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New-York tribune., 1920-05-09

borrowed for the anniversary or lately
added to the permanent collections
makes considerable pamphlet. AS
we have said, we cannot begin to tram
scribe it here. The torso we have cited
is only one Of number Of new things
IN the classical department. There
are accessions in Egyptian art, and tie
loans at this point include a remark
able collection of Egyptian jewelry,
especially necklaces. There are new
and important objects in the galleries
devoted to arms and armor. In the
rooms of the European decorative arts
there are precious tapestries, scuIp-
lures and furniture of the Gothic and
Renaissance periods. The Morgan wing,
temporarily enriched In divers direc
tions, discloses particularly q great
bronze angel Of fifteenth century
French origin. There are numerous
loans in the department of Eastern art.
and the decorative craftsmanship of
England and America Is also further
illustrated. The Print Room brings
forward woodcuts, engravings, etch
ings and books and a gallery is filled
with drawings not hitherto publicly
shown. There is literally no end to
this procession of beautiful rarities
and there is no limit to it's diversity.
We linger before a madonna and
Child" by Jacopo della Quercia, and
we turn from its tranquil oveliness to
pair Of bronze andirons by Alessan-
dro Vittoria, the very expression of
Renaissance mundane pride. After
looking at cases full Of the rich dusky
blues and golden traceries of Oriental
Cloisonne we pass to the austerities OF
Colonial silver. The range is so wide
that physically it Is fatiguing. Men
tally the museum has never builded SO
we'll for refreshment and edification.
Down in the great main hall through
which one enters there are few sim
pie decorations at the fanking inches
and above there are richly colored
shields, inclosed in wreaths, repeating
the coats Of arms of those peoples and
cities which have given works of art
to the world. 1t is restrained scheme.
admirably designed by McKim, Mead
& White. 1t is faithful to high
standard of monumental decoration. In
that it is symbolical. The unmistak-
able affirmation of the museum after
fifty years is that it maintains the
high standard which was contemplated
by the founders.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
4 Memorable Exhibition
Of Old Masterpieces

politan is phenomenally small. II tho
public has known this for some time IL
is bound to receive. at any rate, a new
impression Of the fact this spring and
summer, when the Museum celebrates
its fftieth anniversary. The galleries
have received something like whole
sale housekeeping and, in addition to
the rearrangement of familiar things, a
loan exhibition has been made ccm.
mensurate with what, as such things
go, might be described as the institu-
tion's coming Of age. The Thousands
OF our countrymen who flock through
the building during the next six months
should have emotions Of pride in what
the Metropolitan has achieved. If any
European visitors come, and especially
If they are representatives of museums.
their emotions will be those Of aston
ishment and envy.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
Random Impressions
I'm Current Exhibitions

Next Thursday afternoon at o'clock
there will be formal unveilng of the
mural decorations at Washington Irving
High School upon which Mr.. Barry
Faulkner has been working for a con-
siderable period. The different panels
in the series OF twelve have been put
in place as they have been completed.
1t will be interesting to see now, as a
whole, a scheme that has promised we'll
from the beginning.
The Grolier Club, noted for exhibi-
tions dedicated to the loftiest ideals of
the collector, has in nowise abated its
standard, but has momentarily changed
it's wonted mood. The current show is
Of q positively playful nature, being
given to the illustrative work Of Kate
Greenaway and Randolph Caldecott.
Their charm, irresistible for children,
Is precious also to grown-ups. 1t has
extraordinary sweetness, and in their
quaint, graceful way these two were
delightfully."- original. 1t was good
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
LIE BILLET DOUX
Frm the Painting by Fragonard METROPOLITAN Musem

