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three successive summers In Pc
terboro, N. H. She also paints
and does illustrations. Obviously
she is both versatile and industrious.
Her etchings are better than her
aquatints, but in neither does she
show what, for lack of q better
term, may be called the magic touch.
Her drawings are carefully made,
but totally lacking in sensitiveness
Of line. Her compositions are very
poor both from the linear and tonal
standpoint, and much Of her work
has the common modern failing Of
being extremely mussy, rather than
clear-cut and competent. She has
chosen excellent subjects-subjects
full Of, at times, surprising beauty,
but of this quality she has COM
pletely robbed them in transcript
tion-purposely or through lack of
control. For example, her print
of the magnificent live oaks at
Brookgreen Gardens, the beauty Of
which is both structural and ac-
cording to the play of light and
shadow through foliage and swing
moss. The effect of strength she
has given, but not that Of sunshine
sitting through shadow-the spirit
is lost, the magic gone. It is un-
doubtedly the element Of light and
It's juxtaposition with shade which
Miss White seems not to be able
to handle-and 1t is this which the
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Loans From Outstanding Collections Feature Phillips Gallery Exb
Bulletin of Current Exhibitions

THE CORCORAN GALLERY Seventeenth street
York 10th biennial exhibition Of contemporary
American oil paintngs-coses today
ARTS CLUB OF WASHINGTON. 2017 street NW-Ex-
hibion Of the Washington Water Color Club. to May 49,
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, the Mall Tenth street
Exhibition etchngs and aquatnts by Elizabeth White through
May.
UNITED MUSEUM
ton NW-Eghth annual exhibition Association
Federal Architects. through May.
STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, Industries Build
ing, Mall, at 9Th s.W-Pcora photographs by
ore Barrows Of Washington, through May
PHILLIPS MEMORIAL GALLERY 1900 Twenty
Notable loan water colors and oils Harold Weston ast
Water coos by Elisabeth Poe to June Paintings by Henry
Botkn, to May 81.
MUSEUM MODERN ART GALLERY OF WASHINGTON, 1856
Seventeenth street NW-Exhbion Of art and decoration
closing today.
NW-Exhibition of paintings
in oil and water colors by Raou Duffy.
PUBLIC LIBRARY, Eighth and streets NW-Waer coors by
Paul Arlt through Mount Pleasant branch Sixteenth
and Lamont NW-Work members Of Central High
School art classes to May 13.
WOMENS CITY CLUB 1876 jackson place NWPantings and
drawings by Bertha Noyes, through May.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ALLEGATIONS GALLERY w. p A.,
se 1ndepndence sWAbstract and Expressive Form
In Art" through May.
CHDRENS GALLERY w. p A, 316 Independence SW-
Work by Belgian school children through May.
GALLERY OF MODERN MASTERS
HOWARD UNIVERSITY GA1LERY-Exhibiton paint
ngs by Negro artists lent by the w. p A, to May 81.
GEORGETOWN GALLERIES. 1924 Wisconsin NW-Group
exhibition of works by local artists, to May 5
THE LITTLE GALLERY NW-Waer
Rosenberg, to May
THE STUDIO GALLERY George Washington University 2l31 G
street NWExhbion paintings by university
dent artists through May 80.
CHALET NONPAREIL
Bethesda by Founders Group National Society
Pastelsts. extended to May IS.
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structure and appearance would
seem to typify life itself lived under
overwhelming difficulties but with
courage and determination. Obvi-
ously this is a grimmer note than is
found in the painting of the public
gardens, where people are taking
their ease amid leafy trees bathed in
warm summer sunshine. But even
here a laborer, reading newssheet,
in the foreground gives suggestion
of a world in possible turmoil. OF
the tragic-real or potential-Van
Gogh was always conscious, and 1t
was undoubtedly this consciousness,
coupled with a love Of humanity
and oppressive sense Of responsible
ty, which distinguished all he did
and lifted it above its eccentricities
to high plane.
To the left of the borrowed Van
Gogh hangs the still Life" by
Cezanne-a painting of fruit on a
table-very direct in treatment and
most pleasing in color-a canvas
which might well have been pro-
duced for the sheer pleasure it gave
the artist, although, If we are to be-
lieve all his biographers tell us,
Cezanne was one of those rare and
unfortunate artists who found little
temporary satisfaction In his own
paintings, his constant lament being
that he could not realize his ambi-
ton or fulfill his ideal.
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Raphael Brings Big Price
Strty thousand Is Paid for
NMndo31nn ~ Tho D;.,L,v

