Evening star., 1930-05-04

eloquent of Davies gift are the drawings, pastels
and water colers TO be found in the gallery to
the left Of the staircase, beautifully arranged.
Here one is made to realize Davies gift as q
craftsman, his ability to draw exeuisitely and
the enormous study that he gave to drawing the
human figure.
Beautifully naive and evidencing Davies
fondness for children and understanding Of the
child mind is the drawing, Little Lamb Who
Made Thee?" lent by Miss Emma L. Davies.
and the sensitive and sympathetic rendering
of the little boy baby Alan" Here, In the
presence Of these pastels and drawings, one
meets genius face to face, and cannot fail to
recognize 1t. It may be in landscape Or .
sea picture, figure or a txee-the magic touch
is there. Cd
Likewise engaging and significant are q eroup
of water colors, Davies last works. done In Italy,
where his HE ended, or short time earlier I'm
Spain. These. too. are exquisite, replete with
the poetry Of nature, the delight Of the real
artist in color and composition. And how light
and sure was his touch.
Perhaps however, the most extraordinary part
of this exhibition Will be found in the rugs and
tapestries displayed ON the walls of the main
staircase and the atrium some of which were
woven after the artists death. The execution Of
the artists designs was carried out by Nile.
Germaine Montereau OF Paris and Beaugency
and by M. G. c. La Beure Of La Manufacture
Nationale des Gobelins
When the exhibition was shown at the Metro.
politan Museum of Art, New York the following
comment On these works was made in the mu-
seum's bulletin by Louise Burroughs: always
interested In the decorative arts, Davies spent
considerable part Of the last Eve years Of his
life In making designs for rugs and tapestries
and supervising the execution of them. -
The rugs display q variety of design and tech-
nique. Some Of them have thick pile design
on q fiat ground, some are entirely thick pi5e
SDaV7iSfS IN
in wool ON hnen foundation. OF the Yugs, the
most typical Of Davies style, perhaps is Aars
Rockefeller's decorative hanging of nude figures
and flowers on . taupe ground This has more
OF his personality than have the rugs Of mere
conventionalized patterns.
More Davies-like in character are the tapes-
tries Particularly charming both In eoler and
compositions are some Of the small ones such
as The Vintage small figure Of Baceh,ss
gathering grapes amid trailing vines of green
and yellow, and The Festival group Of dane
ing ngureS ON red grOund-very P0mpeian in
effect. There is q gay little Eros andR o red
haired wood nymph in q flower and leaf pattern
OF unusual design. OF the larger tapestries n
very successful one harmonious in color and
design, Is AT the Gates of the Morning"
1t Is remarkable thing that Davies Wa
able TO create for the machine; for even hand.
woven fabrics such as these are mechanical
productions But apparently he did so with the
utmost ease, and his designs, while beautifully
balanced would SEEM to have been juyousay d.
signed.
It is interesting to oompare the ~s-,o...
methods used fer the transeriptien Of tasse de-
signs, some being woven after the manner of~
high-pile carpets, others taking on the uature
OF tapestries, stiM others Of eross-stateh ar
crochet. Here ID On instance when Rne art les
TO the peffeetion sf applied art-a reversal se
Whae In the public Mind is the usual swtaer
Perhaps the reAsen for Davies success I'm tfxs
neid 10 what MIR. Root calls his passion for
correlataen." Ills Thoughts his Greaue his
sensations are all governed BY it," Ar. naee
says. 'Tt sustains all the processes ef hie N.
teihgence, It lends them force and aeuiEy, 10
renders HIM unconscious ef the effort resuires3
to produce, It gives persuasive charm 10 eveus
his most intellectual processes. Il Is this pae-
sion which makes his symbolism meving even
when 1t Is most obscure, which keeps the artist
alert and eager throughout the long stxuamle tO
harmonic the impressions Of his extraorainnrv
receptive mind and which causes him 20 eeten
to reach, in the words Of "A. E. his right
hand forth to greet the starry race"
1t 10 an interesting and encouraging fact
that In this day Of practicabihty, Of enact
science. the painter who was most vague and
imaginative, poetic dreamer is of All ota,srs
perhaps generally held In most high esteem
nANIEL CARRIER 10 best known rs q padnter.
but Tn the cases I'm the upper atrium on
the Corcoran Gallery Of Art are now to be seem
group Of etchings and drawings by Nm.
CARRIER which win be Of special interest %
students because Of their great sincerity and
skill. These are landscapes and figure SUBJ
jects-usual people and scenes such as m-
doubtedly greet the eye ef those who live at
New Hope, where Daniel CARRIER and his family
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