full group. Chronologically this is head
ed by MIR. Morgan's powerful Castagno,
the PORTRAIT Of Young Man." which
combines with its sculptural weight a
realism and a quality Of color remind
ing US how modern the old masters
could sometimes be. Next it we would
place the fascinating "Giuliano de-
Medici," by Botticelli, from Mr.. Kahn's
collection. 1t illustrates the intensely
human side of Renaissance painting.
its interest in Characterization, and it
is a masterpiece of the Florentine's
linear gift. There is handsome "Por-
trait of Man." very rich in tone and
massy in relief, by Bartolommeo Vc-
neto, and there are imposing portraits
in the freer, broader vein Of the Vene-
tian school by Bassano and Titan. For
traiture rules in the Spanish contin-
gent. There is one of Ell Greco's mys-
tically illuminated landscapes, it Is
true, strange and haunting "View Of
Toledo" He saw Nature as no one
else in this world ever saw it, and filled
it with a light that never was on land
or sea. He was theatrical, in meas
ure. But Mr.. Ricketts, went to the root
Of the matter when he said that a pic
ture by Ell Greco was like one done un-
der torchlight in cell Of the Inquis-
ton. Mysterious perturbations of the
soul enter into it's composition. Be-
sides this landscape there are three
interesting portraits by Goya and there
are two remarkable examples Of Velas-
quez. One of these latter is a charm
ing head of Queen Mariana of Aus
tria," good instance Of the masters
more solid manner. The bewitching
"Portrait Of Girl" Is a work in which
his brush seems to skim the canvas, so
delicate is the touch. He portrays a
type such as he must have had before
him when he painted "Las Hilanderas,"
a type Of youthful beauty in full Bios
som. Velasquez is often of grave
temper in his work. He would paint an
Infanta with all the poise Of the per-
feet courticr. But, as the early "bode-
cones" clearly show, he had the most
sensitive feeling for types Of the peo-
pie, and this young girl of his is
precious record Of the sympathy which
went with his magical technique.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09

versary exhibition will of course en-
joy an immense popularity, yet they
are OF no greater Importance than the
collection assembled for the vast spe-
cial gallery in which the modern
French pictures, the Courbets and
other notable things have been shown.
In this room there is displayed veri-
table wilderness Of the French deco
rative arts Of the eighteenth century.
1t is wilderness. but Mr.. Breck has
so arranged his innumerable objects
that they fall into a harmony as gra-
c1ous az it is brilliant. The many
pieces Of furniture are interspersed
with sculptures by Houdon, Pigalle,
Pajon and Clodion. Looking down the
room from q table at one end is a
heroic bust in bronze by Coysevox
And dominating the rich ensemble, Of
which 1t forms an indispensable part,
Is set of ten Gobelins tapestries,
tapestries Of positively regal splendor,
in which the spirit Of old French
luxury, interpenetrated by taste, seems
summed up. The Ane thing about this
room is that while it crowds so many
works of art together, constituting a
whole museum. it remains "all of a
piece" demonstrating the beauty of a
coherent style. We can imagine this
collections proving mine of inspira-
ton to the designers who will explore
1t this summer. But we value even
more it's probable influence upon taste
in the large sense. Therein the trus-
tees of the Museum have best shown
the wisdom which has governed their
plans for this celebration. In every-
thing they have done they have sought
to give pleasure to the public. In this
great French room they have provided
also an ideal object lesson. There runs
through it, in countless mutations of
form and decoration, the feeling for
measure and balance, for grace and
elegance, for fitness and for charm,
which made the eighteenth century
French craftsman an unparalleled serv-
itor of the art Of living How more
pointedly could the Museum have
marked its function as q source Of
ideas not only in the art Of America
but in our social life?
The catalogue Of the works of art
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A Phalanx of
Great Painters

There is something tantalizing about
the loan collection Of old masters, a
collection generally scattered through
the different rooms according to
schools. There Is hardly one Of them
on which it would not be inspiriting to
write chapter. but it is impossible
to traverse them all in detail in this
place. Nowhere do we feel more keen
ly the stress Of remuneration than in the
presence of the John Bellini belonging
to Mr.. Hamilton, which has been placed
in the Marquand gallery, the Museums
Salon Carre. 1t is the famous "Bac-
chanal" from Alnwick, the picture
which, according to legend, was finished
by Titan. Even without the reference
to that potent name one would think of
the two prodigious Titians in the Prado.
that other "Bacchanal" and the "Wor-
ship of Venus" They have a sump-
tuous brilliance and a thrilling move
ment of which Bellini never dreamed.
But on the other hand, the serenity OF
his genius glows forth from this
imperial painting with nobility in no.
wise dimmed by comparison with his
tremendous disciple. The figures,
though some of them seem curiously
stunted, have in the main great beauty,
especially beauty of line, and the
landscape is heavenly. There are other
notable subject pictures in the Italian
group, an impressive "Crucifixion" by
Piero della Francesca, fine "Nativty"
by Francesca di Giorgio, and an in
teresting elaboration Of the Kings" by
Bartolommeo Vivarini. A great SOU
venir of the earlier Florentine school
is the "Christ with St. Peter and S..
James," attributed to Cimabue, and
there are several beautiful Madonnas,
ranging from one by Bernardo Daddi
and another by Gentle da Fabriano to
examples Of the Venetian school by
Bellini and Vivarini. They are all
important, yet, as we turn from the
"Bacchanal" before mentioned, We are
moved to go straight to Mantegna's
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
The Old Masters
OF the North

