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Art Lectures

The National Gallery's lee
ture series on German art
continues this afternoon at
4 with one on Gothic" by
guest speaker Martin Wine
berger. professor Of fine arts.
New York University.
Elio Gianturco will lecture
on italian Ars Nova Of the
XIVth Century" at the Phil
lips Gallery this afternoon
at 5. Both the foregoing free
to the public.
Next Thursday evening at
$40 at the Corcoran Gallery
Of Art. a lecture on The Rise
and Fall Of the Curtain Wall"
will be given by Paul Rudolph,
distinguished American ar
chitect. one of the jurors in
the recent Franklin Delano
Roosevelt memorial competi-
ton. (Open to members of
the Corcoran Gallery Associa-
tion.)
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NEW OPENINGS

TREASURES OF EARLY PRINTING"
inaugural weekend Exhibition, Lii
brary OF Congress, main building
Current. to remain indefinitely
RUGS AND TEXTILES FROM MOGUL
INDIA. The Textile Museum, 2320
+ March si5eet NV Current throush
FIVE WASHINGTON ARTISTS IN
THE CORCORAN BIENNIAL. Franz
0adef Gallery, 1705 @ street NV.
Current through February Z.
WATERCOLORS BY GUILLERMo SU-
REDA. The !. F. A. Galleries. o623
Connecticut avenue NV. Tomorrow
through February 4.
COLORADO ARCHITECTURE. The oc-
tagon, l74l New York avenue NV
Current through February 4.
THREE WASHINGTON wATERcoL-
ORISTS. Collectors Gallery, 1925
Wisconsin avenue NV. Current
through February 5. Open, house
today. 8 to 8. Public invited.
PAINTINGS BY BARKSDALE ROC.
ERS AND DOUGLAS TELLER. The
As S,as isfsfs T.sfaaSy Ew
ARTHUR D,ARToIs; pndoNsTRA;
MStS MS CO. or 1882 aNy New yeSo YORK s0sse aVenu, e
NV Tuesday and Thursday through
January. II: 80 am. to $3.50 pm
Public invited.
1eth COURTHOUSE EXHIBITION BY
FAIRFAX COUNTY ARTISTS. Paint.
ings will be. received 2 to IL m
Saturday. February 4. in main lobby
from county residents over l6 oi
years of age. Further information
from Doris Fetter, JE. 2-753S.
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Intuitive Stripes

Gene Davis 9Th Washing
ton one-man show, and his
second at the jefferson Place
Gallery, 1915 Connecticut
avenue NV, will remain
through next Saturday.
(Open II to 5 daily.) Stripes
are the theme Of most Of
these II recent paintings,
which range in size from one
about 80 square feet to sew
eral a foot or so in dimen-
sions. Some have pencil-thin
stripes close together. other
wider stripes farther apart,
showing more natural or
white canvas. Primary colors
are dominant.
Anyone simple-min d e d
enough to think Gas did this
revieweD that these paint
ings look like awnings or
mattress ticks, Is light-years
away from their subtle, ESQ
teric significance. Mr.. Davis
describes it as follows:
MY latest work is essen
TALLY intuitive and romantic
despite its ascentic appear
ance. 1t is not related to :.
the geometric abstractionistS,
appearances to the contrary
Notwithstanding. 1t has to
do with light, endless space
and flatness. To those who
see only decoration, I suggest
looking q little longer, and,
perhaps. with fewer precon-
ceived notions"
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his maturity, metaphorically
tearing them to shreds. Every
inch Of his works was ex-
amined to find out who had
inspired Lotto to paint as he
did. Reading the literature
on robust Lorenzo Lotto, his
personality disappears total
ly, diluted in such a cata-
logue of borrowings that one
loses all patience with him.
But is this accurate?
No Originality
No thinker has ever pro-
duced a new thought. We
ascribe genius to him be-
cause he combined common
place notions in a new way,
because he took ideas that
were "in the air" and de-
fined them strikingly. In just
this way no painter has ever
been original" His Or
iginality has always been and
could only be to say some-
thing old or something cur
rent in his own distinctive
way.
And so with Lorenzo Lotto
when he sat himself down
at an easel in his home
town Of Bergamo. Before
him Is a blank canvas. He
intends to paint a Saint
Jerome in Penitence. He
paints 1t. When he has
finished. he likes it. He
even likes his funny lion,
though, clearly, he has never
seen a lion. He likes it be-
cause it says what he wanted
it to say. 1t is said in his
way. He could not ques-
tion that nor, perhaps,
should we.
For Lorenzo Lotto, in 1915,
has never heard of a museum
and he was not working to
get his painting exhibited
In one. Across the CEN
turies we hear his statement
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three times his age, is having
his first Washington one
man show at the Obelisk
Gallery. 3241 P street NV,
through next Sunday. The
majority Of his 16 paintings
are impressive, semi-abstract
interpretations of skyscrap-
ers. and other masses Of high
buildings. some on water, or
wet streets with reflections.
Painted in generally muted
colors. rectangular strokes
and straight lines. they pre-
sent the essential character
istics of great cities, without
specific identifications, in
most instances. One roman
tic exception is mo Sun in
Venice" A color reproduction
is available at the gallery,
with a biographical and crit
ical note by John Lucas.
(Open Sunday, 3 to 6; Tues
day through Saturday. II to
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Mitchell Solo

