Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06
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oio CAld0 10 ulousHt IAIO play one
cannot speak too highly. With the
water colors in this exhibition none
could fail to find delight.
Striking Water Colors by Schnak-
enberg on VieU ii, Corcoran
Gallery OF Art.
An exhibition of water colors by
Henry E. Schnakenberg of New
York opened in the Corcoran Gal
lery of Art on November /, to con-
tlnue through the Goth. Mr.. Schnak-
enberg is New Yorker by birth and
studied at the Art Students League
with Kenneth Hayes Miller. He is
represented in various art museums
throughout the country, has tried
his hand at mural painting and his
work has found high commentator
among critical writer's. It is strong,
broad and colorful, and occasionally
an element of beauty creeps in.
Twenty-four paintings constitute the
present showing and appear to ex-
cellent advantage in the upright
cases Of the upper atrium, where
were lately shown the Whistler etch-
ings bequeathed to the Corcoran
Gallery of Art by Mr.. Garfinckei
which are being framed for perma-
nent placement on the walls of the
southeast gallery on the first floor
In measure these Schnaken-
berg paintings are souvens of
travel as they have been done in
various parts of this country and
abroad. There are two very color
full and effective landscapes, for ex-
ample, painted in Vermont: three
done in Florida; two of missions in
Texas, in the vicinity of San An
tonic; besides several themes found
in France and in Spain-not to
name all. Some of the subjects
should be familiar but are inter-
preted from unusual Viewpoints
such for instance as The Alhambra,
Granada: The Court OF the
Oranges, Seville" "Chartres." These
are all great architectural monu-
ments, in each instance with a
beauty all their own-a beauty
which has drawn travellers for many
years-but Mr.. Schnakenberg makes
one feel their fortress-like strength
rather than their grace and beauty.
He is strong painter but there is
little of the lyrical in his work
little that is tender or appealing,
unless his study of "Rhododendrons,"
which is quite lovely in itself, is ex-
cepted. His studies of Fern
Crosiers" and of Cactus Flowers"
the latter made in Texas, are also
pleasing, and none who knows Flor
ida will fail to find pleasure in his
very correct transcription of palms
on the shore near st. Petersburg.
OF all his architectural themes
Mission Conception, San Antonio,
Texas is perhaps the most en-
gaging, although others hold their
own in competence of rendering.
The art of water color painting
has been greatly advanced in re-
cent years until today it takes its
place as a medium with oil color.
There is, indeed, little relationship
between the paintings in thin, trans
parent wash, which were the vogue
in the 18th century in England, and
those boldly rendered with a full
brush and rich color such as Mr..
Schnakenberg uses today.
Eliot O'Hara Again Scores
Success Through His Water
Colors and His Teaching.
Eliot O'Hara of this city is show
ing a distinguished group of four
water colors in the Philadelphia
Water Color Clubs 36th annual
exhibition in the Pennsylvania
Academy, Philadelphia, which
opened October %, to continue to
November q. One of these,
Eucalyptus Trees, Sarasota" owned
and lent by Mr.. and Mrs. George
Woodward of Philadelphia, is repro
duced in the catalogue and is very
effective even In black and white.
The group is hung in the main gal
lery, which is very real compli-
ment on the part OF the Hanging
Committee.
Despite the excess of rainy
weather in Maine in July, Mr..
O'Hara's summer school of water
color painting thrived, registration
being up to the full quota, and excel
lent work was done. The summer
exhibition, composed of student
work and work by leading profess
SIGNALS, also proved successful, at
tracing many visitors and recording
numerous sales. In fact, it Is re-
ported that no less than II paintings
were purchased from this gallery
during the past summer, at nrices
ranging from S. to $400-which may
be regarded as tangible evidence of
increasing prosperity and also APP
probation.
For the greater part Of October
Mr.. OHara was In Indianapolis,
conducting special classes in water
color painting at the John Heron
Institute, and, incidentally, quicken
ing interest among the student body |
Is composition and kindred |
subjects taught by members of the
regular staff.
Work of Students During Past
Decade to Be Exhibited In
Corcordn Gallery.
The Corcoran Gallery of Art will |
open on November Il . special