Evening star., 1951-07-22
Art
Annual Exhibit of
Arts Club Displays
Work of 3OMembers
By Florence Berrymon

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The Arts Club opened last Sun
day its annual summer exhibition
of members work. For the first
time. this opening was a benefit
garden party, with, an admission
charge. Proceeds will go to the
purchase prize fund of the Cor
coran Gallery Of Art to acquire
works for it's permanent collection
from the sixth Washington area
annual, to be held at the Corcoran
next autumn.
Approximately so oil and water
color paintings, a few sculptures
and prints by some 80 artists,
many of whom showed two or
more each. filled the gallery and
reception rooms and overfiowed
into the garden. To Judge by the
enthusiastic crowds in attendance,
the club must have tidy sum
(not yet discloseO to turn over
to the Corcoran.
The exhibition is a typical Arts
Club members show, about 90I
percent traditional, the majority
OF works pleasing, with a minority
OF very poor items, whose inclusion
is inexplicable. It is regrettable
too, that the sculptor members
kept their work at home. The
whoie burden of sculpture is car
RED by Lois La Motto, with two
il1ellke portrait heads and a ruf-
leo grouse. and by Betty Hartnell
smith, better known as q painter
who is showing a seated nude
figure. e
Theodore Kane's painting of a
ngnthouse in the club gallery,s
bay window, is persuasive intro
auction to the show, with It's fresh
colors, romantic subject and re-
mlnoer OF cool places to spend a
vacation. The Rockport Light has
oeen painted by Simon de Kor-
sakoH in the academic 10th cen
Jury manner. New England Is
understandably favorite re-
glon for painters. There is con-
SIDERABLE pictorial appeal in VIII
nam r. Walters Covered Bridge 4"
lamllar in that section, Minor
Jameson's Maine Woods" mistv
s3el ana lSa subdued in color. and Polly
hlttelle's boats "On the Cane"
otner sections of our land have
tnelr artist-adherents. Robert r
Motiey shows Mountain Gar
oeh' 1ull OF lush cabbages in view
ot the Blue Ridge. "catoctin
overlook" appealed to Mignon
Atchlson. Minna Gill painted an
imposing mountain in Colorado
walter Bachrach's glimpse of New
YORK City, contrasting "Old and
New reminds one that the me-
tropoils is a year. round resort of
lneXnauStlble fascination. Eleanor
van Swearingen's stark watercolor
OF a dead tree is appropriately
Titled DE Mortuis." Isabella
Walker enhanced her nicely c,1t
olock print Low Tide" with a
tint block.
Portraits and figures are less
numerous. Helen Minifee shows
three portrait drawings in colored
cnalks, OF Mrs. Henry Parrett, Mrs
robert Heinl and a child, which
carry conviction Of being good
Ilikenesses. ~
margaret Herr has a sound. un-
ootruslve little character study of
a woman reading. Rowland LYON
ana Victor Iden show paintings of
nudes. the formers watercolor de-
plctlng a young woman in a pose
reminiscent of Velasquez's famous
venus; the latter's oil a miniature
IN size. with a weighty subject,
Hattle Burdette's large linear
summertime" has the effect of q
study for a mural.
Flower paintings are few
Charles Lownsbery has. a fresh
pastel of California blossoms
catherine Ames' miniature water
color depicts still life and flower
arrangement. Another engaging
miniature is Betty Haynes Bakers
&C. & o. Canal"
One of the few modern paint
lngs is Harry Zichterman's ab-
stract Carnival" with a swirlins
design of tent tops in bright colors,
La Grovure American Debut
The Whyte Gallery presented
early this month the first proun
selected from a collection of about
70 original Autographs issued by
La Gravure, an international print
society. They are being shown for
the first time in the United States
OF America. There are % prints