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prize winning interior. Dorothy
van H. Harrison's block print "Old
Houses Along the Canal" with sharp
contrasts and Carlos Sierra Frances
block print Cactus Melancholy"
were singled out for mentions.
Jewelry.Crafts Award
Norma Wood Cortner's set Of
eight etched pewter plates deserved
the top award they received In the
jewelry and crafts section; they
are beautifully done.
There are other exhibits which
stand out for excellence. A near
lifesize portrait in pastels, Of Mary
Ann Walburn, by Edith Mccartney,
| has the richness of an oil painting.
Helen E. Townsend's portrait IN
colored crayons, of Margaret Nc
Inerney Is an excellent likeness, In
beautiful technique. Boston Dry
Dock" by William F. Walter, Is sue
cessful in its patterning Of figures
in dazzling sunlight. Nellie NICK.
Tolman's portrait miniature Is en-
chanting, as is most Of her work.
Ruth Perkins Safford's admirably
painted room in the old Derby
House, Salem, gives the visitor a
feeling of looking through an open
window. DIR. Robert Motley shows
us the exterior of handsome old
house in his oil, Evening Comes
to Stone Ridge" touched by rosy
sunset. Iona Miller Keplinger'S,
watercolor of the covered bridge at
Conway, Mass, will appeal to all
who love these relics of an earlier
day. Twilight Silver" by Janice
Holland, is lovely in subject matter,
adroit in rendering.
Flowers and Apples" an oil by
Iona eak-Ebner, is memorable
arrangement in a close harmony OF
warm rich colors. Jean Fagg's pas
tel of bittersweet Is also beautiful
in subject and handling. Marian
u. M. Lane and Kenneth Bergeron
are keeping alive the exquisite old
art Of illuminated manuscripts. In
cidentally, Miss Lane will have q solo
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the Public Library next month.
Essays in modernism in this ex-
hibition are so few as to be star
Ting when one encounters them.
The Frost Tree" by Joseph Kitul-
ski, is an arresting and imaginative
gouache, with the stark white pat
tern of branches flung across a
flaming background.
There are other excellent works in
the 10th Metropolitan State Art
Contest. It also affords good test
of ones Judgment. 1t will remain
through November 80.
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Guild at Library
The Artists Guild Of Washington
has a small exhibition on view ut
the central Public Library through
November 20. Only Is members are
represented, with "A works in water
color and graphic media. Although
neither show nor exhibits are i'm
pressive In size or character, there
are pleasing, well-executed items
that repay q visit.
Drawings in ink and wash are
among the shows best offerings.
Several artists have accomplished
with a few telling lines, transcript
tions that appear to embody the
essence of their subjects. Frances
Ferry's Dancing Bear" in outline
only, has the clumsy posture and
/ facial expression of an animal being
put through unnatural PAGES, an
achievement somewhat unique to-
day. when so many animals in art
following the animated cartoon
lead) look and act like human
beings. Mitchell Jamieson's Cap
tive Hawk" Is excellent in quite q
different way from his tragic war
painting at the Corcoran.
Lois Mailou Jones Musician
appears relaxed and happy. enjoy
ing his own talents; and her STA
mese Cat" will delight owners Of
kindred pets. Margaret Gates
studies Of robins, old and young. and
their nests and eggs, will appeal to
bird lovers. Prentiss Taylor's
New Jersey Avenue Viaduct" is a
straightforward presentation Of the
subject
Aline Fruhauf shows pencil
caricature of Maurice Ravel. which
looks good, although one can't tell
without knowing the subject, If it
hits the mark. w. T. Carnelh's
The Drinkers" = finger painting,
has a blurred, smudgy look, indicat-
ing they have reached, oblivion. The
same artist Is also represented with
an admirable crayon portrait Of "Dr.
Kellett."
Herblock Cartoons
More than 40 cartoons by Herbert
Lawrence Block, editorial cartoonist
of the Washington Post, are on
view in the reference room on the
ground floor OF the central Public
Library. These are all original
drawings which have been published
mostly in the past year. Whoever
made this selection has done . good
Job, for it must be difficult to select
a small group out Of some hundreds
of works.
Many vital issues are dealt with
in these cartoons: starvation In
Europe. the menace Of communism.
the hardships OF peace, Nazi war
trials, dictatorships, intolerance, the
housing htaa*ion. hloated loooaes,