Evening star., 1932-02-28
(O[ e QE ART AND ARILD[

uniform and portraits h. arly American por-
trait painters OF histSri interest.
1t Is an interesting - that the majority
Of sculptured portraits II great personages
erected as public metn1. .s are executed years
after the death OF the Individual commence
rated and have quite generally been accepted
As authentic, whereas heretofore painted por-
traits of deceased persons have been looked
upon with disfavor. Surely there is no more
reason for the one than the other. and with
the influx Of new portraits Of Washington,
many of them very satisfying, this stigma Of
the portrait painted as a free Interpretation
OF character should be removed
THE Encouragement of the Phillips Memorial
Galleries has brought again Augustus Vim
cent Tacks beautiful abstract decorations into
the lower gallery, where they were previously
shown. Nowhere do they appear SO well and
rightly SO, for they were designed for this room
and here belong. But taking them away and
bringing them back re-emphaszes their value
Indeed the rehanging of exhibits, which has
become custom in the Phillips Memorial
Gallery, teaches a valuable lesson demonstrate
ing the fact that fine work of art is a per-
ennial source of Joy and that even fine works
OF art may gain in significance by appropriate
association with other works The arrange
ment of gallery the grouping of works of
art, Is ike, to an extent, musical composition;
each sounds its own note and all together
create symphony
Inc present midyear rearrangement at the
Phillips Gallery is particularly fe!icitous In
the library the first floor there is a ne
culiarly beautiful grouping of works by Monet
Chardin, Constable, Corot Manet and WILLARD
offset by the two Puvis de Chavannes sketches
or studies In the drawing room one finds no
less tran six works by Bonnard and with them
harmonizing admirably, one by Marjorie Phil
nj he
four Bonnards in the dining ROOM silently ap-
plauding, as it were, Charles Prendergast's
beautifully decorated screen
Gallery c on the second floor is given over
exclusively to American and European abstrac-
tions; gallery D to an American show of works
In Oil and water color in which John Marin
takes principal place with, however Stefan
Hirsch and Georgia O'Keeffe lending balance
through architectural compositions. Gallery
is gay with paintings by Clifford Beal among
them two circus subjects and a picture of q
Hudson River steamboat and gay crowd, sup
posedly in 1860; also a merry garden party OF
any day, recalling works by Monticello but
utterly different Gallery is occupied exclu-
svely by recent paintings Of Walt Kuhn
startling. vigorous, out of the ordinary In
gallery B, however one gets back to Ryder and
Daumier with their rich tonal resonance their
splendid characterizations, and realizes that
only great art lasts, but also that there are
main gallery the visitor is re-welcomed by old
friends in new grouping-Renor, Van Gogh
Matsse, Spencer and, last but not least, the
superb Egyptian lime stone head of the 18th
dynasty with its inexhaustible mystery and
charm.
THE galleries of Sears, Roebuck & Co have
issued invitations to the opening of their
March exhibits, at which opening on the eve
ming of March T. the British Ambassador and
Lady Lindsay will be guests of honor
This showing will include etchings by Cam
eron. McBey and Muirhead Bone from the
Lessing Rosenwald collection sculpture por-
traits and illustrations for Swedish folk and
fairy tales by vicken Won Post Totten of this
city; oil paintings by Frank C. Kirk and George
T. Plowman; water colors by Elias Newman;
sculpture by Frank L. Jirouch; etchings by G.
Allen Sherwin, and craft work by group Of
craftsmen from the Delaware Valley. Mrs.
Totten has issued invitations to her friends for
q special view Of her work Sunday after
noon, March 6.
4 AUcH interest was aroused by group OF
iVi paintings and etchings. which were in
cluded in the February exhibition of the Sears
Roebuck & Co. galleries, the work of Issacher
Ryback formerly of Ukrainia. now of Paris.
Mr.. Ryback is a Russian by birth. During the
revolution, however, he left Russia for Ukrai-
mia, later to establish himself in France. He
has been introduced to this country by a
musical friend, member of the Philadelphia
Orchestra. who made his acquaintance in Eu-
rope, and quickly recognized his exceptional
gift. The group shown here consisted OF etch-
Continued on Sixteenth Page