Evening star., 1938-10-30

very center Of . picture Illuminating
the whole directly or by contrast.
Obviously, Mr.. Jameson belongs to
the new school OF realists, but this Is
not to say that he is interested solely
in the commonplace and Is without
idealism. His color is good and his
works have exceptional, almost spark.
ling, clarity.
In addition to water colors Mr..
Jameson Is showing 3 or 10 drawings
of animals-lions. tigers, elephants and
other wild creatures studied. perhaps.
at the circus or the Zoo and sketched
in charcoal, quickly aud with very
considerable feeling and accuracy.
UNIQUE Pencil Portraits
By Alexandra I. Darro1D.
While Mr.. Jameson is occupying
the gallery at the Arts Club the walls
of the reception room are given over
to the exhibition Of collection Of
pencil drawings by Alexandra I. Dar-
row, who is at present teaching life
drawing and allied subjects at the
Abbott School in this city. These are
little portraits Of persons living in
villages in Connecticut, character
studies Of . very remarkable order.
We have become so Injured today to
work seemingly careless that to come
across drawings done as exquisitely
as these is almost show in Itself
but one from which reaction Is imme-
diate. Rarely can the reviewer re-
call portrait drawing done with finer
finish and greater perfection than that
Of Mr.. Micawber" In this collection.
Party Line Gossip"-an old. wrinkled,
broad-faced country woman-likable,
gossip or no gossip, Notwithstanding
and "A Connecticut Yankee"--an
elderly man from the Nutmeg State
are both almost equally admirable:
while in all probability others may
prefer the portraits Of young girls
and women which in grouping pre-
ceded them and are no less sensitively
rendered.
It is indeed . delight to see work
done in this spirit and with such
perfection. Miss Darrow is, it will
be remembered. q graduate Of the
Yale School of Fine Arts. Q scholar-
ship winner, the recipient Of several
much-coveted awards and. oddly
enough. when the delicacy and finish
Of her portrait drawings Is considered,
successful mural painter.
Jean Kellogg Makes Her
Professional Debut In
Exhibition in NeU York.
Special interest for the friends OF
Mrs. Vernon Kellogg and her late
distinguished husband attaches to the
exhibition Of paintings by their daugh-
ter, Jean Kellogg, which opened in
the Ferargil Galleries. New York, on
October ~, to continue through No.
vember S, in which she makes her
debut to the world Of art at large.
Those who visited special exhibition
Of work by young Washington artists,
held at the Phillips Memorial Gallery
two or more years ago, will remember
. couple of marines in water color
which had a simplicity, charm and
individuality all their own. They were
the work of Jean Kellogg and directly
declared her gift. simple as they were
and-in a measure-timid.
The urge for artistic expression has
been felt by Miss Kellogg since she
was little girl. In the catalogue
of her current exhibition she gives
the following photographed note:
From childhood have loved the
Monterey seacoast. where my parents
had q small cottage between the hills
and the shore. My sketching there
led me to want to study painting
early. instead OF taking the regular
college course.
My father. for long years Q uni
versity professor. thought that one
could get as good . view of the de-
velopment of civilization from study
ting the history Of ornament. archi-
lecture and painting as from the ira
ditional college schedule.
80 I went to the Yale School Of
Fine Arts at New Haven, where I
remained for three years. There I
had no chance TO do landscape or
sea painting. but studied instead, COM
position, figure drawing, still life, and
did some collaborative work. This,
plus winter at the Art Students
League and study during . little