Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-29
WAR PAINTINGS
IN MINORITY At
BERLIN EXHIBIT
Martial and Naval Sketches,
However Are Most Popular
Of CanyaSeS Being Shown
in German Capital.
tAssoclaied Pres. Correspondence,

Berlin, june iS-'fhe Crosse Bcr-
liner NOTWITHSTANDING for 1915, GER
many's closest equivalent 10 the Paris
salon. Is now in fun swing. and Is to
be open also during July and a part
of AUGUST
Those who anticipated that this
years exhibition would be "A war cx-
hibition" are, 10 "a certain extent,
doomed io disappointment Not only
are the number OF war paintings
comparatively few. but they are also
far from being the best Of the pic
lures on view.
such MARYLAND naval--sketches
as there are, are unquestlouably the
most popular, however, as the Sold
tickets attached TO them testify, Hard
~ painting, whether of a battleship
or of well known military leader but
had been disposed OF in advance Of
/ the exhibition
When complete the exhibition Will
have between 500 and 500 paintings
land bits Of culpture-wlth the former
far IN the numerical ascendancy. The
exhibitors number about 425, most n
them from Berlin. Famous Deussel-
dorf. the home Of German artists, ~
represented by 30 exhibitors,
Women painters and sculptors as
usual have a prominent place. There
are more than 80 of them represented
] by canvasses or busts. and their work
( is among the most popular in the spa
cious and well-ughted exhibition
! building on the Eaiserplatz.
Arranged With Care.
The committe IN charge composed
/ of Prof Carl I.anghammer. Fritz Bur
ger Ernst Freese VIII Ter Hell,
Ernst Rentsch and Prof. a. Levin
! Funke. has arranged the cAnyasses
! aud statutes effectively and with care.
They have been assisted materially by
/ the advantages Of splendid building
/ with almost plethora of light, 80
that no picture has had TO suffer from
ia disadyantageous position or dark
corner.
In the initial room. which Is, pa
itriotically, thanked hy a three-quarter
/ length portrait Of the popular crown
4 prince, there hang, to the right and
I left. fantastic but beautiful works By
I Artur Hennig. They are spiel am
Strande" and "Ahend They catch
land hold the eye, and augur we'll for
+ the rest OF the exhibition.
! Perhaps the most fantastie--certainly
i by far the most striking picture of the
jentlre exhibition. hangs in this first
room. 1t is WAR" by Martin Bran
Idenburg Of Berlin wierd and almost
CHASTITY conceit la which lurid colOred
devils with flaming eyes and simmer
i ing irridescent bodies eayort before
ones fascinated eyes.
Some of the Paintings.
/ Only a Bit less striking hut as DIFF
/ ferent as day Is from night. Is a "Por-
trait" by Theodore Schmuz- Maudiss Of
! Charlottenhurg. II is that OF "a w0m-
an, clad in purple and standing In a
field of gtCn. The colors, which at
+ first seem to clash. blend more and
more tremendously as one studies the
! picture. 1t is so hung that 1t Is wish
/ BILE from five rooms. and its effective
I ness is attcsted TO by the fact that II
draws attention from each one Of
/ them.
+ From @ lay point Of view, the gems
+ of the collection in many ways are
! two Venetian scenes by Karl Leopold.
F one is Of the Grand Canal. the other
+ of Santa Maria della Salute, which
+ hundreds, probably thousands Of art
| lists have painted TO death" Leopold.
/ however, has treated his subjects in
an usual way and has achieved a
/ Wonderful misty, pearl-gray, Opalcs-
ique coloring for the water and the
buildings in the BACKGROUND. No other
picture in the entire exhibition has
anything approaching the delicacy Of
lcoloring Of these two.
Prof. Ernst Koerner's "Sunset on
1.-THE Nile near Gichz," has a wonder
| full combination Of yellow and red
/ dish gold.
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