Evening star., 1949-05-08

ture Along Maine Avenue:
Bertha De Hellebranths peasant
group. THE News; Ralph De
Burgos' unusual Tree Stump"
with underlying significance; /;
Richard Miller Parker's excellent
Spring Shadows";; Mary Eta
Sharpe's Three Alarm" Fred
erick Whitaker's large, handsome
Market on a Mound" and Kath-
crime Summy's "Wharves."
Among nearly 40 prints are
many of such quality that the
visitor should not overlook this
section. It has notable items by
John Taylor Arms, Chauncey
Ryder, Hugh Bolts. Reynolds
Weidenaar, A. Alexandrakis,
George Lear. Maltby Sykes, N. P.
Steinberg. Rudolph Won Huhn
and Jack Perlmutter.
Washinstonians in Biennial
Washington area painters made
up about 8 per cent of the Cor
coran Biennial (16 paintings) and
this afternoon affords the last op-
portunity to see this exhibition
and our local representation In 1t.
This Is by no means truly repre-
sentative of local work. The
majority Of those who were in
vited, are experimental painters.
But their inclusion was at least
recognition that there is q local
school"
The most satisfying paintings In
the group in my opinion. are
Marjorie Phillips beautiful land
scape. Late Summer Afternoon z
typical of her feeling for long
views across rolling country, done
In an adaptation Of impressiontst
technique; Eugen Weisz' Early
Morning." q. simple view Of q
village nestled in its green setting,
in O low key, conveying the time Of
day. and Harold Weston's brightly
colorful interior. with q Girl
Reading"
Hail and Farewell" by Mitchell
Jameson Is another Of his somber
paintings Of war themes, this one
being reminiscent Of the sculp-
tured Eustis Memorial by John
Gregory In the Corcoran Gallery.
The late Eben r. Comins. famed
for his portraits and crayon
studies, conservative in character,
Is represented with q painting
Nudes. Study in Green" entirely
different from anything I had
seen by him heretofore: q cross
between Gauguin and Arthur B.
Davies.
| Richard Lahey and Jessalee
sickman both contributed figure
studies Of young women. Mr..
Lahey's Is another portrait Of his
wife, near life-size. more like an
oil sketch than q finished work.
Miss Sickman's "Girl and Flowers"
with Its warm blue tonality. has
an emphatic oval composition.
Passing through zarnora" BY
Prentiss Taylor. Is q formalized
architectural subject. In pleasing
colors. Jack Perlmutter's Trees"
is more abstract than much Of his
work: it Is well composed and
good in color. Color is the major
feature of Pietro Lazzari's "Etru-
scan Motif" In polychrome ce-
ment;; colors are warm. and in q
high key. well spotted.
Still life paintings represent
Sarah Baker and Omar Caring
ton, the latter's Summer Things"
being somewhat muddy, and not
typical of his work as I know 1t.
william Calfee's "Owls" In gray
and brown, much simplified. Is
logical evolution from the spark
ling studies he used to make at
the Zoo. Robert Franklin Gates
"Sunfiowers" strikes me as too
large for the subject. Bernice
Cross I'm the Room" 10 less
whimsical than most Of her work.
incidentally, Miss Cross Is having
solo exhibition In New York City
at the Bertha Schaefer Gallery.
through next Saturday. Among
the IS paintings are loans from
the Phillips Memorial Gallery and
Mr.. and Mrs. John Burling OF
washington.