The Washington times., 1922-09-24
ARTISTS ARE, EAGER
TO VISIT AMERICA
AND EXHIBIT WORK
NJ. Victor HOrta, Leading Architect of Belgium,
If Possible, Will Accept Invitation of The
Washington Times and Come i'm Person TO
Our Capital and Take Charge of Movement
to Have Belgian Artists Exhibit Here.

"SpS epoh hIst SeeluB tnls picture,
so profound was the effect of color
and composition upon her sensitive
soul And many have been msde
converts to the faith, as was the
case with the American woman
painter who made thu copy of this
work owned by Trinity College.
Washington. and who gave the
picture to Trinity in gratitude for
her faith. She spent eight Years
in Antwerp, painting. ..
1t is a city where art students
may well find inspiration. and
many Americans might study here
better. perhaps, than in Paris, on
study in both Belgium and Paris
as well as in Rome. This was the
training Of e. Hodgson Smart, the
British portrait painter who spent
the past season in Washington and
made such a splendid picture of
President Harding.
A PLEASING RELIC.
Much more may be seen in this
beautiful old cathedral, with its
rich carving, stained glass and
beautiful old-fashioned group of
Our Lady Of Perpetual Help with
the Infant Saviour. both dressed
in medieval Flemish garb, actual
clothing upon a carved image, a
fantastic but very pleasing relic.
But the visitor must also see
the splendid art gallery of Ar:-
werp. with its numberless can.
vases of Rubens, VanDyck. Jor-
daens, Van Eyck and MemlinG,
leading Flemish painters, besides
a whole school of Holland artists.
Strange that the guidebooks say
so little of this interesting collec-
ton, where there are also mary
modern works. especially striking
examples of sculpture.
Constantin Meunier is perhaps
the greatest sculptor of the recent
school. and he is also a painter.
His. vigorous productions reca1 in
some ways those of Rodin at Paris.
but Meunier has an individuality
more distinctly Flemish. His
figures OF workmen are very
strong and convincing, as with
lie Puddleur."
Another thing the travellers and
guidebooks forget to tell us OF is
the wonderful zoo Of Antwerp,
perhaps the greatest in the world,
with an aquarium that rivals the
famous one at Naples, so much
better known. The Antwerp
aquarium is the more remarkable
because it is supplied with arti-
ficial sea water, yet its fish are
as hardy and even harder. per-
haps, than those of Naples, while
the variety is equally great.
They areutbeautifully displayed
in glass tanks, where the visitor
is begged not to touch the glass,
as 1t is so thin it might break.
The finny creatures, crabs. eels.
Holsters and fish of wide variety,
20 swimming in and ont, appar-
entity as unconsciously happy as
in their native environment, which
in closely simulated by sea plants
and rocks.
The ZOO is rich in a variety or
animals. The monkeys are espe-
cialIy interesting, and there are
today three baby tigers, A train.
ed elephant catches pennies all
day long and hands them up to a
man who sits on his back for this
m,rpose. Almost. an American
money.maker is this elephant!
CUISINE A DELIGHT.
The restaurants here are de-
light, especially II one knows how
TO order the real Flemish dishes.
which are rivals to the Paris cui-
sine, the meat SSpVSHS' N'S
cooked without sauces, and there
fore preserving its natural flaVors'
En- route to Brussels by express
which requires only three-quarters
OF an hour, one passes through
Malines. or Mechlin, with its beau.
tiful cathedral, the city Of Cardinal
Mercier, also we'll known in Amer
lea and especially so at Washing
ton, where he was entertained by
Trinity College and the Catholic
University during his visit. tho
order at Trinity being Belgian,
that of Notre Dame de Namur.
But there is so much 70 see in
Brussels, the capital OF Belgium,
that one must hasten on, for Il
day is short time to visit the
Grand Gallery, the Palace OF Art
also too little known to Americans;
the Cathedral Of ste. Gudule, the
beautiful Hotel de Vnle, the royal
palace, the new Palace Of Justice.
which Ia the largest building In tho