Evening star., 1952-04-27
Art
Paul ArIt Exhibition
At Whyte Gallery
By Florence S. Berrymon

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Paul Arlt, Washington area
artist for IA years (1934-48)
has had an adventurous career.
His esthetic experiments in va
rious media were exhibited in
some of Washington's most i'm
portant exhibitions Gas well as
in other cities) such as the Cor
coran Biennial, Society Of
Washington Artists ANIMALS,
and Artists Guild shows. In
1941 he had a one-man show at
the Whyte Gallery, where he
is currently exhibiting his lat
est works, the fruit of two years
in Europe as a graphics officer
in the information program Of
the E. c. A. Q949 through last
August.)
He served in the Marine
Corps as combat artist cor
respondent, and covered action
on various fronts from Bougain-
vile through the Philippines,
Okinawa and finally Japan. The
following two years he worked
for the Department of State as
a graphicS specialist. He is now
an editorial cartoonist for the
New York Herald Tribune.
During his recent sojourn in
Europe. he worked in Paris and
Copenhagen, and travelled to
other places during holidays.
His current show of Is works,
mostly paintings in gouache,
deals with France, Scandinavia
and Italy. With a quick grasp
of characteristic features of
each place, and keen sense of
humor with an ironic slant, he
has caught the special flavor of
a scene in such a way that most
observant travellers who know it,
will appreciate the aptness of
MIR. Arts pictorial comments.
i Those which most appeal to
me are Grand Canal, Venice"
in which the glitter of ancient
palaces f1ankS the stretch of
water, accented with gondolas
In rapid action; Sailing in
Scandinavia" a joyous and crisp
procession of triangular white
and red sails; and "Sightseeing,
Mont st. Michel" which at first
glance appears to be a cartoon
for a Stained-glass window, but
on closer inspection is a biting
capture of a courier and his
flock, whose faces run a gamut
of tourist expressions. Many of
us will find ourselves somewhere
in this group.
The interest, variety and
pleasures of recognition inherent
in this exhibition. threaten to
engage visitors attention to the
point of their overlooking Mr..
Arts mastery of his medium.
This show will remain through
May 6.
An exhibition by Mary Wat
kins will open with a private
view the evening of May 8.
Scholarship Fair
The fifth annual art fair
sponsored by the National So
ciety of Arts and Letters will
open Wednesday evening at the
Corcoran Gallery of Art, with
a concert and preview of the ex-
hlbition. Admission fees for the
opening, and commissions of
1919 per cent on sales go to
the Society's scholarship fund
for talented art students who
would otherwise be unable to
continue their studies. Artists
who feel they can do so, have
been asked to contribute one
item and to enter others on the
commission basis. The exhi-
bition will include paintings,
sculpture. ceramics and graphic
arts, no item will cost more than
$1O0, and there will be many
under $25. 1t will be open to
the public without charge May
l, 2 and 8. About a hundred
artists have been invited to
enter, selection based on those
already established who are cur
rently exhibiting in Washington.
All the award winners from the
major local shows of the past
few years will be represented.
The society's scholarship stu
dents, four of whom are now in
liberal arts college, are doing
so well that they are currently
represented in Baltimore and
Washington juried shows; even
though none of them are yet in
their graduate year. This year
there will be a national career
award granted to one of the
scholarship students chosen
from the 10 chapters (from Bos-
ton to Los Angeles) sending to
compete for this distinction.
The Washington chapter (where
the National Society of Arts and
Letters was founded seven years
ago. will be represented by
Richard Miller and Dominic
Spadaro. The pictures entered
will be shown at the Corcoran
Gallery simultaneously with the
art fair.
Knoths Paintings
Paintings by Karl Knaths,
represented in the Phillips GAL
lery collections more extensive
ly than anywhere else, are now
on view there through Tuesday,
in the large gallery on the sec
0nd f700r Whethor or mt thic