Evening star., 1953-06-07
Art News
Water Color Club
Exhibition Opens
By Florence S. Berrymon

Oldest professional artists or
ganization. will, inaugurate it's
seth annual open exhibition
this afternoon at two-thirty in
the foyer of the Natural His
tory Building, Tenth street
and Constitution avenue. The
show will remain through June
28. All artists were eligible to
submit to this annual, original
works in water color, pastel or
graphic media, not previously
shown in a juried exhibition in
Washington.
The exhibition is predomi-
nantly traditional, although
there are many works in mod
ern idioms. The method of
selection and award was an
eminently fair. democratic one.
Names Of artists were covered,
and their entries were num-
bered for identification, by the
receiving committee. No Jury
member saw the names, and
each voted individually by
numbers, selecting a complete
show of 100 or more pictures
without consultation or discus
sion. Works receiving the most
votes were automatically in
cluded in the show as far as
space permitted. Those re-
ceiving the highest number of
votes. were reballotted for
awards.
Prize AwoFds
First prize $50 CASH went
to Richard Collins for Break
fast on the Wharf," a paint
ing Of gulls flying against a
Semiabstract rectangular back
ground. Second prize ($35)
was given to Frederic Whit
aker (Connecticut) for his
large. beautifully painted nat
uralistic "Boabdil'S Well"
Merle F'oshag's fluid, semiab-
straction of people in a queue
fetched third prize $3.50.
Stefan Mrozewski Pacific Pal
isades. California; was awarded
the graphic cash prize ($35)
for his large, detailed, episode
Long Ago and Now" The
merchandise prize ($25 in ar
lists materials given by the
Arts & Crafts Co., Inc.) was
bestowed on "Boatyard" by
George BayliSS (Mt. Rainier,
Md The Eliot O'Hara prize
for 1858 ($35) for the painting
of one who had not heretofore
received an award in q juried
show, was won by Marlin B.
Fenical for his naturalistic old
battered boat by a rotting post,
"Wellfleet No. 49,"
There are many works in
the exhibition admirable for
their technical competence if
not for any noticeable innova-
tionS. Pleasant and familiar
scenes are recaptured by ar
lists Of the respective regions,
WharveS and waterfronts are
numerous and picturesque as
always. interesting and char
acterful people have been por-
trayed, flowers and still life
have been arranged to advan-
tage.
Samuel Bookatz's large red
chalk drawing of elongated
heads cFolklore') has prom
inent placement at the rear of
the foyer. ''Bereaved" by Fran
ces Reisman has a feeling Of
melancholy in the elongated
figures and dark colors. Don
Robertson's Symbols of
Force" on the other hand. is
composed of two normally
husky workmen. Negroes are
the subjects of several good
portraits: Carl Nyquist's char
acterful "Beachcomber," Jay
Conover's double portrait of
two young women, and Mary
lin Martins seated woman.
Eliot O'Hara's watercolor of
several statues and large bells
is a figure" painting with a
difference.
Georgetown College
The old world charm. of
Georgetown University in
spired Theodore Kane and
John BryanS. The latter's
capture shows it in a stormy
landscape. New York City is
glimpSed Enthusiastically in
Clyde Roberts Brooklyn
Bridge" while George Schwa-
cha's Busy City" is a sketchy
modern view Of the famous
skyline.
OF paintings with the tang
Of salt air in them, I liked best
Katherine Summy's pleasing
"Dockside," John Dundin's
large, serene Early Clans"
and Lee Atkyns' Along the
Chesapeake" Ruth Safford'S
exQuisitely painted gouache of
an early American kitchen is
the outstanding interior in the
show Ito me).
Henry Olson (the clubs
president this year, has de-
parted from his familiar Wig
orous landscapes and urban
scenes, to paint a poetic flower
study of white peonies in a
green vase. Charles K. Carl
sons Pennsylvania Farm" is
done with his usual suavity.
David Sauer apparently looked
long at Seurat before execut-
ing his landscape.
Rudolf Won Huhn has con-
tributed one Of his beautifully
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