Evening star., 1949-06-19

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! nearly 20 examples OF 11hose I
! Graphic Arts Exhibition Just
QreSs.
who do like it, are probably
fervent in their enthusiasm.
Miss Cross show is essentially
the one held In New York City at
Bertha Schaefer's Gallery in May
with O few additions. 1t was the
artists first New York exhibition
In a decade. About a third OF the
show is from the Phillips Gallery's
collection. Quite q number Of the
paintings have been seen one by
one in various group exhibitions,
including the Corcoran Biennial.
| Miss Cross "Figurehead" looks
knowingly at the moon; the Seer"
has the same shape as her hour
glassy the Queen" with her heav-
lily crowned head and glowing
emerald eyes is the sort one sus-
poets a child would conjure up,
after hearing a fairy tale. Jonah
kneels praying in a spacious
round whale, with plenty of elbow
room. In addition to these and
other bits of fantasy. Miss Cross
also is showing still-life with
brightly-colored china, flowers,
food and other objects against
dark backgrounds. In her quaint
"Old Garden" its various ele-
ments have O sort of mille-fieurs
effect. Occasional elusive subtle
ties, such as the hint Of a smirk
on the statues face, give me the
impression that Miss Cross paints
now and then with tongue In
cheek. But I may be mistaken.
Born in Iowa City. Miss Cross
has been a Washington resident
| for is years or more. She studied
at the Wilmington Academy Of
Art, and here under c. Law Wat
kins and at the Phillips Gallery's
Studio House. During the 1930s.
she painted murals for the Chill
dren's Hospital here. and the Chill
dren's State Tubercular Sanitar-
ium in Glendale. Md.
In the gallery adjoining that
containing Miss Cross exhibition,
are hung paintings by the Phillips
Gallery's staff.
The Local Scene
The Artists Cooperative Of
Washington now has an exaibi-
ton at Chequire House, Alexan-
dria, through June. About 80
works, two-thirds paintings and
the rest sculpture, by II artists,
are installed In the large home
like gallery on the second floor.
The oils and water colors de-
pict Washington area subjects, IN
a comparatively representational
way, ranging from the semi-ab-
stract architectural forms OF Vas
sill Neverow's paintings Of Mail
Zone" to Roy Roberts very con-
servative Spring and the River"
and Ralph De Burgos' Sunday
Afternoon" an explicit depletion
of q slum backyard with hard
working residents, In a brown
wash on canvas. Carl Nyquists
vertical Georgetown Patterns" Is
more stylized than most OF his
works.
Glimpses of the washington
Cathedral are afforded In the
painting and drawing by Kather-
inc Hobbs and Mary Cover, re-
spectively. Both are also, repre-
sented with sculpture. Miss Hobbs
by two dainty ballet dancers
(terra cotta) and Miss Cover with
a little nude figure and o garden
mask" showing Oriental influence.
Sarah Silberman has lent two
sculptured wood figures. one ma
turalistic. the other stylized.
Theodore Kane's "Beachcomber
is the better of her two water
colors: 1t has the astringent at
mosphere of waterfront on Q
breezy day. Shirley Lichtman's
"Circus Elephants" has something
of the gayety Of circuses every
where. Gustav Trois shows q
misty view of @ street bridge.
lMachanic at G. w.
The paintings by Ethel Ma
chanic which were scheduled for
exhibition ct George Washington
Uniyersity's Library In March.
but were held up by . freight
strike. are at last on view there.
through next Sunday. It Is .
pleasing, conservative show. se-
llected from her work OF the past
decade. HALF Of the paintings are
loans from private owners.
| Water colors Of . row OF old
Georgian Houses. . London wharf
and several other glimpses Of
Britain's capital. were done when
the artist was there the year the
war started. Dating from the
previous year are few glimpses
Of Boston. Spring on Tavern
Road" being particularly effective.
More than half the exhibits are
portraits in several media. Those
of children done in pencil and
Icrayon have precision and dell
Icacy well suited to the appealins
young faces.
/ Now q New Yorker, Mis- Ma
chanic was born In Burlington