Evening star., 1943-06-13

recently completed murals repre-
senting the Four Freedoms for the
United Nations Information Bureau
there
Mr.. Hordyk impresses the writer
as romantic eXpressioniSt. His
paintings are dominated by mood
and his reaction to different cities
varies considerably, as one can see
in his series of paintings of each.
He must have loved France. for
nearly all the French subjects in
the present exhibition are light
hearted, sunny, fresh in color.
Among them are "Chambord Park" +"
seen from the Chateau; Chapel in
Chambord." La Napoule Beach"
and IA Juliet. Cannes" gouache.
Paintings of London, on the other
hand, are dark and somber, melan-
choly in mood These include The
Strand" trafalgar Square and a
view Of the Tower Bridge. with an
eerle orange glow Illuminating the
overcast sky. There are not enough
paintings of the Netherlands land
scape and buildings to give one a
clear-cut impression about Mr..
Hordyks feeling about his native
land. But one painting of little
girl in Dutch costume. holding a
bunch OF tulips and posed against
the sea. ought to have no little
popularity with the public.
New York City seems to appeal
to Mr.. Hordyk. for his large paint
ing Hudson River" with the famous
skyline, Morning in Central Park"
and "Christmas," a still life with a
view Of New York through the WIN
dow, have the freshness and gayetv
OF his French paintings. Most of his
oils have blond tonality, and
warm, sometimes sultry. atmosphere.
The cllcus is a subject which
greatly interests him. to judge from
the large number of works in various
media dealing with aspects of it.
White horses with red pompoms
girls in ballet costume CHolland
Classical Circus") and debonair
1lngmasters are the ingredients for
number of engaging works.
There are few portraits, but
figure painting as such, does not
seem to be this artists forte. There
is more personality in his likenesses
of places than of people.
National Shoso of High School
Art to Open Here
The United States Office of Edu-
cation. the Library of Congress and
the Office OF War Information are
jointly sponsoring a national ex-
hibition of graphic art on war
themes by students in public high
schools throughout the country.
Opening at the Library next Tues
day, it will include more than 500
items, all of which were executed
during the school year 1923
Paintings, prints, posters and pho
tographs deal with such themes as
the United Nations" The Nature
of the Enemy Why We Fight" !"
War on the Home Front" and
The High School Victory Corps"
The show was selected by juries ap-
pointed by the Pacific, Western,
Southeastern and Eastern Regional
Art Associations, the art department
of the National Education Associa-
tion and the Committee on Art
in American Education and Society
Neu' Opportunity for
Print Makers
The Corcoran Gallery of Art is to
be one of "a art galleries, museums
and associations in as many cities
of the Nation which will show ST.
multaneously next October a graphic
arts exhibition of 100 prints on the
theme America in the War" The
exhibitions will be composed of
prints selected by Artists for Vic
tory, Inc, 10l Park avenue, New
York City
All artists are invited to partici-
pate and can secure a folder of de-
tails and entry labels from Artists
for Victory.