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turer who Is travelling with this
exhibition, Erwin o. Christensen, II
former resident Of Washington,
having lived here when he was di-
rector of educational work at the
American Federation of Arts. Tho
exhibition is to be shown early this
week at the Art Union and Mr..
Christensen will give a lecture
Tuesday evening at $50.
Thirty-eight artists are repre-
sented in the exhibition by 86 prints,
including woodcuts, wood engrav-
ings, etchings, drypoints, Autographs
and lead cuts, ranging in type from
conservative representational to non-
objective The earliest artist in the
group is Hans Thoma, born hum
dred years ago, some of whose
charming paintings Of peasant chill
| dren dancing are we'll known from
color prints Other early artists are
Wilhelm Leibl and Max Liebermann,
both born in the 1840s. Leibl died
in 1900, but poor Liebermann lived
to be SO years old, misfortune as
it happened For after decades OF
honors for his painting and &C.
knowledged dean Of German artists.
he was. early in the Nazi regime.
discredited and forced out Of the
presidency of the academy, for no
other reason than his ancestry. He
died in 1885, Four of his prints
are in the present show, two Gtho-
graphs, a drypoint and an etching
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Work of Marian Lane
On View at Library

Marian Lane is exhibiting this
month, by invitation, illuminations
and drawings in the Public Lii
brary, Eighth and K streets NV.
These, set forth in upright cases on
the second floor, make most in
teresting and seasonable showing.
In cases to the right are the illu-
limitations. These are quotations, OF
no more than page length, from
sacred or profane literature, which
never grow old or lose their signifi-
canoe, beautifully printed by hand,
and enriched by decorative borders
as we'll as by initial letters and the
like.
Most richly Illuminated is the
Lords Prayer" with lovely border
and tiny miniature of the Virgin
and Christ Child" at the upper left
hand corner. Also somewhat SINH
larly treated is the Twenty third
Psalm, "The Lord is my Shepherd" !"
the miniature accompanying which
is of the Psalmist, King David, in
red robe and crown, playing on his
harp. Cardinal Newman's prayer,
today widely used in all churches,
which begins Support us all the
day long of this troublous life till
the shadows lengthen and the busy
world is hushed and STILL" is twice
shown in different setting; besides
which there are quaint sayings from
old English writer's, house blessings,
rules of hospitality and the like
with, finally, a quotation from an
ancient Glastonbury ntany which
reads: From Ghosties and 0houlies
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Brothers-in-Iow Exhibit
Simultaneously
In Corcoron Gallery

