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March 30, 1928 - Image 3

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The Detroit Jewish Chronicle, 1928-03-30

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Astericam Plash

periodical Cotter

CLIFTON MINUS • CINCINNATI 20, OHIO

PEDentonfEwisii

INTERESTING EXHIBIT OF ART
AT B'NAI B'RITH COMMUNITY HALL

Just Like w!

Works of Samuel Cashwan, Isaac Rader, Frank A. Barcus, Jacob Reiss,
Isadore Ressler, Sophia Gurwitch, Jock• Schwartzman, Arthur
Levinger and Meyer Greenberg to Be Seen for
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AT THE AGE OF 61

Funeral services for Mrs. Anna
%Villner of 2181 Pingree
Saturday, March 17,

,I10 died

Monday evening, March 19, saw I dler," "Miser," and "Waiting," all
the opening of an exhibition of art equally worthy of attention.
Isaac Rader's Portraits.
at the B'nai B'rith Communtiy
Although Isaac Rader is abroad,
House, 275 East Ferry avenue.
studying in Paris, he is neverthe-
This exhibition is the third of its less represented at the B'nai B'rith
kind to have been offered by the exhibition by three oils, two por-
traits and one composition.
B'rith.
Much favorable comment was
Most of the exhibitors are mem-
bers of the Arts Club, under whose evoked by Mr. Rader's "My
Father"
on the opening night of
auspices the first exhibition of art
Was held at the B'nai B'rith in the exhibit. This picture shows
the
artist's
father in the absorp-
1927.
tion of his work.
The exhibition this year includes:
Having shown in his other por-
Four offerings by Frank A. Bar-
cus, two oils, "Belle Isle Canals" traits a commendable mastery of
and "Landscape," and two inter- technique in the portrayal of
esting batik s, "Wings" and hands, which is considered one of
the chief difficulties in portrait
"Storm-Tossed."
In "Wings" Mr. Bascus has exe- work, Mr. Rader, adept at depict-
cuted a delicately lovely thing ing the peculiar delicacy of a
whose subject is sea-gulls on the child's hands, and those of a wo-
wing, and whose note is a pastel man, as evidenced for example in
MRS. ANNA WILLNER
blue and toned maroon, together his entry No. 31, "Portrait" at the
with an adulterated silver, sug- present exhibition, has in this pic-
after a brief illness, were held
gesting white. His other batik, ture of his father at work shown
Sunday, March 18, from the Con-
poetically named "Storm-Tossed," an equal aptitude for giving the
gregation Beth Moses. Mrs. Will-
shows a stately galleon on an up- impression of muscular strength
ner, who was 1;1 years old, was a
and
development.
The
hand
grip-
ward wave, menaced by a jagged
streak of lightning. Mr. Barcus's ping the saw has an aliveness of member of the Baby Day Nursery,
ladies'
auxiliary of the Congrega-
batik work is above all character- action which feeling is seconded
tion Beth Moses and several other
ized by delicacy, and wins its ef- by the whole figure of the man.
organizations
and Was well known
The effect of light and shadow
fectiveness through this lightness
is also admirably handled and in for her active interest in charitable
and unmassiveness.
work.
She
was
a resident of De-
In "Belle Isle Canals , " an this Mr. Rader bids fair to ac-
troit for the past 20 years. She
abundance of greenery is boldly complish sonic fine things.
is survived by two sons, Henry J.
releved with splashes of red and
Reiss's andRensler's Works.
and William; two daughters, Mrs .
orange, and the canal water is a
Jacob Reiss's always interesting II. Altman and Mrs. A. Escoff;
blue in high relief; and then again marines again strike a pleasing
and her brother, Bernard Ehrin-
this boldness is obvious in "Land- note in "Fishing Boats," and in
pries, all of Detroit.
' scape." Color and light are the
"Bass Rocks, Gloucester.• In the
predominant notes of Mr. Barcuss'
latter the frothy tongues of the
oils, and they hold the interest
wavelets as an offset to the blue.
precisely because of this.
green of the water and clay rocks
C•shwan's Works
is a fine contrasting note. Equal-
(Continued From l'age One).
Samuel Cashwan's interesting ly fascinating is "Atlantic Ocean,"
conception of "Lazarus." being calm enough on the surface but within the past four years, than be-
coming
self-supporting farmers,
menaced
by
a
leaden
sky.
Rocks
raised from the dead by a huge
hand, should offer material for the and surf are always admirable has given satisfactory assurances
of
continued
and increased assist-
handled
by
Mr.
Reiss.
Coming
mystics and the imaginative. The
"Three Blind," closely huddled to- back to land, "Old Street, Glou- ance," Mr. Rosenberg stated.
The
work
which
will be under-
gether for pitiful guidance, and cester," is a picture of warmth
faltering along, is executed in the and sunshine. Mr. Reiss's other taken with the new $10,000,000
fund
is
to
be
followed
upon the
flowing lines which are analogous entries are "Early Spring" and
completion in Russia of the present
to a feeling one gets from music, "Autumn."
program
of
the
Joint
Distribution
Isadore Ressler is represented
and which is a characteristic of all
of the best of Mr. Cashwan , s work. hy six oil entries, landscapes Committee and of the American
The flowing garments, the tall bod- whose outstanding note is that the Jewish Joint Agricultural Corpora -
ies, though stooped, the very calm andpeace, seamingly a re- 1 "The plan now under way
cowls upon their heads, even, flection on the painter's mood. is not to be confused with the re-
heighten this effect. "The Peni- "Sugar Cabin, Quebec." "House of cent discussions as to Jewish land
tent" is again marked by this same Ilenry Fourth, Paris," "Summer, settlement in Siberia," Mr. Rosen-
flowing of lines, in the bowed and Quebec, "Landscape, Que,.'" berg explained.
Dr. Joseph Rosen, who headed
shamed figure of the woman, in "Church, Quebec," and "Land-
the sympathetic one of the man; scape, Quebec." A good sense of the Agro-Joint in Russia, will be
this flow, this rhythm, adds life grouping is evidence in these oils. in charge of the new work to be