In New York recently at the
American Art Association Anderson
Galleries, little painting II inches
high by 81a inches wide sold at auc-
ton for $50, 900. This was "The Ma
donna of the Pinks," by Raphael
the first work by this master that
has ever been offered at public sale
in this country and of whose paint
ings less than a score are known to
be in private collections. This panel
was at the time Of the Russian rev.
olution in the possession of the Or
lod family, from whom it was pur.
chased by M. Lachovsh of Paris.
who sent it here for sale. BY Adolfo
Ventura, it was adjudged to be the
original from which numerous cop
les were made in the 18th and
18th centuries. It is described as
"limpid in color and with diffused
light" very characteristic of the
great master. But why should one
pay such sum for so small and old
a painting? The question is fair
and the answer not far to seek-be-
cause of the rarity of its beauty-the
perfection of its workmanship,
which we call art. Has ever such a
kings ransom been paid for that
which Is poorly rendered and ugly
to behold? Not according to the an
mails of art and the history OF paint
ing. Here then is the key to several
Of our present-day art problems
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Interest in Poetry E Evidenced
By Public Library Patrons

sonahties Of seven women earning
their own way, who meet In one of
those dim restaurants where chiefly
women gather, and where no guest
admits a loneliness" In Marya
Zaturenska's volume, "Cold Morning
Sky" which won the Pulitzer Prize
in 1898, are some very charming
poems, and They Say the Forties, :"
by Howard Mumford Jones, contains
some of the best lyrics and sonnets
published for many years.
Several interesting volumes of
poetry have been published by Rob-
ert P. T. Coffin, whose book
Strange Holiness" won a Pulitzer
prize. Saltwater Farm" and Maine
Ballads" portray the New England
background. Testament of Love- -
collection Of SO sonnets by Audrey
Wurdemann, and Riders at the
Gate" by her husband, Joseph
Auslander, are recent publications
of importance. The huge volume
IN: One Thousands Autobiography
ical Sonnets" by Merrill Moore Is
probably the largest collection of
comets ever published. Moore's
poems are clear and interesting, full
of inventions of form, few of which
adhere either to established rhyme
schemes or to the metrical form of
the sonnet. He is q son Of the well
known author, John Trotwood
Moore, and was a member of the
famous group of Southern poets
known as the Fugitives.
Two women poets whose work is
being acclaimed by the critics are
Kay Boyle. whose first book of verse
is "A Glad Day." and Irene Wilde,
who presents "Fire Against the Sky"
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Prints at National Museum
Etchings and AQuatints OF
Elizabeth White of Sumter.

The last of this seasons print
exhibitions, arranged by the Di-
vision OF Graphic Art of the United
States National Museum, opened
this last week in the Smithsonian
Building This consists of Al etch-
ings and aquatints by Elizabeth
White of Sumter, S. C. Miss White
is a native South Carolinian and
lives in the old home wherein she
was born. No wonder she has chosen
as her particular field the depletion
of Southern landscape and Southern
scenes. After four years study at
the Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts, Philadelphia. she began
working independently, studying,
however, for a while with Alfred
Hutty in Charleston and learning
much from her colleagues who like
wise essayed the graphic arts.
On the whole she has met with
exceptional success holding one-man
exhibitions in New York, as well as
in Charleston and Greenville. On
the strength of her drawings re-
produced as souvenir post cards she
was admitted as a member of the
Mcdowell Colony and has spent
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Paul Arlt's
Work Is
Shown
Water Colors Have
Sweeping Strokes
And Deep Tones
By Florence s. Bergman.


