Evening star., 1950-03-12

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Little Dune Picture" oil pt
and Mrs. clifford Odets of Ne,U
ton yet shoDn in the United
Klee Foundation, Berne, S,Dits
seun,S, including the Phillips M
on DieW.
he was discharged after Hitler
came to power in 1888. Klee re-
turned to live in Switzerland for
the remainder of his life.
Leisenrinq Memorial
Mathilde Mueden Leisenring's
death last year took from Wash
ington's art life one of it's best
known and most active person
alities. To commemorate her
long affiliation as a teacher with
the Corcoran School of Art, the
Corcoran Gallery has hung near
ly 40 paintings, pastels, water-
colors and drawings, retrospective
of her career of nearly half a
century. 1t will remain through
March 26.
Mathilde Mueden was a native
Washingtonian, began her edu-
cation here, followed by year
in New York. then went to Paris
in the mid-nineties for three
years study at the Atelier Julian
and under Henner. 1t was
great time for students in Paris.
The young American made
friendships there which lasted
through her life, and gave her
opportunities to visit with fami-
lies in Europe after her student
days, on vacation trips.
She participated in the organi-
cation of the Washington So
ciety of Artists, the Washington
Water Color Club (both in the
'90s) and the Arts Club, and
continued active in all of them.
She was a superb teacher, sympa-
thetic and effective with her STU
dents. At the same time she con-
tinued her own creative work and
took great interest in the career
of her husband, Luther Morris
Leisenring, architect.
She is best known, perhaps, for
her portraits. Admirable examples
in oils, also in pastels. water color
and drawings in pencil, crayon or
sanguine are included in the
memorial exhibition. Still life and
flowers, too, are shown, beauti-
fully composed, decorative and
realistic.
But she did not conflne herself
to any one type of subject. The
gouache and water-color paint
ings of picturesque European
cities land one of Washington)
reveal her feeling for architectural
forms and the atmosphere of diff
ferent places.
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Woshingtenions Coricotured
A fascination all their own has
made caricatures popular since
the Reformation. They are par
ticularly beguiling when they deal
with people well known to a
fairly large audience" as is the
case with Aline Fruhauf's new
collection just put on view at the
Whyte Gallery. The subjects live
in the Washington area, and as
nearly all Of them are artists or
museum directors, they are doubt
less familiar to many people.
The artists competent tech
nique varies little from one picture
to another. But the works vary
considerably as successful carica-
lures. OF more than 20, found
eight rang the bell";; four of the
subjects I've never met; the others
ranged from almost" to mo-"
This is the one type of exhibition,
however. in reviewing which I do
not like to be too specific. For
all of us have more than one
facet to our personalities, and we
impress various people differently.
Consequently, what may have
seemed to me an unfamiliar or
unrepresentative aspect of her
subject, may impress other visit
ors as strikingly typical.
The captures of Duncan Phil
lips, Jacob Kainen. Jose Sicre and
Prentiss Taylor, for instance,
seem complete. But miss en-
tirely the flavor" of Alice Ache
son and Alice Longworth. Jim
Bergman and Herbert Block look
unfamiliarly sombre. Since they
caricature others daily, perhaps
they became apprehensive when
they themselves were victims"