Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-28
EUROPEAN ART GROUPS
 WILL FEATURE EXHIBIT
 OF CARNEGIE INSTITUTE

PITTSBURGH, July 28. [P-The trend of art in Europe in recent years, especially in Germany, was the object of an interesting study made by Homer Saint-Gaudens, di- rector of fine arts of Carnegie h. stitute, who returned to the United States recently after selecting paint ing for the International Exhibition here beginning October Is, next. The exhibition will include paintings for the International Exhibition here be- ginning October 15, next The ex- hibition will include paintings from England, France, Spain, Germany, Austria and eight other European nations. Later in the winter the foreign section will be exhibited in- tact in New York, Philadelphia, and St. Louis.
 This will be the nrst Carnegie h. ternational since the beginning of the World War in 1914 that will in- clude groups of paintings from Ger many and Austria" said the direc- tor Tt will also be the first Car negie International since the war that will have on the jury of award European other than a French or English artist. That juryman will be Anglada y Camarasa, the brilliant painter of Spain" Other members of the jury are Ernest Laurent, the French artist, and Algernon Tal- maege, of England.
 The 1925 exhibition will be more comprehensive than heretofore, con- taining paintings from 12 European nations, each shown as a separate entity. The largest group will be from England, with France next.
 T believe that the English show a more genuine interest in art than any other group in Europe" said MT. SaintGaudens. France, of course, has stood through generations as upholding the standard of European art. and consequently, once more it will produce themost discussed sec tion. It is rather difficult to make out where French art is heading. It seems to me that many of the French artists are attempting these days to turn to a perfectly natural desire for decoration They seem to have ceased to realize that the essence of art is to stimulate our imaginativ qualities. Our French section will furnish material for many heated debates.
 German art, especially that which most typically represents the Ger man modern idea, may not be under stood wholly in the United States since the painters considered impor- tant in Germany lay relatively little emphasis on creating decorations to adorn space, or to delight the eye. Their aim is rather to express, in which they feel are vivid flashe of imagination, the ideas and emotions of the society around them. These emotions are especially strange to the American point of view, because of the violence of German mental life during the last ten years.
 German official art strange to re- late, is not radical art. It is the only country where this is So. All one needs 10 do to realize that this is so is to visit the Kronprinzen Museum in Berlin. In it is a modern gal lery which has been installed since the war. From normal point of view it is a chamber of horror. I was told and I believe that the present day prevalent German art largely reflects the German govern. ment government When the Kaiser and his followers were in power, it was war paintings-hug paintings of great battles that they imposed on German art. Now, of course, the government is different, yet the Hm- itations it imposes are just as force full and narrow as in the old days"
 Italian art has grown as rapidly in importance as has its industrial life, while Spain provides a modern art of importance in Europe, said MT. Saint-Gaudens.