On December a special exhibition
of drawings and Autographs by Peter
Hurd, and of water colors and draw
ings by Andrew Wyeth opened in
the Corcoran Gallery of Art to con-
tinue until the 22d. The reason for
this combination is that the artists
are brothers, law, Mr.. Hurd hav-
ing married Mr.. Wyeth's sister Hen
rietta. Mr.. Wyeth and Mrs. Hurd
are children of N. c. Wyeth OF
Chadds Ford, Pa, who was, 1t will be
recalled, pupil of Howard Pyle. and
is one of our leading illustrators and
mural painters Mr.. Hurd, it seems,
studied under him in the Pennsyl-
vania Academy of the Fine Arts. as
did Andrew and Henrietta and a
second sister, Caroline. Therefore,
it will be seen that despite the fact OF
widely separated residences, Hurd
living in New Mexico, where he was
born, and Wyeth in Pennsylvania,
this Is, in a way family affair.
The rooms assigned to this double
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an entity, as If it, and it alone, had
been brought to completion. Herein
lies the difference between the
artists proof and the commercial
print, as in the original nothing
intervenes between the artist and
his creation to decrease its vitality.
OF secondary importance is the fact
that, to an exceptional degree, Mr..
Wengenroth in his Autographs re-
tains perfect tonal relationships,
running the gamut unerringly from
black to white without over-state-
ment or lack of unity. Also, 1t
should be remarked that he has
transcribed in this medium textures
with surprising variety and fidelity.
Rockport Subjects.
The subjects which Mr.. Wengen-
roth has chosen are those which
he has found close at hand for the
most part in the neighborhood OF
Rockport, Mass, where he makes
his summer home. There are, for
example, transcriptions Of the light
houses at Straitsmouth and on Ten
Pound Island; and of the granite
quarries on Cape Ann. There is q
dramatic rendition of the rocks at
Eastport, and pictures of the sea
off the North Shore, and adjacent
to Monhegan. One may walk the
shaded streets of Rockport with the
photographer and look out on the
harbor. He shows us lobsterman's
house and the house of the Coast
Guard, the latter at night. Ere
quently, he concerns himself with
the unusual in effect of cloud and
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little profit therefrom because it was
so simple that, presumably, it was
common property. The process is
merely based on the affinity OF
grease for grease and the repulsion
of grease by water. The Gtho-
grapher draws his picture or design
on a smooth, fine grained stone with
greasy crayon, dampens the stone
and inks it with more OF the greasy
crayon mixed with varnlsh or OIL
which adheres to the drawing ana
Is repelled by the water on the
stone, lays a piece of paper over II
and runs it through a press-and,
presto, the deed is done. No Wonoer
the artists of Germany, France and
England welcomed this new method
which allowed such freedom OF ex-
preston and put 1t to good use, with
neither an "If you please" or by
your leave" to Senefelder. However,
he is not known to have protested,
and his treatise on lithography
brought him returns of money ana
fame.
AltAO6h"PAS
The Golden Age" of lithography
IN France was from 1920 to 1910, dur
ing which period practically all the
leading artists employed it at times.
From 1880 on, it was used quite
freely and constantly for illustrative
purposes. 1t was then that Daumler
and Gavarni did their magnificent
work for lie Charivari"-Work
which has not been surpassed, II
indeed eoualed. since. After reach
Ing this peak however, lithography,
as an original medium, began to de-
teriorate, being used mostly for re-
production, and interest in it was
not revived until the days OF Whist
Ter. who turned to it experimentally
and met with such success that
others, including Joseph Penneil,
took 1t up with zest.
The senefelder Club of London
was formed, and a renaissance OF
the art began. In this country,
partly through Mr.. Pennelrs en-
fhusiasm, and the advantages it
offered to such men as Bellows,
Thornton Oakley and others, lithog-
raphy experienced considerable
vogue during the World War. Since
then it has been constantly in use
Albert Barker, Rockwell Kent and
Wengenroth have all advanced 1t
as an art, developing new potentiah-
ties of process, while G. c. Miller
and Rolton Brown have both lent
further impetus by their exceilent
and artistic printing NO Wonoer.
therefore, that in the division of
graphic arts sponsored by the w.
P. A. Art Project, much of the work,
and perhaps the best, has been IN
this medium.
But to get back to Mr.. Wengen-
roth. The prints that he Is show
ing here at this time are typical OF
the best work in this medium. Pri-
marily they are drawings, each print
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Masterpieces of Art to Be
Subject of Lecture

