Evening star., 1934-03-25

1--WE prints have been added recently
by Miss Mary E. Maxwell to the Bennett
Memorial Collection at the Corcoran@Galle
of Art Two of these are recent plates by Levon
West. One is typical Western scene of riders
making their way through a mountain pass
under difficult conditions and the other Is an
ethching Of boats on the water front Of Havana.
Another is an etching of small boats on rough
stretch of water by Charles Woodbury., who ex-
GELS in interpreting just such themes as TINS.
Almost invariably Mr. Woodbury's works Sug-
gest action and at the same time the force and
weight of water, rhythmical and yet with
no fixed tempo. fourth print is a child
portrait by George Bellows, Jean in a Black
Hat" charming work, very characteristic.
The fifth is a rather typical LIE Pere (of France)
figures and landscape, not one of his best, but
an excellent example. This is very engaging
collection of prints sufficiently varied, uphold
ing a high standard and well chosen.
THE March exhibition at the Public Library
i consists of a group of IL paintings by Mar
jorie Phillips on display in the illustrators
room on the second floor In this room books
primarily for children especially well Illus
trated may be seen and consulted, but not
withdrawn Because of this placement Mrs.
Phillips selected for her showing small, inti-
mate paintings. chiefly subjective and OF chill
dren or Of interest TO children For instance,
there is one entitled The Fire Chief" group
Of children at play; another is of children
a playground The subject of children at play
is one especially attractive to Mrs. Philips and
few have portrayed 1t so well. For the most
part these paintings have been produced here
or at the Phillips country home in Pennsyl-
vania couple however, are Partisan scenes.
viii Hutchins,- well-known art critic and
teacher has said of Mrs. Phillips paintings:
she tells of far horizons Of light which ca
resses the earth. She fuses her figures in the
placid light and gentle rhythm of world Of
happy communion between life and It's set
ting. The solidity Of the old earth beneath
the tread of her chdrens games is ample
proof of the soundness of her art" In his
brief estimates of the painters represented in
the collection at the Phillips Memorial GAL
lery. Mr.. Phillips compares her luminous and
rhythmical landscapes with figures to the work
of Berthe Morisot in line, and with those of
Andre and Bonnard in color, and tells how
before her marriage, when student at the
Art Students League, under Kenneth Hayes
Miller, her sincerity and personal conviction
enabled her to resist the fashionable idols Of
the hour, Renor and Cezanne, and retain her
own individuality" Since her marriage in .
1921 her art has undoubtedly developed and
rfpened, but she has kept it equally free OF
imitation. Her style is essentially her own.
Her work. evidencing keen perception, Is SEN
stiye in feeling and sincere.
\h/ATER colors of wild flowers from our
national parks, by Mrs. Charles D. WAL
colt, may be seen this afternoon in the Cor
coran Gallery of Art. where for the past fort
night they have been attracting much interest
and attention. Tomorrow they will be replaced
by an exhibition of portrait drawings by Ma
thilde Mueden Leisenring, of the most
complished of local artists. These por-
traits have been produced during number Of
years and are in red brown, white and gray
crayon on tinted paper. They are not in one
but in several styles, intimate and personal,
excellent as likenesses and subtle as interpre-
tations. Mrs LeiSenring has attained diStinc-
tion as painter of portraits and of still life.
She has for some years been a member of the
teaching staff of the Corcoran Gallerys School
Of Art. As a craftsman her line is peculiarly
sensitive and significant 1t is because of this
that these portrait drawings are pleasing.
but whatever Mrs. Leisenring does has the
stamp of the artist, manifest by some phase
Of inherent beauty.
THE Art League of Washington is now hold
] ing its sixth quarterly art show of works by
members. Both diversified and gay this show
includes works of lively interest and runs the
gamut from the absurd and ridiculous to the
serious and fine. Three certificates of merit
were awarded by one-man, rather one
woman, jury, tne juror peii1g MISS Ellzaoetn
Ray Lewis, head of the art division of the
Public Library These awards were as follows:
Bicycle Ride Through Washington" by Sewell
johnson of this city; Portion Of a Fresco," by
Cueva del Rio, young Mexican who is at
present painting some frescos in the Mexican
embassy, and Corner Fruit STALL" by Martha
r. Upshur of Richmond, Va. All three of these
works are in what may be called the modern
idiom in varying degrees. Mr.. del Rios study