Evening star., 1935-05-26

| IypCu 4lOT COlNcuClOIlhl, OuL freely ana
broadly rendered and, what is more,
very individual. One cannot see
paintings Of this sort without recall
ing the beautiful interiors painted In
oils BY Walter Gay, the brilliant inter-
iors of period rooms, chiefly in muse
ums, in water color by Marjorie Gar
field, shown here at the Arts Club last
Winter, and the interiors Of semi
public character by Charles Bittinger
of which his admirable Library of
the University Club, New York" in
cluded In the Arts Clubs current
exhibition is an excellent example. In
cidentally. Mrs. Carl Melchers has
painted some charming interiors of
her own lovely home near Fredericks-
burg, Va, one Of which was shown in
the Corcoran Gallery Of Arts most
recent Biennial Exhibition. Mr.. Carr 5
interiors are equally charming souve-
Mrs of one phase of contemporar
American life in which the element
Of beauty and dignity still linger.
DASTELS Of children. with crayo.
portraits Of their elders. and still
life studies, by Edith Mccartney have
been informally on exhibition durinc
the past fortnight in the artist
studio. 1880 ! street northwest. The
majority Of the works shown were
recent and witnessed 10 an increase
in skill as well as interpretative power
on the part Of the painter. The
method employed by Miss McCartney
for her portraits Of children involves
the use Of full color on a gray paper
ground and is particularly well suited
to the Interpretation of little one
who have, happily, not learned To sit.
but are full Of lively and at time
wistful interest. In engaging contrast
are her drawings Of those of mature
age, quite as subtly rendered but with
a little more firmness and indication
Of rounded character. Miss McCart-
ney was at one time a pupil of Her
man Dudley Murphy of Boston and
in her still life studies she dlstinCtl
reflects her masters vision of beauty
Her pastels Of flowers and still life
are extremely reticent but lovely IL.
color and very sympathetically rem
dered.
/ pAINTINGS by Lucia B. Hollerlth
Cornelia R Yuditsky and Dorothy
Barnes constitute an exhibition in the
Women'S City Club, Jackson place, the
last Of a notable series set forth there
/ in during the current season. Miss
! Hollerith shows landscapes and still
/ life and evidences both her versatility
and her individualistic point of view
: One Of her landscapes was painted
4 near Salzburg. Germany. a couple O.
Summers ago, another pictures the
mountainous country Of Southwestern
Virginia, while still others set forth
scenes in or near Washington-such
for example as from Belvoir," Along
the Potomac" and Rock Greek Road.
These are all painted with restraint
but show all instinct for form and
intuitive insight through which appre-
citation Of nature finds significant
expression. Miss Holleriths still-lifc
studies are rendered with greater free
dom than her landscapes and are
obviously more colorful. Especially
pleasing is her painting, Purple and
Gold of tulips and forsythia, an
interesting arrangement. But with
this in point of merit "Cyclamen" ana
Chinese Cat" the latter a study -
white, both hold their own
Both Cornelia Yuditsky and Doro-
thy Barnes show chiefly still-llfe
studies, good in color and strong, bu
as yet scarcely up to a full-f1edged
YNpnfacStOYSal cfot,Iarl Nj.
Barnes scores genuine success in her
canvas entitled Solitude" a viey
from a city window, light flooded, e
does Miss Yuditsky in her colorful aCG
accomplished rendering of "Jessica
Bouquet" and Goddess Of Happiness.
1t is good TO see the work of young
artists so fundamentally sound.
! THIS is the season Of student exhi-
L bitions. The Corcoran School o:
Art closes this week. On June ! the
much-coveted prize awards will be all
nounced. and for a fortnight there
after the best work of the students
in the several classes produced during
the year will be on exhibition. This
afternoon, from to o'clock, an
exhibition will be held by the students
Of the Marguerite c. Mum Studio
School, 1853 Pennsylvania avenue.
The Critcher School of Art, 1726
Connecticut avenue. will open its final
exhibition of student work for this
season tomorrow afternoon. to con-
tinue to June l. This exhibition will
include the work of both fine and
commercial art departments and will
be held in the school studios. Miss
Critcher. who. by the way. is repre-
sented in the exhibition of Works BY
/ Virginia Artists" now in progress un-
/ der the auspices of the Richmond
Academy of Arts, in the Academy
Galleries. Richmond. will reopen her
Summer school at Saltsville, near Red
Rock. Va, where during the past two
seasons thriving little art colony has
been established. She Is, it will be
remembered. a member of the Taos
! New Mexico) Society of Artists, and
Is represented in the permanent col
lection of the Corcoran Gallery of
Art and private collections.
THE Abbott School Of Fine and
u Commercial Art does not close
until the IS Of June. but will
Put on its students exhibition from
June to g. A unique feature of the
closing exercises will be a fashion
show of dresses made by the students
after their own original designs. In
the independent exhibition three of
the students of this school not only
received prizes but sold works. and
the work of the school generally was
highly commended by c. Valentine
Kirby. State director Of art education
IN Pennsylvania. when in Washington
last week in attendance at the Ameri-
can Federation of Arts convention.
A Summer session will again be con-
Quoted.
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