The Washington times., 1935-03-16
Art Exhibit
Wins High
Praise

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American scene some artists
who paint what they see and
not symbols of what they
think they see.
There is on exhibition at
the Shoreham Hotel a num-
Der of paintings by contem-
porary American artists
under the auspices Of the
National Society Of American
Art.
And fortunately, it can be
said that none Of the artists
pretend to be Of that school of
modern painting, under the
emblem of which many Ameri-
can painters resort to garish
colorS, straight lines and queer
figures to create an effect
that Is startling and grotesque.
The most renowned Of the
American artists exhibiting at
the Shoreham iS Aston Knight,
the noted landscape painter
who spends most of his time
in Normandy where he paints
the soft and beautiful scenes.
Four Landscapes
Mr.. Knight has four paint
ings on exhibition, depicting
various moods on the Normandy
landscape. Perhaps the most
beautiful is Twilight in Nor
mandy" The twilight is beau-
tifully soft, as the light from
the fading sun shines on a
quiet brook.
The background of this land
scape is bathed in twilight and
the shadowy trees and matched
roof cottage in the foreground
are singularly lovely.
Solitude in Normandy" Nor
mandy Cottages and Roses in
Normandy" are all similar to
the twilight scene in that they
depict the same beauty OF the
Normandy landscape.
Mr.. Knight is master of the
art of landscape painting, and
although there are several other
landscapes in the exhibition,
there are none which can come
up to the high standard set by
him.
His art has been recognized
both here and abroad, where he
has received numerous awards.
He is represented in the Roches-
ter Memorial Art Gallery and
abroad in the Luxembourg Mu-
scum in Paris.
Expressive Hands
The painting which, it is said,
attracts more notice than any OF
the others at the exhibition is
Clarence F.. Busch's THE
Shadow. Dancer" q beautiful
thing which proves that the
artist is a master at figure COM
position.
The dancer in the painting Is
a very graceful girl. with beau
tiful hands. Hands are express
sive and many an artist has
found it difficult to paint this
part of the human body. But
Mr., Busch has done a remark
ably fine job of the hands of
his Shadow Dancer"
Still carrying out the dancer
theme, Ettore Caser has painted
a Ballet Dancer different
from most pictures of the same
type because this dancer is
seated and apparently deep in
thought. The color and light in
Mr.. Caser's painting is extraor-
dinary.
Even the still lifeS in this ex-
hibition are we'll done. Still
lifes have a tendency to be such
uninteresting things, but the
American artists represented at
the Shoreham have put a great
deal of beauty into them.
Still Lifes
There is, for instance. Mr..
Caser's "Chrysanthemums,"
beautifully bathed in sunlight,
with the lovely light colors Of a
few large "mums" contrasted
with the deep color Of o dark
green drape.
Mrs. Henry PrellwitTS ~Vase
Of Flowers and Joseph PaNRs
"Daisies'' are particularly j.
Illustrative of the lovely coAors
and the faculty of these artists
to make their still lifes interest
ing.
A painting entitled "staA
Life" by Harry w. Watroua. Is
unusual because Of its rich dark
colors and it's bizarre figures in
the background.
There are many other excel
lent paintings, too numerous TO
mention, on exhibition. Sergeant
Kendall is one of the noted
painters who is showing his
work.
There are others including
Robert Nisbet, Alphaeus q. Cole.
George Lawrence Nelson, Man
nette Calder, Mrs. M. 8. Sewell.
William TT Hvda lane potena0o