The second lecture in the Wash
ington Society of the Fine Arts
course for the current year will be
given Wednesday evening by DR..
Alfred B. Frankfurter of New York,
editor of the New Art News. His
subject will be The Masterpieces
of Art Exhibition at the New York
Worlds Fair" and it will be fully
illustrated by stereopticon slides.
DR.. Frankfurter was instrumental in
getting this exhibition together and
properly housed, although he gives
the larger share of credit to his col
leagues, especially to DR.. Valen-
timer, director of the Detroit Art
Institute. The attendance at the
J Masterpieces of Art Exhibition,
which opened early in June and
continued to October was 440 900,
and it was generally agreed that it
constituted the finest assemblage of
such works ever set forth in this
country as a transient display. The
bulk of this exhibition, furthermore,
came from private collections in
this country. Some were lent by
the trustees of our National Gallery
of Art from the Mellon collection.
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and long leggety Beasties, and
Things that go Bump in the night,
Good Lord, deliver u.s.
In the cases to the right are shown
Miss Lanes drawings, all of which
are in pencil or crayon point. They
are of familiar places and buildings
and doorways here and elsewhere
and have worth as historic data as
we'll as a charm inherent in the art.
There is one of st. Johns Church, at
Sixteenth and H streets NV, de-
signed by Latrobe, and of the door,
way of THE Octagon," designed by
Thornton. There is an exterior Of
the House of the Seven Gables" at
Salem, of doors in Salem. at Wis
casset, at Dartmouth College and
elsewhere, to say nothing of streets
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storm or sun or moonlight-as, for
example, in "Descending Skies" q
magnificent Interpretation of q
summer rain storm, or in Summer
Morning." when the light is clear
but thin Seldom does he introduce
figures, but in Picnic" he does so
with excellent success, presenting q
composition we'll balanced, pictur-
esque and dignifed. In Foundry
Interior" he has set forth with the
utmost skill and knowing an effect
of light which literally glorifies a
very plain and dull building. Here
is evidence that the homely can be
made beautiful if the artist himself
is capable of perception and trans
cription.
Stow Wengenroth was born in
Brooklyn, N. Y, in 1906. He studied
at the Art Students League, the
Grand Central School of Art, at
Woodstock and Eastport under
Wayman Adams, John Carlson and
George Pearse Ennis, respectively.
He has received many awards, had
his autographs reproduced IN the
Fine Prints of the Year" and ac-
quired by some of the leading Art
Museums. Because of his distinc-
ton as a photographer, he was
asked, a couple of years ago, to serve
with John Taylor Arms, etcher, on
the purchasing committee, through
the Pennell Fund, for the Library of
Congress, on which he has rendered
valuable service.
This exhibition, held under the
auspices of the Division of Graphic
Arts of the National Museum and
sponsored by the Smithsonian In
stitution, will continue throughout
this month.
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he has done so-an interesting de-
velopment, psychologically as well
as artistically.
If one wishes to see the current
exhibition of Modern German
Graphic Art, one must look quickly,
for it is circulating with great rapid
ity. It has already visited American
University, Wilson Normal School,
Central, Roosevelt and Eastern High
Schools, not to mention all, and has
also been out to Hagerstown, Md.
The writer caught it at Western
High School, where 1t was shown
by the art faculty, Misses Ethel
Foster and Emily Steuart. The lee
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Is accompanied Dy representative
prepared to give gallery talks or
lectures.
The foundation was organized
between 1928 and 1880 by American
citizens Of German descent for the
development of cultural relations
between the United States and
German-speaking countries. 1t deals
with such spheres as art, literature,
music, education, recreation, town
planning, city management and
forestry.
Political activities are strictly ex-
cluded. In fact, many of the Ger
man artists represented in the
show found the Nazi regime so in
tolerable that they left their native
land early in the period of Hiulers
ascendency. Some of them have
become American citizens-Georg
Grosz, for example, one Of modern
Germany's greatest artists. He is
represented in the present show by
a lithograph entitled Hunger" ;"
During the postwar years. he was
noted for his scathing caricatures.
He came to the United States about
six years ago, and employed his
satirical art on American subjects,
which work, however, never had
quite the sting that his German
work possessed. Early this year he
was admitted to citizenship, and
announced that he was through
with politics and satire, and would
devote his time to American land
scape. Various exhibitions of his
work, since then, demonstrate that
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shown as growing but more often
in bowls or vases decorating the
home. Especially good are her
paintings of zinnias, hollyhocks and
Gala lilies, but throughout her work
Is colorful and sensitive. Mrs.
Byrne has studied at the Corcoran
School of Art and under Francis
Hungerford Conbs and Lester
Stevens.
Albert Miles Davis water colors of
Bermuda, which form a second unit
of this Three Man Exhibition, "
have individuality and interest. but
are rather uneven in merit, Mid
night Revival being excellent, and
others, such as The Pink House
and "Shinbone Alley" being, it
would seem. rather carelessly tossed
off-lesS well drawn and rather thin
But Mr.. Davis has executed numer-
Gus important commissions, such as
series of paintings and drawings
for New York shipbuilding cor
poration, now the property of the
