Evening star., 1952-03-23

the House Of Representatives of
Connecticut. ALI have lived in
Washington or Newport at
various times. and the family is
also prominent in New York
and Litchfield. Conn. Only Mrs.
Lynn is a professional artist.
The others have turned to art
as an avocation and a means
of expression. sketching and
drawing as they travelled the
world over for business, military
duty or pleasure.
Walter Howe the elder began
to paint water colors in the late
T0s. His group Of Is works has
an extensive geographical
range: Scotland. England, Nor
way, Italy and the United
States. His water. colorS are
tight, meticulous and accurate.
every brick Of an ancient build
ing, leaves on trees and other
details, are carefully delineated.
Whereas most of us buy picture
post cards as souvenirs of our
journies, Walter Howe tran
scribed his own memories" >"
His wife is represented with
only one painting, but a very
pleasing one.
Ernest Howe, their older son,
found beauty in Connecticut;
four Of his six water colors de-
pict landscapes in Litchfield
and New Haven Harbor. Wal,
ter Bruce Howe, the younger
son, is showing IL water colors.
painted in seven countries. His
style is looser and broader in
handling. more modern, but still
faithful to the appearance of
the respective places.
Walter Howe, the son of Err
nest, found life and color in
Mexico, painted. water colors in
Taxco. Cuernavaca and Micho-
acan, the delights Of tourists
and artists.
Bruce and Molly, the children
Of Walter Bruce Howe, show in
their groups OF is and 16 works.
respectively. the effects of for
NAL art training. Bruce had q
one-man show at George
Washington year ago. Seeing
his work again confirms my
1851 impression that drawing
Is his forte.
Molly Lynn is undoubtedly
the most versatile and gifted of
the family in the spatial arts.
She majored in painting and
sculpture at Bennington Col
lege, also studied with Peppino
Mangrayite and others in this
country and with Jean Lurcat
in Paris. She is represented
with sculpture, oils, water colors,
drawings and etchings, depict
ing landscapes. street scenes,
figures and architectural
themes.
A similar exhibition by Three
Generations of Howes" was held
10 years ago at the Art Asso-
citation of Newport.
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Seven From Maryland
The Arts Club is showing
through next Thursday some
40 oil paintings. pastels and
water colors by seven artists who
a year ago started the Mary
land Artists Cooperative, with
the aim of being felt as an in
fluence in the cause of good,
honest painting" Their works
are just that, mostly traditional
portraits, figure paintings.
landscapes, ETC., technically
competent and pleasing as to
subjects and color schemes.
James p. Wharton. head Of
the art department at the Uni
versity of Maryland, College
Park, shows the greatest di-
versity Of approaches, which he
painted IN part. at least, to use
as demonstrations for his
classes. Leonard M. Bahr and
Charles r. Cross, instructors at
Maryland Institute. Baltimore.
and Carlson, have filled the din
ing room walls with good ira
ditional portraits. Those by
Carlson are pastels. with q
fiowerlike bloom.
I. Hummer Parsons paintings
of flowers and a portrait Of her
self. and figures and still-Iife
by Mildred Knipp. add to the
shows charms. which are