Evening star., 1949-11-13
Art
Sculpture Exhibition
At Watkins Gallery;
Feininger Considers
World of Reality
By Florence S. Berrxman

by Florence ). berrymon
The exhibition of 18th and goth
century sculpture to. open this
afternoon g to g. at American
University's Watkins Gallery will
include work by French Masters
Maillol and Despiau, Germans
Lehmbruck, Kobe and Barlach.
Americans Rimmer, Laehaise,
Flanagan, David Smith and
Greenbaum, British Modern Henry
Moore and a number of others,
all loans from museums and pri-
vate collectors in the Washington
area.
This exhibition was planned to
coincide with the publication of
q new book by Charles Seymour,
jr.. Tradition and Experiment In
Modern Sculpture" from the
American University Press, which
will be released at an early date.
Many Of the works in the exhibi-
ton about to open are illustrated
in the book, which developed from
a lecture given by Mr.. Seymour
at the university last year. With
respect to the text. it should be
an interesting companion volume
to Mr.. Seymour's Masterpieces
of Sculpture in the National Gal
lery cf Art" reviewed here last
Sunday.
The public should note that in
connection with the sculpture ex-
hibition. three lectures. all free,
will be given at Watkins Gallery
ut $50 pm. on November 18.
December 2 and 8. Reservations
must be made because Of seating
capacity limitations.
Psychological Space In Sculp-
ture" will be the subject Of the
nrst lecture. next Friday, to be
given by David Hare, an avant-
sarde sculptor who has exhibited
M group and one-man shows In
New York City and elsewhere.
Charles Seymour. jr.. will lee
ture on December 2, also discuss
ing the subject of space as related
to sculpture from a point Of view
different from MIR. Hare's. Mr..
seymour's talk will be based
largely on the works in the sculp-
ture show. which will be open that
night. The exhibition will remain
through December 20.
II y
Premiere
Theodore Lux Feininger is fol-
lowing in his famous fathers foot
steps only to the extent that he
has chosen the same profession.
Whereas the father, Lyonel Fei-
ninger. was a pioneer modernist
and continues to paint icubist ab-
stractions In an immaculate tech
nique. the son is predominantly
conservative.
His first one-man show in
Washington opened last Monday
ut United Nations Club. to remain
through November. It is COM
posed of II oil paintings and -
charcoal and wash drawings,
which latter group he is showing
for the first time anywhere. Pres
ent at the opening. he was affable
about answering questions. He
considers this recent work (nostly
1948 and 1949) quite different
from his paintings of the sos.
Service in the Army and other
factors, he said, had q profound
influence on his painting. |
Where before I had found the
world of the past attractive" he
said, 'the realities just named
forcefully led me into the sur
rounding world of the present. |
My crowds. taxis and buses Of
the perpetual Now of the city
are everlastingly ready to over
whelm me. A steady assault of
color. form and movement"
Theodore Feininger was born in |
Berlin (1910) of a German-Amer>
lean father and is also a United
States citizen. He has lived in
this country since 1885. He has
had six one-man shows in New
York and Boston, and has been
represented In important group
exhibitions.
Consciously or not, he has got