Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-28

THE FREER COLLECTION. il
M fRED1IIC ]. HASKM.
Especial Correspondent Of The Argus).
w..afaston, D. l.. Nov. ss.-rhs late
Charles L. Freer, whose famous collection Of
American and oriental art d soon 70 b housed
in special million. dollar building here - .
part Of the national museum. was al art COL
lector Of unusual talent ana enterprise. ac-j
cording to those who knew the man and are
qualified ia. judge.
The United states has produced many mil
have had little in the way of sQuipmeat ex-
cept their wealth. for the task q making IN
art collection. They have generally employed
experts to do al Of the Searching and the pur-
chasing, and It II . notorious fact that they
have often been imposed upon.
Mr.. Freer belong to the much smaller class
Of collectors who really know their subjects,
He made his fortune % mAnufacfurer IN
Detroit. He was early attracted by oriental
art. and Chinese and japanese paintings. pot
teries and other art objects make mp Q large
part Of his collection. He also collected the
works Of those American painters, who. in his
opinion, possessed the fine sense Of color and
line which characterixes the best Of oriental
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ts....,r. ss.tnr. ~ h,s whi.tI.r collection 4.
the famous Peacock room" This is an inte-
rior which was created by Whistler for the
London residence Of the late f. r. Leyland.
All Of the decorations, and even the woodwork,
cock nom. will he renroduced Completely in
the new building here.
MI fEees Delonss 70 sne Macn sm .a Si -
ana II rs sa.a ina. mere plo1aDy 40 NY a
o oN coiieeo , any M ~ 80 o
lroM Inc Spurious wnene.s. no W. onaeeu 3
new op!ect OF any nMpor r ne Mos saa
veers and would seeH the oninions Of all avail:
able exnerts a. tn whether Il was what II had
hoar rarrasentoS ~ no
MI. fieer maoe many eApeaHions IN PeISon
IN search OF anclent orlentai WORKS ana II Is
SAD tnat ms experlences as conec'oT MAKE
d most in.e, es.ins anu unusual s'ory, no enu
announcer coilector nIo1gnt out cotlectloa OF
ancient pos.efies Maic9 nad Deen olsSovefeG ny
some ARABS IN tne Guphiates valley. Inc
TURKISH government was Dlttefiy opposed 70
the removal from the country OF sucn an
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secratarv nossssas. soms mites an hi: .dv.r =
tnras a. a coIiector and n nav ha that q hook
m The inject viii soma dav h. nnhiished
w .e -D's, w" oo.e "". .e p"Dteu
MI treers coliection, which contains near
- ~. -assSsrcs - netrns. St,dc,t. ~ 1917.
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hsstinr and venfiiation The hnildinv y 3 modal
~, $500 .oi,ec4son ,u ma nysa MoSS,
library ON the sufiect Of oriental art ma thiS
is aleo giyen : place in the buildine, There
are study rooms and a lecture hall. While he
exhibits will be rotated. 30 that the public Mi
not see the same objects all the time. all Of
tho collection will always be ayailable Ia
students,
~Althourb thu bui,dinv ia .lmost corr,as.
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