Evening star., 1949-04-03

/ POTLrdt OF mary rage BIT
! ECorcordn School faculty, Dhos
/ the Arts Club this afternoon.
School of Art, and the School Of
the Museum of Fine Arts. He has
taught art and mechanical draw
ing In high schools in Cambridge,
where he lives. and Is now an in
structor at Wentworth Institute,
Boston
Besides his color printmaking he
paints portraits and landscapes in
oil and watercolor. He Is repre-
sented in 6 permanent collections.
He has previously exhibited here
at the Library of Congress.
Alice in GEORGETOWN
Everyone who loves Alice in
Wonderland" fairy tales gen.
orally, and fine craftsmanship.
should not fail to visit the George
town Public Library, where an ex-
traordinary diorama of Alice" is
on view in the children's room
through April 16. 1t is shown
through the generosity of the Rose
Lees Hardy Foundation and the
Elementary Classroom Teachers
Association.
Louise Stimson, an artist Of
Concord. Mass. has brought to
life" the wonderland described by
Lewis Carroll, as it was drawn by
Tenniel. In a wooden case about
8 feet wide, feet high and not
more than 2l2 feet deep. she has
conjured up Alice, the Rabbit. the
Mad Halter and a host of other
characters and placed them so
admirably in the three sections
into which the diorama is divided.
that the spectators eyes roam
easily around the enchanted wood,
without realizing how much has
been gotten into 1t. The Library
has printed leaf1et describing all
the characters and details as an
aid to memory.
It seems as brutal to tear a
fairy tale apart, as to pull oil
butterf1y's wings. But for those
who may like to know how Miss
Stimson created Alice" in such
exquisite miniature form. yet
sturdy enough to travel around the
country, 1t will suffice to say that
she got these results by manip-
ulating cardboard. mailing tubes,
egg boxes, wood putty. wires, crepe
paper, old sponges and window
shades, hemp rope and other i'm
probable stuff. reminding one that
Cinderella's fairy godmother got
equally startling results from
pumpkins, mice and what not. In
Miss Stimson's case. seven years
of patient labor replaced wand
waving. 1t is obvious that she is
painter, sculptor and a skilled
craftsman.
Several thousand people have
already visited Alice" and have
agreed with the verdict Of the di-
rector Of dioramas at the Depart
ment of the Interior, who said,
Perfection! The scale Is so Won
derful."
Kensington Solo
An exhibition by Grace Bur-
roughs, now hanging in the Noyes
Library, Kensington. Md, is the
third solo show held under aus
pices Of the Kensington Sketch
Glass for amateurs and others.
It will remain through April. It
comprises oils, pastels and water
colors of landscapes and still life
and a group of sculpture. Mrs.
Burroughs has exhibited with
Washington art groups. The Noyes
Library is open Monday. Wednes-
nesday and Thursday evenings
from 7 to 9 and Saturdays from 3
to 5.
| School of Paris Prints
The Playhouse Art Gallery Is
showing through next Friday re-
cent prints by artists OF the
School of Paris" selected by
Prentiss Taylor Of the Gallery
Committee. The selection was
Il lent by the Buchhoiz Gallery of
New York City.
The majority of the IA prints
are Autographs, most of them IN
colors. They impressed me as
generally characteristic of these
artists output of the recent past.
Fernand Leger's two prints are
dominated by the squarish women
of his mechanized world. The
most ingratiating exhibits are the
delicate cubist distractions in
fresh light color by Andre Beau