Navy Department, and is a member
of the American Institute of Archi-
tects and the T Square Club-him-
self practising architect. Several
of the water colors on view bear the
little magic sign, Sold" which is,
after all, the most tangible evidence
of appreciation.
The front room at the George
| town Galleries Is given 0yer tn the
third unit of this fireworks by
John J. Greer, Sd, of this city, who
has studied in Philadelphia and ex-
hibited in the Whyte Gallery and
elsewhere in Washington. He in
cludes in his showing portraits as
well as landscapes and stil-life sub
jects, and gives evidence of indus
try and ambition. This exhibition
will continue to January 10.
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showing are those on the first floor
at the southeast corner of the main
building, the one being emptied OF
all other contents (save little faun
in bronze by Anna Hyatt Hunting
tom and the other giving its walls
while retaining floor space for the
gallery's fine collection OF Barge
bronzes. In the first room are four
water colors and painting IN
tempera by Mr. Wyeth, with litho-
graphs and drawings to the number
of % by Mr.. Hurd, while in the
second are shown II large drawings
by Wyeth.
Between the works of the two men
there is, perhaps, little to choose,
but also no similarity. Wyeths
water colors are very large and
boldly rendered. Possibly a bit too
large and too casual since they must
be seen at rather close range, but
they are excellent In color and very
effective.
white Orchard" winter scene,
is especially pleasing, as is The
Evening Star" picture of a little
farmhouse under an early evening
sky from which wrinkles a solitary
star. Less satisfactory are white
Dory" and "Pruning"-the one on
account of little looseness in execu-
ton and the other because the man
up the leaf1ess tree overweighs the
composition. On the wall opposite
these hangs Mr.. Wyeth's painting in
tempera of dead sea gull-a splen-
did young bird hung, with gray wings
partially stretched and head down
against wooden panel, pathetic
theme but finely rendered. The IL
drawings" by this artist which hang
in the adjacent gallery are all done
with brush, partly in wash, partly
in line, and are unique in manner
of treatment-illustrative rather
than primarily pictorial. They are
large, like his water colors, but more
in detail. Among these, Evening
After Rain" is especially good, being
very well composed and charmingly
rendered, with accents skillfuly
placed and effects of light admirably
handled. Incidental to other land
scape drawings are Squirrel
Hunter" and Rabbit Hunter" both
of which, from the standpoint of
composition, might we'll serve for
paintings in oil or other media. Edge
OF the Forest" and Spruce Trees"
both recall Maine, and, though q
little hard, are handsomely set forth
Mr.. Hurd shows Is autographs
and II drawings, the subjects of
which are chiefly western. Strange
ly enough, the Autographs are rem
dered in most instances with greater
freedom and breadth than the
drawings, which in some cases are
bit tight and meticulous, though
very good. Outstanding among the
Autographs is a head of a Penn
sylvania Quaker" and a picture of
a mare and young colt seen in the
field by moonlight. OF note because
of the elaborateness of the compo-
sition and the manner of handling
is Baptism at Three Wells" which,
while unconventional, has none of
the groteSqueness of Grant Woods
famous painting. THE Water Hole"
is another excellent subject well
treated.
The feeling of the western land
scape is even more strongly felt in
Mr.. Hurd's drawings than in his
Autographs and in this group Little
Circus" "Banito Canyon" and 1.-THE
Oasis" should be especially COM
mended. Here is clear seeing on
the part of the artist and genuine
gift of expression.
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subjects, without special beauty OF
romance, there is not one OF them
that does not have something to say
that is worth saying, and, what is
more, say it beautifully. This is art
of a very high order, and art which
is almost inexplicaby fine.
1t is comparatively easy to say
that something is good or bad, and
to point out certain merits or faults,
but a work of art of the
higher order is infinitely more
than the sum of its virtues, for
there is in it inevitably an inde-
finable quality derived from the
individuality of the artists personal
gift. This quality Mr.. Wengenroth's
work has in large measure. That
he is a master craftsman is obvious;
he completely commands his me-
dium, but more than this he gets
into his Autographs a significance
beyond mere fact, which, apparent
ly he has perceived, as by first in
tent, unconsciously. In other words,
while his work invariably rings true,
its very "rightness' has a charm all
its own.
Lithography, the youngest of the
graphic arts, having been in use less
than $50 years, has had checkered
history, periods of great popularity
and likewise of low esteem, the rea-
son for the latter being its diversion
to commercial purposes. In 1898,
Allows Senefelder, a BaVarian, seek
ing means to publish some music,
stumbled across the invention by
accident. In 1901, he patented his
process in London. and in 1902 in
paris hut he is said TO have derived
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exhibiting his mastery of many
media.
Seventeen prints by Kaethe Koll-
witz give her the largest single rep
resentation in the exhibition. This
remarkable woman, now over 10,
deals almost entirely with social
themes, and with mothers and chill
dren of the poor. The esthetic
aspects of her work are such that
it seems probable she will be linked
with Goya and Daumier in years
to come. She is an artist who has
suffered with as well as for the
downtrodden, as one can easily
discern from her self-portrait in
the present exhibition.
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Lecture to Be Given at
Phillips Memorial Gallery

