Evening star., 1943-01-24

Marshall Lakey carries conviction
as likeness. Kenneth Stubbs'
Catherine" has strong sense of
form, and Girl With Yellow
Gloves" by Aida Conover, has a
delicate animation and blond
tonality reminiscent of Kenneth
Hayes Miller.
Rowland Lyon, president of the
Society of Washington Artists,
shows one of the few genre paint
ings, AT the Zoo" happy in theme
and also documentary. Nativity
in the Desert" by Florence S.
Bishop, is in a class by itself
painted in close harmony of low
toned colors, and in a form sug-
gestive of Near Eastern influence
and mysticism.
Sculpture Section.
The sculpture section of % works
has predominantly traditional
character. There are handsome
portrait heads by Jean Donner
Grove (of her husband, Margaret
French Cresson, Russell A. Houston
(whose "Rebecca" received the So
ciety's honorable mention in sculp-
ture), Margaret Howard Thompson,
Kathleen Wheeler, Eleanor Cox and
Maeble Perry Edwards.
Among the smaller pieces Maxim
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pears to be incised stone, has an
imaginative originality which sug-
gests that if mermaids existed, they
would have the fishlike appearance
Of this, rather than of the anthro-
morphic mermaid of fairy tales.
Russell Houston's little white
onyx "Lorelei" has the unfinished
appearance of a form emerging
from the rock. Jean Groves Baby
Centaur" and Eleanor Cox's Young
Pan on a Unicorn" on the other
hand, have the appeal of human
beings with animal characteristics,
familiar from long tradition.
Miniature Annual.
The annual exhibition of the
Miniature Painters, Sculptors and
Gravers' Society also opened yes
terday in the atrium of the Cor
coran Gallery. The installation was
not complete when this was written
consequently this popular exhibition
will be reviewed later.
This exhibition and the Society
of Washington Artists Annual will
remain until February IA.
Russian Emiere
At National Museum.
Simon Lissim, an artist Of the
theater well known in Europe be-
fore the war, for his costume and
scenic designs, has been living in
New York City since 1941. An exhi-
bition of so paintings and 10 pieces
of LenoX china decorated with his
designs is on view in the foyer of the
Natural History Building through
next Sunday.
There is startling contrast be-
tween Mr. Lissims decorative de-
signs and his water colors of New
York City and other landscapes
The former are brilliantly colorful
revealing an exotic imagination and
a fair for intricate pattern; the
latter are almost monochromatic,
dull and unconvincing. 1t has been
said that the impact of this coun-
try on European artists IS not always
happy from the esthetic standpoint
Such would seem to be the case
with Mr.. Lissim. One is surprised
to note that at least five of the
New York watercolors are loans
from the New York Public Library
they do not impress one as being
important enough to belong to a
permanent collection.
But turning to Mr.. Lissim's thea
ter designs, ones reaction is favor
able Among the costumes are such
stunning creations as BLACK Sui
tan" yellow Sultana" and Cam
bodlian Dancer" The stage sets
too, are Interesting and varied, with
particularly good set for Goo
DOR"
The case of Lenox china vases
and platters confirms ones Convic-
ton that decorative design is Mr.
Lissim's forte. There is an Orien-
tai flavor to the vivid colors and
bold combinations. Two oval plat
ters, one with a black and gold
| fish motif; the other red and gold
in akfsh-scale pattern, are superb
European artists Exhibition
At Whyfe Gallery.
Rudolf and Annot jacob, vol
untary eSiles from NaZi Germany
are having their first exhibition in
Washington, at the Whyte Gallery
until the end of the month. These
talented German artists who con-
Quoted an art school In Berlin
early ran afoul of Nazi ideas as to
what should be taught in such an
institution. In 1888 their refusal to
cooperate" brought about the
closing of their school.
Rudolf jacob came to the United
States in 1884 and took the neces-
sary steps to become an American