Evening star., 1934-03-04

this subject In this country. The miniatures
will be on view here from March to March ~.
THE Washington Society of the Fine Arts
will hold special meeting on Wednesday
afternoon March 2, at O'clock in the Ma
tional Gallery of Art, United States National
Museum, for the purpose Of inspecting the Gel
latly collection. An Introductory address will
be made by Ruel P. Tolman, acting director.
This is the second special meeting of this So
ciety this season, the first having taken place
in January in the art department of the Liz
brary of Congress, at which time DR.. Leicester
B. Holland, chief of this department., gave an
interesting talk on the library's art collections
how they had been up-built and their pres
ent diversified character, illustrated by ex-
amples of books and prints and illustrative ma
terial from the files.
THE Washington Water Color Clubs thirty
] eighth annual exhibition at the Corcoran
Gallery of Art, which opened on February Ii
to continue to March II, Is attracting very ia
vorable attention Every one seems agreed that
the paintings and prints shown are of excep-
tional interest. As no prizes were awarded
there was no occasion for dissension.
THE current exhibitions at the Arts Club
! changed today, the water colors by Mrs.
MacCubbin being replaced by portraits by Nella
Fontaine Buckley Of this city and wood block
prints by Stowe Wengenroth who is one of the
foremost in this particular field, having won
high plaudits through the strength, originality
and impressveness Of his prints. Both Of these
exhibitions will continue for fortnight.
At THE Public Library in the main building
" during March Is to be seen an exhibition
of paintings in Oil and water color by Marjorie
Phillips the wife Of Duncan Phillips Of the
Phillips Memorial Gallery. Mrs. Phillips Is
niece Of Clifford and Reynolds Beal. eminent
American painters neither Of whom, however.
has she followed in her painting. Rather one
may suppose, Marjorie Phillips has been inf1u-
enced by the modern French school represented
by such painters as Cezanne, Bonnard Andre.
Derain and others, excellent examples OF whose
works are included in the Phillips memorial col-
lection. Mrs. Phillips paintings, as rule. are
rather high in key and atmospheric. She Is az
her best in Interpreting the engaging Landscape
of the Pennsylvania hin country where the
Phillips Summer home b located, with It's
broad views of upland farms and rhythmical
lines Of hills upon hills. Almost invariably
Mrs Phillips introduces into her paintings the
human interest through the medium OF ngures.
most often figures of children at play, wnlcn
give a certain note Of joyousness. She has held
exhibitions in New York in important dealers
galleries and her work has been invited by art
museums for current exhibitions throughout
the country
IN THE branch libraries throughout the Dis
] trict Of Columbia will be shown this month
paintings by local artists entered In compete
taon for the purchase prize lately instituted
bv the art division of the District of Columbia
General Federation of Women's Clubs, OF which
Mrs. Samuel S. Swiggett IS chairman. This
purchase will be made from the Penny Art
Fund to which all members made contribution,
and the painting acquired will 60 to the club
which during the past year has done the most
toward the development Of art and its appre-
ciation. Also from these several exhibitions
will be selected by an expert Jury the best four
works to be entered IN q National Penny Art
Fund Exhibition in competition for the prize
offered annually by Mrs. Avoni Allen OF New
Jersey, who originated the plan. The branch
library shovings here will be sponsored in each
instance by a local artist living in the vicinity:
The Takoma Park branch by Roy Clark; the
Northeast Library by Garnet Jex; the South
east, May Ashton: Tenleytown, Beulah weaver:
Woodbridge Library, Petworth, A. H o. Role:
Conduit Road. Dorsey Doniphan: Chevy Chase
Library, Rowland Lyon.
IN TUESDAY afternoon at $50 Henry b.
~ Smell of New York will give the third Of
his series Of five criticisms for professional
artists at the Abbott School Mr.. Smell an
exhibition Of whose work. 1t Is understood. II
to be held at the Corcoran Gallery Of Art later
In the season, Is not only one of the leading
wster colorists. foremost landscape painter. but
Continued on Thirteenth Pa0e.
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