Evening star., 1949-05-01
Library of Congress Opens Print Exhibition
Three Are Awarded Prizes of $1OO
By Florence Berrymon

e BerYmon
/ Arts Club through May 13. and as
one also learns from his remarks.
II seek peace Of mind through
art" he said. II find beauty In
quiet and serenity; perhaps that
is why I paint 50 much twilight
and why there Is not much action
in my art"
II wish to bring twilight moods
into life," he continued. Moods
in which one finds the values that
matter-the wells of reflection ,"
This contemplative attitude and
the years Of experience represented
in the current show "a RETROSPECT
tive of more than a decade) are
surprising In view Of the artists
youth and the action he must have
seen during the last World War,
when he served In the naval forces.
II study q scene a long time" "
he explained. absorb all its subtle
ties and color. and work slowly
sometimes for weeks, sometimes
for months. Often I return to
canvases years later, for I think
dates are not important. Art is
timeless. and peace Of mind and
spirit priceless. No fads or trends
move me-"
Mr.. Gelfand's paintings are ira
ditional and dark in tonality. for
he likes to paint windows bios
soming into light against q night
sky; the last gleam Of daylight on
q strip Of garden between shadow
ing buildings, a lonely light in the
vacant hall of a walkup. a gray
afternoon with bare trees hushed
under a blanket OF snow. He had
sound training for his work. hav-
ing studied at the Cincinnati Art
Academy. National Academy In
j New York and the Corcorar
School. This is his first one-man
show in Washington. but he has
shown in groups here. including
1.-TWO Corcoran Biennials. and1nlu-
4 1seunns in New York City and else
where.
Il q Everett Warner. whose current
tone-man show at the Arts Club
was considered in these columns
Hast Sunday. has written for the
use Of visitors. comments on some
Of his paintings on view. While
he emphasizes the fact that
painting is a visual art which
should need no verbal explana-
tion," he also feels that If visitors
could meet the artist in the gallery
and talk with him about his pic
lures, he would inevitably tell
them things that might aid them
In understanding more clearly
what he endeavored to do.
Art for the Home
The Artists Cooperative Of
Washington. which this season
has been holding occasional exhi-
bitions through the hospitality Of
organizations and individuals, will
open a show of paintings and
sculpture for the home at the
residence Of Theodore Kane, 1725
H street NV. with an invitation
preview and reception for the
contributing artists this afternoon.
The public is invited to view the
exhibition from / to s daily and 8
to 6 on Sunday. through May IA.
Artists represented are Ralph de
Burgos, Genevieve Long. Bette
Hartnell. Shirley Lichtman, Beryl
CARROT and Sarah Silberman.
Jameson in New England
An exhibition Of 10 scratch
board paintings and q number Of
drawings by Mitchell Jameson
will open tomorrow at the Whyte
Gallery for q fortnight only. On
May Is washington Painters of
Tomorrow" will open there as
previously planned.
/ Mr.. Jamieson's show Is the fruit
of o commission from Fortune
Magazine (some Of these pictures
were reproduced In its April
number. They were done for an
article on the New Haven Rail-
road.
H q
Workshop Open House
Chain Gross. American sculp-
tor. will speak informally at the
Washington Workshop "open
house" next Friday evening. at
1920 Massachusetts, avenue NV,
which will initiate the spring
semester. A film showing Mr.,
Gross at work on his sculpture
viii be run at pm, to be followed
by an informal discussion led by
the sculptor. Other features OF
the evening program viii include a