Miriam Mitchell. who has
participated In local group
shows. and whose clever. live
ly drawings illustrated "As
You Like It." the popular
cookbook compiled by The
Seaton Guild, all income from
which benefits st. AIMS In
FAINT and Maternity Home. Is
having her first solo exhibit
ton, at the Barnett Alden
Gallery. 127 Randolph place
NV. through February Is.
(Open weekdays noon to 7,
Sunday 2 to So
Twenty paintings represent
two periods; the greater part
OF the show. done since she
studied with Andrea Zerega.
Is derivative. These paintings,
with recognizable images,
have a flat poster-like char
acter, their subjects conveyed
in bright colors and generally
angular shapes.
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wallpaper. cracked plaster.
eroded surfaces. etc. But all
yield visual treasures to Mr..
Laughlin's infinite imagaina.
ton, assisted by his camera.
which he knows how to use to
the ultimate degree. Equally
gifted with language, he has
prepared extensive labels, one
Of which states his theme:
1T is only when the camera
transcends the naturalistic
meaning Of the object that
photography becomes art"
Tuesday afternoon at 5 Mr..
Laughlin will lecture on this
subject at the gallery.
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THE SHAPE OF THINGS
!. Art History:
!: Of Ideas in Evolution

This was senseless. In cor
recting these hundreds of
false attributions, however,
many art historians fell into
the trap Of method" for its
own sake. They developed q
language that makes a chem.
ical patent application read
like a Shakespeare sonnet.
This is dull. Worse, it
makes the pursuit of some
knowledge Of art by the nom
specialist seem a dusty un-
dertaking remote from the
values, the purpose and the
undying meaning Of past art.
Dead Butterflies
Quite simply. the picture
and the artist die in the
process Of being 50 anatom-
ized. A fold Of drapery is
shown to be a borrowing
from some other master;
the droop Of some trees Is
shown to be q Venetian in
vention. appropriated by the
artist; the twist Of a body
was stolen from Leonardo;
the perspective in depth re-
peats something from some
one else-and so on.
This Is fine II you are
training to work profession
ally in a museum. It also is
fine when you already have
your taste fully formed and
are in active search Of in
formation to perfect 1t fur
ther.
But what of the poor COL
lege student who gets the
idea, from some assigned
reading. that the artist Of
the past can only be han
died as a dead butterfly in
the hands of a naturalist.
When the great masters re-
veal themselves to the stu
dent through dusty tones
loaded with footnotes, what
they have done and what
they were loses its very es-
sence.
Battles Of Words
Lorenzo Lotto is a good
example Of this. Battles Of
words have ragged about the
man and his work. not at all
because Of his Importance
but because. once upon a
time, someone unearthed the
fact that he was poorly
known and yet a fine painter.
Books were written to
show who among the Vene-
itans Of the early 10th CEN
tury must have been his
teachers. No document shows
this. So the field was wide
open for the men with the
magnifying glasses. Other
books were written and arti-
cles and pamphlets to prove
who had not been his teach
ers.
Thus stimulated, the writ
ers took on the works Of
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Third Eye

Seventeen days is not long
enough for the engrossing
exhibition Of more than 10
photographs by Clarence J.
Laughlin of New Orleans, in
the print rooms of the Phil
lips Gallery, 1900 Twenty
first street NV. through
next Tuesday. 1t illustrates
Mr.. Laughlin's theme "The
Camera as a Third Eye" and
that is exactly what it Is in
his hands.
Most Of the subjects in the
present collection are COM
monplace. decaying or dis
carded-stained and tattered
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Glib Crockett Show

; Glib Crockett's exhibition Of
paintings and cartoons at
George Washington Univer-
sity Library, 1923 G street
NV, is his first one-man
show. This will probably sur
prise many Of his admirers,
to whom his work Is familiar
Through every-other-day ap-
,pearance in The Evening
Star Of his political cartoons:
his annual Army-Navy foot
baM program covers: his
Stfaight portraits, "carica-
%reits" and occasional Carl
Eahres (such as those lent
sbythe Burning Tree Country
Club to the present show
.aRd his participation in
group exhibitions. At the
Natural History Museum,
Arts Club Of Washington and
elsewhere, his oils and water
colors have fetched covetable
: prizes. among them the first
.watercolor prize Of the Met
ropolitan art competition at
the National Museum in 1859,
q prize given annually by The
Evening Star to the Ameri-
can Art League. and awarded
by a professional jury.
The comprehensive. Illus
trated story In The Sunday
Star, January 8. Of the OPEN
ing Of Mr.. Crockett's show,
dealt in detail with his car
toons and portraits. which
are best known. His well
Sconposed, admirably executed
and pictorially beautiful oils
and watercolors are eagerly
acquired by collectors, the
reason why so large q num-
Der had to be borrowed for
this exhibition.
Visitors can see through
next Sunday. the many facets
of Glib Crockett's talent.
5(Open Monday through FRI
day, 8 am. to 10 pm; Satur-
day to 5; Sunday 2 to g.
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Saturday an. to I p.m.; Sunday 0 an.
to aianight.
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through thursday.
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Evening star., 1961-01-22
BY RICHARD HIRSCH


So Art history is dull. BY a
conspiracy Of snobbery no.
body dares hint at the extent
of this extraordinary tedium.
But the fact remains. It
. might, some day, be found
healthy to acknowledge it:
Art history. as one remem-
bers 1t from college. is dull.
The exceptions are pro-
vided by the rare teacher
and the rarer author who
consider that art history is
the record Of the evolution
s. Of the ideas Of man and.
hence, lively in the deepest
way.
Those are the exceptions.
The general rule Is quite
. something else. The gen.
= eral rule includes the sur
vey Of periods" or how
; to distinguish q cathedral
from q pyramid or q Courbet
from q van Eyck.
This Is dull stuff, methodi-
cally compiled to be as in
digestible as possible. With
all due respect to the his
torical method" art and
the artist deserve better than
this.
For the work of art is not
q scientific specimen which
, some artist. long dead, con-
trived in order to exercise
the sleuthing talent Of a later
historian. Sometimes one
might not suspect this OBJ
vious fact.
A Fog Of Error
Certainly, the art historian
adds to our knowledge and
dispels the fog Of error and
misnomers by which, for so
long. much Of our art heri-
tage had been surrounded.
For example, not SO many
years ago, the greater
names" Of Italian painting
. were to be found loosely
given to hundreds Of paint
ings which these artists could
never have had the time to
paint If they had worked
"a hours q day.
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and shore paintings are ap-
pealing-among them Sea
and Pink Sky" and Ocean
and Ravine," with an orange
light on the horizon. varying
sea colors, rocks in the fore
ground. A native Of Alabama.
Mr.. Thomas now teaches at
the Detroit Institute Of Art.
Evening star., 1961-01-22

collection, America on
Stone" Recently presented
to the Smithsonian Institu-
tion by the family Of the late
Mr.. Peters. the collection is
q treasure trove Of more than
1,700 prints dating from 1919
to 1900. "The Victorian
American" in the foyer Of
the Natural History Museum.
Tenth street and Constitution
avenue NV, which provides
q colorful panorama Of life
in our country in the Vic
t0rian period, will be re-
viewed next Sunday.
Evening star., 1961-01-22

Center Art Gallery. 1929 Six
teenth street NV. Grand
ma" Moses, as she is best
known, was 100 years old last
September, and the paint
ings selected to compose this
tribute to her centennial.
constitute a pictorial auto
biography. Factual and bio
graphical stories were pub
lished in The Star on Decem-
Der 81 and January 8. as the
exhibition was brought to
Washington in connection
with the White House Con-
ference on Aging (January
8 to 12).
Grandma Moses is the
United States best known and
one of its most gifted primi-
tive painters. Much has
been written about her intui-
tive sense Of pattern. But
the primary appeal Of her
paintings to most Of us, no
doubt, is their revelation of
a simple, hardworking. whole
some and happy life in a
gentle. beautiful country, in
the late 18th century.
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Moses Conclusion

This afternoon Is the last
Of Q two and Q half weeks
display Of so paintings by
Anna Mary Robertson Moses.
ut the Jewish Community
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RT NEWS OF THE D. c. AREA
: Many New Shows Fill
! Local Art Galleries
BY FLORENCE S. BERGMAN
Art Critic Of The star

= Washington galleries such embarrassment Of
riches temporary exhibitions at the moment with increas
nuhss of shows being presented for shorter periods
that must keep business hours to them all
OF exceptional interest Victorian American" tenn
porary exhibitions Of Autographs from the Harry T. Peters
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quite clearly. Across the
centuries. If we close our
ears to the battles of words
built up around his life and
work, we sense his charm,
enjoy his color, perceive
many ideas of his time and
fall under his agreeable
spell.
(Cpoyright, 1881, General
Features Corp)
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Visual Wonders"

Max Gunther, Q Swiss ar.
tist In his late 20s. who has
seen more than most people
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Saturday; Sunday 6 an. TO mitHight.
WEAM-13s0 ke.-7l-hsur operation. sxespt
Sunday Mitaight to S an. Msnday.
WDoh-15 ke.-BaylIsht sHIy.
WPec-1SSo ke.-Dsylight sniy.
WeMS-510 ke.-s ante mldRiEht; Saturday
Tam. to I pm: Sunday Q an. TO midalght
WAVA-sU ke.-1:3o an. 10 Sis Pm.
WPaW-14so ke.-DsyIIghr sAly.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-11-09

Md. They carried blue and
white chrysanthemums and
wore royal blue double bow
headpieces.
Master David Morris, the
brides young brother, was ring
bearer.
The bridegroom was attend
ed by a group of Marine avia-
tors. 1t. Edward Burns of
Cherry Point, N. c., was best
man, and the ushers were 1t.
Larry Hannah of Eltoro, Calf,
1t. Bart Halliday and 1t. Ken
meth Town, both of Cherry
Point.
For her daughters wedding
Mrs. Morris chose a misty blue
peau de sole sheath. The bride
groom's mother wore gold silk
jersey. Each had corsage of
parsimmon orchids.
Following a honeymoon in
Miami, Fla, the couple is liv-
ing in Beaufort, S. c.
The bride graduated from
Northwood High School and at
tended Washington Hospital
Center School of Nursing. Prior
to her marriage she was en-
ployed in the Montgomery
County Health Department,
Rockville.
Her husband, a graduate of
the U. S Naval Academy, An
napolis, is a lieutenant in the
U. S. Marine Aviation Corps.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-11-09
Barbara Morris Is
Bride Of 1t. ST. Armand

Newlyweds 1t. and Mrs. Nor
man st. Armand emerged from
the Church of st. John the
Evangelist, Silver Spring, under
an archway of swords follow
ing their recent military we'd
ding. The bride is the former
Barbara Elizabeth Morris,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Rob-
ert z. Morris, 11017 Burnley
ter, Silver Spring, and the
bridegroom is the son of Mrs.
Simone st. Armand Derry Of
New Hampshire. Their 1890
am. wedding was performed by
Father Gillian of Sacred Heart
Parish, Washington, D. c.
Escorted by her father, the
bride wore a gown of white
brocade satin designed with
long sleeves and chapel train.
Her fingertip veil OF SILK lllu-
sion fell from a headpiece OF
lace and seed pearls, and she
carried a cascade bouquet OF
white chrysanthemums, touch
ed with blue to carry-out the
blue and white military motif.
Her sister, Mrs. Dennis Boles
of Hyattsville, was matron of
honor in a royal blue afternoon
dress like those worn by the
other attendants. Hiss Linda
Woodbury. of Silver Spring,
Miss Susan Robinson of Dis
trict Heights, Nd, and Miss
Suzanne Schulz of Cheverly,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-11-09
By Kathleen Leary
Woman's Editor

Don't throw away your
empty plastic squeeze bottlesl
Or your thread spools, coffee
cans, chicken wire, etc. They're
all potential Christmas decora-
tons.
Ideas for novel holiday uses
of everyday items were display
ed last week when Montgomery
County's AZ Homemakers' Clubs
held their Magic of Christ
mas" Open House at the Rock
vile Civic Center. Although the
program of sharing was extend
ed to two days and one evening
this year, the mansion house
was crowded, and the ideas
were too many to absrob in one
visit.
Mrs. Gordon Umstead of the
Olney-Norbeck club contributed
the simple, but attractive spool
Tree" Starting with a 4''x16"x
IS" board, she stacked % spools
to form a tier-like tree and used
four spools as legs. The spools
had been dipped in black paint
and glued in place. Two metal
circles were placed on either
side of the tree to hold Z"
candles, and 81 vari-colored
bulbs were inserted for decora-
ton.
Plastic squeeze bottles were
converted into the three wise
men by Chestnut Ridge Home
makers, and another display fea-
tured angels with white stero-
foam heads and bottle bodies.
The heads were topped with
wire scrub hair, and golden
cardboard halos. Gummed stars
provided eyes, and folded white
doilieS made-up the wings.
Washington Grove came up
with a lovely planter, simply
by glueing wagon wheel and
shell macaroni on a coffee can
and spraying it with gold metal
lie paint.
Unique chicken wire decora-
tons were demonstrated by the
Laytonsville club. Mrs. Albert
B. Ground started with a
straight piece Of wire, hooked
it into a cylinder and shaped it
with her hands into hurricane
lamps, bells and balls.
Her directions for a hurri-
cane lamp are: use about %
inches of Inch mesh, 15-inch
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-11-09

