Evening star., 1937-12-03

Leonardo do Vinci's immortal
Mona Lisa" the lady of the in
Scrutable smile, whose portrait is
probably the most famous in existence,
took the lead today as favorite of par
Elephants in The Stars art apprecia-
tion campaign.
Running close second and third
were The Ford" beautiful country
side scene of the pioneer landscape
artist, Claude Lorrain, and Young
Woman With a Water Ju-" by the
great Dutch master. Jan Vermeer.
The first tabulation of ballots that
came from followers of the campaign
revealed, however. a wide variety of
choices among the multi color repro
ductions released thus far in The
Stars movement to popularize art in
the Washington area.
Likewise, the returns showed that
ence for paintings of the Italian
Renaissance, as represented by Mona
Lisa" and three others in the second
set of Sta. prints. The works of Eng
lish painters of the 18th and 10Th
centuries ran a close second. Four
of the latter comprised the sixth
group of reproductions
The Lorrain landscape was pre-
sented in the fourth issue OF color
prints. This artist was of Flemmish
birth and was the first great land
scape painter. The Vermeer came in
the fifth set, showing painting in the
Netherlands in the 17th century. Yer
meer is famous for the light effects
in his paintings and his clear, we'll
defined lines
Most Are Keeping Them.
The voting showed that campaign
followers are doing more than just
buying the pictures. They are al
most universally keeping them in
collectors portfolio or framing num-
ber and, with few exceptions, they
are studying each week the entertain
ing lessons in art appreciation that
the works of DR.. Bernard Myers OF
New York University.
Here, in brief, are the results of the
balloting:
Favorite print: Mona Lisa" with
"The Ford" Young Woman With
Water jug" and Mime. de Pompa-
dour," by the French master, Boucher,
next in the balloting for first choice.
Leading in second choice balloting
were the da Vinci and the Vermeer
paintings and THE Lutte Player" by
Caravaggio, Italian master of the 17th
century, included in the fourth set of
Star prints.
Most popular sets: No 2, Italian
Renaissance, and No. 6, English.
Favorite landscape: THE Ford"
by wide margin; second. "Seacoast,"
by Bennington, and English master, in
the sixth set. Well up in the running
were View of Trent" by Albrecht
Durer: View of Toledo" by Ell Greco,
and Grand Canal, Venice" by Turner.
Favorite portrait: Mrs. Grace
Dalrymple Elliott" by Thomas Gains
borough, English portraitist; second.
Mona Lisa" as a portrait third,
"Col. George Coussmaker," by Sir
cosIlua Reynolds, rival OF Gains
borough, and The Noble Slav," by
the great Dutch master, Rembrandt.
Creation of Adam Liked.
In many cases, women VINO marked
ballots also indicated their husbands
and children were studying the color
prints and the weekly lessons.
Also in the running for first and
second choice were the following:
Creation of ADAM" by Michelangelo,
Set No. 2; Broken Eggs" by Jean
Baptiste Greuze, French "rococo" artist
of the 18th, century, in Set No. Z;
Banker and His Wife" by Quentin
Massys, Dutch master, Set No. 3, and
Madonna Tempt" by Raphael, Set
No. 2.
THE Infanta Margarita Teresa in
Red by Velasquez, great Spanish
painter, in Set No. 4, also is popular
as portrait.
The ballot, carried in The Star for
the last two days, will be printed to-
day for the last time. Clip 1t out,
indicate your choices, answer the