Evening star., 1935-11-24
Notes on Art and Artists

quite diverse. Her paintings OF
woman at sewing machine is. perhaps
of all those shown. the most modern
in character-very literal but more
than trifle elusive-homely, unin-
spired and yet very sophisticated.
Gertrude Stein. in her lecture on
Painting" confessed that what in
terested her was paint on canvas, and
doubtless many of the younger painters
Of today have no other urge to pro-
duction than this. But in quite a
number of her paintings, Miss Lee
harks back to the Primitive" art of
America-the subject-picture of the
nineteenth century-even the
colored chrome. Such. indeed. is re-
called by her picture of children and
others skating in wintery bit of
country or park owned and lent by
the Rhode Island School of Design
Providence.
When the originals of these old
chromoS were produced. they were
completely sincere, the best effort Of
their producers, and they were created
primarily to interest and please the
public, still child-minded in art. II
We can return to this Age of Inno-
cence" We may be able to execute
works in this genre without afecta-
ton and which therefore ring true.
But why, otherwise, take as models
those which have been discarded as
inferior. immature? This is a puzzling
question.
In one painting in this exhibition,
Miss Lee has essayed drama This is
a painting of haunted house, out Of
the third-story window of which a
woman is making frantic gestures.
The subject is not altogether alluring,
it must be confessed, but in color and
treatment this painting is of all most
notable. Here Miss Lee has handled
theme with simplicity and dignity
there is unity in her composition and
richness in her color scheme. Two
flower paintings. while very conven-
tional and artificial, are also excellent
in color-strong. rather decorative and
rendered with dexterity.
AN EXHIBITION of photographs by
members of the Professional
Photographers Association of Wash
ngton is now in progress in the foyer
of the U. S. National Museum, Tenth
street and Constitution avenue. It
will continue through November 30,
and can be seen on week days between
the hours of 9 am. and 4:3o pm, and
on Sunday afternoons from 1870 to
4:30 o'clock.
&EVEN etchings by Benson B. Moore
of this city have been reproduced
by Mature Magazine" and are being
issued in a portfolio collectively or
separately. They are all Of wild life,
Of which Mr.. Moore has made special
study. In fact it was his etchings of
birds and animals that first brought
him to attention, and it is by these
chiefly that he is represented in public
collections in London, Paris and Flor
ence, as well as in the United States.
Mr.. Moore is vice president of the local
etchers' society and is conducting a
class in etching in the school of sculp-
ture set up this Autumn by Carl Nose,
HANS SCHLERETH, whose strong
portraits and figure paintings
have in the last few years brought him
to attention, has returned from q
Summer in Europe and opened a
studio at 1873 Columbia road Mr..
Schlereth was one of the artists Sc.
lected by Mrs. Rainey to paint the late
Speakers portrait. and he was, it will
be remembered, represented in a re-
cent exhibition of the Society of
Washington Artists by a very engag-
ing double portrait study-an old man
and an old woman rendered with ar
tistic feeling and at the same cnie
spiritual significance. Mr.. Scniereth
studied under Carl Mari in Germany.