Evening star., 1943-01-31

now on exhibition at the Arts Club,
until next Thursday. Birds and
Towering branches, bamboo and
pine, the moon and the river, are
the subjects of nearly 100 works
hanging in the gallery and reception
room. The majority are scrolls with
silk borders, painted with an ex-
pressive line, strong and supple and
full of grace. They are beautiful
decorations.
Prof. Chang was instructor of
fine arts in National Central Uni
versity, Nanking, for more than a
decade. He now continues his work
In Chungking, whence he came to
Canada and the United States. He
Is one of China's outstanding mod
ern painters, with sensitive un-
derstanding ard knowledge of the
classical tradition of Chinese art
and the questing open -mindedness
of the contemporary artist, alive to
world influences.
He Is hence an experimenter, who
has developed new techniques, the
most remarkable being use of two
color brushes with which he achieves
subtle and exquisite nuances. En-
chanted groups have watched him
demonstrate his brush paintings
several times each week in the Arts
Club gallery. He begins by study
ing the blank paper and planning
his entire composition before plac-
ing stroke. He says that he never
changes this original plan
Il start each painting slowly ana
carefully" he explained, "uith
ttmidity, like a woman. But soon
paint ,oith courage. like hero. Tht
Chinese fight the same ,uay." hi
added. I'VE began this 1Uar tfruidly
,De did not tDant it,: but now ,Oe ioil
neper gipe up. We 1uill fight 10t
yedrs II necessary"
To those who watch him, Prof
Chang appears to be painting with
complete mastery and incredible
ease. The varied textures o1
feathers of birds. their hard bony
feet, and Nlken flower petals, ap-
pear as If by magic, and from q
single brush. It's stroke is changed
from alplack pen-line fine as hair
to a fluid sweep, merely by twis,
Of the wrist.
Beauty of line" said Prof. Chang
us the most important factor tc
the Chinese artist" That he has
achieved beauty of line and in addi-
ton, beauty of composition ane
color, is obvious to every one who
sees his exhibition at the Arts Club
It is sponsored by Washington
Committee of United China Relief
The clubs art committee, which
arranged the show, voted to donate
the clubs usual 10 per cent commits.
sion on sales, to United China Re.
lief. 1t is gratifying to report thai
sales have been numerous.
Canadians at Phillips Caller,
Aspects OF Contemporary Cana
dian Painting" Is one OF the six ex-
hibitions recently opened at thu
Phillips Memorial Gallery. 1t wa,
selected from a larger exhibition
assembled by Bartlett H. Hayes, jr.
director of the Addison Gallery o1
American Art at Phillips Academy
Andover, Mass, and shown there
last October "It was undertaken,
he said, with the belief that In
focusing our attention on the works
OF our war allies, the Spanish
American republics, Great Britain
Australia, we have not done enough
to increase our understanding OF
our English and French-speaking
neighbors to the north. Not only
does the contemporary art of Cam
ada stand well on Its own merits
but 1t also provides a means OF pro-
noting even more friendly relations
than already exist by deepening our
common cultural appreciation and
respect"
One room at the Phillips Gallery
is devoted to folk paintings by
French-speaking artists in Quebec
These are primitive paintings with q
certain naive charm, and documen-
tary interest. We see outdoor ac-
tivities and are also taken into
the homes, of these people Of
French Canada. All these paint
ings are done with convincing sim
cerity.