In the paintings from the North, as
from the South, the devotional motive
is illustrated. They begin with some
beautiful examples of early Flemish
refinement, the refinement Of a tech
nical method raised to such a pitch Of
delicacy that it throws a kind Of
glamor over a tradition largely real
istic. Gerard David, Hans Memline and
Roger Van der Weyden are the masters
here, with q French Primitive, Simon
Marmion, and German, Martin Schon-
gauer, completing the group. They have
a certain tonic quality after the subtle
tenderness of the Italians. The mysti-
cism Of the North is embodied not so
much in visions of beauty as in the
brilliantly painted, even plastic forms
of artists who kept their eye on the
visible world and painted it in a dry
light. The figures in the wings Of an
altar-piece painted by Memling bring
us again to portraiture and to one Of
the strongest points Of the Flemish
school. The "Leonello d'Este" Of Van
der Weyden Is a masterpiece Of cool,
precise definition, as tangible as
statue. There are two Holbeins In the
show. Both are major performances,
but the Lady Guilford" is relic of
one of those moments in which the
master carried his passion for decora-
tive detail almost to excess. His true
genius is better represented In the
PORTRAIT of a Musician" belonging to
Mr.. Goldman, gloriously drawn, one Of
tho cxaraSA nattarns Of cnlnr he eyer
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
LADY WITH THE Lutte
rom the Painting by Ver Nicer the Metropolitan

and to improved conditions, a period
surprising any Of Its predecessors in
fruitful management. If a single tes-
timony to the nature of his point of
view had to be designated, we would
choose from among the recent access
sions now shown for the first time the
Roman copy of a fourth century Greek
"Aphrodite." This exquisite statuette
points to the interest in classical
archaeology which is especially asso-
ciated with his name. 1t is only tiny
episode in q multitude of master
pieces but in its fine quality it is in
dicative of r broad policy. In that
policy Mr.. Robinson has been devotedly
supported by his colleagues. Let the
observer note what has been done by
the curators of all the departments.
Their judgment has counted in the
acquisition of new objects and their
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
SASHA

has a felicitous companion in the
"Philemon and Baucis" lent by Mr.. and
Mrs. Kahn. There Is an extraordinary
quality in this picture. 1t is as though
the masculine, strong mind Of Rem
brandt here let itself take a purely
lyrical turn. He could do that We
remember in his dramatic Samson and
Delilah" note Of blue color sounding
above the glare and murk like the song
of bird. So in the "Philemon and
Baucis," a romantic inspiration leaps
like CLEAN of gold athwart an almost
impenetrable penumbra. A flashing bit
of the bravura Of Frans Halls appears
in the PORTRAIT of a Man Seated" lent
by Mr.. Goldman. The other pictures
from the Low Countries include char
acteristic Smoking Party" by Brewer,
big and rather forid Venus and
Adonis," by Rubens, and Mrs. Hunt
ington's Yer Nicer, the dark but pearly
Lady With Lutte" Only one or two
temporary additions are made to the
gallery Of English paintings, fine
portrait by Sir Joshua, and Turner's
Rockets and Blue Lights"
In the French school the loans are
numerous, bringing back some of the
most famous figures of the eighteenth
and nineteenth centuries. There are
typically brilliant portraits by Natter,
Peronneau, La Tour and Boucher. But
the glittering painter on this occasion
is the inimitable Fragonard, repre-
sented by one of his prettiest pieces
Of sentiment in LA Bonne Mere" and
by one Of his most consummate
studies of feminine coquetry in Mr..
Bache's celebrated picture, "Le Billet
Doux." There Is painting by Wat
teau in the exhibition, but not even
his fame can challenge the triumph Of
Fragonard. An exceptionally good ex-
ample of Daumier marks the line of
division in the French representation
between the old and the modern move
ments. Then come memorials Of the
Barbizon and Impressionist groups,
leading up to Cezanne, Gauguin and
Van Gogh. The drop from Bellini's
"Bacchanal" to these aforementioned
painters is little disconcerting. But,
on the whole, the modern loans are
not unwelcome, especially when they
happen to include picture like Manet's
"Still-Life." 1t is, perhaps, useful to
show in the same exhibition with such
seventeenth century work as the two
beautiful Poussins what has since been
done with landscape art In France.
The American pictures lent form a
small and casual group--a couple of
Copleys and two paintings by Arthur
B. Davies and the late ]. Fl. Twacht-
man.
The paintings lent for this anni-
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
By Royal Cortissoz

