Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-07-07
HOLLAND PLANS
REMBRANDT DAY
NiII Have Tercentenary CeIebra-
ton OF Famous Dutch
Artists Birth.
THREE DAYS OF CEREMONY.
Leydcn. Where Born. and Amsterdam,
Where lie Worked and Died, WIN
Vie With Each Other.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
A MSTERDAM. June 2S-Three
N hundred years ago u miller's
n son was bo-n At Ley
den. He achieved some
fame during his llfe but he died in
poverty and obscurity. and SO little no.
tice did his passing attract. that no
contemporary chronic!er makes any
mention Of &C. 10 is thus recorded
BADLY and briefly On the death register
Of the Wester-Kerk ln this city: Tues
day October s, 1863 Rembrandt van
Ryn painter On the Roozegraft. oppo-
site the Doolhof. Leaves two children
n plehisclte were taken on the sub
jet today 10 is possible that the name
of Rembrandt would come out on top
as the greatest artist the world ever
saw. Anyhow. no Dutchman viii now
admit that any other painter can claim
equal rank with him, and all Holland
is preparing 90 honor the memory "
the man it took so little note 81 when
alive, by q grand commemoratlon Of
the tercoutenary ~ his birth. Just when
that occurred. there Is no authentic
record On existence Vosmaer accepts
July 10. 1907 az the true birth date
Some place IL year later. and others
a year earlier, hut Tor the purpose Of
the celebration, the earliest OF the three
dates has been chosen.
MANY COMMITTEES WORK.
In an the principal towns Of Holland.
committees have been formed 90 ar
range Tor some sort Of Commemoration,
but the most notable of them will take
place az Leyden. where he was born,
and az Amsterdam, where he worked
and died In Amsterdam, the celebra-
ton VIII last three days ON Sunday
July 10. the church bells Of the entire
city Will be rung In unison. and there
will be a grand procession past the
Rembrandt monument. gymnastic
games in the grounds NJ the Ryks
museum, and concerts In the Nondei
park and Rembrandt square. In the
evening the principal streets will be
Illuminated and there Will be concerts
In the theaters.
QUEENLY RETINUE.
on the following day, the queen. the
prince cOnsort. and the queen mother,
will attend the commemoration ceremo-
MES In the Town hall After that. the
queen wiz open the special room built
IN the Ryks museum TO house the
Might Watch" which many consider
Remhrandts masterpiece. There VIII
be- flower festivals IN the parks, and IN
the evening more concerts. on the
18th, with the usual oratorical accom-
pauiments memorial tablet will he
unveiled on Rembrandt's grave in the
WCster-Kerk. and another IN the house
in which he died. poor and neglected.
I'm the evening. there viii be q torch
Hight parade. Perhaps the most inter-
cstlng feature n the Amsterdam cele-
hrati0n viii be a procession got up by
resident artists. IN which an those par
tlcipating viii wear customs OF the
period in which Rembrandt lived. They
VIII march past the house I'm which hs
lived before adversely rendered him
homeless and will lay a wreath upon
his monument.
PICTURES OF MASTERS.
The feature OF the Leyden celebra.
ton win be an exhibition Of pictures
by Rembrandt and other masters who
first saw the light in the historic old
town. MANY OF the Rembrandt pic
lures that VIII be shown. have never
been exhibited before Canspicuous
among them win be the "Androfeda"
found only a short time ago BY Dr. A.
Bredius and the "Saskia" that vas
discovered a few months ego In Fries
land. The exhibition viii be held in
the Lakenhall and the University
buildings The queen viii unven
bronze Statue ~ the artist and a
memorial tablet viii ia placed IN TIE
house where he was born. That lhou~.
by the way. 4 al present leased hy an
undertaken who keeps HIS hearses
there. Il Is stil open 20 any REM
brandt enthusiast 10 purchase IL and
present 70 10 the city The old mill
which stood opposite Ions ago dissp-
peared
CONTRAST OF ESTEEM.
The commemoration will euphssiza
the contrast between the high esteem
n which Rembrandt is now held and
the scant attention that he attracted
when alive. The bihlography OF REM .
brandt would hll q large library. The
books oi bis commentators would suf.
nee % build mighty monument 10
him or paper and bindings Yet Of the
man h'mseif-asiie nom his work as
an arus'-yerv little Is known Re
fas governed through life by one am.
b'uon. lhai OF giving the pures, eK.
preston to hts own ideas. whether
those ideas were understood h,, he
, "op,e ABOUT MIN or not. Had he on
loyed uninterrupted prosperity
through life had he been feted ana
made much o. q, is doubtful n he
would have done any more work or
amy better work than he ala. 80 man
apparently was ever more independent
oi eNiiancous circumstances Some of
DIS best pictures and etchings were
produced when hardest huTcted hv
fate
ne loved Co sl' by hts own ares.se
porng over ihHt ola Bible which was
lrH'i.etIN PTS only book ana giving
form io the pictures if suggested via
me htIy nj Hnr mode. that happened
'o nf WITHIN reach Tho vast majority
ni DTS ssa' fee DIE studies OF little
aones.. incidents. ~ fFurr- in move
in'lI o. ''r',e were obviously sur-
fCi Che in. lf hIs own houta.
IH.i i H. Itte abroad Tor water.
ifi SO a~'r' was ger less Influenced
Dr. other artists he studied ouiv six
months under Plsicr Eastman n, An.
sferiIW. he took ta i..l...... -s Altl.
rally as duck does 60 water
MELANCHOLY INTEREST.
% ls only a few months aeo that thu
OF Amsterdam purchased
~ a memorial % the Ereat master. tho