Evening star., 1935-02-03

ers, all distributing one print a year
to both professional and lay members
in lieu Of very modest membership
dues. Often very valuable prints are
obtainable in this way at very small
cost.
A PROPOS of prints and print max
= ing, John Taylor Arms, q Wash
ingtonian by birth and early upbring-
ing, has, with his wife as joint author.
been awarded a silver medal by the
Italian State Tourists Department for
"Hill Towns and Cities of Northern
Italy" travel book written by Mrs.
Arms and illustrated by his etchings
Mr.. Arms has lately published q
Handbook of Print Makers and Print
Making" which should prove par
ticularly helpful to the collector and
has been most flatteringly received
Shortly after this book appeared,
Knoedler & Co., New York, announced
an exhibition of lone Hundred Etch-
ings, Dry Points, Engravings, Wood
cuts and Autographs" illustrative of
the text. No greater compliment could
have been paid the author. And now,
as a supplement, Knoedler has pub
nshed an illustrated catalogue of the
exhibition, a few copies Of which
have been bound in boards. John
Taylor Arms won a foremost place by
his etchings of architectural themes.
chiefly Gothic buildings. He now
takes his place as a writer on prints
and processes among the few most
competent, and his demonstrations of
etching in the form of talks given
while producing a plate and printing
it have proved very illuminating and
popular.
A N EXHIBITION of paintings by
L local artists, assembled and lent
by the Art League of Washington, may
now be seen in the Southeastern
Branch of the Public Library, Seventh
and d streets southeast. There are 10
paintings in all. Two are by Sewel
Johnson and two are by Garnet Jex.
painters who it may be supposed are at
opposite ends of the pole. the former
belonging to the so-called modern
school and the latter holding to ira
dition in landscape rendition. But
after all, schools matter little as COM
pared to the artists command OF
medium and ability to set forth some
thing which, through character or
beauty, or both, is significant. In
arranging for these library exhibitions
Miss Elizabeth Lewis, head of the art
department, says that she tries to show
what the Washington artists are doing,
and by mixing the work of conServa-
tives and the more venturesome of the
younger painters give the public an
opportunity to Judge for themselves
as to comparative merits. Certainly
the exhibitions are much requested
and popular. Others represented In
the current group are Julia D. Eckel,
who shows a canvas entitled Fac
tories" epitomizing factories IN the
abstract: Dorothy Loeb, who exhibits
Boys on a Wharf; Helen COLLISION,
whose contributions are study OF
poppies and still life and a portrait;
Osaki Mayso, whose "City Square"
gives an Orientalist's impression OF
an American scene, and Cueva del
Rio, a Mexican now resident in this
city, who shows in water color q study
for mural in which the color and
romance of old Mexico are character
istically set forth.
In the Northeastern Branch OF the
Public Library, Seventh and Mary
land avenue northeast, "one-man"
exhibition consisting of works by
Norma Bose Is on view. Sixteen paint
ings are comprised in this show, the
majority of which were painted at
Rockport or other places on or near
the North Shore" There are pic
lures of rocks, backyards, fishing
boats, three are of bridges, two OF
Mnnias, diversified display. sub
jectively, at least. These pictures
viii remain on view through the
month of February.
4 X X
THE Junior League of Washington
= win open tomorrow in its club
rooms, 1913 Connecticut avenue, an
exhibition Of paintings, drawings,
prints and craftwork by local mem-
berS- Prizes viii be awarded Tor
meritorious works shown In this ex-