r,- a generation it has been GUS
..nsrv to assume that the status OF the
v,.ropelitan Museum Of Art was neces-
.ur lower than that of almost any
.,e great galleries abroad. In a
..r.ain special sense the assumption
8. hsen lust and will probably always
:. valid For italian painting the
.,,asnt will forever have to go to Italy.
u. .sn never rival the museums of
Rone and Florence, Venice and M''Ar.
ro- the disciple OF Velasquez tbs one
r-sst shrine must remain indefinitely
,hs prado at Madrid. The room Of the
rrsst master is unique in the world,
NE only places comparable to it being
paobaels stanze in the Vatican or the
little museum which commentaries
NAILS at Haarlem. Nothing can ever
.ouch. in the general illustration of the
historic schools, such collections as
hslonc to the Louvre and the National
Gallery. Nevertheless, 1t is time to re-
wise the conventional judgment on the
Metropolitan.
Take it for what it is, museum not
dedicated to painting alone, but to all
the arts, emulating as it were the
functions Of both the Louvre and the
cluny, and it is seen to possess a
character lifting it unquestionably to
the European plane. 1t owes this not
only to the variety of its treasures
and their number. but to their intrinsic
merit, their high average. 1t is COM
nonplace of criticism that no European
museum is free from negligible works.
The proportion Of them in the Metro
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idea to revive interest in their amusing
books.
Two of the paintings by George
oberteuffer in the exhibition at the
hnoedler gallery, which recently re-
ceived favorable attention in The Trib-
une, have been purchased by the Brook
lyn Museum. They are the Steven
sons Moret" and the "St. Roch."
Twentythree of .he busts which Mr..
10 Davidson has modelled of major and
minor figures in what the catalogue de-
scribes as his PLASTIC history of the
war" may be seen at the Reinhardt GAL
lery. 1t must have taken some courage
to put them thus on exhibition. Ranged
against the wall in such force, they are
in deadly peril of conveying an impress
Continued on page seven
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Citizenship and
Aesthetics

The temptation is strong to plunca
as once into an enumeration Of the
masterpieces now at the Museum. but
shey ought not to be approached with
out some sense of the public spirit
which lies behind them. Rambl;nc
through these halls we have thought
OF the men like Johnston, Blodgett.
Marquand, Morgan and Hearn. whose
generosity and disinterested labors
nave made possible the vast fabric wa
see to-day. There are other names
scores of them, which might be crate
fully cited. They stand for a broad.
steadfastly flowing stream of civic
energy, which has gradually trans
formed local enterprise into one of
national significance. If we had the
space to summarize in these columns
the salient facts in Miss Winifred
Howe's admirable History" published
IN 1913, we should present an amaz-
ing record Of constructive progress
and an ever widening beneficial influ-
ence. 1t is enough to state here that
the anniversary exhibition is, inciden
tally, reminder to the community of
an unpayable debt in the sphere of the
things of the mind
There is another point on which it
IS pleasant to pause. The Museum has
from the start been we'll served by
Jealous staff, but it is no reflection on
past administrations to say that the
period since 1910, when Mr.. Edward
Robinson was appointed director, has
been, thanks both to his own ability
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09

