Evening star., 1935-05-12
Art and Artists

A N INFORMAL exhibition OF paint
ings and pastels by Glen Hen
shaw. formerly Of New York and now
of Baltimore, was held last Sunday
afternoon at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. A Lyon in Chevy Chase Mr..
Henshaw Is Of the school which de-
rives from Turner and In a measure
embraces Whittier His pastels. espe-
cially those of Venetian subjects.
have a jewel-hke quality of color
which Is very pleasing. They are al
together interpretative of visual i'm
pressions. His portraits, judging from
Photographic reproductions. are also
apparently governed by mood but
sensitive in feeling and insistent with
personality, A comprehensive collec-
ton Of Mr. Henshaw's work was shown
some Summers ago In the Corcoran
Gallery Of Art.
THE Greater Washington Independ-
ent Exhibition has another week
to run, coming to an end on May 20.
Meanwhile tenth center has been
added. The 200 paintings and prints
CoO1o IlOI Dc SIlONn 1OI lack
OF space in the nine stores which
have provided galleries. are placed on
view In the Post Building. Here the
two $50 prizes donated by the Cor
coran Gallery of Art were ceremoni-
ously delivered to the winners-Rich-
ard Sargent and Aurelius Battagla.
These prizes were awarded by re-
cipients of other prizes donated by
patrons and selected by Ernest Law
son, acting as a one-man jury. In
this connection mention should be
made of the fact that none of the
artists who served on committees for
the exhibition were eligible for prize
awards. This regulation obviously put
a considerable number of the leading
artists out Of the running. Since the
opening of these exhibitions the gal
lery at Garfinckel's has been rehung
in order to accommodate q larger
number of exhibits, and minor changes
have been made at the other galleries.
by artists and others in the several
galleries have been well attended,
although very little advertised, and
interest as evidenced by visitors has
been well sustained. At each gallery
ballots are being cast for the work
which makes most appeal, the results
of which will not, however. be an
nounced for another week. There
have been some sales. but not very
impressive number considering the
variety of works shown and the ex-
tremely low prices prevailing.
MEATH Is continuously taking toll
- in the field of art and the places
of those who go often seem to remain
long untitled Jessie Wilcox Smith,
the well-known illustrator. died at her
home near Philadelphia May 2. Her
charming drawings of children, as
well as her paintings, have a place
of distinction all their own in the an
mails Of American illustration. Prob
ably one of her most popular produc-
tions was a series, The Five Senses
touching. tasting, seeing, hearing,
smelling-but innumerable other sub
jects which found their way into the
magazines were equally important and
delightful. Violet Oakley, Elizabeth
Shippen Green and Jessie Wilcox
Smith, all friends and living for
years within a stones throw OF one
another, constituted trio Of excep-
tionally original and gifted artists.
WORD has also been received dur
ing the current season of the
death of two artists whose works are
we'll known here through exhibitions
-Macwin Tuttle, whose very inter-
esting wood gravures" were shown
about a year ago in the Corcoran
Gallery of Art, and Gunnar Widforss,
the Swedish water colorist, who spe-
cialized in paintings Of our national
parks and exhibited here some years
ago in the National Gallery. Mr..
Tuttle, who died at Buck Hill Falls,
Pa, was one Of the few remaining
wood engravers, but in recent years
he had executed originals in this me-
dium-a series of buildings at Yale
and also some of our buildings here
in Washington Mr.. Widforss spent
10 years painting in our national
parks, but Of all the scenes he re-
corded those in the Grand Canyon
were perhaps his best. 1t was there
that he passed away. His first exhi-
bition was held here in Washington
and his last was in st. Louis in the
Fall of 1884. Among those who own
his paintings are the King and the
Crown. Prince of Sweden, DR.. John
c. Merriman Of this city, director and
superintendent of national parks. He
was what might be called realist
with poetic sensibility. His paintings.
while true to nature, have charm Of
color and ertStac effect.