The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-11

MOQern arr Is the Phase Oh 1T
dstic development Of the late Nine
teenth and early Twentieth Cen
turtles. It undoubtedly has Its
points. Some people are extrava
CANT in its praises.
Some, on the other hand. admit
rather timidly that when they see
q painting that processes to be q
picture of a woman, they like tc
see the likeness of a woman In
the painting.
Among the visitors to the shows
who "oh'd" and "ah'd" at the va
riouS examples of art in the mod
ern way, there were a few rather
pointed remarks. One young sman
was heard to say:
when an artist makes a mis-
take, ne calls 1t modern art"
There are some very illustriouS
names represented in both the
painting and sculpture exhibitions
Among them is DegaS, who rep
resentS the ImpreSsionistic era
Degas, who gained most Of his
fame through his truly lovely
paintings Of dancing girls, is rep
resented in the Museum Of Mod
ern Art exhibition with his paint
ing entitled Race Horses"
Important Painters
From the generation following
DegaS, men who found themselves
during the '80's, three important
French painters are represented
in the exhibition. They are eau
gum, represented by The Moon
and the Earth" and the Head OF
q Tahitian;" Redon by 1.-THE
Etruscan Vase" and Silence" and
Henri Rousseau by Jungle With
o Lion"
Among the twentieth century
artists are the French Matisse
with his Girl In Green" Derain
and WILLARD, also of France, with
Head of a Woman" and Mother
and Sister Of the Artist" reSpec-
lively; the Spanish PicaSso with
screen Still Life" and Woman In
White" and anna de Zborow'
SKA" by Modigliani, the Italian
painter. Also included are two
landscapes by Derain.
The paintings are from the col
lection bequeathed by the late
Miss Lille P. Bliss to the Museum
of Modern Art, New York. Miss
Bliss was one of the founders OF
the Museum in 1929 and its first
vice president. Her attitude on
modern art is illustrated in a let
ter which she wrote to a member
of the National Academy, in which
she said:
1--WE are not so far apart as
Won seem to think in our ideas
on art, for yield to no one in
my love, reverence and admira-
ton for the beautiful things
which have already been
created in painting, sculpture
and music.
But you are an artist, alb
sOrbed in your own production
with Scant leisure and inclina-
ton to examine patiently and
Judge fairly the work Of the
hosts or revOlutiOniStS, innOva-
tors and mOdernistS in this
widespread movement through
the whole domain of art or to
discriminate between what is
false and bad and what is, some
times crude, perhaps, but full Of
power and promise for the en-
richment Of the art which the
majority of them serve with q
devotion so pure and honest as
your own. There are not yet
many great men among them,
but great men are scarce-even
among academicianS.
"The truth is you older men
seem intOlerent and supercili.
Gus, q state of mind incOmpre-
henSible to a philosopher who
looks on and enjoys watching
for and finding the new men in
music, painting and literature,
who have something to say
worth saying, and claim for.
themselves only the freedom to
express it in their own way, q
claim which you have always
maintained as your inalienabIe
right"
Miss Bliss sympathy and ad-