The Washington herald., 1922-11-26

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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 a remark
able psychic picture which / saw"
1t was the picture, Face to Face"
which they had hung behind the door
at the Arts Club when it was exhib-
tied there, because they sid II was
received a 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 its striking effect
Miss Leila Mechlin, editor of The
American Magazine of Art, and Sec
fetary Of the Washington Society of
Fine Arts. wrote the artist, Mrs. Min
nfgerode-Andrews, a persoaal note OF
enthusiastic commendation, a high
tribute from a conservative critic.
This remarkable study is repro
duced here in The Times-Herald for
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 it is a graphic descrip-
ton. He continued: "A coarse,
worldly looking man was standing
squeezing the throat of a poor, mis-
shapen wisp of a thing, which had
blood pouring from its gasping
mouth. 1t was horrible, and yet
finely symbolic, for it was the world
ly man killing his own stunted soul.
WiertE never did anything more ter
rifle
Whoever has visited Brussels will
remember the Wiertz gallery of hor-
rors there, those tremend can
vases of 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 a critic writes of him.
adding: He has left to his country
an imperishable legacy, not in the
artistic merit of his work, but in it's
great Psychology"
WELL ENnyr>y uIUDr
Mrs. Marietta Minnigerode-An.
orews is a painter and writer very
ravorably 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
lngton homes, as " ell as In the White
rouse and Memorial Continental
nan, the headquarters of the N. s
ID. A. r. 1t is Mr.. Andrews full.
length portrait of Martha Washing
ton In ball dress, beneath which the
Wlfe OF the President stands tn re-,
ceive at the grand New Year recen.
tlons. while the companion. George
washington. figure, known as the
LaHsdowne portrait in the White
rouse, Is by Gilbert Stuart.
present director of the Cor
eoran Art Gallery. c. Powell Min
nigerode, Is brother of Mrs. Min.
nnIserooe-Andrews But she is per.
laps pest known now as a poet and
dramatist. the author of "Tbe C,ross
Triumphant" pageant of tbo
church in England and America
which has had a great success bere
ana elsewhere. The first production
was at the National Cathedral last
May: and the second was in Raleigh
y. C.' last month. where Mrs An.
urews played a part as a medieval
lady In the finale. the march of tha
world to the foot of the Cross, She
mas also published volume Of
verses, Voices of the Dust" and
more recently second group, called
fantasy and styled. The Voice
vi tne "lid Flowers" with a dra