Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-04
LOCAL CONCERN
HOLDS UNUSUAL
EXHIBIT OF ART

An unusual exhibit OF works Of art,
consisting OF paintings by world
famous artists, various kinds Of
statuary, and Oriental rugs OF almost
fabulous value, is being made this
week in the show windows and sales
rooms of Levers & Cooke for VI. B.
Mihran. an Armenian collector.
OF the paintings some Of the most
interesting, because Of their timeli-
ness as much as their beauty, are
those by Carleton, the English artist.
who spends ali his daylight hours now
depicting scenes in places whose
names have grown familiar to every
schoolboy during the last three years.
These paintings are called the War
Zone Pictures" and are displayed in
the windows, where they attract the
admiration and. comment Of every
passer.by. Among the most note
worthy of these are the street scenes
in Antwerp and the village Of Coutrai.
and the cathedrals in Ypres and Brus-
sells.
Among the very old paintings is one
by an Italian artist of the 10th CEN
fury, Biblical scene showing Queen
Esther receiving her father. The
work is done ON copper instead of can
vas. Another very old picture was
done on oak by D. Tennier, who died
in 1890. This painting, Harvest
Festival in Holland" Bishop Libert
says is Enthusiastically a Tennier, hav-
ing all the Tennier characteristics, in
Guiding a man with a big "poi-opu"
drinking from a demijohn of his own
shape.
Van Der Broeck's Fisher Maidens
in Holland" is another painting that
stands out from its fellows and de.
mands the admiration which it would
receive If 1t were properly hung in
some gallery. There are dozens Of
other remarkable paintings, many Of
them watercolors and oils OF Ameri-
can scenes by we'll known American
artists. Many of these are from the
art collection Of Ray Shelton, Los
millionaire who died not very
long ago, after he had lost much of
his money.
As for the rugs, no words can de-
scribe them, certainly no words of an
Occidental. There is one whose price
tag Is $4,000. This Is not a very old
rug, as ages Of rugs are counted, hav-
ing been finished between so and 81
years ago, but 1t Is q wonderful ex.
ample of the rug-maker's art, an I'm.
perial Kashanshah, d by II feet, and
flawless in design and workmanship.
This rug Is said to be part Of Mira
collection. and made by his |
favorite wife, Zullaika. and It certainly !
is beautiful enough to adorn. any
palace. - =
Exquisite in workmanship and great !
ly to be desired Is little rug not ,
more than two feet long by foot and
a half wide, and so. soft and flexible
that, in spite Of its thickness. may be
rolled up like piece Of silk. 1t is
made of silk, and some estimate OF
the length Of time required to make
such a rug will be comprehended
when it Is known that this rug con-
tains nearly million and a quarter
knots. Try counting a million by
one's and you will realize that 1t
would take some few months to tie a
million knots, without estimating the
cutting, selecting and combining OF
colors, and all the rest of the work
hat goes into the making Of Persian
rug. And the rugmaker was paid
probably 1914 cents a day for his
work! -.
The Chinese rugs in the collection
ire all of the modern school, though
some of them date back three or four
iynasties for their designs. They are
Ill very beautiful, as is also one huge !
Turkish rug, of the famous Turkey
Red" But the rugs hardest to leave
ire the Kashanshas, KAYAKS, the Ka-
,hopa ond tho Saruka !.