Evening star., 1950-02-12
Art and Artists
National Gallery Adds MHLon-DoIEor Wing;
Mrs. Kinder Paints Sunny France and Flowers
By Florence S. Berrymon

S. Berrymon
and Sunday, except George
Washington's Birthday.
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Miners and Formers
At the Division of Graphic
Arts. Smithsonian Building, is a
print show by Michael j. Gala
CHER, contemporary in subject
matter, traditional in presentation.
Mr.. Gallagher, born in Scranton,
Pa. 1880, grew up in the heart
of the anthracite region, and
many of his prints reveal a close
association with the daily life of
mining towns, as will be noticed
by those who visit his exhibition,
to remain through February 26.
The artist obtained his art edu-
cation from excellent sources: The
Philadelphia School of Industrial
Art and from Thornton Oakley.
Primarily interested in print max
ing, Mr.. Gallagher was associated
with Dox Trash and Hubert Mesi-
bov in the development of the
carborundum mezzotint or carbo-
graph process, in the 1930s. under
Government art projects sponsor
ship. The dark toned carbograph
is fitting medium for Mr.. Gal
lagher's subjects.
He is showing not only carbo-
graphs. but etchings, wood cuts
and Autographs. A few of the
Is prints on view are landscapes,
well composed and beautiful per
se-a moonlit summer night, the
End of Day." emphasizing a
gnarled old tree, and a lyrical
Gray Day" But his major in
terest is man in his relation to
the region, to judge from most of
the prints, which depict industrial
scenes and toilers, not only coal
miners but poor farmers, Negroes
and their womenfolk, rugged
workers wrestling a hard living
from the soil. and at intervals
enjoying somewhat underprivi-
legged social life (as in Wedding
Day").
Mr.. Gallagher gets his message
across by traditional means. His
figures are naturalistic, although
simplified; his scenes are well
composed. He is represented in
such important permanent collec-
tions as the United States Ma
tional Museum, New York and
Philadelphia public libraries. Phil
adelphia and Brooklyn Museums
of Art.
Birds and Flowers
Paintings in the traditional
Chinese style dating back 1000
years, currently occupy all the ex-
hibition space at the Arts Club.
Nearly so exquisite interpreta-
tions. most of them on scrolls, of
many kinds of birds, flowers and
blossoming tree branches are the
work Of Lo Kit-ling, a graduate
of Sun Yat-sen University in
Canton, 1916. who has beef study
ing art in Michigan State College
and in New York City this season.
She was present at the opening
Of her exhibition last Sunday.
During the war and Japanese
occupation, Miss Lo lived in Cam
ton with her family. She has
been thoroughly schooled in the
ancient techniques of Chinese
painting. passed down from. one
master to another from ancient
times. A large proportion of the
paintings on view are executed in
the Sung dynasty style, and one
in the Ming.
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Abstract Duet
The Phillips Memorial Gallery
recently opened two one-man ex-
hibitions in the print rooms
works in various mediums by
Louis Schanker. and oil paint
ings by Laughlin Phillips. Both
artists are exponents of abstrac-
ton.
1t seems to me that Mr.. Schank-
er's exhibition Of % works would
be OF more interest to art stu
dents than to the general public.
He is versatile in the use of me-
diums, and is an industrious ex-
perimenter of heroic mold, tack
ling wood blocks and making
prints measured by feet instead
Of inches. OF course, size alone
IS not the major virtue of these
prints, which have much variety
of texture, composition and color
subtlety.
Laughlin Phillips group of IL
oil paintings shows striking prog
ress since his last one-man show
ut the gallery. His abstract
motifs show greater vigor and
better organization. livelier and
fresher color than did his earlier
work. Some Of his themes are
concrete in inspiration ("Alpine
Regatta" and "Nautical'') while
others derive from ideas abstract
N themselves ("Flambuoyant"
and "Jagged.).
1ntes at Mount Vernon
An exhibition of paintings by
Robert Franklin Gates will open
this afternoon @ t46 o'clock atIi