The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-07
WOMEN ano SOCIETY


*.4 *|. Art LOAN 9Aah1s .
d &&9lv two hundred lovers OF tne
IL, ssssd through the exhibi-
+ 14S1s room 81 the Carnegie Library
- r<srSow aftcrnoon TO inspect the
{ 111>of1on ~ pictures brought togeth-
~ -, fhe Art study Club Of this city.
~, cxhibftton Is most creditable
1><r avery standpoint. Only repro
x,ze11onn az the old masters were on
+ <I~11av with the exception OF three
6ri <fnaIs BY vlarian, the famous Nea
<o1Itan water colorist the suo1ects
&ofnk r1+he Temple at Paestum.
I <<3rook Theatre at Taormtna" and
&11sst IN Pompaii,. the property OF
31.r Henry Seymour. and two original
Hro uinrs bv Abbey for his series OF
S6tctufee illustrating "She Stoops 20
!. E6no1,er.e owned by Mrs. Bert Well.
Formerly Miss Diana Kahn. OF THIS
xSo<ner Abby that was greatly adj
f1ftSd wa copy Of 'sThe Holy Grail"
~ oxtxinal Of which is In the Boston
r 2 l71on entering the gallery the very
mfmoSohere IL impregnated with arr.
on petestals are figures In plaster
ana bronze, ana the four walls are
Xn{ly covered with the prints. photo
q <np 1,s and etchings Of old world
~ sterpieces. There are fully five
hundred pictures In the coHectloh,
many OF them small OF course. but
4exerfbelcss accurate reproductions OF
wonderful creations.
Bsrinning a. the left the English
9chooi ID frst presented with exam
Dl<s by Romney, Rossetti. Sir Josh
u Reynolds and Watts. The most
G<<racfive pictures OF this group are
Lady Hamilton" by Romney. and
ss<31rrett Between Comedy and Trag-
by Reynolds. This latter pic
IRE 10 q copy In oils. The ''Sir Cali
|3o1K by Watts Is a truly knightly
lure touched with all the sentiment
That surrounds this follower Of King
Arthur. man whose strength was
a. the strength of ten because his
heart was pure"
~Dante's Dream" and Dante's First
View of Beatrice by Rossetti. were
greatly admired. as was "Desdemona."
~ Sir Frederick Leighton.
The French school Is represented
~ examples from Meissonier. Gruexe.
Bouxuereau, Carrot and Bouveret
The Italian school has some beau
tjful photographs of Botticelli's best
works, and prints from De vinci. Del
karto and Perigeno, Raphael, Titan,
Fra Angelica and Tintoretto
The Flemish school proved favor
lite among the visitors. the famous
having before It an amused and re-
sponsively merry group OF critics all
ms afternoon. The two portraits of
4<embrant by himself, one as an on
Ger are fine copies OF this masters
work: Is was the portrait Of Van Dyck
~ himself.
The spanish school was particuiar-
Y well represented by examples from
Murilliu.
s>ne section OF the room is given
over TO photograph OF Greek statu-
sry. and there Is to be seen such IA
Worries - The Fawn ana the Elsin
marbles.
Il A picture OF q modern marble that
aroused a lively discussion among a
group OF visitors was ssThe Bac
rhanfe, BY Mac Monnies, the nude fir-
IRE which Boston was forced to refuse
under the agitation against ii made
py the w. g. T. o., upon the ground
fhAt womanhood and particularly
motherhood, was put to shame by the
spectacle OF a drunken and abandon
"a woman with an infant upon her
arm. The Metropolitan Museum OF
New York eagerly purchased the eg-
urp. and II holds foremost position
~ that magnificent art gallery
~ this statuary corner are pictures
of bAs-reliefs and frsezes as wen as
ct pedestal figures Two Of the most
eraceful pictures OF the collection are
frescoea Of single figures from Pom
peilau freseos
n the italian section hangs the re-
npWned Mono Stsa" of Leonardo tia
Yfnei. she of the mysterious smile.
This was one OF the pictures that In
spired = great deal Of discussion yes