Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-12
!. ART LOVERS FEAST IN
1.-THE BRITISH MUSEUM
Many Splendid Drawings by Old
Masters and New in the En-
largcd Collection.
GEMS OF HINDOO SCHOOL
Delicatcly Colorcd, With Effects En-
HANGED by tho Use Of Gold, They
Arc Only Exceeded in Interest by
fChincsc Paintings.
GEMS OF HINDoo SCHOOL
ny MARK zANGwILL.
(Ry Cross.Atlnntlc Serylco

LONDON. Sept. 1.-THE British
Museum has provided a rare feast for
Edward VII. Galleries have been. re-
opened with an exhibition of prints.
draw;nEs and liindoo and Chinese
The present collection includes both
ole masters and new, among the lat
ter S many happily SIN iiving: Thus Us.
Michael Angelo. Raphael, Andrea del
Sarto. Ticpolo, etc. prints by Albert
pnrer. drawings and prints ny Will
liam Blake, ctchings by, Mcryon.
Whistler. ,Dcgas and Rodolphe Bres-
din; a fine sketch by Rodin: draw
inss by Phil May and Aubrey Boards
ilfistrious dead.
AS TO living artists. much rromin-
cnce is dcservedly given 10 the work
5 of Muirhead Bone. who is undoubtcd-
~ black and white artist OF genius.
and there are drawings by Augustus
lynn. William Rothcnstein. Henry
13nks and Eric II. Remington; water
cpIors by Wilson steer. -. y. Cam
.eEpn, r. A., etch!nEs by +. J. GriGgs
.eaRd drawings BY Erea, many others
ssrTrU has recently acquired, usual
Y by gift. -. ,,,.,o, p,,n,,n
The H!ndoo pictures are small.
elaborate and delicately colored. the
: effect occasionally enhanced by the
dee OF gold: they. were produced in
the seventeenth, eighteenth and nine
teenth centuries. OF the two schools
represented. the painting OF the
fM n2E school IS the AIT mainly Of
the EMPEROR Akbar aad his success
ors. Persian influences are strongly
marked in ;Ae earlier paintings OF
House Of Tirnu-." for instance. is Ger
taiUly Persian II style. THIS quaint
9iSiu-a = painted on cotton, and IS
scheoI. being. ebou; 81 fee; by feet,
II IS r19cE' faded and , portion is
MISSES. II: the color must originally
have b..n ys.y brilliant, The prin-
cess sits IN pavilion. placed in the
center OF the picture. in company OF
number OF Oriental potenta;es, :n-
Guiding the Shah Jehan. apparently
discussion, while her ancestors. who
have managed somehow to ne present.
are grouped around on either side:
: with figures OF ali kinds. who scorn
10 be sevcrly ruled by The laws Q;
3T-spcctive. The WORK dates from the
carly seventeenth century.
The ar; OF Rajpu,ana differs from
the above in being purely Hindoo.
devoid of Persian influence. The pic
lures represent popular and court
.7y art. and are inspired by poetic
+. and religious legend, particularly
F, the stories OF kr!shna and the Divine
Cowherd, They are distinguished by
.iyrical feeling and i remarkable
/ beauty OF flowing line.
{. Interesting Chinese Paintings.
7: The Chinese paintings are even
MORE interesting. They are usually
I ohlonS in shape and several feet in
leng;h \ few OF them have been
framed. but the majority are attached
10 rollers. like maps. Some have
grown very dark with age, and here
,on the whole they are wonderfully
preserved despite their great age: the
picture OF The Lady Feng throwing
herself in the way OF an escaped bear
ny fia.
.hrst century Il. =. The color here is
very faded in parts. and, owing 10
the protective glass, details are diM-
cult to deciphcr. but snc can still
discern what mus, -x-;innily have
been very spirited representation
or very heroic and patriotic action,
painted in warm. brilliant colors.
~ weird, awcsome representative
ef Chinese mythology is "Kuan-Yin
Of the thousand eyes and thousand
arms, with Demon Kings and Bodi-
sattyas" painted in the ninth or
ablossis the plump-faccd lady with
large cars and downcast eyes de-
scribed as Avaloki,isvara, the Erca,
BodhiSattva, Incarnation OF Pity.
Another picture represents The
FAIRY ILai-fu with the Fcng Bird be-
sides her" The Fcng Bird is the
phoenix: here seen as weird and
frankly realistic. The Earthly Para
disc" is sort OF Chinese Wattcad: 4,
represents Iowcr-decked garden
wherein herce. fat, black whiskered
gentlemen take tea with pretty ladies'
\ white heron stalks nonchalantiy
about the scene. which contains many
figures. Though faded in .parts me
picture is attractive in colSt O,,ito
western in conception arr1i :,fnT,ie in
treatment is the full-length Portrait
OF lady: she is seated. resting her
chin on her hand. SO. TOO. might Inc
modern portrait painter pose his Sit
Very decorative are the numerous
panels dealing with animal life:
tigers, bears. eagles. falcons. win
geese, etc. the essential character of
each creature being Wonderfully CON
yeyed There IS 4 simplicity and 70.
stra!nt, a dignity and strength about
ithese which Is wholly admirablc -.
= splendid panel is Lotus WHIT. Heron
and kinGhshers," i decorative mr..
:. engagement OF surprising beauty. !,
helonge 10 the Sung Dynasty II was
Z during the sung Period. gC0.l2S0 4 -
tirat Chinese painting attained 10 mi
development, and its productions arc
rarely surpassed h. chose or tho
( later Ching and Ming Periods.
But they Will not lind the delight
+ full by-Eone courtesy today in Paris
The war has left its marks upon This
people. think know-the pres.