Evening star., 1936-12-12
MASTER QUALITY IN LOCAL EXHIBI!
London and Richmond Share With Washington of Noted Artist Repre-
sented He-Remrkabe Outdoor Museum Established Carolina
Planaion-Whsler Echmgs a. Gift

University. They are by Camille Van
Driessche, a Belgian by birth. who
was brought to this country when a
child and first studied in Chicago,
where for many years he made his
home. But his art education was
continued in Europe. He was pupil
of the Royal Academy in Client and
studied under masters in Brussels and
in Paris. Recently, after some years
absence. he has returned to the
United States and opened a studio in
Washington.
The collection now on view in
cludes flowers and still-life subjects,
Belgian street scenes and one or two
portrait studies. They are done in
practically every instance In the
Dutch method, Opaque color scrubbed
on with the semblance Of oils or
pastels without sparkling high lights
or resonant depth in shadow. but very
toneful and impressive. Especially
fine and successful are the flower and
still-life paintings. In color these are
harmonious and, what is more, have
atmosphere-unity of effect. A gray
tone predominates, but through this a
variety Of colors shines with jewell
like richness. After all, no method
skillfully and knowingly used can be
outdated.
Colortul Water Colors to Be Seen
At Mt. Pleasant Branch Library.
IN THE Mount Pleasant Branch
= Library, water colors by Susan B.
Chase and Frances Wheeler are now
on view. Numerically, honors are
evenly divided, each artist contribut-
ing her full share. Mrs. Chase, who
is the secretary of the Washington
Water Color Club, uses transparent
color on white paper and paints
freshly and broadly, interpreting
places and things seen with truth and
sincerity; Mrs. Wheeler, on the other
hand, mixes her colors with Chinese
white which gives them the quality
of oils, paints more heavily, and to q
greater extent reduces her compost
tions to patterns. In this way the
works of these two artists offset one
another. The cumulative effect,
however, is harmonious and very COL
orful.
Forthcoming
Exhibitions.
THE Washington Water Color Club
will hold its Forty-flrst Annual
Exhibition in the Corcoran Gallery
Of Art from December ~ to January
80. Paintings to be shown in this
exhibition must be delivered at the
Corcoran Gallery of Art, New York
avenue entrance, unpacked, on De-
Gem 18. Entry blanks and further in
formation may be had by applying to
Mrs. Susan B. Chase, secretary, at
2017 I street northwest.
The Society of Washington Artists
Forty-sixth Annual Exhibition will
follow Immediately on that of the
Water Color Club, opening in the
Corcoran Gallery of Art January 81,
and continuing through February %.
Entry cards, obtainable from Miss
Lucia Hollerith, secretary, 808 Seven
teenth street. must be in by January
18, 1887. This society, at its most
recent meeting, elected to membership
three painters and one sculptor now
residing in Washington. These are
Paula MacWhite, wife Of the Min
lister of the Irish Free State, Duane
Crawford, Nelson williams and Margot
Broxton, all of whom have exhibited
with the society and other profession
al bodies.
Eben Conins ShoDs Merican
Types at Wellesley.
EBEN F. COMINS, after being alb
sent in Mexico all Summer and
in New England for some time this
Fall, has reopened his studio In this
city for the season. Mr.. Comins went
to Boston lately, to deliver, In person,
portrait of Mr.. Edward Holmes,
president Of the Museum of Fine Arts,
of that city, for which he had been
commissioned. While there, he gave
Q talk to the art students Of Wellesley
College, where his exhibition Of
TYPES" from Mexico was on view.
Washington Artists
Memori1lized.
A T THE Cardozo High School is
now being held o memorial ex-
hibition Of works by deceased WASH
ington artists, assembled by the senior
class Of the Department Of Commercial
Art. Those 50 honored are Max Weyl,
the centenary Of whose birth viii be
celebrated next year; Lucien Powell,
s. Jerome Uhl, Walter Paris, Paul
Pascal and Bladen T. Snyder. There
are a works included in the showing,
the majority Of which are by Wehl.
Powell and Snyder. Those whose
60 back half century re-
call these painters as active In the
Of art interest In Wash
ington, and will renew acquaintance
with their works with pleasure. As