Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-10
TATE GALLERY IN LONDON
SHOWS PROGRESS or ART
building Closed During War Is
Opened as Show Room for
British Works.
CENTURY PROGRESS SHOWN
National Turner Collection to he
Housed Thcrc-Among Paintings
Seen for First Thnc Arc BInkc's
Weird Water Coiors.
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lcry of British Art. otherwise the
Tate Gnilery. built by the muniicence
o. the iuto Sir Henry rate on tho site
OF the old Ailibank Prison, facing
the river at cost OF over llOO.O9O
tnohlnally), was opened In 1897. In
1910, owing TO the generosity of the
late Sir Joseph Duvcen. and nils son,
firm OF art dealers. a magnificent
suite OF rooms was added to hold the
Turner bcuuest TO the nation. Tho
Ia.iury has been closed during the
rooms arc open to the public. the re-
ma!nder being stlll occupied Ivy the
Ministry OF Pensions. which will
gradually vacate the building during
the autumn.
It II now Intended that the Tate
GALLERY shall be real gallery OF
british art. which 1t never has been
Hitherto. where the progress and de-
iiogarth to the present day may be
studied Systematically. To this end
Il large number OF paintings belong
ing 10 the eighteenth and nineteenth
National Gallery in Trafalgar square.
wh!ch ~ SC rich in works or the
period thai, while eth retaining the
;'nest examples. 1t has been able 10
tho highest Importance. These pic
lures. together with those already at
Nillbanh and those acquired since
1919. are nos arranged az far as
possible IN chronological sequence.
50 lint M!llbank should become the
mecca or al Interested In tho achieve
,nent OF Brit!sh painters during the
laat 200 years
Rooms Decorated In Colors.
All the rc-opcned rooms have been
rrlccorhted, and the color scheme OF
each adapted to the character Of the
paintings on the walls. Thus the
generally brown-toned works OF the
eighteenth century are hung against
bun background, which gives full
value TO their cuioring. The works
or the pre-Rapbaelites are seen
aEainst n violet purple, which sets
OF with singulnrly happy effect the
more vivid br!lliance OF these. Other
f"pns are in pale grey, smoke gray
md green. The red coloring OF the
iurner wing is, however. failure. In.
Nestlng the pictures In some lights
with rudy tonal!ty disturbing to !,
iEua appreciation.
II Is II, the Tata Gallery that arc
hoGsed tho pictures acquired under
Chantrey, the famous sculptor. who
died In 1871. had no children or very
near Relatives. and left the reversion
or the bulk OF his property to the
president and council OF tho Royal
Academy for tho promotion OF British
art Ia painting and sculpture,
some fine works have been acquired
IN th!E way, MISC some OF mediocre
merit. which has sometimes led To
much discussion.
Here, too. most OF the great nj
legorical works. or Watts have their
permanent, home. Low. Life and
Death are the themes or these. and
ihcy are known the world over. liore
are the splendid "Litc's Illusions
Love and Lac" Love and Death"
Death Growing Innocence" Love
Tr!um phant over Death" and many
another glowing canvas.
Among .ho works Reen here for the
FIRST time are many % Biake's weird
est and most remarkable watcr-color
Ions TO Dante. though the Bible. too
has supplied some themcs. such az
| tle splendldly imaginative "Elljah
shout TO ascend to Heaven In a
lIrlot OF IRE Satan Smiling job,
dam Naming the Beasts" and
athsheba n her Bath" Tho Dante
/ wings are amazing conceptions;
many would convey too painful an
! .upr1Es!on were they not purged OF
! ineir terro: by the painters artistry
AMI their beauty OF color. Some verge
ou the grotcsquc. and are go naive
and Inadequate In technique that a
chlld might criticize them. Yet de-
| spite everything these illustrations OF
heaven and hell remain supreme In
their concrete expression OF the aw-
iul and the mysterious.
Pictures Are OF Wide Character.
In another vein Is the allegorical
"Th" Spiritual Form OF Nelson Guild
ing Leviathan." The spiritual form
Of Nelson ia represented as we'll