Evening star., 1938-02-13
FINE WATER COLORS SHOWN
Wesz Strength Vgor Beauty PICTURESQUE
Bit of Country-Murals for Post Office Department.
Exhibit Arts Club.

One Of the miniatures which Mrs
Dix shows this time, entitled, youth
In an Old Gown" Is q portrait of her
own daughter, = lovely work. which
because Of Its unity and skillful
manipulation. has b!sness dispropor-
tionate to its dimensions. After all
size Is only comparative matter.
GLADYS Milli0an Well
Represented by Portraits in
Pastel and Water Colors. :.
THE walls of the reception and din.
ing rooms OF the Arts Club are
occupied at this time by sketches in
water color and portraits in pastel
by Gladys Milligan Of this city Among
the sketches Is an engaging view OF
Mount Vesuvius at Sunset" glimpse
OF the Grand Canal In Venice" and
View From Finstergrun Castle,
Austria"
More serious In the matter Of study
and coneent. however, are her portraits
In pastel. included among which are
studies of Miss Elizabeth Noting, Miss
Agnes Delano, teacher of art at the
Mount Vernon Seminary, and Mrs.
Ethel Hoffman Kane, q leading expo-
nent of the art of the dance, all of
which are very characteristic. Miss
Milligan has received many compli-
ments upon her showing from her local
confreres.
Hand,or0ught Se,Delry by
Mrs. Bittinger ShO,Dn in
Arts Club Collection.
THE group Of craft work in metal
by local workers now on view at
the Arts Club is highly commendable
The principal exhibitor is Mrs. Charles
Bittinger, who shows no less than II
pieces Of jewelry. hand wrought, in
gold, we'll designed and very finely
executed-exceptionally good work,
Jaquelin T. Smith shows two excellent
exhibits OF somewhat similar order.
Mary Valentini exhibits six works in
silver, including plate. sugar bowl.
cream pitcher. etc, good in design
and well wrought. as well as two rings.
Elizabeth viii adds to her work In
metal two bowls from Bay Head
tMarthas VineyardD, clay, presumably
nodded BY hand. and agreeable in
shape. 1t is gratifying to know such
excellent craft work is being produced
here In our midst.
Concerning Local Painters
And Their Works.
THREE paintings and thirteen
prints were sold in the Society
of Washington Artists most recent
! annual exhibition. which closed in
the Corcoran Gallery Of Art last
week. This is not q bad showing, but
considering the character of the paint
lngs and the modest prices at which
they might have been purchased it
is not as good As might have been
expected. Not for some years has q
better or more charming exhibition
been held in this city.
Seven Washington water colorists
were represented in the seventy first
annual exhibition Of the American
Water Color Society. held in New
York, closing today. Three of these,
S. Peter Wagner, Eliot OHara and
Eleanor Parke Custis were repre-
sented by two works each. The others,
Seward Rathbun, Elizabeth E. Poe,
Susan B. Chase and Gertrude G..
Brown, each had 4 single contribu-
ton to their credit.
1t is customary when summer comes
for artists to close their city studios
and seek subjects in many instances
far sheld. This winter. however, quite
number of the local painters are
travelling abroad with this intent.
Mrs. Chase is spending the winter in
San Antonio. Tex; Miss Bertha Noyes,
who returned but few months ago
from trip to Sumatra and Bali, has
now gone to South America; Miss