and movement to the cold marble
Jascha Schwartzman has en- undertaken. The plan has the en-
and clay.. The head of Ossip Ga- tered three charcoal and four oils, thusiastic support of leading
brillowitsch is a fine example of and, to the writer's way of think- American Jews.
In commenting upon Mr. Rosen-
what Mr. Cashman can do in por- ing, the charcoals are far more in-
traiture with the stone and chisel. teresting than the oils. In his oils wald's subscription, which consti-
Other showings of sculpture are Mr. Schwartzman seems to be re- tutes the largest single contribu-
those of Mrs. S. H. Cohen, "La- stricted to a very limited scale of tion of any Jewish philanthropist
yale," "Chavale" and "Avram colors, never straying very far to Jewish relief work, Mr. Rosen-
Raisin."
from the primary reds, greens and berg declared: "Mr. Rosenwald,
who has already contributed large-
Meyer Greenberg is represented blacks.
by four oils, three of them land-
His picture "Rhythm , ' has as ly, makes this new and truly splen-
Seapea and one a still life, and usual elicited much comment, and did contribution conditional on an-
also is 'study in pencil.
a great deal of it of an amusing other $5,000,000 being raised so
Ohe of his landscapes might nature. This writer, for instance, as to make a total of $10,000,000
very well have been called some- overheard a man expressing the for a long time continuance of this
thing more definitive and descrip- belief that something therein work in the Crimea and the
Ukraine."
tive thnn the bare some of its looked to him like a banjo.
subject, 'Landscape." It is a
The picture is a colorful oil,
night scene on a country lane; carrying out the theory of the co-
shadow-enveloped houses, stark ordination of music and poetry
telephone poles, under a violet sky with painting. It might be called
which casts pansy-purple reflec- a symphony of colors, or a color-
tions upon the objects below. tone-poem. It has movemeflt
(Continued From Page One).
There is a note of quietness about without a doubt, rhythmic, flowing
this whole scene, emphasized per- movement, carrying the eye from and profound philosophical prob-
haps by the fact that there is no one color note and outline to an- lems in the clear and simple style
human object in the foreground, other. Where people are puzzled of an artist. Ile is known not only
but the suggestion of retired hu- is in their attempt to evoke out of for his literary work, but also for
manity is put forth by the pres- this scale of colors, personal or ob- his eloquent powers as lecturer.
Children to Participate.
ence of the houses. In another of jective images. They shrug their
In addition to Dr. Zhitloysky's
his landscapes, Mr. Greenberg has shoulders and say that they can
given us a day scene, contrasting make nothing of it. If they would address, the children of the three
in color to the one above described. take into consideration the literal schools will appear in a colorful
In his "Still Life," whose pre- meaning of the picture's title, program which will include danc-
dominant figure is a huge Russian "Rhythm," and work from that ing, singing, recitations, and a
teacher
samovar, Mr. Greenberg has shown score it would undoubtedly be- pantomime. Mrs. Antler,
at the Umpartayishe Folkshull, and
a fine sense of half-lights and tone- come more intelligible for them.
Mr. Antler, pianist, taught the
shading, adding richness to his It is an interesting experiment.
children several spring and folk
study.
Mr. Schwartzman 's charcoal
songs.
Mi.. Gurwitch's Works.
entry, "The Mirror," is a self-por-
Mrs. Edith Bercovitch is direct-
Three oils and two batiks are trait handled in an interest-pro-
ing
a pantomime which portrays
the entries of Sophia Gurwitch, all voking manner, which is true of
the period of Jewish slavery in
worthy of conisderable attention. all of Mr. Schwartzman's char-
Egypt.
One hundred and ten chil-
Her picture, "Rose," is a fine por- coals. The blocked suggestion of
dren will take part in this panto-
trait study of her young sister; faces and figures, surrounding the
mime drama, in its mob scene and
"Still Life" of a plant nicely off- central figure. of the artist, might
Oriental dances.
set by a background of gray-white be interpreted as being the mental
Chaiele Grober, member of the
draperies, strikes a pleasing. note. workings of that central figure, at
11:x1,4111th, will appear in a one-act
any
rate
they
afford
matter
for
A love of rich colors and a sensu-
ous appreciation of their warmth speculative thought . If it be sym- play, and will sing Jewish and
and power of conveyance, is evi- bolism, or impressionism, or ex- Hebrew folk and character songs.
denced in "Picnic," whose spirit pressionism, it holds a consider- Readers of the Jewish press are ac-
of holiday gayety is evident in the able amount of fascination, and quainted with the enthusiastic ap-
preciation of this artist by such em-
fur that it is worthy of praise.
merry figure.
On the whole the exhibition is ienent critics as Ito. Mukdoni and
Miss Gurwitch's batik, "Frieze,"
aptly named, is a lovely piece of a very interesting one, and the A. Glantz.
work, delicately handled in tonal public is urged to take advantage
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sophic controversies as to whether
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among the fine arts, owing to its
association with definite practical
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Arthur Levinger goes for the
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able to draw abundant material
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ness, thrusts a note of brutality in
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All of Mr. Lavinger's entries ere
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Restricted for the most part to pri-
mary colors, he is able to get game
startling effects, and the fact that
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their contrast with oils. The quiet
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