Evening star., 1953-03-15

vidual works in the remaining
space.
Sixteen Washington area
artists are represented, includ-
ing the Corcoran school fac
ulty. Eleven have paintings
in modern idioms. Edmund
Archer shows a sensitive ira
ditional portrait of a Capu-
chin. Jessalee Sickman's Cello
Player" is a solid realization
in deep-toned colors. Leonard
Maurer's Web" is a beautiful
abstraction, of blues overlaid
with a network of white lines
suggesting a suspension bridge.
Canal Corners" by Samuel
Bookatz; John Chapman Lew
is shimmering "Harbor" and
Alfred McAdams' SurrealiStic
Washington street corner all
have the hallmarks of the re-
spective artists. Marjorie Phil
lips Night Baseball" is an
impressive visual capture.
The large number of por-
traits. figure paintings and
scenes with incidental figures,
provides a lively demonstra-
ton of the wide range of styles
and techniqueS. In addition
to admirable traditional han
ding of portraits and figures,
such as those mentioned
above. and many others, there
are Jack Levine's biting satire
of a paunchy man in 1.-The
Offering; William Choppers
satire of types in Chorus
Girls" (and musicians) full of
movement and gusto, and
Robert Gwathmey's bitter
Reflections" in which an
ancient hag peers at her hor-
rifle image in a cracked mir
ror. MANY of us feel lust
like this, early in the morn
ing.)
ConeeoIed in Honey
Cornelis Ruhtenberg's Gard
Players" depicts a grim quar-
tet whose pale blank faces
would make them formidable
opponents in poker. Isabel
Bishops Girls in the SUBJ
. way Station" appear to be
CONCEALED in honey. CThe
orange sweater in this paint
ing is too obtrusive for the
rest of it, Stephen Greene's
people are filled with quiet
desperation; his snow-bound
Massacre of the Innocents"
depicts nude women, mutilat-
ed infants and armored SOL
diers in a symbolic manner.
Landscapes range from
scenes of haunting beauty
such as Emil Kosa's misty
"Old Grey Mill" to austere
distractions - e.g., Adolph
Gottlieb's "Nadir," a night
marish landscape of swooping
black lines on a dark ground,
with clouds like balloons.
growing larger as they ap-
proach the spectator.
Urban scenes vary from the
panoramic grandeur of Joseph
De Martini's "Riva Schiavoni.
Venice all gold and blue;
Raymond Breinin's romantic,
moody "City View" at night;
Samuel Brecher's Village
Store a modest spot, with
glimpses of fresh blue sky and
river, to many others, as di-
verse as these.
HarborS and boats and the
open sea have just as MANY
convincing interpreters, in as
many styles. A few particu-
larly liked are Stanley Bates
~Hudson Dock" an abstrac-
ton chung near Leonard Maur-
er's Web" and similar in de-
sign, but not in COLOR; WAR
ren's Point" by Hazard Durfee:
Joseph Floch's Fisher Boats"
Leonid's beautiful "Shadfish-
ing in the Bay of Fundy,"
Laurence Sisson's view of Mon
hogan and Andrew Wyeth's
Northern Point" a tour de
force in textures.
News Notes
Illuminations by Marian U.
M. Lane and bookbindings by
Annette Joyce Metcalfe will be
exhibited in Miss Lanes studio,
1851 Columbia road, Apartment
406, next Thursday, Friday and
Saturday afternoons from 2
to 6. The excellence of these
artists work in their respective
mediums is well known from
their inclusion in local group
shows.
Paintings. pastels and etch-
ings by Bertha H. Dougherty
are on view through March at
the Alexandria Library, TIT
Queen street, week days from
g to 9. The artist is present
Thursday afternoons from to
6. She is a frequent exhibitor
in Washington group exhibi-
tions. often with appealing
glimpses or beautiful doorways,
homes and gardens in Alex