The Washington times., 1922-11-26
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ART EXHIBIT
Conan DoyIe's Commentator
of "Face to Face" Echoed
BY Editor Of magazine of Art
ALSO KNOWN FOR POETRY
Mrs. Minnigerode Andrews
Organizes New Movement to
Stimulate Music, Drama
By VIKTOR FLAMBEAU.

BY VIhTOR FLAMbEAU.
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When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, in
his recent visit to Washington, was
shown this dramatic painting, a
psychological study, he exclaimed,
Before leaving my memories Of this
full day, must mention remark.
able psychic picture which l saw"
Il was the picture, Face to Face"
which they had hung behind the door
At the Arts Club when 1t was exhib.
tied there, because they said 1t was
received little late, after the others
were on the walls, but it was discov.
cred just the same. And Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle was not the only one
to exclaim over it's striking effect.
Miss Leila Mechlin, editor of The
American Magazine Of Art, and sec
Rotary Of the Washington Society of
Fine Arts. wrote the artist, Mrs. Min.
niSsrode.kndrews, a personal note of
enthusiastic commendation, high
trf0ute from q conservative critic.
This markable study Is repro
the first time. 1t speaks for itself.
Lust, Greed and Envy are depicted,
with Love, Grief and Aspiration, man
meeting face to face his soul, the
reality that he has hidden perhaps
from the world and from himself.
KILLING HIS OWN SOUL.
But to complete Conan Doyle's
comment. for 1t is graphic descrip-
ton. He continued: "A coarse,
worldly looking man was standing
squeezing the throat Of q poor, mis-
shapen wisp Of a thing. which had
blood pouring from it's gasping
mouth. 1t was horrible. and yet
finely symbolic, for 1t was the world
ly man killing his own stunted soul.
Wiertz never did anything more ter
rific."
Whoever has visited Brussels will
remember the Wiertz gallery Of hor-
rors there, those tremendous can
vases Of a modern Flemish allegori-
cal painter, picturing the terrors Of
death and torture. In one Of them a
woman is striving to free herself
from her coffin, and there are others
equally unforgettable. Like Gustav
Dore, Of Paris, Wiertz had no aca-
demic training. He gave free rein to
an extraordinary imagination, and in
spite Of faulty drawing, dull color
and often poor technique, his con.
ceptions overpower the impulse to
criticism, so critic writes Of him,
adding: He has left to his country
an imperishable legacy. not in the
= rf Of H,,k L. A.
great psychology"
WELL KNOWN HERE.
Mrs. Marietta Minnigerode-An.
drews 10 q painter and writer very
favorably known to Washington.
Her husband, the late E. F. Andrews,
was the principal Of the Corcoran
School Of Art, and his carefully
painted canvases are in many Wash
ington homes, as " ell as in the White
House and Memorial Continental
Hall, the headquarters of the N. 8.
d. A. r. 1t is Mr.. Andrews full.
length portrait Of Martha Washing.
ton" In ball dress. beneath which the
wife of the President stands to re.
ceive at the grand New Year recep-
tons. while the companion, George
washington figure, known as the
Lansdowne portrait in the White
House. is by Gilbert Stuart.
The present director of the Cor.
coran Art Gallery, c. Powell Min.
nigerode, II a brother Of Mrs. Min.
nigerode-Andrews. But she 10 per.
maps best known now as a poet and
dramatist, the author Of "The Crocs
Triumphant" pageant of the
church In England and America.
which has had great success here
and elsewhere. The first production
was at the National Cathedral last
May. and the second was in Raleigh.
n g, last month. where Mrs. An
drews played a part as a medieval
lady IN the finale, the march OF the
world to the foot Of the Cross. She
has also published a. volume of
verses, Voices Of the Dust" and
more recently a second group, called
Q fantasy and styled, "The Voice
81 the Wild Flowers" with a dra.