A strong masculine talent is mani
tested in Paul Arlt's first one-man
exhibition. Of recent water colors
at the Public Library Central Build
ing. Broad, sweeping strokes, fluid
colors in deep tones, bold treatment
Of subjects, are its elements. One
imagines that he attacks his works
in a fury of enthusiasm, driving
it relentlessly to rapid completion:
the result reminds one Of the little
girl with the curl: When it's good.
it's "very, very good"
Church No. l" for instance, Is
excellent-the epitome of all the
little white churches in New Eng
land villages; foursquare in their
architecture, seeming to symbolic
the faith that worships in them;
spotless in their fresh coats of
white paint, proclaiming that this
faith is unsullied by doubts, and
with touch of color in their green
shutters, whispering that the religion
they embody is not too grim.
pine Grove Shelter" in a sunny
clearing of woods, is another clean
strong piece of work, with marked
earring quality. Serenity and feel
ing of spaciousness infuse Penn
sylvania Landscape" "Squall Over
Monhegan" is particularly success
full with respect to the still water
rejecting the clouded sky. The
fluidly painted view From Light
house Hill, Monhegan," on the other
hand, is dominated by an Interest,"
ing sky effect of the sun penetrating
in streaks through the clouds. Fog
Signal" huge bell on a rock. is
a veritable symbol of protection.
In contrast to these serious works
is the huporous small water color
of several sea gulls standing on a
beach. a rapid but shrewd capture
of their awkward appearance.
The artist has not been so happy
in some of the other works. Down
Pennsylvania Avenue" seems to be a
hasty sketch; such landmarks as
the Capitol and old Post Office are
easily Unidentified, but the scene as
whole appears to have been paint
ed by confused pedestrian en-.
deavoring to cross the intersection.
Nor does Niagara" quite come off
the solidity of the falls is such
that were the painting not titled,
one might imagine 1t stone noun
tain. However, Mr.. Arlt is capable
of tours de force, and it will be
interesting to watch his future
work.
He is a native of New York City
but now a Washingtonian of five
years residence. He was a student
at Colgate University for two years,
then returned to New York to study
at Greenwich House. In the fall Of
1884 he came to Washington and
the Corcoran School of Art, subse-
quently studying at the Phillips Me-
mortal Gallery for two years. AL
though the present exhibition at
the Public Library is his initial solo
appearance in Washington, his work
has been frequently seen in group
exhibitions. He is represented in
the Corcoran biennial just ending.
with Might Flight" and at George
town Galleries spring exhibition is
his "Monhegan Light Station" /"
simple and effective in theme and
treatment. He also has a painting
at the New York Worlds Fair. The
present one-man show will remain
at the library through May.
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Panel at Phillips Gallery
Rare Decoration on Wood

rare DeHOTuLIOH OU WOOu
Loaned ~ Current Exhibit.
OF uniq,s interest is a second
loan lately placed on view in the
Phillips Memorial Gallery. This is
a tiny little panel from the studio
Of Giorgione, painted, it is thought,
between 1897 and 1900, which was
probably one of series Of decora-
tions on wood for a marriage chest
of the period. OF it Mr.. Phillips,
who is one of the leading authori-
ties on the works of this master,
says: "The close resemblance Of
the tiny landscape in color. design
and conception to the early land
scapes of Giorgione, which are au-
thentic and certain, such as the two
background vistas to right and left
Of the Madonna of Castelfranco,
have made this little panel interest
ing and important out Of all pro-
portion to its intrinsic aesthetic
value; adding "even the juvenilia
of the greatest poet painter of all
time, the first inspired intimist of
color and linear pattern, is source
Of modern art"
Giorgione, it will be remembered,
lived from about 1478 to 1910, when
he died of the plague. Compare
lively little is known Of him. and
authorities hesitate to affirm the
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The existence in Washington of
numerous amateur and college
poetry groups is evidence of a wide
interest In the study. reading and
writing Of poetry. as well as the
many questions asked concerning it
at the Central Library, Eighth and
K streets NV, and its many
branches. Such inquiries include:
How is a sonnet constructed? What
is the earliest known essay on poetic
criticism? Who are the outstanding
humorous poets2 Are there any
good recent narrative poems? What
are the titles of outstanding con-
temporary American poems?
Among the new books by indi-
vidual poets the 1899 edition Of
Collected Poems" by Robert Frost,
is . complete library Of the verse
Of this author, now recognized as
the dean of American poets. Another
large volume Of outstanding interest
is the Selected Poetry" Of Robinson
JefYers, which contains in its $40
pages his most significant and rep
resentative works, including many
Of the longer narrative poems. Such
noted poets as Stephen Benet,
Archibald MacLeish, Conrad Aiken
and Robert Hillyer, all Pulitzer Prize
winners, have set q high standard
for American poetry, and the
newer men, Melville Cane, Raymond
Holden, Paul Engle and Ben Belitt,
have recently published interesting
volumes which indicate that the
contemporary scene furnishes ma
terial for poetry.
Edna Millay's Conversation at
Midnight and Marjorie Hills
Work Ends at Nightfall' are in
teresting examples TO the pattern
novel In verse-the first, after-din-
ner discussions of opinion by a
group of men; the second, q de-.
scription Of the occupations and per-
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Spring Exhibition
Washington Painters at
GpOrnofo1pn Galleries

