Evening star., 1946-02-10

etchlng. among the best she ever
has shown.
One of the most appealing ex-
hibits is Edith McCartney's large
pastel portrait of a beautiful child,
Patricia" Gladys Milligan also
shows pastel, head of a young
woman. Dorothy Short and Clara
Saunders are represented with por-
traits In aquerelle; the former with
lively head of girl, the latter
profile Of child. Two other artists
have sent scenes In which figures
play an important role. Marcella
Comes War Comes to Louisiana" is
warm human interest" street
scene. Helen Rosenberger's Train
Time" (the station at Silver Spring.
also deals with soldiers leaving
their families.
Interiors include Ruth Perkins
Safford's excellent Chapel, U. S.
Naval Academy" and Prentiss Tay-
lor's concert portrayal, "Vronsky
and Babin at Hitchcock Hail." of two
pianists on the stage with a large
detailed scenic backdrop.
Scenes Of
Town and Country
Rural and urban landscapes COM
prise the most extensive subject
group. Frederic Whitaker's largely
conceived Humble Home" Omar
Carrington's romantic Ruins at
Midnight" Roy Clark's sunny
Autumn" Benson Moore's high
keyed Autumn Morning, Little
Rover" Marian U. M. Lanes rest
full Red Barn" on a country road
and Iona Miller Keplinger's breath
of New England, '"The Munsori
Home at Conway" are outstanding
rural scenes.
City and industrial views include
few of Washington: Carl Tuttle,s
study, in architectural variety, Row
Houses, Eye Street." Rowland
Lyons fresh little "35th Street,
Georgetown" and Edward Groves
"Nocturne, lexington" in which
forms In the dark are well articu-
lated. Luella Buros' detailed Near
the Railroad" Is good, and Under
the El," by De Wolfe Hotchkiss, is
strong and convincing. Wharf and
harbor scenes full of sunshine and
fresh air are shown by Rene Beard,
Elmo White, Carl Nyquist, w. Les
ter Stevens, Lois Mailou Jones and
Celine Tabary.
Despite differences in technique,
all the above are predominantly
conservative. A number Of paint
ings in more modern vein stress de-
sign or the artists reactions to
places rather than straight delinea-
tions Of them: Eugen Weisz's dark
toned After RAIN" John Dundin's
composition" of an industrial
town, Eliot O'Hara's strongly sim
pfifed EMBODIED Farm" and An
drew Wyeth's Pebble Beach"
subtle in handling of black but de-
void of any pictorial charm.
! Several works show Oriental in
fluence: Mel Goodwin's fluid de-
. cember Afternoon" D. L. Cookies
"Omei Mountain, China" above the
SlOQQos dllQ oCda Sdt UCI olQS
Mountain, China
i Other Subjects
Flowers and still life are few but
excellent: Ashburton Trips Mag
nolia," decorative and detailed as
an old botanical print. another
magnolia, Opening Bud" by Mu-
riel Chamberlain; Ralph Douglass
unusual Rose and Syringa," /"
Andrea zerega's superb russell
Fruits" still Life with Apples, T"
by Katharine Sunny; Elizabeth
Muhlhofer's characteristic Roses"
and several color etchings of flowers
by Minnie Briggs Raul.
Little drawings by Samnie Alb
bott, Partisan Fighters" and "CIO
Comes to Town." succeed in getting
numerous figures into small spaces,
and have social conscious" flavor,
as has also John Rogers blockprint,
'Larry's Place" Corpl. John Wheat's
two captures of disheveled natives
apparently East Indians) appear to
be oil on paper Gustav Trois has
brought back from his war service
abroad Durham, England" an
etched landscape. Ralph Douglass
photographic portrait, hollow-eyed
"War Mother" and Leonard Maur-
er's wood engraving, "At Ease" (old
shoes, are war themes at opposite
poles of pathos and humor.
This anniversary exhibition will
ram in tbrolloh March