The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-04-02

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The great Dutch gallery. the
Riksmuseum Of Amsterdam. has
Rsmbrandt's might Watch" .
fantastic groQp Of the city guard
In picturesque attire going out to
their evening duty lats in the after
noon. . painting which was order
Cd as . portrait. but when the
artist made It q story he was un-
able to dispose Of It. 20 It went
a-begging in his lifetime, though
It has since become his master
piece.
In our own Corcoran Gallery. too,
there 10 . popular favorite, not q
great picture. perhaps. like those
mentioned. but one which the
people Of the United States prefer
to all others in this collection.
During the recent biennial ex.
hibition of contemporary American
oil paintings tho permanent collec-
ton Of the Corooran was banished
for several weeks. while the other
pictures were displayed. and the
guards say that visitors from the
West and South, and others who
had como long distance. expressed
deep disappointment because they
did not find hanging In its usual
place THE Helping Hand" that
large genre picture BY Emile
Rsnouf Of . little girl with her
hand on the oar. aiding . sturdy
old fisherman. perhaps hsr father
or grandfather, to pull the big
dory home. The old man 10 smolt-
ing . pipe, and his tender glance
q the child shows that she 10 very
dear to him.
rUBLIC TASTE SOUND.
The public TASTE. In prefsrring
Shis picture. may b moro sound
ta,an critics have bssn wont to
think, for WHEN N. 0irlot. q dis
t1nsuishsd Frsnch painter who
eAns hsrs 70 make . picture Of
tho d1aaxmAment oonferenoe visit.
Il tbs Curooran Gallery, % his
guids told Victor Flambeau. Of all
the pictures thsrs he preferred
RAnoufs '-HsipinS Hand" and
this. Of ooursA without know-
edge that It was the peoples
fHvofftA
"TfSs fntsssasant," vas n. on.
lst,s oannmAmt Ga MS Wofk, which
b high praise from IN artist and .
SrsoohmAn
Emile Rsnouf. who vas born In
HaSis In 1875 and died In 1894, was
. laDdsoapA. marine and genre
painter. who won many medals
turing his career and was also
decorated with the Legion Of Honor.
His famous Helping Hand" he
painted in 1881. when It was
purchased for the Corooran Gal.
lery. and in 1883, At the artists
request. 1t was loaned for sxhibi-
ton in the Exposition Unfverselle.
ut Paris, after which It was re-
turned safely to the Corcoran Gal
lery.
No doubt the picture vns .
favorite, also. with our great bene-
factor. the late William Wilson
Corcoran. through whose generosity
the Corooran Galley and Art
School wsre founded about 1869.
Mr.. Corooran. who was born in
1898. died IN 1859, At tho advanced
age Of ninety, 20 that he had the
pleasure Of many years Of enjoy.
ment Of his gift to the people of
Washington and the United States.
A gracious figure of the old school
he was. ~ We know him from
Charles Lorins Elliott's large
standing portrait In the gallery.
The Corooran collection, which was
at first displayed in the old build
ing at the corner Of Seventeenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue
northwest, was Transferred In 1897
TO the fine Neo-Grecian palace Of
the present gallery on Seventeenth
street This structure, OF white
Georgia marble, on . basement Of
Milford pink granite, Is guarded
en- the front by the famous colossal
bronze lions by the great italian
sculptor Canova. replicas Of those
which guard the tomb Of Clement
XIII in st. Peters in Rome.
THE vEsTALs TEST.
Another old favorite picture OF
the Corooran Gallery, according
10 the guards. 10 Tho Vestal
Tuccia," by Hector Leroux. also
of the French school and . con-