The Washington herald., 1921-09-18


ala is giving publicity to art mat
ters," continued Mr.. Minnigerode
1t is a splendid thing for any.
newspaper to do. Notice Of gallery
exhibitions and other activities is
OF the greatest Importance to us. /"
Did you find many changes in
the galleries abroad since the war;"
NO, most OF them have taken on
very normal appearance" re-
turned Mr. Minnigerode. II first
VISITED LONDON. There I spent a
great deal OF time In the National
SaIiery. the Tate Gallery. the Wal
lace collection and the National
rortrait gallery in London. also
saw .ne Royal Academy Exhibitor
Wnicn was open when I was tber.
O, c9n.emporary work, very good
.eresting, such as we show
mere psa az Inc corcoran in our famops
Toured Holland.
FROM London Mr.. Minniesrod.
went TO Holland, where he Yi.,,ss
.ne Mauritshnis at The Hasue Thia
% spiendid collection is famous e.n.s
S,aIry TOT the Lesson in Anatomyn
ey rembrandt. and for Paulu, POI
rhe Young Bull" Aftsr
s.opping az HARLEM, with its cele
%,a d Frans Halls Museum. Mr.,
iserode proceeded to Amstar.
Dnta ior the most important q,
whIn saneries. the Rijks Museum
rn wren possesses. Hollands hest,
..Mt rembrandt, the enigmstics,
b., "atch' shown in a room
n,.. other favorites are Yer
bIua chen Maid" a study in
in az orange. and Israels Alone
recalls the beautiful Corcn., ""ich
raels Mother and ChIIdr Is
Net came Belgium" Mr. N,,,,
serode sped on. where yisitns
the galleries of Antwerp ana sI.ed n
seA Yes, I saw Rubens, .Desa.
rom the Cross and his o,h.
tne Antwerp cathedral Th. ~
went TO Paris. where r.,.i
spout ten days on my drst yI.I,
came back again later fron, g..
dctlcsily all my time .nsr. a.,
ene Louvre, and also visitsd "a
1ouse, Luxembourg, and ths
I1odin Museum, devoted to IN LEV
..l,.n lists work. principally scnIn,nr.
win rev drawings. me-. ~
Inuv sehedite, the director of VI.
Venice Galleries Closed
FROM Paris Mr.. Minnigerode ,our
condi,, venice. where he found art
soaas less satisfactory IN.
onI~ a. al Belli Arti being tbs
s s pubic gallery open, and nn,
zen an OF its rooms, as venice t.,. @
k.enIY dn OF the enemy more
anv oth. the war than almost
Fiorence was next on INV ,,ins
y tI where 1 gave nearly INV ~.
pi.., ime to the Uffzi and m.
@ the director of the Corco.an
p.H aueo 70 recall them. "Tbex a..
sy wsy the finest collections anye
OF italian art. also vi.
,eeu @ the Academia in Florenn.
sna Win It's famous David by Micbei'
snseio. Next came Rome. wbern ,
pent most of my time IN t,a
aucan. Also. OF course -
@ ,ne Terme Museum and ina Ssi
.ery OF Modern Art in Rome A.
.noueh am not telling Won IN
.ne otner details did NOT forea,
mere the usual sights. incindina
ene Catacombs. the CoIise,;m g.
refers and the walls and an.,.nt
monuments. Throughout Enrons =
aia much additional sightseeinr
from Rome went To M,S.,.
breaking the long journey bv on,n
Two stops en- route, at Genos 80
INce' where there was Mathis, =.
art 70 De seen. In Madrid INV t,,sa
as'very limited, as 1 had e,es..
ments back in Paris, so I aid onIy
TWO Things. spent aImost ,h.
wnole time In the Prado Mps.sn,
was there only three or o..
DAYS. They have fve or s,r 80.
spanish masters than can he 60
ana studied better there than snI-
where else in the world. Firs,
felasquez, of whose works th.T
nave sixty. Then Murillo, Ell Greco
Goya' Ribera and Zurbaran.
Sees velasque. MaryeIs
pelasauez's great picture. The
saviour Crucified. is the last word
Hasnincent delineation. The
tapestry Weayers' is one of his
very nnest, and The Surrender of
breoa' 10 another. Others of his
court series are theN Equestrian. of
Phiiip W. The Maids of Honor
."e <Dona mariana de Austria >
whlcn may be compared with
mazo's very different conception Of
the same subject"
IN the Prado. also, It will be
recaiieo' is Goya's beautiful nude,
Maia, which inspired the title of
loanezs great feminist novel.
translated into English as "wone =
Triumphant"
From Madrid" Mr.. Minnieerode
resumed, Il returned to Paris FOR
four or five days and again a..
voted my time to the Louvre. m.
Luxembourg and the Rodin Mu-
scum. It was really great fun.
ne smiled. ito come back and re,
a new view of the same things
after having visited 50 many other
saileries ~ ..s.-s..ss $500 =
Then london again. where I saw