Evening star., 1940-10-13

paints well, but almost always In his
paintings the medium he uses is
very obvious-his canvases are par
ticularly panty" This gives the
impression Of impatience or weak
ness-disinclination or lack Of power
to take the pains leading to COM
plete and beautiful expression. These
faults are not peculiar to the work
of Mr.. Speight, but are common to
those Of many of his era and school
1t is for this reason that they are
noted.
Seen at C0rc0ran.
OF all the paintings included in
this exhibition, the one which COM
mends itself most is that entitled
Industrial Area" which. 1t will be
remembered, was included In the
Corcoran Gallery's most recent bien-
nial exhibition. The subject Is ad-
mittedly ugly and dreary, but the
composition is good, and throughout
the canvas tonal relations are we'll
preserved. There is certain dignity
about this painting which lifts 1t
above mere theme. Also, something
may be said in praise of "The
Garden" which, while not lovely In
theme, does set forth admirably an
effect of sunlight and shadow, pat
termed by chicken-wire trellises.
which does create appeal. This is
almost the only canvas in the ex-
hibition in which the illusion OF at
mosphere is to be found.
In justice to Mr. Speight, it should
be said that he has been elected to
membership in the National Acad-
emy of Design, and his paintings
have been acquired by the Metro
politan Museum of Art, the Penn
sylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
the Art Gallery Of Toronto and by
the Ranger Fund. BY birth he is
North Carolinian and he has con-
Quoted classes at Chapel Hill under
the sponsorship of the State Uni
versity. He is an instructor in the
Pennsylvania Academy. He has ex-
erted a wide influence through his
teaching and his art.
The Corcoran Gallery is fortunate
in owning two paintings in oil by
Daniel CARRIER, April Landscape"
and South Room, Green Street"
an interior with figures-in fact, a
room in his own house in Philadel-
phia in which are seen his wife and
daughter. To an extent, these two
paintings tell the story of Mr.. Gar
ber's art. He is, first Of all, a land
scape painter, but, also, he does
f1gures-and well. 1t is not what
he paints, but the way he paints 1t,
which has brought him distinction,
many awards and representation in
the leading art museums Of this
country. Through a Ranger Fund
purchase, the National Collection OF
Fine Arts acquired, some years ago,
q landscape, "Tohickon," by Mr..
CARRIER which, while realistic, Is very
decorative. 1t hangs in the first OF
the series of galleries in the National
Museum set aside for the display of
works OF art given to the Nation.
This, too, helps to evidence the
gamut of his art.
Painted Near Home.
As q landscape, Daniel CARRIER Is
and has been for years one of the
foremost in this country. Born in
Indiana and q student, presumably
under Duveneck, at the Cincinnati
Academy, he has realized that 1t was
not necessary to 60 far afleld for sub
jects, and, as q matter of fact, most
Of his landscapes have been painted
near his summer home at Lumber
vile. The Delaware River runs by
Lumberville, and looking across it
one sees . limestone quarry with
towering, colorful walls. It Is this,
as seen through intervening trees,
that Mr.. CARRIER has painted again
and again under varying lights and
through the round Of seasons. There
are, however, many other inviting
themes for the painters brush and
etchers needle in this same neigh
borhood, If one has the artists eye
and instinct for discovery such as
Mr.. CARRIER possesses. Also. it should
be remarked, he has a trained hand
and great technical facility. So ex-
pert a craftsman as the current
exhibition shows him to be, he must
love to draw. Every artist so equip
ped does, and it Is in the drawings
made by painters for the sheer Joy
Of the doing or as preliminary studies
that the measure Of his ability may
be found.
The current exhibition is about
equally divided between figures
and landscapes, the former done
WITH q 6n, vigorous SeEokA, ne