Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-16

thrOwn open the windows of vision to beauty In
the outdoor world, interpreting light, air, color
and movement with sweeping strokes of his
brush and evident emotion. He Is represented
not only In the Corcoran and the National
Galleries, but in practically all the leading art
museums Of this country
Fr0m such . jury one can Win reasonable as-
sarance anticipate q well bA1aneed and notahae
exhaustion
THE Philips Memorial Gallery has IAtsly ~
Quired two additional panels ~ Augustus
vincent Tack These now complete the series
purpcsed for the decoration Of the art HhTaxy,
ca the walls Of which they are at present
shown.
This sexses is sund0butedly one q he most
notable artistic achievements Of the prensuE
day. The paintings are without exception ab-
stracE In them MIR. Tack has made use Of No
definite form or FORMS but has In truth M
vented e0mpaetely new form Of eEprasuaun
Q furm sapremely beAutifGl. which mAlEns diree8
Imaginative appeal and ltDts the observer into
new worlds % Thought and ecstaag. In the
world Of art these PAINTINGS are as Mnrch en-
innovation as are the radio and the wireaans
IN the world Of seience ether-waxe maaasie A
the musical field. These paintings have IN
deed been referred 10 rs "color mnsic:" which
leads one on into what Mr.. Tack himself has
called 'the plsygroands OF the inaaginafaon."
realms beyond human experience and beyond
material and objective reality.
The new decorations By Tack" says Mr.
PhiiEips. Aare comprehensive in Their symbolim
Between the two mysteries Of LIES beginnines
and Is end surges the restless stream q huzaAn
consciousness. Rhythm order and balance are
the actfNe organic principles Of life and art
Ecstasy. grief and fortitude, these are the ereAE
emotional states Of being. Exaltation and liber-
asi0n-f0r these e0nnummati0ns Me evolves
Tack afirms his faith in Divine purpose
through his grand patterns. and It Is as 6n-
cere faith % ever inspired the Gothic build
ers"
On the west wall Of the library are now seen
in orderly arrangement panels which mageest
the evolntiOn Of the world. the deVelOpnnent OF
the streams Of human life. Opposite this series
now hang the two new panels, which take no
account of human life, but rather present the
music Of pure ecstasy, Of supreme spiritual
emotion The one Is cool Ia color, the other
warm. They suggest the beauty Of nature
the sea- the sky, the mountains, beautiful dells
canyons. sunht and glOrihed, with, however
cool shadows; not as static. not as Of one place
or time. bat Of all places, Of all tinae-sym6olic
composite: . new heaven and new earth
paintings the more they signify STRANGELY
enough. however. while delighting the eye they
invite contemplation, they rest and refresh the
spirit They are infinitely quiet
THE technique Of Tacks panels" says Aar.
Philips, In little explanatory pamphlet, 80
development through many experimental years.
French LMminiam, Twachtman's reflnements
upon it-pointiliisme and its mosaics Of color:
Chinese landscape art of the great periods and
OdilOn Redon, all these may have contributed
10 the unfolding OF Taeks new art Of Orclaes-
'trated color Of linear boundaries and directions
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