Evening star., 1949-11-13

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"The Fruit Drink Stand"
| first Washington one-man she
artist says his service in the
painting.
ten romantic prewar Old Worle
atmosphere into some Of his New
York City scenes. His "Lacka.
wanna Terminal" on the Hudson
suggests Venice's campanile: "Th'
Almhouse" looks as though l
might have been painted ir
Bruges, and several paintings o1
ships whisper Of the North Sea
| Cross-Section
Various modern idioms are rep.
resented in the travelling exhibi.
ton from Contemporary Arts
New York City, on view at How.
ard University Art Gallery through
! November %. It comprises. 2s
paintings and groups of etchings
and serigraphs.
The paintings range from ira
ditional work, such as Sigmund
Kozlow's charming little farm
scene, Along the Road" to COM
plete distractions such as M
Wiser IT Hooft's Movement To-
wards a Higher Place" The lat
ter is a good example. 1t seems to
me, Of abstract painters Difficult
ties in conceiving shapes that will
not represent something to the
average objective-minded layman
This movement" suggests three
white canvas laundry containers
on rickety stands.
An engaging primitive painting
by Lawrence Lebduska, entitled
''The Artists Life" is fresh In
color and appealing in conception
Einar Lunden's Birth Of Spring
too, is arresting, and Philip Pieck's
silvery grey, calligraphic "Mu-
scum Stairway" is exceptionally
individual.
A large number Of the paintings
are contemporary adaptations OF
cubism, or have cubistic over
tones. The artists represent geo.
graphically diverse backgrounds:
Greece, Hungary. Russia, Czecho-
slovakia, Norway, England, Hol-
land and the United States.
Double Bill at Whyte
Mitchell Jamieson's original L.
lustrations for "The Potomac, /"
Frederick Gutheim's new book re-
viewed in last Sundays Star and
recent work by Robert Franklin
Gates, opened a few days ago at
the Whyte Gallery to remain
through November 80.
Mr.. Jamieson's illustrations are
scratchboard drawings in black
and white, which resemble wood
cuts. They are strong and beau
tiful interpretations Of Potomac
riverscapes, landscapes and q few
architectural subjects.
More than 20 watercolors and
wash drawings by Robert F.
Gates are expressionistic semi
distractions of figures. still life,
landscape and a variety Of other
subjects, in which something OF
each works theme is vouchsafed
in sufficiently recognizable form
for the average visitor to identify
it, and possibly to make an effort
to follow Mr.. Gates along his
rocky experimental route.
D. G.. Painters in Hallmark
The International Hallmark Art
Award Competition. details OF
which were given in these columns
during the past summer, drew en-
tries from 10 artists Of the Dis
trict, 106 from Maryland and 81
from Virginia. Nationally, entries
were slightly over the 5000 mark
nearly equal to the 5.121 artists
who entered the French section OF
the competition completed last
June.
On October "a. the American
paintings were Judged In New York
City by nine critics, who selected
so paintings for further Judging
by another nine-member panel
In December. Washington area ar
fists Samuel Bookatz and Robert
F. Gates were among the SO Sc
lected from 5,000-no small honor
The top winner Of these 50 will re-
ceive prize Of $4,000 and his
Cor herr painting will subsequently
compete with the French first
prize work by Edouard Goerg, for
the $500 international award.
The so American paintings, In