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OF course, these artists may not
'look like this" to other visitors
to the show. Every one has his
own mental concepts. I feel that
Nicolai Cikovsky former Wash
ingtonian), Abraham Walkowitz,
Marc Chagall. Abraham Rather
(who once studied at the Corcoran
School of Art) and William Zorach
look like artists. If a visitor
from Mars, intelligent but un-
informed. were to ask me, What
is an artist?" I should point to
these as typical.
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Berkmans Southwest
Jack Berkman, recently returned
to Washington after two years in
Taos, N. Mex, is showing 20 in
terpretations of that region at
the Whyte Gallery through next
Friday. His work has changed
noticeably during his western So
journ, partly due, no doubt. to
the impact of a profoundly differ
ent environment and his reaction
to it, as well as to conscious
experimentation.
Although he did not specialize"
in any one type Of subject (prior
to his departure for the South
west) his exhibitions used to be
dominated by figures. Now it is
landscape, not painted naturalis-
tically. but according to his feel
ings about 1t. He has expressed
the vast desert, buttes, mesas and
the Indian pueblos with angular
forms, slashing strokes and vivid
colors in fat areas It seemed to
me that the outstanding painting
in the collection is might Piece. 4"
inspired by the Taos Pueblo, whose
horizontal mass gives the picture
a serene atmosphere. en1ivened by
the figure of an Indian woman
with a jug on her head.
Besides the paintings, there are
seven pen outline drawings Of
Indians, a sad lot, to judge from
these sketches. Mr.. Berkman's
tortuous line emphasizes their
doleful aspects.
Noisette's Seasons
Spring, summer, fall and winter,
as they change the appearance of
the countryside, are dominant
subjects in the yearly exhibitions
Of William Samuel Noisette. whose
14th annual now at Phyllis Wheat
ley YWCA, 9o1 Rhode Island ave-
nue.. will remain through next
Friday. open to the public from
8 to 10 each evening.
The artist, a native of North
Carolina, who has been special
messenger and receptionist for
Edgar Hoover at the FBI for some
two decades, continues to paint
industriously in his spare hours.
His work is naturalisitc, but paint
ed from imagination or memory.
Landscape is his forte; he paints
meadows, woods. water and sky
effects with much more ease and
competence than he shows, as yet,
in depicting animals and figures.
He also surpasses these with his
flower paintings, which comprise
a quarter Of this latest exhibition.
Particularly pleasing in his col
lection are the romantic Pale
Moonlight" "A Peaceful Spot"
with cloud effects reflected in a
river, February Snow" and
Trees in the Meadow"
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Open House
The Washington Workshop will
hold a Carnival of the Arts" next
Friday at 8 pm. at 2020 Massa-
chusettS avenue NV. In addi-
ton to demonstrations in paint
ing. sculpture and other creative
arts by Workshop staff members,
there will be two exhibitions-one
from the Museum of Modern Art,
New York, entitled What Is Mod
ern Painting?" composed of re-
productions Of the work of 81 mod
ern artists; the other, of original
paintings and sculpture by the
Workshop faculty.
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Hooked Rugs
The second annual exhibition of