The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-24
SEEN IN The WORLD OF ART
Arr AND NOON TREtSI RES iT
rue HISPtNT ISEI W.
Collection OF spanish Paintings Not 80
NEIL known to New Workers a. d
Deserves to ne old Masters anu
Modern Artists The current SHOWS.

| th new museum 81 the HIspanic Society
rise persons shook their heads because
Of the remotene-s Of the locality, as do
members Of the Academy Of National Dr-
sign II YOU tell them that iOath street and
Amsterdam avenue ~ AN admirable spot
upon which to erect an exhibition bulldng
Well. the Spanish museum IL much further
uptown. and IL IN far from helng III"
jumping on place At the time 81 -
Inauguration the palatial bu.ldng faced
old Audubon Park now. alas converted
into blocks Of profitable hut una-thetic
apartment houses The broadway Suh-
~ay has worked wonderful changes m
the topography 81 this section. the His
panic Museum at i5eth street ls only up
town nowadays while a few wears ago
il was in the country strangely
enough. II ~ terra inCuGnita for the ma
jority OF New Workers Sorolla Y lsls' Ida =
enormous vogue brought To- the museum
thousands OF p,opl. who hg FEVER heard
Of u before the SvauIard's picrTro-s were
exhibited there. We rrgre; to add u.Nt
there are many artists M thus cit" who do
not know that the museum holis within
its walls a small hut rrpr-~-ntatiV" col
leci Ion ~ Spanish art both ancient and
modern
And what beautiful digestive ~ the
museum for an afternoons journey
You 90 Ia the Metropolitan Museum for
day TO Coney island for an evening ~
Hubok.n for the brew ur III" mos
quito. vet YOU AVOID IN" trip 10 i56th
street and Broadway "a u u were
Lands Fnd. Thousands every day
ride "a the subway ~ Tar 49, Dyckman
street. ~ fear not. tImprous lovers - arr.
amateurs 81 Nslaslue' G'ya aud ri Greco.
who have vaguNv heard that there are
noble examples s'm"Nh"r" lNCat.Sl ia
New York city hut ar. 10 indifferent
Ia ask the address When IL" Sorolla
and Zuluaga eNhIbitIyus were Ia progress
at the liispanic Museum W. encountered
artists who rcfussi tn visit them. the
reason given being that the crowd was too
great. forgetting thar ~ the Iulonga show
the Attendance was actually slight In
reality thss" artists were suffering from
violent attack IT native AmsriCanism.-
a patriotic maLidy not To- be d-spis.Ni
when appearing az the proper time; N
art matters II ls simply despicablr Nat
urally w. prefer the Prado T. the HIS
pans. but IN America there IN No such
collection Of span ish art as Mr. Hunting
toms ami therefore visit the VA Isenm
whei. We can
The neighborhood 81 What was once
the pretty Audubon Park j. now dotted
over with apartments hearing the names
81 Spanish artis'- statu" ~ Goya -
about 20 hc placed in front - one This
Is DEMONSTRATING lh"rian art wt'h a ven
geanCc IN" museum - open 80 visitors
every day in the week from I y " 10
5 II you want spanish book there
are over ~ ~ - Churs. from in the II.
brury. books some - them. that can h.
found nowhere else In ia" world neither
IN Spain nor AZ ~. British Museum
Such varieties as one page ~ a Catalan
Bible the volume 20 which was suppressed
centuries ago by order 81 the Inquusition
arrived the other day Mr. Huntington
does not waste his summer vacations.
OF the Ceramics editions from the very
first 10 those ~ 1910 the catalogue numbers
over leo pages IN their description. DR.
Martin. librarian IN charge of Affairs.
becomes joyful when he shows you such
things
~ Spa ia lore from MAPS 20 Al cie- /
pArchmenis al preyiDVs Bibles W. L'.,-i
not dwell upon. the Tn'is,i}m - a perfect
treasur" house On "A hot dav ~ Is delight
full 10 cit ia 'h. cool ~ m" rpa iIrg room
and gaze upon those marbles tu, up ~
Itahoa, the ancient SevilA. $50 Of
Greek sculpture cxecutsi presumably by )
Roman artists. or 20 wander about where .
are the altar pieces That which depicts I
~ IIIcy Offering her eve, uu a platter .
To the young man who hal aimirri .
chem IL a sin g'Ilirlv Coohug theme for
hot weather discussion To D." sure the
eyes look Iik" marble grar"- but m"
moral ~ none the l'-Ss significant dom .
cast Sleeps ewes ~ saint We prefer .
III" pictures In IN" upper ualCpui'~ There .
YOU will enjoy IN. rll length - the
naughty naughty Duchess - Alba by
Goya spurninR with her hy no means :
dainty foot IN" nam. 80 the smittcn .
PAINTER. a ram. writ in dust Near 10y
arr other Goyas m" bon P'.iro Mocart-
which Vith ~ GrcCu'- SAINT lago- j.
NJ tho metropolitan Museum lr"' 10y Mr .
Huntin gton and m" 'wo N"las1uazrr
We asked Dr Marin. VIII" - a. r7Idltc .
~ h. il amiahl-. IA" 'ru" way nf pro-
nounCinS IN" nam" q Spans greatest 4
painter we had well nj gh said the worlds.
and he liRht"ned our spirits hy declaring
that ValIsp'i"l probably prnnounc'i .
his name ~ " j. commonly spelled IN
English tsse abovei Sonnet lrnes II -
spelled -Vaazquez- and then n il pro.
nounced -N.hthpu"th. or something
like IL, When IN" dent..ls and l,hials GIT
twisted. ~ in -CervAn'"-- rr -Iheryan-
teth.- then the American longs for good .
old fashioned jaw breaking German.
Once in Madrid. "mhulieu"d hv IN" r..-.'
with which W. hought cigars. W. entered
A caf@ and ordered bisro. Ia bpro: finally
the spanish word tripod hall lnRly from
our parch~i lips; -C"rvezI.- only ve
spoke II Rs II sounds - English ears.
Tn. waiter wsss ~ stupid ~ a stOckish.
IN despair We cried, -'ic"r. ypu son 4
Belal lie meckly answered in English
-Why didn't you say So l"furr'- And he
fetched tho fuid n W. had pronounced
-Thervrtha- wa shoull have had no
trouble. Therefore pluck up courage and
simply cav -velasqucz- when YOU speak
~ the SpaniArd You will - under
stAnd"d ~ IN" people. at any nate
The portraits 81 tho young Cardinal
Pamphili. nephew 81 Pope innocent Y.
and 81 the little Mao girl grand daughter |