The New York herald., 1921-12-18
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CODLInUeu IEcCCuihb "eO'
r.oples" not only includes the people Of
the United States and England. but also
the English speaking peoples OF Can
ada. Australia and New Zealand. which
are regarded as distinct units moro or
less.
In addition to the competition for a
symbolic design the English Speaking
Union intends to adopt motto or
slogan expressing It's spirit and purpose.
Brevity. clarity. imaginative appeal.
memory value, breadth OF wording and
spirit to avoid criticism on the score of
Anglomania are its essential character
istics, and in addition 1t is to be thor
oughly American in its implication. All
drawings. &C.. must be delivered to the
Architectural League of New York. 215
West Fifty-seventh street. on or before
January 16, 1922.
The San Francisco Museum Of ARD
opened on November 80 retrospective
exhibition Of etchings by Cadwallader
Washburn, and an enthusiastic Western
THE retrospective collection of etch-
ings by Cadwallader Washburn demon
strates the supremacy OF American
graphic art as have very few exhibitions
held in this country In many years. Since
the death of Whistler, Cadwallade
Washburn has been regarded by the
most discriminating connoisseurs of
etching as Americas foremost exponent
of this very difficult medium of artistic
expression. The collection which waJ
placed on exhibition this week consti-
tutes Washburn's whole opus as an
etcher. 1t comprises the astonishin :
number OF something over 500 prints
covering his entire output since he first
began to etch, some twenty years ago
down to and including impressions of
his last plates executed during his re-
cent sojourn in California. II contain
scores Of unique prints from plates that
have been destroyed and never before
exhibited In any exhibition. thus afford
ing the first real opportunity to study
the whole aesthetic development OF this
many sided. versatile artist.
I'm the diversity OF subject and treat
ment Cadwallader washturn is a strong
rival cf Whistler. with whom he has
often been compared. Like Whistler. his
sojourns In foreign lands have resulted
In masterpieces that reflect the charac
ter and spirit of the countries visited to
q degree only possible in great art.
"a new and revealing Hight Is thrown
upon the life and customs of Japan
Italy. Mexico and India In the notable
series of plates devoted 10 an interpre-
tation of the spirit of these countries
by Washburn, not to speak OF the idyl-
lie charm of his New England ano New
Jersey series and the noble smplicity
OF his California series, in which he re-
veals the same unerrlng eye for pictorial
possibilities as is to be found I'm his
souvenirs of tho romantic spots of the
Old World.
I'm these portraits of places as wei
as portraits OF people, OF strange and
interesting characters, OF landscapes and
glorious bits of architecture. Is recorded
the reaction of one of the richest natures
that has so far appeared in American
art. As In the case of the ]. Pierpont
Morgan collection OF Rembrandts etch.
lngs exhibited In this museum recently
the installation OF the Cadwallader
Washburn collection follows chrome.
logical order that makes possible q com
pletc survey OF his whole development
The collection fills seven Rallerits and
Is being shown in conjunction with n
selected exhibition OF American Applied
Arts by the foremost craftsmen through.
out the country, including several Of the
local handicrafts workers.
The Birch Burdette Long sketch COM
petition OF 1921 for sketches Of an archi-
tectural character, has Just been judged