Evening star., 1921-08-01
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.BEcOMESl|BRARY
Books and Paintings Replace
Horses and Carriages
of Ex-Kaiser.
BY MrRIAM rEICHNER.

BERLIN. July 25.-The royal sta
bles of the Hohenzollern family. on
the south side of the Schloss platz.
give shelter now to the new library
of Berlin. Instead of the 800 horses
which were kept in the river wing
Of the. handsome Renaissance.styie
building. and the. 800 royal car
riages. to say nothing OF state car. car.
!; the time Of the first monarchs, there
are ofiices and books. and. instead
Of the champing of bits and the roll
ing Of great wheels. there Is the
quiet atmosphere Of study which
obtains in all well regulated libra
ries.
Just to even things up a bit. how
ever. the palace of the crown prince
on Zeughaus platz houses a group
of blue horses, and the blue horses
are just as wildly inconceivable In
the kronprincenpalais as are rows and
tables in the former royal stables.
They're in q Painting.
The blue horses are not, Of course,
living horses. They are one of the
canvases of Franz Marc. the young
German expressionist artist, who fell
IN battle during the war, and they form
part Of display of modern art which
occupies the third floor of the former
palace of the crown prince.
The gods, in the grinding of their
great mills, must gaze down some-
times on that palace with Its royal
crests and its blue horses, and they
must indulge in an ohlique grin OF
godly relish. For Of every place in
the world in which there might be
superb incongruity in the housing
Of display Of expressionist art. the
palace Of the crown prince is the
most superbly incongruous. Wilhelm
Hohenxollern could not abide modern
art tendencies The national gall
lery was forbidden to buy any exam. m.
modern art groups during his reign:
and his son, the crown prince. was
similarly minded. The display. how
ever. is there. and Is attracting a
large and eager group OF the pro-
letariat every day-especially the
free days..
Meet the Director.
Herr Geheimrath Ludwig Justi-
you would have to translate him by
do justice to his title at all-and he
is a doctor, and q professor. and the
author Of several books as WELLS
director Of the museum In the crown
princes palace. as well as Of the
national gallery. And Herr. Doktor
Geheimrath Ludwig Justi has been
director Of the national gallery al
most two decades. Never. during his
directorship. however, was he able to
indulge his own enthusiasm for mod
ern art forms. For the Hohenzollerns
clung to conservatism. and the ma
tionai gallery and Ludwig cluns. per
After the revolution, however, 1t was
different. There was a perfectly good
palace, without a tenant. and what
better use could be made Of + than to
use 4 as an art museumf What. in
Herr Geheimrath Justi. Il must be
tact in the disposition Of his pictures.
The first floor Of the crown princes
palace is devoted to the art Of con-
servatism-to the academicans. in
fact. The second floor goes a step
farther and .nd''iees in impression
flight Of stairs to prepare ono for
the transition, and when one gets to
the top Of .it-theYe are Expression.
isrius" and the blue ahorses, and all
they stand for. rampant.
Done With q Purpose.
Herr Geheimrath Justi had a pur-
pose ~ arranging hts exhibit In
just that vay. He wanted that tall
flight Of Stairs between the impress
!
is. he says. q different. world, and
the tranftion must not be made too
suddenly. Making tour Of his mu.
scum with him.. 1t Is not hard to
see that 1t 10 his fayorite floor. He
dwells on the indigo ,dobbins. and
the geometrical gentlemen. with love
and emotion. He points out unsus.
pected rhv' Inns and harmonies; he
iikens a certain picture 20 q fugue.
until a suggestible guest can almost
hear its theme develop. So he glows
with pride and enthusiasm
The pride and enthusiasm Of Herr
Geheimrath Justi are mitigated how
ever, by one sad detail, and that
is that almost the entire exhibit Of
the. modern is loaned. One hundred
thousand marks. year II all that is
granted the museum by the state to
buy new pictures. and "a single can
Sy E Ro,s tss wsH ssaTes ., nth
Ing Germany's Oldest expressionist.
Costs in the neighborhood Of 10000
or $4,000 marks. So tho exhibition Of
the canvas nf the Dutchman. Vim
cent Van. Gogh. and the Swiss artist.
Fs.dinand Ya, Hodler: and nd & the French
man students and followers Of Ma
tfsse. are all the private collections
OF German art lovers lent to the mu-
scum Of the palace Of the crown
prince.
Many Other Radicals.
Franz Marc. with his blue horses
-he lived among horses Geheim-
rath Just says. and knew them and
loved them. else he could never have
made them 90 attractive in spite of
painting them blue-and Kirchner
and Heckel. and many other young
German radicals. are represented.
There is Hars Purrman. who studied
with Matisse.r and Rudolf Levy. an
other follower Of the Frenchman. and
there ar" some canvases Of Christian
Rohlfs. but to the exhibiting Of q
canvas Of Emil Nolde-even q tent
canvas-Geheimfath Justi has not as
yet achieved.
) Herr Geheimrath Justi has. how
ever, achieved much. Quite aside from
their value cbfac.s of 3r, Hnr- c,e-
heimrath Justi has given those blue
horses, standing as they do. for all
that Is new and revolutionary in art.
. place in history: For !t isn't many
horses-be they blue or bay or brown
or dappled gray-who may stand.
peaceful and unreproved. for all the
world to see. in the palace Of crown
prince.