Evening star., 1947-03-23
Career of More Than Four Decades
Reviewed at Phillips Gallery
.,..,s By Florence S. Berymon
By Florence S. Berrymon

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ings by Marin have strong family
resemblance. Yet there is more
variety in his work than one might
imagine, when ones gaze first sweeps
the rooms in which it is hung.
Washington art lovers should not
fail to take advantage of the oppor-
tunity to see this exhibition. For
whatever the future may decide
about Marin's work, he is now con-
sidered by authoritative persons, an
authentic American master.
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New Group Introduced
Artists Cooperative of Washing
ton is holding an inaugural exhibit
ton in its galleries at 1920 M street
NV. through next Sunday. The new
group has been organized with
several detectives: To establish
gallery for more frequent exhibition
of their work, and studio space for
demonstrations, talks and discus
sions, movies and other projects that
may be of interest to the public as
we'll as to the members of the CO.
operative.
1t has been incorporated as nom
profit organization. Proceeds from
sales 60 to the producing artist, with
the exception of a modest commits
sion to the cooperative to help pay
expenses. There are several men,
bership classifications - for artists
who need studio space regularly, for
those who need it occasionally, and
those who want only to exhibit, or
wish to help the establishment of
new outlet for art in Washington.
The cooperative now has about
so members, many of whom sare
represented in the initial exhibition
of paintings, sculpture, watercolors
and prints.
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Spanish Artist Exhibits
Lucio Lopez-Rey. whose painting
Carnival in Madrid" won the second
prize of $4,000 in the 1916 Pepsi Cola
competition and is reproduced in
the 1947 calendar, is having a one
man show at the Pan American
Union through March.
The Spanish born artist, now a
Mexican citizen, is represented with
l8 works of markedly distinctive
flavor. He is self-taught and paints
with the solidity and detailed preci-
sion one associates with primitive
work. But this comparison applies
only in part. Senor Lopez-Rey is
an accomplished craftsman. The
strongest and most completely
realized work in the show, in my
opinion, is Storm" extremely effec-
tive in its conveyance of elemental
fury, and the helplessness of the
peon huddled beneath a tree.
The primitive note in the artists
work is most clearly seen in the
minute detail of jungle foliage in
a number of his paintings. His
work reveals influences from the
Low Countries. as we'll as from
Spain and Mexico.
GimbSes of Washingfon
The Central Public Library Is
showing this month water colors
and drawings in pen and ink by
Joseph Conrad Tucker, a North
Carolinians who has been a resi-
dent of Washington at intervals for
about 20 years. He studied at the
Corcoran School of Art in 1923 and
1929 and was at the same time as
sistant to the director of the Yorke
Gallery here. Jean Negulesco, Ru-
manian artist, now a film director
in Hollywood who had a one-man
show at the Yorke, drew the Carl
cature of Joseph Tucker that is
shown with his exhibition.
Mr.. Tucker subsequently studied
at the Art Students League, and
began to exhibit during the early
30s. He was represented in various
group shows here from 1934-1938
and has also had a couple of one
man shows. He was president of
Washington Artists Union two years
Landscapes done in the media
mentioned above, have interested
him from the outset. He finds an
irresistible challenge in them be-
cause these media cannot be re-
touched. He has developed tech
nique in water color with the objec-
tive of obtaining depth and form,
by the laying on Of several trans
parent glaZes.
More than 20 water colors and
drawings are on view in the cor
ridor cases, while an equal number
of works can be seen in portfolio
in the Fine Arts reading room. All
have been done in the past two
years. Mr.. fuckers work is uneven
in quality, ranging from fresh, col