Thirty-one Washington artists
are represented in the spring ex-
hibition at Georgetown Galleries,
comprising more than 40 oil paint
ings. Each artist was asked to send
one or two works which he or she
considered best, and the resultant
group show is interesting and va
ried, although predominantly con-
servative in character. A majority
of the artists are former students
of the Corcoran School Of Art, and
not a few of them have exhibited
in solo or small group exhibitions
at Georgetown Galleries during the
season now ending. Among these
are Oke Nordgren, Mary Whitney
Thoenen, Jack Berkman, w. Lee
Atkyns, jr.; Donald Robertson and
Gustav Trois.
Approximately one-third Of the
paintings depict flowers or still life.
which is not surprising, since they
enable the painter to concentrate
upon problems purely esthetic.
Emile Arlt's Spring Flowers" with
its attractive color scheme; Martha
Moffett Bache's Avenue Flowers"
Bonnie Walson's Wooden Bowl"
filled with glistening fruit; Frank
Rohland's "Calendulas," a study in
orange and green; E. Colborn's
Flower Still Life" and Gustav
Trois' reticent Madonna Reflect
ed" are conspicuous in this class Of
subjects.
A slightly smaller number Of
paintings deals with portraits and
figures, including some of the ex-
hibition's best works. Hilda Van
Stockums Madonna" has portraits
of her own children, an appealing
group infused with reference and
quietude. The time when painters
were able to depict what Powys called
"God-intoxicated" expressions on the
faces of their Madonnas, saints and
angels, is long past: but the Ma
donna theme can still be engagingly
handled, as in the present instance.
Another artist, Sara Pryor Dodge,
shows portrait of her son Billy.
"Rumanian Costume" by Donald
Robertson, is actually portrait Of
Nine. Boncesco, who posed for her
fellow students at the Corcoran
School Of Art.
This exhibition closes May IL.
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subjects she has chosen especially
demand Her best work is in etch-
ings of trees on the edge of marsh
land, for in these her drawing is
strong and her intention to degree
achieved. There is something also
to be said in praise of her subject
themes, such as "All Gods Chillun
Got Wing" even these fail
to attain the standard which these
exhibitions in the Smithsonian
usually quite uniformly uphold.
Both etching and aquatinting are
extremely difficult media not to be
mastered save by the chosen few
and then only with infinite pains
and labor On this road Miss White
has undoubtedly made progress. but
it is long way to the top and a
hard climb.
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Other Temporary Loans

Van Gogh and Cesanne In
cluded in Masterpieces Dis
played.
Included among recent loans with
these two masterpieces OF the past
are two modern works: Road Mend
ers at Aries" painted by Van Gogh,
and lent by Miss Elizabeth Hudson,
and Still Life" by Cezanne, lent by
the estate of Josef Stransky, both
very characteristic. These have been
hung in the main gallery on the
second floor of the Phillips Memorial
Gallery, where are gathered at pres
ent works by leading modernists.
The Van Gogh occupies position
of prominence halfway Of the east
wall, and directly opposite is the we'll
known canvas Public Gardens at
Arles," owned by the Phillips Gal
lery. 1t is interesting to compare
the two and to find in them elements
of diversity as well as similarity
Both are dominated by the spirit OF
unrest which motivated much OF
Van Gogh's painting, both bring in
figures as component part of COM
position, each tells its story clearly
and with evident intensity of feeling.
In Road Members of Aries" one is
given a glimpse of city street
under repair, with people passing
to and fro. Most significant, how
ever, is the row Of gnarled. many
branched but leafless trees which
border the sidewalk and retreat in
sharp perspective-trees which in
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Goya Portrait Included
Among Notable Works
Selection Represents Finest
Examples Of Art From
Out.of. f.Town Galleries
By Leila Mechin.

Phillips Memorial Gallery which generous in the
matter making institutions the time
notable paintings temporarily
collections These selected by Phillips
fill occasioned by loans and
the collection stands-whch they do admirably.
Outstanding these distinguished visitors is the fulengh
little his
the throne of that most amazing country This not only
example of of the memorable
child of all time only qualed perhaps by
Vasquez Manet and similar himself As it
the of the Phillips Memorial Gallery
excellent advantage merit declares
piece.
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Corcoron Ends BiennioI
Work OF Taking Do,Dn Exhibits
for Return to Artists Begins.

