Evening star., 1934-10-14

This exhibition, which pleasantly
| introduces the seasons series, Will
continue until october n. MISS
Eleanore Parke Custis is chairman
of the Art CLUBS Art Committee, with
Mrs. Susan B. Chase as vice chair
man, and there is a large Auxiliary
Committee headed by Mrs. Norman
T. Anderson and Miss Mary Lewis
Hall.
BECAUSE of continued absence from
~ the city the Art Leagues opening
show of work by members is smaller
and less important than anticipated.
The Print Corner, which is the old
Office redreSSed, displays at present an
interesting group of etchings and
prints chiefly by local printmakerS,
the one exception being three etch-
ings by John Taylor Arms of Connec-
ticut, president of the Society OF
American Etchers, who has lent three
of his best-technically brilliant and
artiStically superior works. Minnie l..
Briggs Is represented in this section
by four typical examples manifesting
her lightness of touch and sensitive
ness of perception. Others represented
are Eliot OHara, by block print;
Mary w. Ball, Bruno Mankowski, N.
Myer, Sewell johnson and others. The
exhibition Of Peggy Bacon's carlca-
lures is now scheduled for November.
In the first-fioor gallery at the
league are water colors, in the second
floor gallery, oils. Most notable among
the latter is painting by Alice L. L.
Ferguson, The Crest of the Range"
blue mountains cutting sharp against
the sky and extending in rhythmical
sequence, range upon range, as the
waves of the sea. This Is very strong
and decorative work.
Among those contributing to the
water color exhibition are Mr.. and
Mrs. A. c. c. Hill, who have turned to
painting as avocation quite recently
and display in their works surprising
aptitude for art. Others contributing
are Susan B. Chase, Jawne Allen,
Frances Wheeler Mary Doolittle Daw-
son, Angela Hurd and A. w. Lee. Ger
tificates of merit were awarded to
work in sculpture, "Enchantment," by
Bruno Mankowski and to water colors,
Lock House." by Jean Hill. and THE
Little Meadow" by Francis Wheeler.
A INVOLVEMENT has been made
= during the past week of the series
of print exhibitions to be held in the
Smithsonian Building during the cur
rent season under the auspices of the
Division Of Graphic Arts of the United
States National Museum. They are as
follows: October, Autographs by Albert
w. Barker Ito be reviewed next week.
November, etchingS by Carl O. Borg;
December, etchings by Clifford Beal;
January, etchings by Charles w. Dahl
green; February, etchings by Ralph L.
Boyer; March, etchings by Yngve Ed
ward Soderberg; April, etchings by
Alfred Hutty; May. etchings. drawings
and water colors by Harrison Cady.
This is fine list and delightful pros
pect for local print lovers and COL
lectorS.
by SPECIAL request the exhibition
~ of tools and hand-bound books
from the Rabbit Hutch Bindery, lent
by George A. Scheirer. shown in the
Public Library during September, has
been continued for the month of Oc-
tober.
MISS EDITH MCCARTNEY, whose
portraits of children, in pastel,
have attracted much favorable notice,
has reopened her studio on I street
u.
limited number of pupils this year..
In early Summer Miss Mccartney
did portrait in red chalk of Jefferson
Patterson, which was pronounced not
only an excellent likeness, but an ad-
mirable work of art.
MISS HATTIE E. BURDETTE, after
1' an absence Of eight weeks from
the city, has reopened her studio on
H street. Miss Burdette spent a con-
siderable part of the Summer at Sor-
rento, Me-, from whence she has
brought back a number of strong
paintings in oil of the typical Maine
landscape, and some drawings of
trees, roadwayS and bits of woodland,
beautifully rendered. Quite lately
Miss Burdette has executed, as a COM
mission, a quaint child portrait, paint
ed in France, of the founder of the
Dupont family in this country-the
first Pierre Dupont-who is pictured
building card houses.
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THE Art Forum announces a series
Of tours during the Winter to ex-
hibitions in Washington and Balti-
more, under the leadership of its
chairman of fine arts activities, Fran
els Jean Reuter-, whose address is 1920
Sixteenth street.
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THE art section of the Twentieth
Century Club will hold its first
meeting of the season at the Arts Club
OF Washington tomorrow at o'clock.
The principal speaker will be Charles
Bittinger. president of the Arts Club.
Mrs. Willoughby Chesley, chairman of
the art section, will preside.
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by SPECIAL invitation an exhibition
of paintings by Clara Saunders of
Washington will be held at the Wom-
ems City Club during October. Miss
Saunders has just returned from a
trip to Ohio and Indiana.
Farm Sales Pushed.