Evening star., 1938-05-15

time" which consists Of pictures
drawn from the permanent collection
especially appropriate to the season,
among which are not few old friends.
gladly welcomed.
In the upper hallway, for example,
now hang two charming canvases by
Ernest Lawson, May in the Noun.
tains" and Spring Night"-the for.
mer landscape with blossoming fruit
trees in the foreground, the latter a
picture of a bridge over a narrow
river and connecting highway along
which twinkle double row of lights,
the whole bathed in the soft glimmer
OF an unseen moon. Both of these are
painted with a rather heavy brush,
well ladened, so that the surface has
somewhat the finish of lacquer un-
evenly applied. Every inch of the
canvas in each instance must have
been painted with utmost care and
in layer upon layer, and in this wise
the painter obtained richness and
quality OF tone as well as feeling of
permanence. And yet the subjects are
freely and subtlely rendered and in
such manner that the spirit of the
hour is retained. In an adjacent gall
lery-one of three given over to this
exhibitions large canvas by John
H. Twachtman entitled Summer" but
full OF the tender green of early
spring, and also landscape in SINH
lar key by John Alden Weir-"The
Fishing Party" Both of these men
rank high in the history Of American
art. were individualists, lovers of ma
ture. interpreters in their own right.
Weir attained greater eminence
through his figure paintings, but his
landscapes have naive charm quite
their own. TWachtman was one Of
the first to transcribe the loveliness
OF landscape seen through a veil Of
mist-laden atmosphere-a keen OBJ.
server of the subtleties of nature and
3 very skillful painter. He is also we'll
represented in the National Collec.
ton of Fine Arts, through the gift
of the late William T. Evans, and
| also in the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
In this same gallery are to be seen
several paintings by Davies, among
them his Tissue Parnassian" and
children riding birches, entitled,
"Springtime of Delight; another
Lawson version Of spring, a spring.
time landscape by Eilshemus-one Of
his best-and THE Arch, Washington
Square" by Childe Hassam, which
might equally well have been entitled,
"Eastertide, Lower Fifth Avenue"
Two works by Marjorie Phillips are
very appropriately included in this
showing, one of children carrying
be-ribboned Maypole across meadow,
in procession; the other picturing gay
parties Of children riding in swan
boats, presumably here on the Basin
both very charming. Paintings such as
these should open your eyes to new
beauty in this most beautiful of all
the four seasons of the year-and in
so doing fulfill the highest function
Of all art.
T,uo Local Artists Exhibit
At Studio HouSe-Bernice
Cross and Julia Eckel.
At PHILLIPS GALLERY Studio
House Bernice Cross and Julia
Eckel. both pupils of MIR. Watkins
and the Studio House School, are now
holding joint exhibition. That these
two young painters have talent goes
without saying, but to suppose that
either of them has yet actually "ar-
rived" would be preposterous. They
are still on the road. and the going is
good. There are glints Of exceptional
promise in their works here and there.
but there are also images reflected
from the works of others to whom
they undoubtedly look with respect
and admiration. Both are very clever,
but neither has as yet learned to
carry her work to definite conclu-
sion-which after all only comes with
mastery of medium. Miss Eckel IS at
her best in figure paintings-eSsays
in portraiture-Miss Cross in her sub
ject pictures and flower paintings, the
former at times delightfully."- funny
for instance the "Golliwogs" and the
Hen House'-and the latter charm
ing In color and in the way that color
Is laid on. Miss Cross has tried an
interesting experiment In q painting
Of "Sancho Panza," which is scratched
with lines on painted surface as a
design might be incised or stone en-
graved-a return to the primitive.