Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-11
Art
Washington Artists
Members Exhibition
At National Museum
By Florence s. Bergman

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The Society of Washington Artists
. opened special membership show
at the National Museum last Sun
day, to remain through April /
Nearly 100 works, paintings in oil
and water color, and few pieces of
sculpture, are on view in the foyer
of the Natural History Building. 1t
is no small achievement to assemble
two large exhibitions in less than
three months. The society's 54th an
nual, it will be recalled, opened at
the Corcoran Gallery last Christmas
eve and ran through mid-January
A committee headed by DR.. Henry
w. Olsen had charge of the selection
and hanging of work submitted by
the members for the present show. A
single prize of 500 is to be given by
the society to the artist whose work
receives the largest number of votes
by the general public. A ballot box
and blanks are at the entrance
The work singled out by popular
choice will later be presented by the
society to one of the Army or Navy
hospitals of Washington.
Like the recent annual, this men,
bership show is markedly conserva-
tive, although there is a sufficient
number of paintings in modern
idioms to forestall any complaint
that the society is biased Pleasing
subjects, good color and competent
technique make many of these
paintings decorations one would be
happy to have in ones home. Land
scapes make up nearly one-third of
the exhibition, and if one adds urban
scenes, the two groups, which really
overlap, constitute one-half of the
show.
Washington Scenes
The beginning, at least, of tour
of Washington is afforded by a
r number of paintings An outstand-
ing work is st Johns" by Carl Ny
quist, a delightful view of the his
toric old church on sunny Sab
bath, executed in a traditional man
ner from an elevated viewpoint
which brings into the scene the roof
tops of buildings along H street,
With one of the largest canvases
in the collection, Andrea Zerega has
paid "A Tribute to Jefferson" de-
plotting the new memorial in an at
moSpheric scene full of wind and
sunshine.
The Capitol is glmpsed over the
roofs of ramshackle houses Down
First Street SW.," by Florence Ever
hart. Leonard Unger contributes a
fresh little water color of George
town Canal. Frances Wheeler sets
forth the joys of Skating on the
Tidal Basin" in miniature
gouache. M Du Bots Bolton depicts
a temporary housing arrangement
in her Potomac Project"
Landscapes
The little town of Crabbottom,
Va, is more attractive than its
name, to judge from the large paint
ing of it by Garnet Jex, which has
a far-reaching view Of the surround
ing hills. Minor Jameson'S Maine
Lake" is one of the shows most ap-
pealing works, a vision of serene
natural beauty in soft grayed colors.
Robert E. Motley also seeks out
places beautiful per Sc, and tram
scribes them faithfully, as demon
strated in his four paintings, the
largest single representation in the
present show. Jennie c. Calvert, too,
has subjects imbued with the charm
of rural New England, set down SIM
ply and directly.
Roger M. Ritase has managed to
get romantic feeling in his Gravel
Plant" a nocturne with a full moon;
the time of day is very successfully
conveyed. Margaret S. Zimmele has
a Joyous little scene of kids coasting
down a snowy hill; the diagonal
lines of figures and sleds give the
work considerable action.
More modern in technique are
Omar Carrington's deep toned