Evening star., 1936-03-28

prints and models, all of which have
had placement for the last three
years in the White House. This eX-
hibition will undoubtedly attract wide
attention, especially as it follows III
interesting sequence the exhibition VI
paintings of The Sea and Ships b.
Gordon Grant which, sponsored BY
the President and distinguished
group Of naval officers, has bee.
shown, under the auspices of tie
Washington Society of the Fine Az
in the Corcoran Gallery of Art tin.
month.
Art Work in the Washington
Public Schools.
FOR the past fortnight an exhibi-
ton of art work done by pupils
in the washington Public Schools
has been on view in the foyer OF the
National Museum, Tenth street and
Constitution avenue. At glance, this
display is colorful and varied, but
upon careful examination it yields
little that is reassuring or stimulat-
ing. In fact, it is as whole very
perplexing and depressing exhibit.
Half of the hall and the alcoves are
given to the work of pupils Of the
grade schools, beginning with the kin
dergarten, the other half is occupied
by the works of high school pupils.
Presumably all are under instruction,
but unhappily the work grows worse
as the grade increases. The work
of the younger children is fresher and
more spontaneous than that Of those
greater in years. Evidently the ten.
dency is to minimize instruction for
fear Of cramping the pupils originality
and style. But there is no originality
or style apparent and the children
have not sufficient command of me-
dium to express themselves or their
thoughts. To be sure, the forerunners
Of modernism urged every one to
become as little children-untutored.
But if this is the aim of life, why
support educational institutions? The
little children represented in this eX-
hibition show themselves clever mimics
they initiate with considerable skill
the peasant art of various countries
and the comic strips Of our own max
ing. They make puppets quite well
but grotesquely-their design is ex-
tremely poor-and in this entire ex-
hibit from kindergarten to high school
not one child seems to have appre-
citation of sheer beauty or desire to
set it forth. What distressing out
look for them and for the future
generation! Art appreciation is not
bred in this way, nor art expression
acquired without discipline.
T ESLEY JACKSON of this city,
Ellen Day Hale and Gabrielle de
v. Clements, formerly Of Washing
ton, and Margaret Yeaton Hoyt are
holding an exhibition of etchings
printed in color at 200 West Monu-
ment street, Baltimore, March 23 to-
April 4. A group of water colors by
Miss jackson is at the present time
on view in the Telfair Academy, Sa-
vannah, Ga.
Edith Mccartney will hold an ex-
hibition Of her portraits in pastel
and other media, together with paint.
tngs OF. still life subjects and flowers,
in the Vose Gallery. Boston, from
April 6 to 81, by invitation. BY way
of a local preview, the works to be
exhibited in Boston were shown in.
formally at q tea in Miss McCart.
neys studio, 1921 Nineteenth street,
yesterday afternoon.
Camille Van Driessche, a painter,
foreign trained. but for some time .
resident of Chicago, has lately estab.
lished himself in this city and Is exc.
hibiting now some of his recent works
in his studio at 23S C street north.
east.
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