Evening star., 1923-03-04
Art Worlds Center Of Gravity
Now Tends to Shift Westward

nent painters of each land respon-
sfble for the pictures of their land
sent to the show
Never before has it been done, he
insists. Never has there been an in
ternational jury system 80 large and
liberal as this one
And we, readers don't we feel a de-
cent American pride, exalting at the
way this Machiavellian largeness Is
bound to draw to America each war
what more and more resembles each
year the worlds most magnificent am
show?
when the eminent artists OF Itany.
Spain. Belgium, Holland and all the
rest collect by force. so to speak. the
national section that satisfies their
patriotism, then will be accomplished
the words of the prophet:
Il will lay thy founda tions with
sapphires. and 1 will make thy win
dows Of agates. and thy gates of car
buncles and all thy borders Of pleas
ant stones"
This year l went around those
other lands said Homer Saint eau
dens. the first time any of us had
done it. 1 personally went to italy
and Spain. Lerolle and I went to Bel
g1um and Holland together, and I
went to Sweden while he went to Nor
way and Denmark.
IN each country, We took the best
advice, and got into touch with
eminent men where wer could for tn.
formation of national committees
next year. Actually, we had not III.
data TO do it this year.
AS IL is, we are having from ItaIy
painters like Beppo Ciardi. Emma
Ciardl, Ettore Tito, G. A. Sartori,
Antonio Mancini and Gaudenzi. Near
ly all of them had to borrow thei,
pictures. which were in last wears
Venetian interna tionaI. which is sun
posed 10 be as good a show as
Europe can get up.
The same borrowing from pur-
chasers was done by Spanish paint
ers. in their haste to give their best
We have men like Valentin de Zubi-
aurre, Ramon de Zubiaurre, Chi
charro, Benodito. j. Pinazo and Mar.
tineZCubells.
THE northern countries have given
a lot of their most important last
years paintings (this years paint
ings would, in no case. have been
ready without warning), and here
again they borrowed them. in some
cases with not a little trouble like
Liljefors, reputed the most eminent
painter in Sweden today. From
| Sweden we have Nine. Anna Boberg
6. A. Fjaestad, q. kallstenius and
| others of their excellent men, who
are being gotten together"
! Of the Norwegians, they have
| Christian krough, Folkestad and
Miss Harriet Backer. Among the
Holsoe, Prof. julius Paulson and
Prof. l.. TuXon. Among the Dutch
are NJ A. Bauer. H. G. Breitner.
Haverman, Willy SHUTTER and Florio
! Verster. And the Belgians are Ger
tainly sending r. Baseleer, Auto
Carte, Emil Claus. A Delaunois, l..
Frederic and Eug. Laermans.
| Many more will come" says
Homer Saint Gaudens. Eminent men
in all these countries are hastily
gathering national showing"
! They have the more object to do
| this, because they understand.
Already this year Carnegie will in
augurate a differently arranged in
| ternational show-not all mixed up
in a European section, but with
painters of each country hanging all
together in their own room or rooms
or alcove made by screen partitions.
1t is the beginning of the great
thing.
On the American side, Carnegie ha s
joined up with the American FEEDER
alton of Arts-the best organization
in our country of teachers, museum
directors, critics, art patrons, etc.
and backed by the Metropolitan
Museum of New York. That Is to
say, Mr.. Robert De Forest, president
of the Metropolitan, is also president
of the American Federation of Arts.
THE American federation has its
annual spring meeting in st. Louis,
on May Is next" said Homer Saint
Gaudens, land we are making plans
to ask the eastern delegates to stop
over in Pittsburgh during our exhi
bition."
| The nationwide interest of the
great show began two years ago,
with the touring of it's European sec
tion among a few very wide-awake
American cities.
Now, with such touring become
settled policy, the alliance with the
| American federation is bound to have
far-reaching results. When, year by
year, it becomes obvious that every
European country strains to make a
grander national showing than its
neighbors in an American interna-
tion that tours American cities. then
will come to pass the modern proph-
ecy: