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Trend Toward LiberalismAdventNew ArtistsItt lOWOTU LlOtTUUbiny nuvtw I/I ficu/ niuoio,jfforfc Opening of 26th Annual Stockbriige Art Show*‘IIi(h in New England. rhsrmini chalk drawing by Robert String Woodward, who also rrful landscape* in traditional two-week exhibition at Berkshire PUrhpow-STOCK BRIDGE Sept 6—Widerm scope, both geographically and artistically, than ever before, 1 26th annual exhibition of painting and sculpture sponsored by the Stock bridge Art Association open'd this afternoon with the traditional Varnishing Day reception.♦—Barringham Richmond. Orest rington and other artists clone by The old friends do not suffer bythe comparison. They are. or a' least deserve to b» prophets not without favor in their own county.Oil» DominateThe oils, as usual, dominate thethe 100 or more artist* whop* j show. They range from powerfulcowr the walls of the Berk- j landscapes and portraits to delicatePlayhouse, three were given I traceries where composition tak *precedence Robert Strong Woodward of Shelburne Pails exhibits, among other pieces, a New England winter landscape which has all the impact of winter itself He calls it ‘ Courage and Peace.” andit is good enough to make you think*dgnal honor with the announce-nent this noon of the three prize* or painting, sculpture, and wa’er roior or pastel given each year bytfrs. Carl A deGersdorff in mem-ry of her father, Frank Crowin-ihield.The prize for painting was won j of the title yourself without read-y John C. Johansen for his por- inf it first.rail of Edwin F Carter Honorable Wallace Weir Fahnestock of Dor-r.ention was won by Mr Johan- ^ s^ows *n excellent farm land-en’s daughter. Margaret, for her ^ape catches the elusiveThe sculpture award went (w. of diu* shadow of a“sunburst just that.Theto Jose de Creeft for his red marble “Bather,” and honorable mention was won by Stirling Calder for. ..... _his Dream.” The water color pr.z* The Jlt;Khan*n .anuo -sk Pthe third of the Crowntnshic.d Jawards, went to Edna Martha Way *nd w»lh ^ John ^ ^hax^ for a landscape, “Corn HilL Mrs.| »«L who is dI J AssoLena E. Jordan's “Wharf at Ea* ciatlor. «lnb£ his d^ngu^Jport” took honorable mention. ■ £?ir*4 tv- ’ ,»* ut veA landscape prize offered for the BeU Tnephon* exe . ^ ^first time this year by Mrs Bertha MacL^r.e^ M.. ^K Bars tow of Sharon, Conn. wa, two t?irX* ofawarded to William L Carr.gan cf wer jdi^M V:aW for h* t 'ZSXtfS^ m interesting conceptioncellent head Maid in Waiting.” Walter C Clark, exhibition founder, enters a study of Mrs Norman HapgoodThe sculpture exhibit is small but arresting Stirling Calder of Richmond again visits the show with two beautiful figures. The Dream, and Salome Florence W Voor-hees enters two strong pieces Jose de Creeft of Cornwall Bridge has two entries, one an exquisite head of Margaret Laurens, a fellow artist. who, herself, is represented t a small figure, “Reclining Nude Others exhibiting are Dora Clarke of Onota Farm Pittsfield. who shows carving. * Kaveror.do Girl, and Suzanne Silvercruys Farnam of New Haven, who enters a silver figurine. Samte Theresc de Lisle'ux. Margaret French Cresson ajso exhibits the bust of her father. Daniel Chester French, which nas been loaned for the duration ofthe exhibit by New York University11familiaroJeancene Mount Riga ionorable mention was g:\en to tfanon Huse of Pownal. Vt for her Threshing at BlackShow Flout* Tradition ____. recentfestival. Margaret Johansen. * daughter, and J. Iin tuo wavs both of them ad- • m'n- *■ 3°n* portrait* whichIn w© w ays^ both ox mem aa , ©teervtr to the encourag-irabk. the 1934 s..m breaks awaj observation ttet genius mayom the customs of past exhibits j ^ notaryhe first, and, per •*;' more im- Amoi:g the landscape - stand out“Threshing at Black's,’ a fluidfarm scene by Marion Huse of Pownal. Vt.: “Evening, by Erik Guide Haupt of South Egremont: Lower Coast, Maine” by Alphonse J Kiwlton of Brookline. ana “Openpor tan t change, is an increased liberalism. Canvases of the