Evening star., 1948-12-05


OF that country, England ana
Alexandra, until the artists re-
, ly weary of perpetual hard-blowing
winds and the endless procession Of
drifting ice.
After his attendance at the Cor
coran School, Mr.. Walter studied
under Lester Stevens at Rockport,
Mass. He is q member of the Arts
Club, Society Of Washington Artists
} and the Landscape Club.
Bulgarian Portraitist
ror,Tai,s of prominent Washing
tonia:,s and others, Landscapes and
drawings by Atanas Tasev are cur
rently on view at United Nations
Club through tomorrow. The artist
has been living here for about eight
months; this is his first public exhi-
bition here. He was born in Sofia
and attended the art academy there
for several years; subsequently he
studied with Prof. Hynais in Prague.
Mr.. Tasev Is an accomplished
traditionalist, who achieves close
ikenesses of his subjects. OF the 20
portraits in the show, those of people
with whom I am acquainted i'm
pressed me as speaking likenesses. !"
Among them are Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
erick H Brooke, Clarence Aspinwall
and Mrs. McCook Knox, the last
mentioned wearing a costume OF
beautiful color, rich greenish-blue.
Although these portraits are done
with almost Photographic realism,
the backgrounds are left blank, or
are painted neutral tone. coIcen-
trating all interest in the faces and
gowns The subjects were painted
at their best, but they do not appear
to have been "flattered" or psyche
analyzed fas are some of the sitters
portrayed by Kokoschka at the Phil
lips Gallery. Obviously, Mr.. Tasev
does not hold with some modern
portraitists' preference for painting
people in disheveled state, as If just
awakened from troubled sleep.
While the portraits are all recent
work, more than 40 other oil paint
ings and pencil drawings Qand-
scapes, urban scenes, types and
characters) constitute a 20 years
retrospective. All are pleasing and
technically competent.
Fortnight Exhibitions
Paintings by Lee Catch and a
selection of pictures from the col
Election of MI. and Mrs. Lawrence j.
Heller opened yesterday In Wetkins
Gallery. American University, to run
only fortnight.
Mr.. Heller, a Washington lawyer,
not only studied painting himself.
but also began q collection which
Is still growing. 1t includes paint
ings by local artists as well as by
Knaths, Rather, Baziotes and
others, mostly In advanced modern
idioms.
Local Artists in Theater
The Trans-Lux Theater inaugu-
rated yesterday q series of exhibi-
tions Of work by Washington artists.
The exhibitions will be changed
monthly and the series will run for
one year. The first show Is COM
posed Of work by an outstanding
group. The artists include Richard
Lahey, principal of the Corcoran
School of Art; Jessalee Sickman,
Corcoran instructor; Glare Fonta-
mini, head of Catholic University's
art department: Omar Carrington,
on the faculty of both institutions;
Andrea Zerega, who teaches at
Catholic University and also has his
own school in Georgetown: John
Gernand, curator at the Phillips
Gallery. and Ethel Robertson Gath.
All are frequent exhibitors in WASH
irgton.
Purcellville Winners
The third annual Luta Poyneer
Hendricks Amateur Water Color
Contest, reported in these columns
just before 1t opened a month ago,
in the Purcellville (va) Library,
drew 90 contestants from Clarke
and Loudoun Counties, and a large
attendance. Four cash prizes given
by Genevieve Hendricks were
awarded to John Pickett (first) and
A. D. Pickett tsecond), both OF
Round Hill, for admirably executed
scenes in Waterford; Mary Bawtin-
heimer (third) of Berryville, FOR
'The Nook" and Jacqueline Steele
; CfourtD of Purcellville for "A Wa
terford Home" Honorable mentions
went to Frederic B. Osler and Per-
, tina Potts of Purcellville, Margaret
Smith Of Bluemont, and Mrs. v. L..
Pickens Of Ashburn. A popular prize.
also given by Miss Hendricks,
awarded by vote Of visitors, went to
. Mrs. Frank Tappan of Bishops
Gate at Bluemont.
simultaneously there were shown
, at the Purcellville Library, extensive
exhibitions of work by children Of
J elementary and secondary schools Of
some Is communities. The Purcell
, vile National Bank donated a cash
, prize to the school having a group
/ of three best pictures. Merchants,
: businessmen and private donors Of
, each community gave money for a
prize for the best locality picture"
/ from the respective place. Mary Joe
, Eppes was chairman of the install
, lation.
This interest in art, engendered
, in comparatively small area, is
, gratifying.
.. Gold Star Mothers
Grace Darling Seibold Chapter,
American Gold Star Mothers, will
5 meet In its new headquarters, board