Evening star., 1937-10-24

American art as it is today was
shown in the first set that opened the
art project. From there, the color
reproductions reverted to the Italian
Renaissance and the birth OF the
golden age" of painting in Florence,
Italy.
Now. the third set takes up the
work of four other old masters who
labored in Germany, Belgium and the
Netherlands in the early part OF the
18th century and carried the spirit
of the Renaissance into Northern
Europe.
Throughout the campaign all sets
of pictures offered in previous weeks
will remain available to those VINO
wish to obtain them, either by mail
or at the art booth on the first floor
of The Star Building The pictures,
printed by a new multi-color process,
are released in sets Of four each
week at prices within the reach OF
every one.
Organizations Hail Campaign.
Not only has the campaign pene-
trated every walk of life in TINS terrl-
tory but it has reached all so-calleo
organized life-the churches, pubic
priyate and parochial schools, art
schools. colleges and universities,
cI,,hs commercial ablishments ana
parent-teacher associations.
The reproductions and the lessons
in art appreciation by DR.. bernard
Myers of New York University that
accompany each set have evoked
widespread commendation for their
educational and cultural value, de-
yelopment of art appreciation ana
stimulus to the movement designed
tn direct leisure time of the public at
large into these fields.
Brief sketches of the paintings Oh
fered during the third week OF tne
campaign follow:
"Anne of Cleves" by Hans Holbein-
this portrait so intrigued Henry VIII
of England that he decided TO make
the girl his fourth wife. But ne was
intensely disappointed when ne saw
her and soon after the ceremony hao
the marriage annulled. When she
was informed of the Kings displeasure
she swooned, for she expected 10 pe
executed as others Of Henry's wives mao
been. However, Anne managed !"
escape with her head and was even
pensioned. but Hans Holbein, the pop
ular portraitist of Henry Wits court
who had perpetrated the deceptlon'
was sharply rebuked. Holbein, mose
skillful of portrait painters, was
also an excellent decorator and
draughtsman, painter Of frescoes and
architect, jewerly designer and book
illustrator. besides being a modeler
and miniaturist. He ranks WIN
Durer as the greatest of German
painters.
Water Color by Durer.
"View of Trent" by Albrecht Durer-
this watercolor is typical OF Durers
mastery of that difficult and exacting
medium. Durer is Germany's greatest
painter, the first of his race to realize
he was living in a new age. When
he visited Italy he was amazed ana
impressed by the great accomplish
ments of such masters as leonardo,
Michelangelo and Titan. Through
the influence of Durer, the art OF
Northern Europe, within his own life
time, was lifted out of the Middle Ages
into the Renaissance. Like Leonardo
da Vinci he was man of universal
genius, goldsmith, an art critic,
writer and supreme artist. He was
undoubtedly the greatest master OF
the woodcut. So famous and so pop
ular did Durer's engravings become
that he had to travel again to distant
Italy to complain of widespread pla-
giarism. His sketches Of buildings,
Landscapes, even of an animal or a
flower, are among the most priceless
treasures in the whole history Of art.
"The Banker and His Wife," by
Quentin Massys-in this picture the
artist illustrates the tradition in Flem-
ish painting known as "the micro