modem school which would in all probability have been rejected in years past are given prominence in hanging and definitely improve the ant ire exhibition. There are comparatively few of them—perhaps a dozen canvasses—but they have value bo hintrinsically and, for those who frown on abstractionism and other artistic modernities, as contrast forthe more conservative styles.Conservative, as a matter of fact, is not exactly the wordISea,” an ambitious but successful effort by Stanley Woodward. Helen Damrosch Tee-Van of Stockbridge, whose work with the Be.be expeditions painting marine life, has won her wide recognition, shows a landscape, “Cherry Bounce Hilltop,” seen through a patch of goldenrod The picture would be« .mpn~ « too ™ — -«oad to jus:i.. i.s use to o scr.b Clifford Adams Bayard of W.l-e bulk of the works at :.ie exhi- m|ngton vt has an horizon land -non If one mearo by © iverva- ^ ^ windy Weatherwhich just misses greatness Afaulty flow in composition and », foreground tree which gives thedtorkbntigv* exhibit ion* II, horn- | of imminent collpfie ratherthan of a staunch ftght against the wind, spoil a work touched with the grandeur of wind-swept hill-arly adequate tops for which the artist aimed.The outstanding impression that PitUfteid Man Showingte carnet away from me Play- R bert Tab it Ft ami* of Pitts-house is that the exhibition is hon- held is represented by three oilsThe first, called Memory,' Is a ues, a geat many study in browns, a canyoned land-good pictures, and a few excellent j scapt which gives a stirring effectpictures. But the bad picture* are * of haze and heat and a far horizonbad because the artists lacked, not In a similar study in grays, titled things to say. but the technical “Clearing*,” the vaguenes* is car-capacity or knowledge to say them . ned to the point where it is unin-In other words the 300-odd works teiUgible; the “clearing.” apparent-of art have, almost without ecep-tion. character And that is muchbelter than the pitiful .pe ’.acie. t r * u'-* Mkisummeronly too often, of perfect Dream.” in which the artist ad-cnfM^tapin ^ o' “ lt;»« X or £ The JSZZZS ZLnv ID «• Cottb o* B' dIora ““*•be found in the exhibit of water-colors. pastels, etchings and lithographs in the Playhouse coffee room and baloony Helen E Knox ofSpringfield, a former priae winner, has several watercolors. Mrs Alma DeGersdorff Morgan has two attractive farm scenes in watercoior Edith F Marsden of Springfield, also a prize winner in past years, has several subjects in the same medium Three striking landscapes are entered by Edna Way of South Shaftsbury. a new comer to the exhibition M. O Koobe of Stock-br.dge is represented by three pastelportraits of merit. A charming landscape in chalk. ‘High in New England,” is the work of Robert Strong WoodwardThe exhibition will remain open daily from 10 in the morning to 6 at night, with the exception of Sundays when the hours will oe from 3 30 to 6. up to and including Sept. 23 One of the most interesting shows in years, It deserves a aide popularity The committee m charge, led by Mr Johansen and Miss Beaver, have labored hard and wellK R Ficonferva-nee to meet chang-g life with changing techniqueen “conservative does not fit thije exhibition. If considers conservatism keeping one's artistic feet on groundPLAN CONTRACTSERIES AT F. M. T. A.The match-point duplicate contract parties held in the ladies' parlors of thg F. M T A , will open on Tuesday evening at 7 46. Playing will be under the direction of Mr and Mrs George Nesbit. The public is united to attend the party i on Tuesday, which will open the fallseason.exhibitions*ENTERTAIN CROUPMr and Mrs A B. Nicholls entertained 24 members of the Methodise Young Mamed Couples' Group at their home at Pontooauc Lake last evening. A picnic supper was served on the lawn and a short business meeting was held to plan for the fall and winter season The meetings will open tomorrow at 9 45A M. at the church.Imade mi urd cam—the exhibitions policies is tne inclusion of artists from the Vermont