Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-05

tiers Art Galleries in Baltimore vii
be open to the public on Wednesday:
, and Saturdays of January, February
March and April, Washinston's birth
day and Easter Monday comes TINS
year with particular significance. IN
asmuch as there arc many temporary
residents of Washington who VIII
thus be afforded an opportunity te
see the Walters collections LOT the
first time The galleries. which are
situated adjacent to Mr.. WATERS
home on Mount Vernon square, are
opened for charity and an admission
lee of 30 cents is charged Iiche'S
are obtainable at Harris Shatet
Company 1905 F street. this clty; aisC
at the Bflvcdere and Stratiorc
hotels in Baltimore. The hours Oh
opening are from Hin the fnoFh''ts
until 4 in the afternoon, and the gar
ferries are within walking Instance
of the Pennsylvania station.
These art collections are among tue
choicest in the country. The preseh'
owner is Henry Walters. ana IL Wa
his father who began to assemoie ,he
works OF art comprised in these no"
famous collections. -.
interesting and remarkable coliectlo''
of painting of contemporary Euro
mean painters of his day-that is
those who were at the helsht on ,ai'Is :
in the middle of the latter nan VI
the last century. The barhihon
School is admirably rep
There are three magnificent torots'
four Daubignys. four Rousseaus' SIX
uaintin IS by Diaz and three oS
Dupre. Tyron is represented by Two
works. Van Marcks by no less thali
five. Millet the great peasant painter
among them the sheep Fold-Moon :
light which was shown IN the
..hundred masterpiece eNhioitioh'
Paris, in 1888, and by four dra"ihs
among them the original drawing LOT
1.-THE Angelus. -
The great TllltaF! P:n "a
France. De Neuville and DetallIe, are
both admirably represented. and there
are no less than five works by MeiS-
sonier. among them the famous
1884, Napoleon seated on Whit
horse overlooking the field OF the APP
preaching battle. ,.s
original study in color for his sreat
decoration on the wall OF the ne :
cycle of the Palais des BeauX -A'.s ~
Paris, picturing an assem- oidse %
seventy-four of the greatest artlsls
IN tnf <hGnlTS iioiii e 1900 =
to Lc-e.s XIV.
He.~ s.iso is Gerome's great paint
ing ~The Christian Martyrs Last
Prayer" and also his scarcely less Ia
mods Duel After the Masquerade
No less notable in this interest1hs
Alma Tadema. Six in number. inc1ud-
ing the famous "Sappho, THE Tr1-
umph of Titus" "a Roman Emperor
-Claudius" and MY Sister Is Not
In" Sir Alma Tadema was most
brilliant technician and he revived
in his pictures classic scenes with
marvellous realism and accuracy. In
recent years this style of art has not
been popular, but it is art OF a high
excellence notwithstanding ana the
remembrance of his paintings fingers
pleasantly in the minds of those VINO
have seen them.
To the early Walters collection be-
long a collection of oriental porce-
1ains of rare value and charm. Among
these is included the Peach Blow"
vase, which, when sold at public auc-
ton in New York over thirty years
ago, brought a sensational price.
The elder Walters also assembled
the largest and most complete coilec-
ton OF Barrie bronzes that is today
in existence. These have been re-
moved in recent years from the house
10 the new gallery and are very at
tractively set forth.
The new gallery, two-story struc-
ture of white stone or marble. on
Charles street. was built by the pres
ent owner and contains on the first
noor a series of galleries, each fur
NiRbed as a unit with the furnishings
Of special period. For example,
there is a gothic room, renaissance
rooms and rooms of the later French
periods. In no other museum in the
United States has this plan so adj
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ter hall. around which the chain of
period rooms is grouped, are to be
found classic works in sculpture, ORR
entail potteries.s Italian faience, ma
5oficas. bronzes, etc. In the center is
placed replica of Robins famous
statue. The Thinker" the same as
that at the entrance of the Panthenon
in Paris.
Above stairs are the porcelains and
paintings by the old masters, the ma
jority of which were derived from
famous Italian collection. which
Mr.. Walters purchased en- masse
Unlike the great galleries of this
country and the old world these gal
leries can be seen readily in a few
hours. and they afford the visitor in
some ways more pleasure than IL they
were many times their present size.
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An aftermath of the war will be a
new crop of public monuments AL
ready, in many parts of the country,
plans are being made to memorialize
in permanent materials the heroes of
the war. Some months ago, in Great
Britain-in fact, before the armistice
was signed conference was held
under the auspices of the Royal Acad-
envy of Art, at which a strong COM
mlttee OF eminent architects, sculp-
tors and others was formed to advise
sfhose proposing the erection of war
memorials i'll order that obvious blum
Eders might be avoided and that wise
choice be made. AS Sir Alfred Mond.
Snrst commissioner of works London
said at that time. that it is most de-
ssirable that whatever form war me-
.morials take (and they will assume
~many forms) they shall really make
Spiain to all generations and to all
people the purpose for which they
swere erected and the object which
they commemorate.
= In order to render similar sery-
ice in this country. in response to re-
<1uests for advice and in the hope sof
inducing the erection of war memorf-
Nals OF high standard of artistic
smerit, the American Federation of
ARTS is appointing an advisory COM
Thlttee or leading authorities in art
n rchitects. sculptors. landscape archi-
tects and laymen. and has issued a
eclrcu!ar making tentative suggestions
Tor the treatment of war memorials
zEenerally
These suggestions are as follows:
q Consider the amount of money prob
ably available. Conclusion on this
point must necessarily precede any
determination as to the form of me-
mortal. and is equally important
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