Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-19

PUBLIC LIBRARY; Eighth and
at war" BY S Lsergt., Joseph Kim
mel, through September ..
mountain forms and every detail
stand out, is done in a combination
of three media, etching, drypoint
and aquatint. Mr.. Burr knew the
desert intimately, having lived in
Arizona for many years before he
died, in 1889, aged 80.
Childe HaSSam, who until his
death in 1885 was regarded as the
outstanding exponent in the United
States of French impressionism in
painting, carried over into his etch-
ings the same search for sunlight,
for spots of shadows and simmer
ing atmosphere. His etchings were
an extension of his painting. In
contrast to Burr's impersonaI tech
nique Hassam's seemed part of
himself. Three varied examples
represent him in the current show
Washington Elms in April" an
airy view of our own H street with
st. Johns Church prominent: Way
side Inn, Oaks in Spain" and Floor
of the Stock Exchange, New York, "
decorous view done in 1927.
Joseph Pencil, who called him
self a friendly rival" of Hassam,
whose work he sincerely admired,
gave his own work more substance
as we can see from two Pennell
etchings, "Plynlimnon Court" and
In Side Street (Queen's) Phila-
delphia," a searching depletion of
the decay of row of once handsome
old houses.
In contrast to these aristocrats of
etching is the work of Pop" Hart,
who was about decade younger
than Hassam and Pennell. He lived
an exciting vagabond life, rowing
the worlds less familiar places, and
making prints of the unusual and
often rowdy subject matter he
found. He was master of several
media. In this collection are
shown Native Baptism, Trinidad"
tonal, ghostly scene done in dry
point and aquatint; Boys and Dom
keys" soft ground and drypoint, and
Nanny" drypoint and roulette,
which has deep velvety tones.
Jerome Myers, a year or two older
than Hart, etched equally individual
subjects. Virginia born, Myers went
early in his life to New York and
became identified with it's teaming
East Side, of which he made innu-
merable paintings and prints. He
died few years ago and memorial
exhibition of his prints was held in
the Division of Graphic Arts in Sep
TENDER, 1913. In the current exhibit
ton he Is represented with a self
portrait, in which he is wearing a
costume similar to those in which
Rembrandt liked to paint himself.
Myers facial expression suggests
that he dressed thus for joke.
Portraits are among the rarer
subjects in etching. Charles Emile
Heifs "Cogitation," a portrait etch-
ed in few outline strokes, is the
most modern" print in the show.
A superb portrait on view is Walter
Titles drypoint of his mother, a
beautiful face with deeply intelli-
gent eyes and sensitive mouth.
Mr.. Title is best known for his por-
traits in this medium, but he is
equally good at more commonplace
landscapes and urban scenes, as is
evident in his Grand Central" Sta
ton on wet night, with the bril-
liant lights reflected in the street
and pavement, and his exquisite
drypoint of the Cathedral of St.
John the Divine.
Several other cityscapes include
Louis c. Rosenberg's bird's-eye view
in drypoint of Cincinnati's Union
Terminal dncluding large section
of the city, and his closeup of the
station itself. "Old Mackie House,
Southampton, New York." by Fred
erick T. Weber, is an admirable ex-
ample of architectural etching.
George T. Plowman's etching of
the ruins of scissors Cathedral
(after World War y is the only
work in the show related to war
devastation. William Meyerowitz's
two etchings afford sunny glimpses
of the harbor at East Gloucester,
Mass, where he has long spent his
summers.
Five other print-makers are repre-
sented in the remaining items.
Howell c. Brown and Mildred Bry-
ant Brooks, both Californians, show
landscapes and trees. Luigi Luz
cioni's superb Stony Pasture" has
the perfection of detail character
istic of all his work, which with the
beauty of his subject matter makes
it so popular that it is practically
snatched off his easel (or press by
eager purchasers.
Cutting Fodder" is typical of
John Costigan's work, nearly all of
which deals with the single theme
of woman and children in the
open, surrounded by goats or other
farm animals, with man at work
in the background. Hue Luquiens,
who was born in Massachusetts,, has
lived in Hawaii for many years. His
drypoint Elizabeth" presumably
portrays a Hawaiian child.
These prints, on view for a single
month, are not likely to be seen
again here for some time, in view of
the fact that the Division Of Graphic
Arts has a permanent collection of
several thousand prints, to which 1t
is continually adding.
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