Evening star., 1949-09-04

lngreS (TepTOOuCeu LII IllcSS Soi-
umns two weeks ago). and
Braque's Dressing Table With
Green Checked Cloth" These and
others demonstrate the catholic
quality of the collection.
Some of the new acquisitions
have not yet been hung in the
gallery. lie Grain ne Meurt." by
Jacques Villon, acquired from his
one-man show in New York City.
will be hung in the autumn. Oskar
Kokoschka's Lyons" will come to
the gallery after his large retro
spective (shoWn at the Phillips
Gallery last December) closes at
the Museum of Art, New York. It
will be a good companion to the
"Courmayeur" already in the col
lection.
Continuing its generous support
of Washington and Baltimore ar
fists, the gallery has acquired a
good many works from this re-
zion: Paintings by Bernice Cross,
Jack Perlmutter, Gladys Milligan.
Robert Gates, Leonard Maurer.
Herman Maril, Harold Giese. Mar
guerite Burgess, James McLaugh-
lin and others.
A number of paintings and
sculpture have been acquired from
shows at other Washington gall
leries. "Transversion." by I. Rice
Pereira, was purchased from the
Barnett-Aden Gallery's exhibition
of her distractions. Linear Con-
struction." by Naum Gabo, was
bought from the large show OF
his sculpture last winter at the
Institute of Contemporary Arts.
Studio Group Activities
Artists of the Studio Group
have been active lately arranging
exhibitions in places where they
can be seen by many people who
probably do not visit art galleries.
The group hopes to arouse inter-
est in art in persons heretofore
not reached.
Two shows are on view at re-
spectively) William of New York.
beauty parlor at 1915 Michigan
avenue NE. and the Spector Deli
catessen, Rock Creek Gardens,
East-West highway. They are
supervised by Mrs. William Wein-
berg, whose husband is proprietor
of the aforementioned place. The
Studio Group will change the pic
lures in both shows from time
to time.
Katherine E. Hobbs Of the Stu
dio Group has a solo show OF her
own paintings at the Hamilton
Arms in Georgetown. At the
Groups own gallery. 4 Hillyer
court, an exhibition by 20 artists
has been hung to complete the
summer program.
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Silver Spring Show
The Silver Spring Art Gallery
is showing a group exhibition OF
% works, paintings and sculp-
lures by nine Washington area
artists, most of them in the Studio
Group. Katherine Hobbs and
Theodore Kane have the largest
representation, six works each.
the former showing both paint
ings and sculpture, while Mrs.
Kane is showing oils and water
colors, of which I thought "Hud-
son at Sunset" the best. Max and
Paula Wolfson's pleasing con-
servative oils are new to me.
Robin Brant has a fresh water
color of Bridal Veil Falls"
Sara Silberman's life-size head
of a Polynesian in cherry wood is
excellent, as are also thesseveral
works by Nine. Marie APPEL.
Barnett.Aden Acquisitions
A few days remain for Wash.
ingtonians to see the group ex-
hibition at the Barnett-Aden Gall
lery, which comprises its acquisi-
tions of the last six years. They
will be on view only through
Wednesday. Subsequently, part
Of this show will be sent on tour
with the college art service to
schools in the South, organized
by Prof. Herring of Howard Uni
versity's art department.