The Corcoran Gallery Of Arts 10Th
Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary
American OIL Paintings also closes
today. Tomorrow the work of tax
ing down the exhibits. repacking and
returning them to the artists will
begin. after which the permanent
collection will be rehung. during the
process Of which the galleries on the
second floor will Of necessity be
closed-but not for long, as this
work is invariably done with the
utmost expedition.
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w. P. A. Works at Howard
Paintings by Colored Artists
or Exhibition at University.

Paintings by Colored Artists
on Exhibition at University.
An exhibition Of paintings by
Negro artists on the Federal Art
Project under the w. P. A. is now on
view in the Art Gallery of Howard
University where it may be seen until
May 81. Russell C. Parr, local re-
gional adviser of the w. P. A. Art
Project, in a press release, states,
very truly, that the Howard Univer-
sity Art Gallery has been consistent
ly cooperative and open minded
and that so far as the w. P. A. goes
it is not a question of race or color of
those who produced the art, but
rather the quality of the art itself.
With this fully understood and con-
CURED in, it is possible to view this
exhibition without prejudice, and to
regard it with complete impartiality.
Such being the case it may be said at
once and frankly that it is utterly
horrifying. Not only are the works
shown badly done, but distorted and
ugly beyond belief. That art" of
this type can make appeal or be ac-
ceptable to intelligent Negroes who
have racially an instructive sense of
beauty is inconceivable. Here is mod
ernism at its worst, and parading
under the banner of approval of the
Federal Government, to which every
one has right to look for guidance
and high standard. There are Ne
groes today who are producing excel
lent art, for example some of the
instructors in the Howard University
Art Department, and others repre-
sented in the exhibitions circulated
by the Harmon Foundation, New
York. One Of the supervisors of art
in the public schools of Philadelphia
is a Negro and an excellent painter;
in North Carolina there is w. A.
Cooper, a portrait painter of excep-
tional talent and achievement. There
is nothing inherent to the race in
this art now on exhibition in the
Howard University Art Gallery-it is
the poorest white mans art reflected
by Negroes so cleverly that the bur-
lesque Is not perceived by the un-
suspecting or uninformed. And that's
q pity.
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Howard University
Sponsors Fine Exhibit In the
Cpsfth

OpO7ISUS TIEE EL7LIOIE VE L7tT
South.
Through the cooperation of How
ard University and arranged by its
art department., an exhibition of
30 paintings of outstanding merit
by American artists of renown is
being shown IN Bennett College
for Women, Greensboro, N. c. These
paintings have been lent from the
National Collection of Fine Arts and
by private collectors. It represents
an altogether laudable effort to
extend privilege and increase ap-
probation.
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New Exhibitions Opening

New Exhibitions opening
Water Color CLUB; Federal
Artists and College Students
Included.
An exhibition arranged by the
Washington Water Color Club of
work by members will open this
afternoon in the gallery and adjacent
rooms of the Arts Club of Washing
ton, 2017 I street. In the clubs
Bulletin" for May this was erro-
neously announced as opening on
the 21st, on which date instead will
be set forth sculpture by Phillis
Blundell of London and paintings
by Blanche H. Stanley, member of
the Society of Washington Artists.
~ ~
In the studio gallery of the George
Washington University an exhibition
of recent work by university student
artists will open tomorrow to con-
tinue through May 30.
The Association of Federal Archi-
tects opened its 9th Annual Exhibi-
ton Of Architecture and the Allied
Arts in the foyer of the United
States National Museum, Tenth
street and Constitution avenue, this
past week to continue throughout
the month. This is always q
diversified and engaging display, evi-
dencing not only wide activity in
this field, but high standard MAIN
tanned. The present Is, to this rule,
no exception.
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why the public does not buy-why
artists are on relief-why the art
of the past endures. Despite war
and rumors of war, materialism and
invention. haste and unrest, we of
the world today crave beauty as
civilized people have always craved
it, and when we find it count no
price too high to pay. The Madonna
of the Pinks" was purchased BY q
private collector. For such works
there is still good market in Amer
ica-and, incidentally, almost in
variably through private beneficence,
such works sooner or later go to art
museums where they become avail
able to the public at large.