Evening star., 1934-03-18

ridge presents quaint designs commonplace
things such as mushrooms, to be put to decora-
tive USE From Mrs. H. L. Rust, Christine E.
Ekengren and others have come interesting
contributions.
This exhibition will continue until March %.
A N EXHIBITION Of paintings, pen and ink
\ drawings and illustrations by Grace
Rebecca Sahm was held under the auspices Of
the League Of American Pen Women in the
league rooms from March to II, inclusive.
Miss Sahm studied at the Corcoran School of
Art and, briefly, at the Chester Springs Sum-
mer School in Pennsylvania. She is employed
as an illustrator by the local telephone COM
pany, which seems to be serving not only as
patron of the arts. but to be encouraging
among its employees the development of creative
ability. In this exhibition landscape paintings
in oils undoubtedly took first place. They were
good in color, excellent in feeling, sympathetic
cally rendered. But there was also much to be
said in praise of Miss Sahm's illustrative work,
pen and ink drawings, especially those for
Christmas greeting cards.
EXHIBITIONS of water colors by Frances
l. Hungerford Combs and drawings by Ernest
Thurn will open today in the Arts Club of
washington Wltn a Tea at which MIS- COMBS
and Miss Jessie E Baker will be hostesses Mrs.
Combs is a member of the Arts Club and the
Washington Water Color Club and has studied
under Lester w. Stevens and Catherine
Critcher. Up TO the present time she has
specialized in still life and flower painting, but
she will show in the coming exhibition a series
of heads i'll water color which she has made
during the last few months. There is much
to admire in Mrs. Combs still life paintings
which have invariably hae uaIl rjc
in color and charmingly toneful
Mr.. Thurn is an instructor in drawing and
lecturer on modern art at the School of Fine
Arts Boston, and conducts Summer school at
Gloucester Mass He has spent seven years
In Europe studying the works Of the old masters
and has exhibited in Munich and Paris as well
as in this country. These exhibitions will con-
tnue for a fortnight
A IUCH interest is being shown, and rightly
w in the exhibition Of miniatures by Charles
fraser now on view in the National Gallery Of
Art. Fraser, who practically lived all of his life
IN Charleston and painted for the most part
South Carolinans Of distinction is one of the
great miniature painters Of the world, compar-
Ing with Malbone, with whom he worked as a
young man, and the great English miniaturists
Of the eighteenth century. So comprehensive
an exhibition of the work of any painter
Is In itself an event Of note. That the art of
painting is inspired as well as instructed the
result of gift well as learning is amply wit
messed by the work Of this Charlestonan who
had seen comparatively few great portraits in
his day, but who turned aside from the pro-
fesson of law for which he was trained to
pursue the career of an artist Especially repre-
sentative are miniatures in this collection Of
Mrs. Ralph lizard in lace-frilled cap and kerr
chief, and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, a
splendid old man in dark coat and white stock.
THE art section of the woman's Club of
Chevy Chase held brief exhibition of work
by members in the Chevy Chase Library Build
ing last Tuesday afternoon. This exhibition
included not only paintings, but metal work,
wood block prints and tapestries. Mrs. Iona
Miller Kepnger contributed four paintings,
landscape and three flower subjects, two Of
which were lately shown in the Corcoran CAL
lery of Art. Mrs. Walter Miles showed por-
trait landscapes and work in copper. Notable
among the craft exhibits were examples Of re-
pouSse silver, copper dishes and knives, and
fireplace board by Mrs. w. J. Nolan. There was
also work in copper and silver by Mrs. Roy
Palmer, block-print and needlepoint screens by
Mrs. Harry w. Price; portrait of an elderly
woman by Jessie Roudabausch and interesting
landscapes by Mrs. Webster S. Ruckman.
Others well represented both in the crafts and
Mrs Clarence Dawson, who made an exception
ally large and important showing including
work in gold silver and copper, Mrs. c. w.
Preitag. Mrs Jean H. Hawley, Mrs. William
Kloman, Mrs. John Lane Mrs L. Magnussen
and Mrs Frederick Parks That the exhibition
could not have been continued longer was much
regretted