judith with the Head of Holofernes."
This little panel, long hidden at Wilton
House from all save a few favored
visitors, is one Of the great revelations
of Renaissance painting. It's vivid hues
show Mantegna in an unfamiliar key.
They have the freshness of water color
and the CLEAN of enamel. 1t is in
teresting to recall, with this, Botticel-
lis renowned painting of the same
subject. He exquisitely transmutes the
tragic motive. Mantegna gives it its
grimmest significance and he handles
it, in style, with the severity of antique
sculpture. And his craftsmanship is a
miracle by itself. This picture should
be studied with peculiar interest, for it
throws food of light on the classical
influence in fifteenth century Italian
art.
The Italian portraits form wonder
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
The Museums Fiftieth Anniversary 9

taFte has been effective in the solution
OF problems Of installation. And final
~ the public is indebted tos large
number Of New Workers. for the par
ticular opportunity that is now offered
at the Museum. Sixty borrowed paint
ings are on the walls, most of them
hitherto known only in private collec-
tions. Priceless antiquities, sculp-
lures, tapestries, furniture and so on
heighten the splendor Of the Museums
permanent possessions. The occasion
Is one of aesthetic delight 1t is also
one for reflection on good administra-
tive work and unselfish actions.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-09

made, and, besides, a perfect example
Of that power which Holbein had-to
give kind Of large unity to an art
lessly simple composition. The Dutch
pictures lent are magnificent. Mrs.
Huntington sends three great REM
brandts-the somber portrait Of "The
Savant," the "Hendrickje Stoffels," and
that lovely "Saskia," in which the
famous Dutchman is both the virtuoso
and the poet. The romantic "Saskia
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Continued on page seUen
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idea to revive interest in their amusing
books.
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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-04-02

Mr.. Luther Miller went to Owens
boro yesterday, to accompany Mrs.
Miller and their daughter, Miss EN-
ma home. Miss Emma underwent
an operation in the City Hospital
last Sunday for throat trouble.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-04-02

Messrs. j. H. Everly, F. ]. Jenny,
L. c. Taylor and Mrs. Taylor, who
went to Florida last fall, have return
ed to their homes in the Point Pleas
ant country.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-04-02

Master Lloyd Elda, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fleetwood Ward, of Nocreek,
spent from Friday to Tuesday here
with his grandmother, Mrs. j. A
Bennett.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-04-02

w. B. Smith; of Centertown, was
here Wednesday. Mr.. Smith will
leave for Weir City, Kans-, in about
ten days, where he expects to reside
in the future.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-04-02

Mrs. V. A. Matthews, az Fordsviile,
spent Tuesday and Wednesday here
with her husband, who was attending
the final session of the Ohio County
Board of Supervisors.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-04-02

Mrs. r. e. Lee Simmerman and
daughter, Miss Winnie D., returned
yesterday from greensboro, where
they had spent two or three days
with friends.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-04-02

The 400 acre tract Of coal, tim
bered and farm lands, known as the
Aberdeen Coal Co., property, will be
sold at Aberdeen, May 27th. See adj
vertisement in this issue. 40t5
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-04-02

Prof. George Clarke. Of Hindman,
Assistant State Inspector, Department
of Education, was here this week
checking up the books and accounts
OF Superintendent e. S. Howard.
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Miss Kennedy Collins has been do
ing stenographic work for Barnes &
Smith in the absence of Miss Myrtle
Lashbrook, who is confined to her
home on account Of illness.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-04-02

Mrs Rachel Shultz has returned to
the home of her parents, Judge and
Mrs. j. p. Sandefur, after spending
the winter in Charlotte. N. c., and
st, Petersburg, Florida.
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Miss Marlissa Foster, OF lower No
creek, was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ellis Foster and Mr.. and Mrs. o. d.
Carson here this week. Miss Foster
will go to Bowling Green next week.
where she will enter the State Normal
School
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Mr.. and Mrs. T. II. Penland, of
Louisville, will arrive here tomorrow,
for short visit with Mrs. Penland's
sister. Mrs. Gilmore Keown. and 9TH
er relatives.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-04-02

Mr.. Sam Riley, who for the past
several weeks has been employed as
night clerk at the Bell Hotel, Owens
boro, visited his family here Tuesday
evening, returning Wednesday.