colonies, hitherto strangers to Stockbridge. The decision to include this group is proven an Intelligent innovation bv tin hut*‘ ^ might easily be filed with thlt;caliber of the new entrie From ; ^N Y , contributes a charming scene, “Coming in From Work. ’ which pictures a line of negroes, a girl dancing in the lead, trudgingthrough the half light o! dusk along a river bank George C Haskell,MEETINGS—WHISTSBerkshire Belief ( orp«A public whist will be held by ill Berkshire Womans Relief Corps a G A R. Hal! M mdav at 2 30 P XMrs Elizabeth Krkkenbar and Mr Carrie Miller will be in charge c the playing.fDorset and spnngnem ana Manchester and Pownal come many ofthe most charming additions to the show.It is approximately a 75-mtle circle that the entries cover, geographically speaking From the south conus the Connecticut group. CornwallBridge, Taconic and Kent. TheSpringfield (Mass.) group, among them former prize winners, is represented. Framingham .send* its representative in Stanley W Woodward. whose oil. The Old Drogher,”(cargo vessel, to the unlntialei Is aof merit. They come east Nassau and Kinder hook inNew York State; they come west Irom Shelburne Falls and South Hadley. Some, naturally, come from outside this circle, from Brookline for one. and from Easton. Pa., but they too have known the Berkshire*In all. Miss Olive Curtis Beaver, hard-working secretary of the Association, report*. 52 name* new to the exhibition are on the walls of the Playhouse, the bulk of themfrom the Vermont area. The value of their presence is twofold. They are worth seeing per ae, and they offer something new in the way of comparison with the artists whore appearance at the show is tradi-the Lenox, Stockbridge, Ty-Without benefit of technique, theSouth Hadley artist achieves a depth and character in one landscape which seems to fall him completely in the other two At the end of the moderns exhibited, is George L K Morris f Lenox Mr. Morris slioas two abstractions and a portrait. Way landWells William* of Salisbury, Conn., enters a symbolic “Meeting of Four.” In the modern manner but leaning toward conservatism in interpretation is James D Fgleson, whose Riverfront” is a superiorpiece of work. Others whose technique falls most readily into the“modern’’ class are John Rudd of Tyrtngham and Margaret Nelson ofWest HartfordPortrait* of High CalibreAmong the portraits are a number of praiseworthy utnvase* by artists familiar to habltuees of the exhibition. Ellen Emniet Rand ofSalisbury has several Margaret Fitzhugh Browne of Gloucester andBoston shows “A Study in Whites,’ and George Laurence Nelson of Kent shows his portrait of Henry Hadley of New York Philharmonic, who conducted at the SymphonicFestival *two weeks ago. Ooode P. Davis, son of Norman H. Davis, exhibits a strong portrait. Mary Kun-kell of Cornwall Bridge has an exAuxiliary 4. A. O. H.A aeries of whists will be opened b Auxiliary 4. A O II. this evening at S o'clock at the hall on Eagle Street.Bed ( row Health AidThe Red Crons Health Aid will meet on Monday evening at 3 o'clock at the Women’s Club.U. col. Whittlesey CadetsThe Lt Col. Whittlesey Cadet*of Berkshire County will meet onMonday at 8 P M at the Girls’ League for a business meeting and drill.Wtatern Ma.%*aehuaetts A*«oriatH»nThe Western Massachusetts Officers Association will meet tomorrow at 3 P. M at Companions Hail, FVnn Street. The officers elected at the July meeung m Spring-held will !*• installed. Ail Companion* of the Forest are invited.Lutheran BrotherhoodThe Lutheran Brotherhoodwillmeet Monday night at 8 o’clock m the parish halL An industrial night will be held and motion pictures of the rubper Industry will be shown after the meeting. Frank Plouffe is the chairman of the event, which the women are invited to attend.George A. Houghtaling of Lakeville, Conn.. formerly of 1106 North Street, visited R L. Van Deusen at I Pontooauc Lake.
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Pittsfield, Massachusetts, US
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