Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29

private collectors, chiefly in Mexico, and by the
artists and craftsmen themselves.
The features of this show are its amazing
comprehensiveness and the fact that, as Count
dHarnoncourt says in the introduction to the
catalogue it is IAN exhibition of Mexican arts,
not of arts in Mexico" The distinction is sig
nfhcant. In Mexico as in our own country,
innumerable objects Of art are produced which
are purely copies of European models. But the
Mexican arts now on view are a distinct ex-
preston of the civilization Of Mexico. Develop
ing from the marvellous indigenous cultures
which were hourishing when the Spanish con-
querors arrived in the sixteenth century, the
destruction Of which by these same "magnih-
cent blackguards," as someone has called them,
was an epic loss to the world, through an as
similation Of the purely Spanish art forms
brought over by them, along with their religion,
language and government, this civilization has
at last been recognized in Europe and America
and in Mexico itself (only since the Revolution
Of 1910 as q distinctive homogeneous entity.
The compFehenSiveness of the exhibition Is
the second feature of Importance. 1t includes
more than 500 objects-applied arts in feath-
wood, lacquered and painted work. leather
work, pottery, straw work, textiles, embroderies
and beadwork, masks, costumes, furniture, baS-
kerry, glassware jewelry, toys and marquettes
and other types, both early and contemporary;
and fne arts, both paintings and sculpture of
the early and contemporary periods and wood
cuts, etchinRs and engravings Of today, as wen
as books, periodicals and children's paintings
and drawings. Various classes Of Mexican arts
have been shown separately IN this country.
We are familiar with the work Of outstanding
contemporary painters Diego Rivera and Jose
Clemente Orozco, both Of whom have executed
mural paintings in this country; Jean Chariot
Carlos Merida, Miguel Covarrubias and Luis
Hidalgo, the latter famous for his caricatures
in wax. The works Of Mexican school children
inG iRa W fTarfV
nearly all Of us have at some time seen a
typically Mexican art, pictures Of birds with
plumage Of real feathers. Even better known
Is Mexican pottery, which has enjoyed q vogue
here for some years, along with the related
American Indian types But to see fine ex-
amples Of the work Of all these artists and art
forms, together, with many others not familiar
to us, should give us a new conception of our
neighbors to the south, new sympathy and
understanding. The exhibition will be open
until April %.
autographs by Alfred Hutty opened yes-
terday at the Corcoran Gallery Of Art. Mr..
Hutty's work Is already well known here from
previous exhibitions in this city and he is rep
resented In the permanent collections Of the
Library OF Congress and the United States
National Museum. First known as a painter,
ne began 70 achieve prominence also as an
etcher about 10 years ago, and his work IN the
etching medium has surpassed his paintings,
perhaps, In popular appeal. He is a pre-
eminent portrayer Of trees, discerning as much
individuality and personality In the different
types as other portraitists find in human sub
tects. review of this exhibition viii appear
later
ME Arts Club provides plenty Of variety IN
the group of exhibitions now on view, which
WIN remain for another week. The paintings
by Ramon de Zubiaurre, which occupy the
auditorium, are delightful, interesting as to sub