Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-08

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WILLARD was sensitive interpreter
of the life of the upper middle class.
Van Gogh's etched portrait Of DR.
Gachet and Rouault's photographic
self portrait lead us into the trou-
bled modern era. Klee's Botanical
Laboratory" and Braque's Still
Life" are typical of their work, in
its most familiar aspects. Henry
Moore, contemporary British sculp-
tor whose large one-man show at
the Museum Of Modern Art, New
York City, during the past season
was a sensation. is seen in wash
drawing of his characteristic mono
lithic figures. But a number of
other modern artists are represented
with works of unfamiliar conserva-
tive aspects; Roger de la Fresnaye,
John Marin, Karl Knaths, and
Eugene Berman, the last mentioned
without any of the surrealistic de-
tails of his recent work.
Dove Extended
The retrospective exhibition OF
paintings by Arthur G. Dove, in the
Phillips Memorials second floor gal
leries, will remain through June.
Mr.. Phillips wrote searching expo
sition of Doves life and art, pub
lished in the May number of the
Magazine of Art, in which he calls
Dove "one of the few great indl-
vidualists among the many con-
temporary painters of abstraction
Double First at Cooperative
The initial one man show by John
Chapman Lewis, native Washing
tonian, is on view at the Artists
Cooperative through next Sunday.
1t is also the gallery's first one-man
show. More than 20 paintings rep
resent the artists work during the
past 16 months. After graduating
from Central High, he studied two
years at the Corcoran School of Art,
and worked alone for third year.
"Momentary Rivals" which fetched
the $3.50 prize in the junior awards
exhibition at the Arts Club last
autumn, and another painting in
cluded in that show, are in the pres
ent one. Mr.. Lewis has just won
second prize at the fourth regional
show at Intermont College, Bris-
toll, Va.
Horses are favorite subjects of this
artist who has spent many summers
in Beaufort, N. c., and studied the
wild horses on the islands off the
coast. His painting, Into the
Wind" one of his best, conveys
something of the beauty and free
dom of these animals. Deserted
Barnyard" and Along the Tracks"
are also notable.
There is vaguely pinkish tonality
to many of his paintings, as if he
actually wore rose-colored glasses
while working. But yellow and
brown still life of fruit shows that
he can get away from this color at
times. Still in his Dos, he has not
settled upon a definite style. His
best works, mentioned above, are
conservative. A number of others,
such as "Beached Boats" and Drift
ing Clouds" are strongly simplif1ed
and moody, and third group COM
prises excursions into various mod
ern idioms. His subject matter, too,
is varied. Viewed as whole, his
work is promising, and it will be in
teresting to watch his development.
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Textile Loan Shoes
The Textile Museum of the Dis
trict of Columbia, notably generous
with loans, is responsible for two
exhibitions now on view in this city: |
Ancient Peruvian Textiles which
closes Tuesday at the Pan Ameri-
can Union, and "Semi-Antique Rugs
from Asia Minor. Persia and the
Caucasus, just opened at Howard
University's Gallery of Art, to re-
main through June.
The Pan American show, COM
prising more than 80 items, selected
from the large circulating exhibit
ton of the Textile Museum which
Travelled throughout the United
States in 1945 and 1916 under the
auspices of the Pan American Union
and the Council of Inter- American
Cooperation. New York. is presented
with explanatory labels which
greatly enhance its interest.
The exhibition of rugs at Howard
University, assembled by the Textile
Museum from its collections, for a
national circulation by the Amer
lean Federation of Arts, is more
easily appreciated by the public. 1t
is still possible to purchase rugs
similar to these. and many persons
have them in their homes. Conse-
quently, this is an educational ex-
| hibition of immediate" or direct"