The Washington herald., 1922-08-06

Many Famous Art Works
Found in National Library
Prints Division Has Copies and Originals q
Hundreds Of Works by Master Artists.

etchinge- Burnham B<echs~~
shows well the knotted roots ana
bases Of the branches. Swine are
feeding near the roots. Another
scene shows 1rs. Two Of her
scenes are st. Martins Church
London and Chapel 81. Kinrs
Normandy Farm. By r. Mari.
OFT. shows a quaint farmhouse
which reminds us in some subtle
waysof an old medieval castle. !,
IL because Of the simple grandeur
OF line7
The pictures by Aiphonse Ierro,.
OF the present-day British school
comprise etchings. dry-points. and
dry points and etehings. HI, tffl,,
Include "Bord de la Loire" Lana
scape." Banks OF venelIe." -Farn
on the River" and lie LayoIr"
which depicts two peasant women
kneehng far over the river, wash
ing. near a mill. Others are Bank,
OF the Lame" Pres du MuIin-
wall Of the Presbytery," .Ie VII
lage Abandonne" ("The Deserted
Viiiaee"). "Entree du Champ" etc.
There lie very fine one on IN.
faggot Gatherers" or Les fai-
seurs de fagots." This show,
French peasants gathering middle
sized twigs for fuel Their e.
much character and suggestiven.ss
In the picture.
or French school.
FREDERICK Auguste LaguiIIerrie
OF the late French school has one
or young Breton Woman Win
moving Buckwheat on the sea-
shore" and a very graceful ana
nne type of young Breton woman
sne Is, too In attitude and gener-
al AR. this reminds us OF the mic
lure In our Corcoran Gallery where
the young would-be priestess is at
testing her purity by holding up a
sieve with water In Il. He also
gives US scenes from Spain. France
ard Holland. Here's one called -
Cohcarneau. seaside village. with
ships and rough-looking whsrvcs
and houses perched upon the Ir-
regular hill above. Is this ,he
Conearneau OF The Road TO Con-
earneau" at the Corcoran Gallery
II looks as though Il might h.
Jules Ferdinand Jacquemart ha.
some very original subjects s,a
treatments. largely symbolical A
Earth" and pictures a Landslide
from the side OF hill. a human
skull. bits Of human bone. .nd =
small two-handed Jar having ,us,
been unearthed by the falling Of
the hillside.
Among the other object, IN
Fire" are a pair OF bellows
homely old-fashioned open stove
any kind OF stove we know, and
some other articles.
Another OF this series ts water
with a pail OF water. a mon and a
rag. a pitcher and a bowl. ali very
plain and prosaic. but well-erouned
In the background one can lust see
water running into another tar
pitcher from a rude pipe. Air" is
pictured with a iower-formed vase
fans, a feather and a feather duster.
and windmills. etc. in the back
ground. The Four Elements" must
be taken as more symbolicaI. The
title page for this series is also
here.
A rather strange etching by this
same artist shows "L'Ecuruiel, 81
Ia Mouche~ CThe punctuation is
the etcher's). A dead squirrel 10
lying with his toes turned UP and
a hy has lighted near him.
The many etchings by Gustave
Leheutre. Of the French school. are
mostly OF French village scenes
ard water fronts. One OF them
shows Chartres Cathedral.
Pastoral scenes occupy Charles
Emile Jacque for the most part.
One called 'Pastorale" shows
shepherd seated on a little cliff
above his sheep. talking to the girl
he loves.
A rather striking bit Of contrast
and shading is found in Joseph Fe-
liN Bracquemond's works. and one
in particular. Among his portraits
are those OF Legros. the etcher. and
Erasmus.
Flowers, Bees. Insecta
Katherine Cameron has done
many flowers. bees and butterflies
and winged beings 90 light and
ethereal that you have TO be fairly
near not 20 mistake them for petals
and leaves. One shows some very
realistic bees. As someone has
said, You can just hear them
buzz. You draw back 20 be out of
their way" The Outcast" shows
a small fairy just descending from
an opening rose. The first general
impression you get is that IL is
only a petal falling. Another sub
ject is The Passion-Flower." a
very true conception OF this strange
flower. Monsieur Cobweb" is very
charming.
Pontay. a contemporary French
artist. has an ''Old Woman Saw
ing" South Door" st. Remv,
Rheims" and a very pleasing one
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