Evening star., 1926-03-21
NOTES OF ART AND ARTISTS
The Exhibition of Paintings by Charles Bttineer-Modern
Italian Art at the National Gallery
Arts Club Show

liable experiments and discoveries in
combinations of color along the lines
of invisibihty.
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IN the lower room at the Arts Club
are to be seen a series of paintings
by Edith Hoyt of this city, member
of the club. These are sketches made
out of doors covering a great variety
of subjects, in near and far-off places,
all of which give indication of artistic
perception, SenSitiveneSS to beauty
in nature. They are colorful and In
some instances rendered with con-
siderable subtlety as well as nice feel
ing.
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ON last Tuesday evening at the
Arts Club Wilfred Conrow. the
well-known portrait painter. gave an
intensely interesting and memorable
illustrated talk on THE Antioch Chal'
ice," that marvellous silver cup which
was hidden for over 400 years ana
discovered only 10 or Is years ago In
a subterranean chamber where the an
cient city of Antioch stood, cup
which, Judging from the workmanship
and design. dates back to the first
century and which historians and
archeologists declare may, in fact, be
the long sought Holy Grail.
This cup, privately owned, is being
held by its present owner as a sacred
trust pending a decision AS to it's per.
manent placement as world posses
sion witnessing to the truth of the
sospels. Mr.. Conrow, after telling Of
its discovery, described it minutely
and spoke with the enthusiasm of an
artist of the marvellous workmanship,
the sculptural portrayal of the figures
of Christ and the apostles carved
minutely on the outer bowl. The Ian
tern slides which he showed were
made from the finest photographs Sc
cured after many trials and failures.
= For nine years this chalice has been
the subject of research on the part OF
the most distinguished psychologists,
and the result of this study has been
to confirm the belief in its origin and
to add to it's intrinsic interest. 1t Is
supposed to be the work Of a Greek
craftsman. and as an example OF
craftsmanship it stands among the
great works of antiquity. One could
not help but be impressed not only
by the enthusiasm of the speaker. but
by the thoroughness of the research
which has been made to establish
facts.
A sumptuous volume describing
minutely and illustrating richly this
chalice has been published. one copy
of which has been deposited at the
Library of Congress. 1t is a publica.
ton which sells at $500. therefore
is not one which many individuals can
afford to own. The purpose was TO
permanently preserve the record OF
the piece and to extend the knowledge
of it's existence.
In introducing Mr.. Conrow. G.. A.
Lyon. past president Of the Arts Club,
told how he had first learned of the
chalice through his friends. the Kin
neys, the well known illustrators and
etcherS, Mrs. Kinney being engaged
in making an etching of the cup:
then of having seen it and. through a
common interest In this great work
of craftsmanship and religious relic.
having come in touch with Mr.. Con
row, a nonresident member of the
Arts Club. whom he had previously
not known. Mr.. Lyon not only acted
as host last Tuesday evening but also
as lantern operator. A large and ap-
preciative audience listened for over
two hours with rapt attention to Mr..
Conrows unusual illustrated talk.
IN the National Gallery of Art. New
National Museum. will be opened
on the afternoon Of Thursday, March
%, with a private view the exhibition
Of modern Italian art which was or
ganized by the italian ministry or
public instruction and sent to this
country under the patronage Of the
King Of Italy, through the instrument
tality of the Italy-America Society.
The purpose of this exhibition is to
demonstrate to America the fact that
the art of Italy is by no means an art
of the past, that there are artists In
italy today who are not only carrying
on tradition but creating new trad1-
tions, and that art has a large place
in the development Of the new Italy.
Arduino Colasanti. director Of the
of fine arts, who personal
lv selected the exhibits comprised In
this collection, tells us, says Mr.. La
mont. president of the Italy America
Society, in his Introductory note on
the exhibition, that united Italy is
second to no great nation in NUMBER
Of artists and in sincerity of artistic
expression. the influence Of which has
been widely felt beyond the narrow
borders of the country ITSELF
The cOlleCtlOn was TrSt SHOWN dt
the Grand Central Galleries, New
York, since when it has been exhibited
in Boston, whence it comes here.
The leading New York critics found 1t
vastly interesting, not merely because
of the quality Of the work set forth,
but on account of it's representative
and individualistic character. When
this exhibition was about to open in
Boston the art critic of the Transcript
referred to it as follows: "a most in
teresting and sweeping group Of paint
ings, sculptures and crafts has been
assembled. Amazingly in contrast is
the furious futuristic section to the
suave American works to which we
are accustomed. The extremists be.
long to a period ended 10 years ago,
but prophetic according to some of
the later Fascist movement. Among
the Italian artists, one is told by the
Contessa Robilant of the Italy-America
Society, are the men of humble birth
peasants living close to the soil and
sensitive to undercurrents. Futurism
was only a phase in the development
of what is now looked upon as another
renaissance 1t is a long cry" he