Evening star., 1935-04-28

ings in sales rooms on two lower
floors. Egdar Nye studied at the Cor
coran School of Art and has painted
for the most part in or near Wash
ington. In his choice Of subjects and
manner of transcription he may be
said to be modern. AS rule, how
ever, his paintings are well con-
structed, broadly rendered and strong.
Seen at distance, they are effective.
hut they seldom sound the note of
beauty.
1t is with real satisfaction that one
comes across etchings by C. Allen
Sherwin, who Is twice represented
here, first by his tiny but very ef1ec-
tive etching of the Lincoln Memorial,
and second by portrait study,
Sandy" a dry point admirably
handled. Minnie Briggs. w. NJ. Geety
and Mary Ball make interesting con-
tributions among the etchers, and in
the black and white section Gate
way" by Cary Millholland is notable
for merit.
Unique features of this exhibition
are portraits carved in wood in high
relief by E. j. Almquist and needle
work pictures-one of dogwood, the
other of a japanese lady-by Hope
Willis Rathbun. There is also an
interesting group of sculpture OF
varied characters, including Vicken
Won Post Totten's Little Boy Blue.
To this particular section of the
Independent Exhibition seem to have
fallen an especially large number OF
meritoriouS works, but each OF the
eight other sections will be found to
contain excellent examples and to be
no less worthy of careful study. A
ell-informed hostess-in most in
stances, an artist-it TO be found and
may be consulted in each gallery. All
visitors are urged to vote for the
painting or other work individually
preferred.
A VERY diverting and altogether
= delightful exhibition of etching
water colors, Autographs and drawings
by Harrison Cady opened in the
Smithsonian Building last Monday, to
continue until the middle Of May. Mr.
Cady Is a humorist, and the subjects
he chooses are distinctly the Amer
ican scene" but his humor is Of the
most subtle kind and his subjects are
never prosaic The majority of the 1S
etchings included in this exhibition
are of scenes in the Great Smoky
Mountains, and in almost all. noun
taineers figure prominently. These
people, who Mr.. Cady pictures, are
odd characters. and the story of their
lives is full of romance of sturdy
sort. BY presenting them on very
small scale as compared to the noun
tainS among which they live the
artist has emphasized the forces OF
nature which have Influenced and
nodded their modes Of living-in fact,
their lives. Grim as 1t may seem,
there is underneath the CLINT Of
humor-but Mr.. Cady laughs with
and not at these simple people. De-
lightful Is the etching, "Mountaineer's
Cabin" in which sun-bonneted
woman, pipe in mouth, Is seen astride
a lean mule with four youngsters
seated "aft" and "astern." The pro-
cession halts for converse with the
man who wields the hoe. Dogs and
hogs look, root and listen. Amusing
also are Crossing at Short Toe Greek, F"
"Kincaid's General Store" and others.
To say that Mr.. Cady has taken a
leaf from the book Of the old Chinese
artists may seem an exaggeration, but
between his drawings and theirs Is q
certain similarity. Witness, for instance,
his deliniation of mountains, the way
in which he conveys the impression
of great height, and also how he sug-
gests that there is something on the
other side, tempting the imagination
by a tree-top seen peeping over a
high ledge. 1t is interesting also to
note how he uses accent and to what
excellent purpose-how, also, he In