Evening star., 1950-04-02

tending even to the subjects COM
plexion. The portrait of Sonia
Stein is striking in its violet and
golden brown harmony. The por-
trait OF the artists son Erik will
captivate most visitors.
Mr.. Pielage has painted many
different kinds of flowers for this
exhibition. 1 liked best his Milk
weed Pods" and the pastel study
for it. revealing his careful OBJ
servation. He also is showing a
few street scenes. One of Dupont
Circle is actually a still-life paint
ing of chaos.
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Fronce in Sunshine
Lois Mailou Jones has spent
many summers in France. She
never tires of depicting the tall
old houses and winding streets of
Montmartre and other sections of
Paris; and the beautiful and pic
turesque landscapes of Pas-de-
Calais, and the Pyrenees. Thirty
OF her paintings of these and other
subjects are on view at United
Nations Club through April IL.
Many of these impressions of
France were done last summer or
in '48; but there is one of 1898
in striking contrast to the recent
work. This 12-year-old Rue st.
Michel" is a competent and at
tractive painting. but restrained
and low in. key compared With
the light filled. colorful later
works.
There are also number of
paintings on African themes Zone
just completed, Three Dancers") !,
which emphasize strong color and
decorative design.
For nearly two decades Miss
Jones has been on the art faculty
OF Howard University. She is ac-
tive in local artists organiza-
lions. and exhibits regularly in
major group shows. here and else
where. including Paris, with the
Artistes Francais. She is repre-
sented in the permanent collec-
tlons of the Phillips Memorial
Gallery, Howard University and
Barnett Alden Gallery here,
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Second Lonieon Solo
Jean Lanigan, whose first solo
exhibition in Washington was at
the central Public Library a year
ago. is having much larger one
at the K. Hobbs Gallery formerly
Studio Group. Hillyer COURT
through April S.
Ihere appears to be a radical
change in Mrs. Lanigan's work.
the present collection comprising
larger paintings which deal with
figures and other subjects in an
expressionistic primitive manner.
The artist began her art edu-
cation at the Kansas City Art In
stitute, and continued it here at
the Corcoran School three years.
and American University. She
also taught children's classes at
the Corcoran for one year. Allan
Klawans. one of her former pupils,
won first prize in The Star calen-
dar contest for 1850. She now con-
ducts her own school for children,
in its fourth year.
international Portroits
Bruno Beran's first one-man
show in Washington, his third in
the United States, opened last Sun
day at the Arts Club for a single
week lending today. More than
half the collection of 18 paint
ings have been done during
his year of residence in Wash
ington. They include pastel por-
traits of six ladies of the Diplo-
matte Corps, wives of the Ambas-
sadors of France, Italy, the Meth
erlands. Great Britain and Tur-
key, and of the Minister of Luxem-
bourg. 1t seems to me that the
most successful are those of
Signora Tarchiani. Nine. Van
kleffenS and Nine. lie Calais.
There are also portraits in oils,
excellent likenesses of Mrs. Eugene
Meyer and Justice William O.
| Douglas, as we'll as of the artist
and his wife.
The eventful lives of Mr.. and
Mrs. Beran during the war years
in Europe have been mentioned in