The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-06-01
7HE WAR HAS HIT
THE ARTISTS HARD
c PAINTINGS IN HOLLAND
~, NOW SELLING AS LOW
AS TWENTY DOLLARS.
,Ir7lt MONEY FOR PICTURES

The Dutch Government Has sltn-
l"e ,r Its Annual Credit to State
UI,seums, and Poor Artists Have
49, Now Recourse to State Aid.
TUE HAGUE. The war has hit
or+ists and art dealers of Holland
'I severely that fine paintings are
,,ug as low as $40. In these days
sanforced retrenchment there is lit
", .nora money for the purchase OF
~ ',.,,roe and the usual inflow of tour
from the United States, England
~ ~ Germany, whose arrival every
ING was the signal for the Dutch
VT dealers to put up their prices has
Saor checked by war. Several deal
oss in The Hague and Amsterdam
Saro been forced to seek a livelihood
IN other lines. One of the leading
5ooIprs of The Hague has closed mis-
sbon while another has gone into the
Indication of illustrated BOOKS
iorgaIv on subjects germane to the
for which there is still mar
ket. 49,.
M make matters worse, the Dutch
,,o,orn ment has withdrawn its an
1roI fixed credit at the disposition OF
+bo state museums for the purchase
a. works of art. The poor artists,
+b0rofore. have not even the recourse
n state aid in their need, which
would be open in ordinary times. DR.,
4 Hofstede de Croft, late director OF the
d mint room of the Royal Museum at
amsterdam, and an art expert well
Inown in the United States, regrets
this step taken by the Netherlands
n government. 4o1.+ Al =
q Associated Press, has there been ex-
traordinary opportunities to secure
valuable paintings at low prices as
now individuals cannot afford to
do So, perhaps, but the government
u oan An art book or painting worth
INCREASING for one of the Royal Mu-
senms will probably be bought soon
or or later. anyhow. The thing Is
that most of them can be bought for
less money now than later
Undertake Relief.
The artists themselves have under
q taken the relief of the more needy
among their fraternity. A number
n of these organizations have exhibit
tfon and sales rooms attached to their
d club houses, and have arranged to
d have sales exhibitions Of paintings OF
n the members offered at a fixed maxi
mum price, generally far below what
& the exhibitors might normally expect
to receive for their work. The Pul-
chri studio, for example, has had two
such sales, the first with the maxi
3 mum price set at $40 and S4O, at
& which 1870 pictures were sold. Inc
second has just been held, the prices
were fixed at between $40 ana S4O'
n at which figures 210 paintings were
d disposed Of. The Queen of the Meth
~ eralands bought twelve, the Prince
81 Consort eight and the Queen Mother
81 also eight. All the purchasers were
Dutch AS the membership OF the
ID Pulchri studio consists of recognized
y established artists the Dutch found
the occasion thus offered too good to
let slip. The artists associations are
Il employing also their available rellet
funds to purchase the pictures OF ar
fists hard pressed to dispose OF their
work. These will be held by the socl-
ties and sold at auctsion after the
war, when it is hoped that times Will
be better. Anything received, over
the price paid by the society will go
to the artist when the final sale IS
1 made The fund employed for these
B purchases is being constantly increas-
ed by the sale of paintings by ar
"A lists Of means, who can afford to and
Sc DO present their works to the socle-
ties to be sold, the proceeds going to
81 the relief fund. Certain of the socie-
81 ties also hold lotteries with pictures
Tor prizes, 10 per cent Of the pro-
Il ceeds going to the artist, 10 per cent
10 the relief of workers in the indus
Irial arts and the remainder to the
s ROYAL National Relief Fund for the
assistance of war sufferers.
While the artists are thus united