Cook served four years as presi-
dent of the Maryland P-TA Con-
gress, and then five years as
legislation chairman for the Ma
tional P-TA Congress. For Is
years she was chairman of leg
islation for the Maryland Con-
gress.
In 1858 the Maryland State
Teachers Associated cited her
for invaluable efforts for the
children of the county, state
and nation, and last spring she
received the Horn Book Award
of the Montgomery County Edu.
cation Association for "distin.
guished contributions to public
education"
With the swearipg-in of State
Senator Schweinhaut in Anna.
polls on Tuesday, Edna took on
new assignment as a member
of the ways and means COM
miteet. She also serves on the
education, and agriculture and
natural resources committee.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-11-09
DondyIions Dance

The Rockville Dandylions
held a dandy dance Friday
might They invited their hus.
bands, all members of the Rock
vile Lions Club, to the annual
fall fiesta in the social hall of
the Rockville Civic Center.
Gay decorations by Mrs.
Douglas Hall and Mrs. Charles
White provided the setting for
the 10 to / o'clock affair, with
music by Bill Earls Nightin-
gales.
Lions Club President Kermit
Mohn greeted everyone, and
Mrs. Joseph Stimek, Dandylion
president, distributed door
prizes.
Several hundred people at.
tended, many coming from
earlier house parties.
The crowd included the Will
liam Bests, Robert Bridges,
Herbert Butts, Stanley Carvers,
Milton Clogs, Donald Goldens,
Douglas Halls, Lawrence Harri-
sons, Forest Kings, Erwin Lii
jegrens, Richard Lyons, Abel
Norris, Donald Pliers, Charles
Seymours, Phillip Simons, Will
Stackhouses, Joseph Stimeks,
Charles Whites, Kenneth VIII
sons, George Ankneys, Robert
Coopers, Ross Roberts and
Richard Coopermans.
Also the Vernon Millers,
Harper Smiths, Glen Kopenicks,
Lou Grossmans, Sidney Fish
mans, John Hickmans, George
Elliots, DR.. and Mrs. Roger
Bergstroms, the Fred Saccos,
Richard Van Dykes, Stan Shep-
pards, Douglas Kings, Preston
Bests, Stewart Abbotts, Ken
meth Cobbs, Eugene Sutos and
John Gaqains.
And the Otis Bealls, Kermit
Mohns, Edward Lees, Joseph
Blochers, Edwin Golfers, Alfred
Carriers, Eugene Cissels, Stew
art Dorsets, Henry Miles
James H. Murdocks, Francis
Shaeffers, James Tones, Lu.
clan Vandorens, Judson Woods
and John Chickering's.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-11-09

The appearance of Edna
Cook, Montgomery County
member Of the Maryland House
of Delegates, at the Maryland
P-TA Congress in Baltimore,
brings to mind her long devo-
ton to the interests of educa-
ton. Edna, who makes it clear
she intends to run again in 1862,
attended the 10th annual con-
vention as a delegate from Ed
win Broome Junior High School
P-TA. AS an honorary State
president, a privilege extended
her when she resigned from the
State board to run for office in
1858, Edna sat in on all the
board meetings.
During World War II, Edna
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-11-09

The officers and board of
trustees of the Shady Grove
Country Club, Gaithersburg,
have issued invitations to a
cocktail party for the Press on
November IS from a to 6 pm.
in the main ballroom.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-11-09
Sfork Story

Sfork Story
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Brandau,
108 w. Argyle St, Rockville, are
announcing the birth of their
second son, Edward Prescott,
who arrived October "a, weigh.
ing 6 lbs, 6 OF.
State Appeals Court Judge
and Mrs. Edward Stedman
Prescott of Rockville and st.
Helena Island, Annapolis, are
the maternal grandparents, and
the paternaI grandparents are
Mr.. and Mrs. C. Rider Brandau
of West Chester, Pa.
The Brandau's oldest son is
Webster Allan, Az. They'll call
the new baby, Scotty.