Evening star., 1938-12-04

Characterization and a good piece
OF draftsmanship-the kind of por-
trait drawing that speaks for itself
not faultless, but spirited and sin
cere. 1t is the making of such a
drawing now and then that keeps a
portrait painter from falling into a
rut and getting stale-a danger more
often attendant upon success then
failure.
Change in Plan for Arlington
Art Exhibit.
Arlington Woman's Club is no
offerin. the community the oppor-
tunity to see the work of talented
local artists. Pictures may be seen
today from to 10 pm. and Mon.
day there will be a private showing
for club members from l to pm.
with the public invited from 4 to 5
and to 8 pm.
The selection judges were three
Washington artists, Mrs Mathildc
Leisenring, instructor at the Cor
coran Art School; Charles Bittinger,
Mrs. Ruth Brown, wife OF Capt. E.
w. Brown, U. S. N, and Mrs. H. L.
Marshall, Mrs. James Head and Mrs.
Emory Miles of the club. There will
be no charge for seeing the exhibit.
Voting by the public will determine
the most popular picture.
Among the exhibitors are the fol-
lowing: Garnet Jex, Richard Lahey,
Eugene Weisz, Edwin Cassidy, Mrs.
Perry Mitchell, Mrs. Cherry Ford
White, Herbert Hicks, Clara Stewart,
Mrs. Muriel Clark, Mrs. Morris
Pawley, Richard Paine, Marguerite
Kumm, Eugenia Miller, Hazel Cam
eron-Menk, George Lohr, Mr.. E.
Smithers and Harriet Hill.
Many of these mentioned have
recently had one-man shows. The
picture entered by Richard Lahey
has just been exhibited in a New
York showing. Marguerite Kumm
has two Of her etchings in the mas
ter etchers' show, now being held in
New York.
Tobias Paintings and Drauinqs
In the HoUard University
Gallery Dramatic.
Paintings and drawings by Abra-
ham Tobias of Brooklyn, now on
view In the art gallery of Howard
University, are in a measure illus
trative Of present world conditions
and purposed to arouse thought cal
culated to bring about betterment.
They are not lovely, but they are
very well drawn, and with feeling
which dignifies them. One, a study
Tor mural, shows the Christ re-
crucif1ed by War-a dramatic pre-
sentation. Deep indeed must be the
STRINGS OF human consciousness to
bring forth such works as these.
Washington Jury jor
Contemporary Art Exhibition,
NeD York Worlds Fair,
Announced.
Juries for the selection Of con-
temporary art 10 be exhibited in the
New York Worlds Fair of 1899 were
announced last week by Grover A.
Whalen. president of the fair cor
poration, at conference for artists
and art critics at his home in New
York City. This, according to the
announcement. is to be essentially
q regional exhibition, artists in every
part of the United States having
representation. Washington is set
down under Region No. 3, and the
jury to which artists in this city
and vicinity will submit their works
Is as follows: Painting Charles
Bittjnger, Nicolai Cikovsky, Richard
Lahey and F. A. Whiting, jr., chair
man; scuipture-William Howard
Ca4fee, Innslee Hopper and Lenore
Thomas: graphic art-Nicolai Ci-
kovsky, Benson Moore, Prentiss Tay-
lor, with Leicester Holland as chair
man; consultant for the region is
c. Powell Minnegerode, director OF
the Corcoran Gallery Of Art. The
headquarters of the local committee
will be on the 10th floor of the Lin
coin Building. 5l4 Tenth street.
Works may be submitted to the
regional committee on or before
FEBRUARY Is. The fair will open on
April SC.
The exhibition Of contemporary
American art Is to be held In q spe-
cial building on Rainbow avenue,
Its entrances facing Bowling Green.
This building is divided into %
galleries, providing display for about
800 works. IT is anticipated that
many mVre than this number viii
be submitted to the several juries.
The exhibition as a whole will bv
under the direction of Holger CahiI,
head Of the Works Progress kdmiA-
istration Art Project. The keynote,
1t is said, will be Democracy in
Art" The Governing Committee will
have as chairman A. Conger Good
year, president Of the Museum Of
| Modern Art.