Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-02

Vail-a Winter street scene in which
the cold gray Of a snowy morning in
the city Is admirably interpreted.
The Royal Photographic Society Of
London has comparatively large
view Of the high standard of require
ment, speaks well for our American
achievement. The majority If not all
of those represented in this exhibition
have been elected to fellowship. The
president Of the American Committee
is Joseph M. Bing. F. r. P. S., Of New
York.
IN THE Northeastern Branch of the
Public Library q group of IL
paintings assembled and lent by Studio
House is nov on view. This comprises
the work of three Baltimore and four
Washington artists. The Baltimoreans
are Donald Coale. painter and teacher;
Herman Maril, whose paintings have
found much favor with collectors OF
late, and Edward Rosenfeld. who. like
Mr. Maril, is represented In the Phil
lips Memorial Gallery. The Washing
tonians are DIN Bows. Robert Frank
lin Gates. Eliot OHara and Edward
Bruce, all too well known to need In
PRODUCTION. Coale is represented by a
portrait, Rosenfeld contributes a still
life as well as landscape, and the rest
are all landscapes in oil or in water
color Eliot OHaras painting is a
study in brown and gray entitled Sc
pia and Payne's Gray" The group as
a whole constitutes an interesting ex-
position of the modern trend, without
exaggeration. This group will remain
on view until June Is.
TEN or more art schools have had
l. within the last fortnight, or are
having at this time their annual ex-
hibition of students work The ages
Of the pupils exhibiting range from
6 up. and is of many kinds-that
which is designated as fine" and the
so-called commercial" Three of the
schools are primarily for children and
following progressive" methods. strive
to awaken the pupils imagination and
provide a medium for its expression.
Drawing as drawing. an art in itself, is
still taught in some Of these schools.
notably the Corcoran School of Art,
which. more than any other. follows
traditional methods and turns out COM
petent craftsmen and technicians.
Zone may learn to draw and paint. but
none can be taught to be an artist)
In one school in particular there is
guidance, but no teaching and the pu-
pills are supposed to receive inspiration
from observation of the works of mas
tiers. old and modern. The commercial
work is especially notable. possibly
because this is a machine age or be-
cause it is presumably in demand.
Particularly sklllful and effective. gen.
orally. are the posters displayed,
speaking the language of the day. Sur
prisingly good work has been done by
the students at Howard University,
where small gallery has been put
to excellent service throughout the
season as laboratory for the Depart
ment of Fine Arts. All of this is very
good If it leads to widespread appre-
citation and opens the way for the tai
ented few to find their place or places.
but when one realizes the enormous
overproduction in this field at pres
ent-for example. the 1900 works by
local artists offered for sale in the in
dependent exhibition. and. with the
exception of IS. unsold-and of the
more than 5000 artists on the relief
roles throughout the country last year
one wonders whether a stricter dis
cipline in teaching should not be en-
forced or effort diverted to the crafts,
the useful arts. as an outlet for crea-
tive effort. Such restrictions have been
wisely placed on other Crops" and
such discipline is required of students
OF architecture and music. Why not?