Evening star., 1917-02-08
INAUGURAL CROWDS
TO SEE PARK VIEW
Great Exhibit of Western
Grandeurs to Be Continued
Over March 4.
WORKS OF NOTED ARTISTS


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country is on exhibition at the United
states >atiohal museum and Will con-
eHuo uh.,i ai'ef harch g. so that IN
aug ufsi VISITORS may get realistic views
y, eis". oi the PARKS IN hait an hour'
ne paintings were put on exhibition
in the new building of the museum. by
special ARRANGEMENT with the Interior
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"''o'"i
parks conference.
The paintings represent the follow
,ne ,,+,on,,.
ROCKY mountain, Sequoia, Mesa Verde,
Grand Canyon. Crater lake. Yosemite.
Yellowstone and C,acier nc yre,, .s To-
c.,It,o, T.,
'e Al we" Mexico oaiiiorhia ana
Alaska.
In his remarks before the national
parks conference on The Painter and
the National Parks" w. H. Holmes.
curator of the National Gallery Of Art,
called special attention to the works of
Hill. who. with Church. he believes are
the greatest exponents of American
landscape art. He remarked that the
genius OF these men has risen to heroic
heights, enabling them to grasp and
present on canvas the greatest subjects
which the continent affords.
OtherS Who hank High.
roiio"ihs close upon the footsteps OF
these masters are Leigh. Laurence,
Parshall. Butler. Runrius- J-rer Iucien
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=! o"ei' Fo''hase'
Dalngerneld, Peyraud, Babcock, Dunton
collection are worthy of the admiring
OF first Importance in the collection
IS Morans Grand Canyon of the Yel-
nf thi. ,a;at;u IN speakihs
a great masterpiece-"a work which
insures Moran's place as the first
indns'1 ipa,nser . 1h our na.ionai scenery, II not
that the world has nroduced
"I have climbed the scI,lnfured wa1,e
and slid down the su,nhnrons sI;dss ~
the real CANYON and studied the sub
tect from ali points of view and under
all atmospheric effects" said AR
full Interpretation of its beauty and
grandeur. while II presents with nj.
most faithfuIness the infin;tv NJ do,
tail which characterizes the orieinaiS
details which have ESCAPED the brush
of all others who have yentured to At
ago, when I came to the Smftbsonian
Institution, Thomas Moran was exhibit-
ing his large painting Of the Yellow
stone Canyon which now hangs in >he
on the south rtm Of the Grand CANYON
his ssrlv Invs srS az, adS;ns woN; ,n i,;s true 10
velous record He is the master par
excellence OF the canyons. the plateaus
A'io INC 'h'uh'aihs'
A Superb Work.
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poetic Interpretation of one of the
greatest phases of our chrystal,ine
mountain ranges"
"rhe Awakenins of the Grand can-
Won" by ParshaIi is. accordina to Mr.
has studied this particular monnment
in great detail. "a mastery internreta.
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vs,s which few have soneht 70 ranra-
sent"
"aThe sun strikes the rim Of the far
.r,an ,Itrrs n,hiIa tha oanvon ttso,r :;
af1sG LII nist me ond .de shG anyon i.seit IS
the a,sar,,.r ,..,,st sa.rot tor 90 enas
ena ~ ,tvar % he ,oust soaroh o ehe sotse tse
sau az tn, ~. r.aI aorsa 90 et,,ar In b, one
~ n-ndn ~, sun rs nanatretJ IeiVse th
Sanths" he .ddnd INC
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Among the artists who have presented
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far west is 7. Hill, whose Yosemite
Valley" shown in the collection. is n
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worn u ."e oiue. "iiiiaii L.
Leigh. who depicts with wonderful
realism the strange forms and mar