Evening star., 1947-07-27
Art
and
Summer Exhibition
OfGuild Presents
New Works by Is
Known Craftsmen
By Florence S. Berrymon

Nearly all of the Is artists Tep
resented here with one work each
are familiar to Washington through
frequent exhibitions in various groul
combinations. Consequently, as man.
have sent works typical Of thei
usual performances, regular gallery
goers can probably identify con
siderable number of the artists with
out reading their names. All but twt
or three of the paintings on view arr
new works cat least, / do not recall
having seen these identical item
elsewhere) but they are reminiscent
of the respective painters usua
subject-choices, techniques and ap
proaches. Most of the paintings arr
oils: there are a few in watercolor
tempera and pastel.
Thoroughly typical are Alice
Acheson's sprightly washington
Monument" with Towering cherr,
tree and 2, few promenaderS; Andrea
Zerega's "Storming at Edgewater,
well-painted and convincing; Loi
Jones "Fisherman's Shack" cheer
full and airy as are most of her New
England harbor glimpses; Car
Nyquist's quiet, informal vital por
trait, Merriam; Prentiss Taylor
Mexican street scene of picturesque
architecture, and Leo Steppat's alb
stract design on brown paper, similal
to those he is now showing a.
Watkins Gallery, at American Uni
versity.
In Pink Hat" Jack Berkman has
treated his model with extreme
cruelty, depicting her in bulky
ill-ftting henna-red coat, and g
delicate hat of lavender pink, color
combination of which no woman ir
her right mind would be guilty tun.
less she were color blind.
Mitchell Jamieson's Salisbury
Place" is the most uninterestine
work I have seen from this usually
laudable artist. 1t is an almost
formless study in greens. Margaret
Gates vegetable Garden" is also g
composition in greens, but pleasing
and suggestive.
Unpredictable William Calfee show:
something different: Maria"
young woman in peasant costume
reclining in a moonlit scene, with
shadowy white horse in the back
ground: romantic and mysterious
without being eery. Paul Lelanc
Thompson also shows figure paint
ing, Conversation Piece" down.
to-earth study of girl and her cat
Jack Perlmutters Clothes Line,
semiabstraction thoroughly rep
resentative of his work, has its usua.
sharp angles, harsh bright colors ano
feeling of substance which gives
even the toppling skyscrapers in the
distance an appearance of solidity
"Warrenton Gold Cup Race" by
Paul Arlt is a smart panorama
which reminds one of advertisements
and illustrations in chic magazines
Marguerite Burgess little "Harbor'
has fairy-tale whimsy. Sheffield
Kagy's pastel Memorials" wash
ington Monument, Lincoln, etc. has
the misty look of view from across
the Potomac. Douglas Browns
"Janitor,s Garden" on the other
hand, is an uncompromising close.
up of an ironic still life.
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Portrait at Treasury
A portrait of John Wesley Snyder
Secretary of the Treasury, was re-
Gently completed by Greta Kemptor
of New York City, and is now hang
ing in Mr.. Snyder's office. 1t is ar
excellent likeness, three -quartel
length, a little under life size. He
is depicted seated at his desk, turned
to the left, but looking directly al
the spectator. The color scheme Il
quiet, Mr.. Snyder is wearing dark
suit, and is posed against a neutral
background. On the desk is a pho
tograph of a portrait of his daugh'
ter, .Drucie, also painted by Miss
Kempton.
This portrait Of Mr.. Snyder Il
similar to an earlier portrait of him
painted by the same artist, anc
owned by Little Rock, Ark, hi
native State He attended Wander.
bilt University just before Worle
War I, in which he served as 6
captain in the 57th Field Artillery
For a decade thereafter, he helc
positions in various banks In Arkan.
sas and Missouri. He was bank re.
ceiver, Office of Controller of Cur
rency here in Washington from
1930-36: manager of the St. Loui:
Loan Agency, RFC for the mex
seven years, and executive vict
president and director. Defense
Plant Corp. here beginning in 1910
He was assistant to the directors
RFC and was appointed Fedora
loan administrator in 1945, and {
few months later, became director
of the Office of War Mobilization
and Reconversion. He has ais,
been first vice president of tn
National Bank of st. Louis sine
1943.
Miss Kempton recently paintet
President Truman. She has to he
credit portraits of many other emf
nent people. She studied at tn,
National Academy and Art Student
League of New York, also in Vienna
Austria, her birthplace.
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Seeking Young Artists
The Watkins Memorial Caller.
of American University, has an.
nounced an invitation show o
paintings, open to Washington are;
artists, who have never exhibited
in one-man or small group shows
The exhibition will comprise tn
work of three or four painters O
promise, according to the judgmen
of jury of selection, to be appoint
ed by the university's art depart
ment. Artists are invited to submit
at least three examples of thei
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