The Washington herald., 1921-08-14


OF the modern French art. just now ,s
attracting so much attention in
New York. An important series of
prints carried are the pictures by.
Jules Guerin of French chateauN
and scenes Of Washington. Two B.
striking panels in the new Lincoln
Memorial are by this leading srchi-
tect and painter.
Discuss Latvtan Art. a-
The art Of Latvia. one OF the new
Baltic countries. Is very interest
ingly discussed by the new repre- 4
sentative at Washington. Professor
Charles Louis Sega, and the secre- p
tary Of the delegation. Mr.. Arved
Kundzin. Both were formerly pro-
fessors at the University OF Riga,
and Mr.. Seya has lived and Travelled
extensively in France. They are
bringing with them a collection Of
Latvian paintings, which will prob
ably be shown at the Arts Club a
little later, where Mr.. Seya ana Mr..
Kundzin were recently guestsA -
sculpture is not much devel0eed :
in our country as yet" says &r-
kundzin, whose personal interest Is
in architecture But we have in
painting all branches Of the modern
school. futurists, cubists. post-im-
press!onists"
Yes" added Mr.. seya. and there ,
is very active war going on be-
tween our modern and classic
schools of painters. Numerotrs o.
hibitions are held. and there is
much diversity of style in painting.
Are the Latvian artists encour-
aged by L4atvian patronage? or
yes ou< people have strong feel
Ing for art. and our painters are
well patronized."
As we are an agricultural reo-
pie. the architecture Of our country
houses is rather primitive and
simple. though Interesting" Mr..
kunoZin continued. But in our
churches. cathedrals. and the homes
Of the aristocracy we fnd the Gothic
and classical styles %
Old Castles Gone.
We used to have old castles in
I ruins, but they have disappeared
now. though we have pictures OF
them Being built " oak, they did
not endure, but they were very mic,
| turesQue, with round towers and
buttresses. regular stronghoIds for
defense in the olden days"
Latvia, which controls three oY
the best ports on the Baltic. RIGA.
/ Windau and Libau. is a country dis
/ tinct from Russia by racial char
acter. as evidenced in its art and O.
literature. II is also much higher
IN its percentage of literacy. higher
even than the United States.
t
is involved in a new series OF artfs- -
tic postcard views from etchlngs nv.
Oscar G'eberich. an artist well
known here as an assistant in
Charles Hawthorne's summer art
school at Provincetown These
cards include the Lincoln Memorial.
the Aztec Gardens and the Whit
ney Fountain at the Pan American
the Capitol. front OF Memorial Con-
tinental Hall, and the Memorial
Amphitheater at Arlington. In re
producing these carefully chosen
and well-drawn scenes selected
from twelve Of his etchings ~
Washington. Mr. GieberiCh has done
for Washington somewhat as Rs-
chael Robinson Elmer did for New
York in her water-color sketChc>
from which the NolIand CoIorcd
postcard views were made. Wash
ington. with fits wide variety OF at
tractiev subjects. offers material
for many more such souvenirs.
COrcorsn Showing Continues.
At the Ccrcoran Gallery, a loan
exhibition Of sculpture will continue
during the summer. Thi. case Of
bronzes is lent by Ralph King. ESQ.
OF Cleveland. a patron Of the gal
lery. There are several works BY
Rodin, a beautiful nude by Paul
Manship. and a group Of Man and
Horse" by Anna Vaughan Hyatt.
Three plaques representing labor.
by Meunier. are Group %
Miners" Men at Forge" and
"Glebe," farmer. or those bv
Rodin. there is a small copy of the
Thinker" a group Of sirens" a
mystifying figure Music" and most
interesting OF all, portrait o'
Madame Rodin in youth, a fascinat-
ing young French woman As will
be remembered. Madame Rodin was
one of the artists earlier models
At the Library OF Congress amonz
summer exhibits are a loan coIlec-
tion Of Incunabula. books printed
before 1900 A. D.. selected from the
John Boyd Thacher collection. and
lent by Mrs. John Boyd Thacher
Examples Of early printing from
France. Italy. Switzerland and Ger
many are shown. in Latin and the
various languages, some Of them
with Illuminated letters
Several cases Of Chinese Incuna-
bula include unique collection -
Chinese manuscripts OF the twelfth
thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth
centuries, and later printed books
with Chinese pictures OF much
charm.
Autographs Of PennelI's scene, or
war activities are on view in III.
basement. There French railway
posters are also shown. illustrating
the beautiful ChateauN de Chenon-
ceaux. de Blois. de Bourges, and
others.
DR.. Holmes RemInIsees
Theodore Kaufman was the fam
Gus art teacher under whom DR.
William Holes, director Of the Ma =
tional Gallery Of Art. began his
studies fifty years ago in the art
colony of Vernon Row. Kaufman
was German. not French as previ,
Gus stated, SO DR.. Holmes tells me
He recalls that the two Miss Hen
rys. daughters Of the famous Secre-
tary Henry Of the Smithsonian In
stitution. were among the students
of that day. As these young ladies
resided in the romantic old Smith
sonian Building which was their