Evening star., 1949-01-30
French Impressionist

William Malherbe, an eminent
French painter who has lived ir
the United States since a year Of
two before the war, marks only thu
hours that shine" to Judge from the
exhibition of sunny landscapes anc
happy people which opened last
Sunday at the Corcoran Gallery o.
Art.
Mr.. Malherbe has painted far.
reaching views of the hills of Yer.
mont, seen from the terrace of some
beautiful home or. flower-f1lled gar
den; q shady pool in the woods OF
quiet spot near an 18th centur!
house. In all of these, figures o.
people enjoying themselves are ar
integral part.
He has experimental, he says
with cubism. fauvism, post ane
neo inpressionism. These paintings
at the Corcoran would seem most
accurately described as a contem.
porary adaptation of impressionism
both as to handling and fresh, lus.
cious colors. So intense are the
blues, greens and purples our eyes
have to become acclimated. Earlier
artists, to whom he seems most akin
are Frances Renoir and our G.ack-
ems. MI. Malherbe's impressionism
Is pronounced in two paintings o1
nudes in landscape, and a number
of flower and fruit paintings. one
in a very high key. A view of Glou-
cester Earbor in loWer-toncd colors
presents considerable contrast tc
thee. A warm appreciation of his
work by John Leeper, comprises the
Introduction to the catalogue.
| Mr.. Mali eroe has jusv passed his
54th birthday. He studied at the
School of Decorative Arts, Paris
and first exhibited in the French
! capital at the age of 18. His career
was interrupted by World War I
but resumed Immediately after, an6
he had his first one-man show in
Paris in 1921. From that time on
he exhibited at regular intervals al
Durand-Ruel's in Paris, later ir
New York; also in Brussels, the New
York Worlds Fair, and elsewhere
More than 16 of his paintings have
been acquired for permanent collec.
tions from New York to California
Mr.. Malherbe has a felicitous OBJ.
'ective in his painting. II endeavol
to remind man. Re raid, that II
spite of the unEaDry world which
he has created. the 'rea . strcnc
beautiful, natural world still exists
awaiting his rediscovery and con.
temptation"
Georgetown Artist
Geor- etown University is show
ing through February 10, nearly 81
oil paintings and water colors by 6
Georgetown artist. Carl r. Ernst
The exhibition is open to the public
daily and Sundays from 10 to S, ir
the Copley lounge, on the campus
The collection comprises mostly
landscapes and urban scenes.
Mr.. Ernst is self-taught and long
experienced. although the presen
collection is retrospective of no
more than Is years. His work Il
sharp-focus naturalism. He has .
keen eye for pictorial beauty ant
picturesqueness. as well as an ACTIVE
imagination, for some Of his work
depict scenes he dreamed up.
l On the whole, I found his paint
ings Of specific places better tina,
the imaginative landscapes. George
town University Park at differen
seasons, glimpses of Goertitz, Silesi,
(his native city,. with its picturesque
ancient buildings, other places IL
Germany and our Far West, al
carry conviction.
Mr.. Ernst is also an antiquarian
in sentiment, and shows recon
structions of 17th century interior
and a medieval nocturne. In thi
interest, he Is akin to such painter