Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-09
PARTY TO AID FUND
FOR MED|C| PRINTS
Twentieth Century Club Art
Section Plans Affair for
Next Monday.

! The art section of the Twentieth
! Century Club will give a card party
next Monday afternoon at the Willard
| Hotel to raise funds for the purchase
+, Of copies of the Medici prints, re-
productions of the works of great
masters. Among the patronesses VIII
, be Mrs Proctor l.. DOugherty and
| Mrs Sidney +. Talaferro. who will
receive the guests. Tea will be served.
| Several copies of the Medici prints
| now owned by the club will be on
exhibition during the afternoon.
| These prints are direct reproductions
after paintings by the great masters
made by a special process in colors.
They are designed for both artistic
integrity and permanency. Nearly 800
prints are available.
% Selected for Purchase.
The club has made a selection of %
pictures for purchase. 1t was decided
to select 10 Of this number, Endorsed
and recommended for schoOlroom deco
ration by a special committee on pic
lures, for the schools. These prints,
il was decided. might be assigned to
the children's rooms of the main
library and branches. Seventeen other
prints were tentatively selected, two
of which are to be eliminated.
The prints will be exhibited in the
several library buildings from time to
time ana are expected to be a valuable
aid in conducting classes in the public
schools
The aim of the Medici print series
is to bring together into one Collec
ton the masterpieces of painting from
all over the world. The subjects have
been selected for their artistic value
and beauty, and apart from their
appeal to lovers of art, the prints
form an educational series of impor |
lance, inasmuch as they represent a |
careful selection of important paint |
ings by the greatest artists of the |
world.
Process Called Best.
The process by which the prints |
are made is method of photogra phic !
collotype in colors without a screen |
They are printed on specially made |
linen paper without chalk surface or !
glazing. The process is believed the |
best yet found for reproducing the |
values and quality of paint as well as |
form.
Included in the series are reproduc- |
tons of pictures in Buckingham |
Palace and Windsor Castle made by |
special permission of the King of |
England, and a series from the Ma |
tional Portrait Gallery of London |
Many private collectors have given |
permission for reproductions to be |
made from their collections, which in |
many cases are difficult of access to |
the public.
Praised by Authorities.
The educational value of the prints |
has been emphasized by leading art |
and educational authorities. Sir |
Charles J. Holmes, director of the Ma |
tional Gallery. London. says of them: |
When, as in the Medici prints, we |
get scientific truth of color in adj !
dition to scientific truth of detail, we |
possess what is for most practical pur- |
poses a replica of the original. From |
the educational point of view. these |
Medici prints seem to me to be Spe- |
cially valuable"
Included in the selection made by !
the Twentieth Century Club are: THE |
Annunciation." by Fra Angelica; Bot |
ticelli's Virgin and Child; 1.-THE |
Holy Family" of Rembrandt; Velas- |
quez's "Infanta Margarita Teresa;
The Holy Family by Filippo Lippi |
The Card Players" by De Hooch; |
Matsy's "Magdalen," and Raphaels |
"Maddalena Strozzi.'