Evening star., 1949-10-30

Ruth Barnet's floral design,
"Taxco Garden: Rudolph Won
Huhn's pattern inspired by Afri-
can motifs. '"Tanganyika Primer:
others in black and white, among
them Rowland Lyons little Fish
ing Boat" and Lyn Egbert's "Old
Mexico"
Some mediums have fewer ex-
ponents. Reynold Weidenaar is
one of the few using mezzotint,
its velvety tones distinguishing his
cathedral Repairs; Herb Fich-
ter's steel engraving of an Indian
chief is well done in q space
smaller than a postage stamp;
Cecil Buffers woodcut is nicely
composed and executed. Winter
Rhythm" by Leonard Pytlak, and
Share Choppers" by Robert
Gwathmey stand out among seri-
graphs. Boris Margo's cellocuts
are in a class alone, as he in
vented the process.
There is much beauty and ap-
peal in two prints by artists of
the recent past: Mary Cassatt's
etching and aquatint of a mother
and child, and Pop" Hart's mono
type Of nude figures by a brook,
both in the invited section.
X X X
Contemporary Cross.Section
The Barnett Alden Gallery's re-
Gently opened sixth anniversary
exhibition of contemporary Amer
lean art, to remain through No
vember, covers a lot of territory
IN 81 paintings. 1t ranges from
Kenneth Evett's starkly realistic
Might Watchman" to I. Rice
Pereira's handsome non-objective
composition in Red"
Three Washington artists, Ber-
nice Cross, Jack Perlmutter and
James l.. Wells, are included in
the group, assembled through the
courtesy OF three New York deal
ers' galleries CA. c. A., Collectors
OF American Art and Kraushaar)
and Howard University, as well as
individual artists.
Approximately half the paint
ings involve figures, as the major
motif, or important to the theme,
varlously interpreted. Moses
Soyer's Seated Dancer" reminds
the observer of Degas' ballet girls.
Tor Soyer. too, depicts the hard
working performers more often
behind the scenes in moments of
rest. otf-guard. unglamorous
1atlgued. Tromka's vaudeville
Performer" depicts an urchin
whose garish act is indicated by
the loud. primary colors as well
as his appearance.
The Family" by Jakov Volo-
vich, and James Penney's "Wife
and Son" are secular "Madonnas, ,"
very different in treatment, both
pralseWorthy. James L. Wells
Model Resting" is a departure
Tor him in subject, but not in
SOUND. conservative handling.
Robert Gwathmey's social satire
sldeswipes church and clergy in
an undiscriminating manner that
seems to me extremely offensive
More than ordinary gifts are re-
qulred to indict individual and
local wrongs without abusing en-
tire institutions. The bitter taste
OF this painted caricature is hardly
offset by the pleasing, unobtrusiye
little paintings by Iver Rose of
Choir Boys" and virgins" hang
Ing opposite.
Washington Premiere
The Pan American Union has
put on the first show in the
United States Of paintings bv
Tomas Newbery, young Argentine
pieln-alrist, who came to this
country five months ago on a
grant from the Williams Founda-
t1on IN Buenos Aires, where he was
born only 81 years ago.
He is self-taught, having begun
TO paint on his fathers ranch in
the southern lake region of Pata-
gonla. In the brief space of three
years, he has been represented in
the salons of Buenos Aires and
Cordoba and other group exhi-