The Washington herald., 1921-10-02

hCA -WoEhs hSlh8 5hy anu
modest little girl
Richard Zarrin. a Lettish en-
graver; who studied in Vienna,
Munich and Paris. was\ Tor many
years director Of the government
printing and engraving office at the
then st. Petersburg, where he de-
signed Russian paper money and
stamps. With the Bolshevik revo-
luton he sent his family homo to
Latvia. but he was compelled to
remain at St Petersburg and pro-
vide the spurious paper money of
the insurgents until one dark De-
cember night when he made an ad-
venturous escape in disguise over
the Latvian border and returned to
his family. who did not at first
recognize him, so much like q Boil
shevik was his appearance. zarrin
is now director OF the Latvian
printing and engraving office and
designs Latvian money and postage
stamps. Examples of the latter
were distributed by Mr.. Kundzin to
the Arts Club audience.
Publishes Weekly.
Zarrin now publishes, with an
other designer and painter named
Tillberg, a Lettish satirical week
ly. the Swari, which means scales.
Tillberg is a caricaturist and both
artists excel in dry humor. They
do not spare the government
and society One joke which
they played on the Cubists and
Futurists was to get together a
set of so-called Cubistic pictures.
made In the most hasty and mean
ingless style, and exhibit them as
young artist.
After the public had visited the
exhibition, praised IL and taken IT
quite seriously, even buying some of
the pictures at good prices. a public
meeting was arranged with cards of
invitation. and Tillberg then an
nounced that he would paint before
the audience, in Ave minutes or less,
pictures such as they had seen in
the exhibition. This he proceeded
to DO, with other artists. amid roars
of laughter.
Mr.. Kundzin also discussed the
architecture of Latvia, belonging
chiefly to the Renaissance and the
Baroque. and he spoke of the charm
Of the approach to Riga by steamer,
when the traveller Is greeted by the
to vers of the cathedrals of st.
Mary's and st. Peters. The Let
tish people" he said. love beauty.
and they encourage their artists and
musicians who produce II. The art
ist Is a more popular, man in Latvia
than the politician"
| From Washington this exhibition
will go later to New York to be
shown at the Pageant of Americas
Making" in October. which will rep
a.. ha
settled in America
A marble bust of George wash
ington by the French sculptor Hou-
don ofu century ago Is recent
acquisition in the .. A. r Museum
of Memorial CostiDental Hall. This
portrait of Washington. just
! brought to this country. was pre-
sented with two Sevres vases. by
the French government, to the Ma
| tional Society, Daughters of the
American Revolution, 'in greatful
recognition OF aid rendered to
France during the world war. The
bust Is less than life size, and quite
| different in character from the
familiar Houdon plaster cast made
] by the French sculptor at Mount
| Vernon, when he came to this
country by request Of Congress in
order to make his famous statue OF
Washington. This fun length hg-
ure, which was erected in marble
in Richmond, may be studied in two
replicas of 1t to be found in the
U. S. Capitol here. The gift to the
D. A. r. was made through the
French Ambassador, NJ. Jusserand
during the annual Congress of the
Society In April.