor Jameson IS
Gray Seaport" and to the left, on an
upper line, Benson Moore's colorful
little picture, October" The more
one sees Mr.. Jameson's wharf picture
the more one finds to admire in it,
with its beautiful related, subtle tones
o. r. Darlington makes excellent
contributions to this exhibition in a
painting in high key entitled April
and in a picture of Pickering Creek, u
a woodland study rendered with great
delicay and feeling. Roland Lyon is
at his best in painting of yellow
House" Roger Rittase, the secretary
of the club, is admirably represented
by vigorous painting of trees and
fields, Windy Autumn" while from
Tom Brown, no longer resident here,
has come a charming rendition of a
homely subject, "Addington Mills" in
which he has found and manifested
beauty. Garnet Jex shows a char
acteristic Midsummer landscape and a
picture of boat houses at Boothbay
Harbor on a gray day and an equally
unusual, briskly painted scene. Low
Water, Potomac Gorge" to which the
bright yellow leaves of sapling
in the foreground add welcome note
of color. Utterly different from his
snow picture is Mr.. ROLES painting
of boat, "A Potomac Bugeye," seen
through a shimmering mist, and
equally we'll rendered.
The sun room in this branch L.
brary is an excellent place for an eX-
hibition, but in the present instance
the walls are a little overcrowded,
which is detrimental to effect.
MUCH interest has been manifested
A'A in the exhibition Of woven fab
RIGS by Emmy Sommer of this city,
which opened week ago in the Cor
coran Gallery of Art to continue
through December 2 This occupies
the little southeast corner gallery on
the first floor, wherein has been set
up Mrs. Sommer'S loom, on which
she is giving, during the course of
the exhibition, demonstrations On
this loom Mrs. Sommer is weaving a
tapestry, now perhaps half finished,
in accordance with the method en-
ployed by the great tapestry weavers
Of all time But she also explains
and makes plain the adaptability of
the loom to other kinds of weaving.
Since 1918 Mrs Sommer has taught
weaving and other crafts in the oc-
cupational therapy department at
Walter Reed General Hospital. but
she was born in Copenhagen, Den
mark. and before leaving her native
country worked for nine years for the
Danish National Museum, "Frederiks-
borg Castle" This won for her a
scholarship permitting the study OF
Gobelin tapestry weaving and the
privilege, rarely given by the French
government, Of working in the fac
tories Rationale des Gobelins in Paris
and at Beauvais, under M. Geoffroy.
Other scholarships enabled her to ex-
tend her studies in Italy and London
She was at one time associated with
the art department of the Royal Dan
ish Porcelain Factory. in research
work and decorating With such ap-
premiership and background Of ex-
perience the variety and excellence
of the work that Mrs Sommer shows
seems logical. but none the less signi-
ficant. 1t is indeed beautifully varied
and technically very fine. The COL
lection comprises fabrics of wool,
linen. silk, cotton and even jute. in
a great variety of weaves, creating
diversity in texture and with colors
admirably combined. There are in
this exhibition scarfs, towels. runners,
spreads, curtains, rugs, table covers,
dress materials, f1awless in execution
but with the touch of originality. and
at absurdly low price. To our fancy,
Mrs. Sommer'S conventional designs
are better than her naturalistic ones,
and it is the former which in almost
every instance she has applied to
articles of utility. In some way, per-
hapS because of our swift moving
present-day life, We seem to have
lost the art of woven pictures so su-
perlatively practiced by the Flemish
tapestry weavers of earlier centuries.
There is much talk and speculation
today concerning the use that will be
made of increased leisure time given
by the new work schedules. Why not
turn to the crafts, and among them,
most alluring, that of weaving? In
this country We have neglected the
crafts too long. Even in a machine
age they have their place. and as
Mrs. Sommer shows, very big place.
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A T THE present moment, however,
= crafts, especially that of weaving,
seem to be to the fore here in WASH
ington. for while Mrs. Sommer is
exhibiting in the Corcoran Gallery,
Francis T. Miller's rugs and Dorothy
Wright's weavingS are being shown in
the display rooms of the Elsie Cobb
Wilson Co. at 1909 H street, and some
very remarkable weavings in color
from classic patterns done by the
blind in Italy were for two or three
days this past week set forth at the
Mayflower Hotel.
The rugs by Frances T. Miller,
which will be on view until Thurs
day, are an adaptation of an old
American craft technique. They are