Evening star., 1934-03-04


the Constitution avenue entrance at the foot OF
Tenth street, and although this was not an ideal
place for showing they appeared to exceilent
advantage. Since the Gellatly collection has
been installed space for the display OF National
Gallery exhibits has been OF necessity greatly
reduced, and these paintings OF ar-ume ceieo-
rites have been removed to the upper floor and
hung on the walls of the broad corridors sur
rounding the rotunda-not bad place when
An Is considered in which to see them, but
Mace disassociated from the National Gallerys
quarters, so that in all probability the average
visitor today passes them almost without notice
TO OFFSET the limitations Of space, Ruel p
] rolman acting director Of the National
Gallery of Art has recently devised an excellent
plan whereby paintings in the National Ganery's
permanent collection which are stored because
of lack of room can be shown In rotation In one
of the small galleries now set aside for this
purpose. Here at the present time an excellent
selection Of paintings chiefly from the Evans
collection, which has not been ON view for some
time in its entirety, may now be SEEN In this
group which is most admirably arranged in
regard to harmonious effect, is to be seen
Douglas volk's excellent painting, boy With
Arrow" and Carroll Beckwith's mastery figure
painting Blacksmith" recalling perhaps to
degree the Dusseldorf School. but vying in
S[reneLQ ana QlIeCCueSS u GcdCiIlcLb WA0i bAiC
masters of this school at their beSt-Duveneck
in his full strength-Gar Melchers in early
days The blacksmith stands behind his anvil
and looks up from his work over . pair OF
trimmed Spectacles with blue seeing eyes, pene-
trating gaze
An unusual painting by Duveneck, Venetian
scene with many figures hangs at the end OF
this little gallery, q work well composed, but
purely illustrative significant Of the taste Of the
time in which it was painted and chiefly notable
q marking the great distance this painter went
In the development Of his talent and career.
To the left Of the Duveneck hangs Venetian
painting by Blum, q picture Of the San TrovaSo
quarter, rather Photographic work giving COM
paratively little indication Of Blums sensitive
perception and exquisite skin manifested most
wildly in his later mural paintings and in his
Venetian etchings made at the same time
And here with these works is Inness' beautiful
landscape, "Sundown," wherein the great gift
of this American master, adectionatey termed
"the father of American landscape painting" J"
becomes obvious to an. Inness, It win be re-
called found especial JOY In painting the Sum-
mar landscape-ri,sh fields, trees thickly foliaged
al stepped in warm, Midsummer sunlight silent
and still Inness was decidedly one of the
noderns, choosing new paths, finding essentially
individual expression. Two other Of his works
are included In this little collection. And here
y to be seen a masterpiece in landscape by his
cO4le6&ue, Wya0C@8 @O00Iy paAuNu, VAUidAs
landscape, rich in tone. strong In effect, paint
ing of which one Win never tire and yet in
which one win always find something new and
aGresting
Washingtonians may be proud Of the fact that
included in this group . marine by Hobart
Nichols formerly Of this city, and also Fisher
Girl. Picardy," by Elizabeth Nourse, . cour-
ageous young American GIRL who won in France
not only the hearts Of the French people, among
whom she lived, but the plaudits of the leading
French artists Of her day.
Also, one notes here . strong study of .
Girl Trimming Hat" BY John w. Alexander,
who has been much scefed by American critics
but who in fact made large contributions to
American art, and IN many respects IN
advance Of his time. No modern ever produced
Q more direct, significant work than this wit
Messing to the painters command Of medium
and his disregard Of the artistic amenities OF
his time.
TWO nudes In sylvan setting H Lillian Genth
recall the beauty Of the human figure, today SO
frequently distorted for effect. Paintings by
Daho and Lucas remind again that a landscape
may have sentiment and poetry without being
sentimental or weak. ChaseS painting Of
'Hhinnecock Hills" brings back reccllections Of
his famous outdoor painting school, and of the
great contribution he made to American art
not only through his painting but his teaching
l. W. Deming's Indian subject, '.Mourning
Brave" indicates the turning o( American
painters to what they consideredI American
thames and an attempt 10 preserve pictorial
record Of the so-called vanishing Race"