Evening star., 1936-08-16

MdlLle dL Tie tLu VI lLIC SCdoOLA'
Those VINO saw his painting, Garden
Walls, Alexandria" included in the
Washington Water Color Club rotary,
will hope for more such sympathetic
renditions of local subjects. Garden
Walls" depicts several historic old
homes in Alexandria, among them the
house on Prince street built IN 1852
by Col. william Fairfax, who came to
Alexandria to supervise the estate of
his cousin. Lord Thomas Fairfax. 1t
is now the home of Col. and Mrs.
Charles Beatty Moore. The manner
in which its interesting roof line rises
above the colorful garden walls in
spired Council to paint it.
Quite q contrast is presented by
Mary Margaret Hudgins' M Street
Ruins" another portrait of a group
of houses; but these are partly de-
molished, and their faded bricks have
soft, harmonious colors decorated by
tree shadows. 1t is easy to discern
the romantic appeal Of ruined castlc.
in historic country; but we seldor.
notice any attractive aspects of tt
architectural derelictS in our oW..
crowded neighborhoods, until SON.
artist points them out.
A. H. o. Role, president Of Il
Washington Water Color Club, col
tributed his water color, Clear Whit;
Day, Georgetown" to the travelling eX
| hibition. 1t was painted from locc-
| ton overlooking the Rock Greek Va
ley.
Still another aspect Of Washingto:'
is revealed in Dunn Carter's "Reflec
tions at Night" when wet streets anC
humid air hold and diffuSe the light
from street lamps. show windows an.
motor cars.
GUNNER is perhaps the most attrac
tive season in Washington to Lon
Miller Keplinger, whose garden is
major inspiration to her painting an
is something of an Institution to he.
friends and neighborS in Bethesda. Ii
has also been open to the public, with
other gardens in Washington and en-
virons, during garden tours. Its lay
out is formal. with edgingS of box that
came from Mount Vernon, and the
sequence of the flowers has been care
fully arranged so that Mrs. Keplinger
always has something paintable during
the Summer. She showed about Is
flower paintings in her "one-man" ex-
hibition at the Women's City Club OF
Washington last February. and Is re-
manning at home this Summer, work
ing on a new series of flower studies
She is represented in the travelling ex-
hibition by her water color, MY Gar
den Zinnias."
Two other flower paintings are in
cluded In the exhibition. Clara
Saunders "The Princess" is an out
door study of flowers and still life, the
latter being a japanese porcelain,
which gives the painting its title
Given to Miss Saunders some years
ago by a school associate, it is one OF
group of Japanese porcelain figures
which were portraits of real princeSSeS,
and are well known to connoiSseurs
The flowers in the painting came from
the garden of another Washington
painter, Lucia Hollerith.
Betty Fast's Tiger Lily" is a deco
rative painting, which, nevertheless, has
the details so minutely indicated as to
make it almost a botanical study
Mrs. Fast Is spending the Summer
painting in her native State Of In
diana, and hopes to have something
worth exhibiting when she returns to
Washington in the Fall.
Emily Steuart. too, chose the Middle
West for her Summer vacation; she is
visiting her sister in Evanston, Ill.
Miss Steuart, who teaches art at
Western High School, paints extern
sively during Summer, and, for the
sake OF variety, generally seeks her
subjects in different localities. Last
year she motored around the Gaspe
Peninsula and brought back q number
of studies of that region, two Of which
are included In the travelling water
color show.
Mrs. Susan B. Chase also travels
extensively during the Summer
months This year she Is dividing
her time between Texas and Mexico.
Last year she painted in old Ragusa,
Dalmatia, and from the fruits Of
that sojourn lent two water colors
to the travelling exhibition. One Of
them affords a glimpse of the mar
row streets In that ancient city (set-
tied more than 1900 years ago. with
evidences Of earlier Roman occupa-
tion), f1anked by houses with over
hanging balconies; the other depicts
the Romanesque cloister Of the four
teenth century Franciscan monastery.
with its fiourishing garden. Mrs.
Chase is on the faculty of the Anne
Abbott School Of Fine and Commercial
Art, and Is secretary Of the Washing
kon Water Color Club.