The Phillips Memorial Gallery
has issued invitations to a lecture
on Renoir by Lionello Ventura on
Thursday evening at $50 o'clock.
Not only on account of the subject,
the name of Renoir 'being one to
conjure with, and the distinction of
the speaker, will this lecture be OF
special interest, but because in the
Phillips Memorial Gallery hangs
one of Renoir's chief masterpieces
''The Luncheon of the Canoeing
Party"-which, by the way, has
lately returned from an absence of
several months, while on loan to
the Musem of Modern Art, New
York,
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in Nantucket and buildings at
Peterborough, N. H. Some Of these
have been reproduced for postcards
and great is the pity that there are
not more such, accurate in detail
and yet preserving the atmosphere
of place and time.
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Two Exhibitions Open
In Phillips Gallery

Two exhibitions opened last week
in the Phillips Memorial Gallery,
too late for review in these columns
today-one a retrospective exhibi-
ton of the work of Braque, consist
ing of loans from the artist and
well-known collections; the other
the Christmas sale exhibition of
paintings by artists of Washington,
Baltimore and vicinity, no one OF
which is priced at more than $50,
They have been installed in galleries
on the second floor, and in the
lower print rooms; both are events
of much note.
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Work of Hugo linden
Shown in Studio Gallery

In the Studio Gallery, 2131 G
street NV, sponsored by the Art De-
partment of George Washington
University, an exhibition of work by
Hugo linden, designer and teacher,
may now be seen. Mr.. linden was
trained in the leading art schools
of Dusseldorf and Munich, but has
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Exhibition at Burlington
Is Successful

Because of the enthusiasm
aroused by the exhibition of paint
ings held during the past week at
the Burlington Hotel and the sue
cess OF the enterprise, 1t will in all
probability be repeated next year
at about the same time. The paint
ings, most of which were by local
artists, were admirably shown in
three large, connecting rooms on the
first floor, and were well hung and
LIGHTED. Paintings contributed by
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Youngest Graphic Art
Shown at Its Height
In Wengenroth Works
Hurd and Wyeth Exhibition
At Corcoran and Miss Lane
Makes Seasonable Showing
Bv Leila Mechlin.

the lobby of the Natural History Building Of the United States
exhibition
universally conceded be
Thirty the
distinction
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Carl Schurz Foundation
Has German Graphic Art
In School Exhibition
Modern Collection, Making
Tour of Country, Admired
BY Washington Visitors
Bv Florence s. Berryman.

Washington high school students during recent weeks have made
the enduring German cuue-not the
Graphic
educational institutions this city since
This exhibition
Memorial Foundation and
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Flower Paintings Lend
Charm to Triple
Exhibition

10 Kenealy Byrne's paintings Of
flowers and still life, now on view at
the Georgetown Galleries" are
very attractive and commendable.
ms instances, the flowers are
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Mt. Vernon Group
Lists Three Plays

The Little Theater of Mount
Vernon Seminary, under the direc-
ton of Edith NJ Mack, will present
the first of the seasons programs
at the school Saturday night, No.
vember 18. at s 80 o'clock when three
one-act plays will be offered by the
As girls interested in dramatics,
20 of whom will be seen in the
plays. and the others in unseen and
silent but equally important roles as
scene painters and shifters, costume
and properties directors, and general
stage hands for the plays.
The plays will be The Tenth
Word"-meaning the tenth word in
telegram, which usually is love, -
written by Ryerson and Clements,
followed by The Purple Doorknob'
by Walter Prichard Eaton. and con-
Guiding with the Freudian comedy,
"Suppressed Desires"
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New Hyattsville
Opening Is Fixed
For November 21

Opening of the new Hyattsville
Theater on November 81 is an
nounced by Sidney Lust, under
whose direction the theater will be
operated.
The house, designed by John Eb-
erson. noted New York architect,
is located on Washington Baltimore
boulevard, in Hyattsville. 1t will
boast many innovations in theater
construction and unusual beauty In
decorative treatment A semi cir
cular front and handicapped FORE
ground are among it's unusual fea-
lures.
Terraced lawns in front of the
theater will give it continental at
mosphere, while the beautiful blend
ing of colors in the lobby, foyer and
auditorium will give the Hyattsville
one of the most attractive theater
interiors in the East.
There will be stage for OCCASION
al flesh" shows. A specially de-
signed air-conditioning plant will
provide a healthfW temperature the
year round, and the very finest
sound and projection equipment will
be installed. The luxurious, self
rising cushioned seats will be set
in rows 36 inches apart for added
comfort.
For the further convenience of
patrons, there will be a large free
parking lot in the rear of the
theater, serviced by two separate
driveways, to permit easy entrance
and exit.
The Hyattsville is being erected
by the Globe Amusement Corp,
with M. Wertheimer as general con-
tractor. David Ginsburg, at present
manager of the Bethesda Theater,
will be in charge of the new house.