Evening star., 1937-11-30
BOYS ART VISION
SEEN BROADENED
Dr.. Marti Talks to Club.
Capitol Curator Gives
Radio Address.

OClOIC lduIO dodlCAlSSoy bhoAAASoo
men and teachers. He proved in the
second-floor clubroom at 472 street
SW. that college professor can talk
the boys language in telling them
about art. Dr. Marti is head of the
department of philosophy and profess
sor of art at the University of Mary
land.
Meanwhile, Charles E. Fairman, vet
eran art curator of the Capitol, was
interviewed last night over Station
WRC in the main role of the weekly
radio broadcast that has become part
Of The Stars movement to make art
universal in the Washington area.
Tells of Famous Artists.
Interviewed by James E. Chinn of
The Star reportorial staff, Mr.. Fair
man recounted many human interest
stories from the lives of four great
French painters of the late 18th and
early 10Th century-David, Corot, Mil
let and DelacroiX-whose works COM
pose the eighth set of weekly color
reproductions in The Star campaign
A total of 48 multi-color reproductions
are offered by The Star in groups of
four a week for IL weeks. The
program is conducted in collaboration
with the National Committee for Art
Appreciation.
Surrounded by boys, some seated on
a rolled-up wrestling mat and others
In chairs, DR.. Marti trained his projec-
tion machine on silver screen on the
other side of the room at the Fourth
Precinct Police Club and entertained
an enthusiastic audience with picture
slides of famous paintings, chiefly
those Of action that appeal most to
boys.
Sketches in Charcoal.
His introduction consists Of char
coal sketches on piece of brown pa
per tackled to the wall. First DR..
Marti showed the boys how a mere
child would sketch human figure
round head, projecting arms, body of
four corners and legs, all depicted by
narrow lines-the kind everybody once
drew as child
Based on these illustrations, he ad-
vised art-loving lads to strive to in
ject motion into their drawings-of
boys running, jumping, welding a
hammer or chopping wood.
DR.. Marti was deluged with a bar
rage of questions from the ranks.
why does that horse have a ball un-
der his foot?-Why does the artist
tie up the horses tail?" one lad asked
the professor.
THE ball" explained DR.. Marti,
was to steady the horse for a posed
painting, not for action, and the
artist tied up the horses tail to keep
him quiet" This reply seemed to
fill the bill
How did the artist balance that
picture" was another question.
Don't mind him." another lad in
terjected, referring to the questioner.
He tried to draw an Indian and it
turned out to be a sailboat."
DR.. Martis slides included several
pictures that are included in famous
painting reproductions offered by The
Star.
Weekly Set Listed.
Introducing Mr.. Fairman on the
air, S. H. Kaufman of The Star
named the four prints in this weeks
set-Davids Mile. Charlotte du Val
DOgnes," Corots "Wneelwright's
Yard at the Side of tha Seine" Mil
let's Autumn" and Delacroixs Ham
let"
In his interview, Mr.. Fairman told
first of the dramatic career of the
great French painter. Jacques Louis
David, whom he described as "one of
the most interesting figures in the
history of art"
AT one time, David went on a hum
ger strike the Capitol art curator
recalled. He was a leader in the
French Revolution. He voted to be-
head his former friend and patron,
Louis XVI He narrowly escaped the
guillotine himself. Surviving the great
Reign of Terror, he became court
painter to Napaleon Bonaparte and
dictator of French art. Finally he
was exiled to Belgium by Louis XVIII
and, dying in exile, vas reviled by
former associates.
Tragedy struck early IN David's
life" Mr.. Fairman continued When
he was II years old, his father was
killei in duel. The boy inheritea
frori his father the impetuousness, the
violence of temper and the occasional
moodiness which were to mark his
later years"
Did David's hunger strike have any
IL efecs::" Mr.. Chinn asked the Gu
vGoor.
Gained by Strike.
"On the contrary" replied Mr. Fair
man. "the publicity did him good. The
public became interested in him and
he found himself prospering under rev
commissions. One of the more inapor-
tant jobs that came to him directly as
result Of the fast was an order from
the famous danseuse, La Guimard."
On the other hand, another painter
whose work is represented in this
weeks Star set, Camille Corot, was
quite unlike David" said Mr.. Fairman.
"Corot was retiring. modest and lit
tie interested in affairs of state. His
parents wanted him to become a dry
goods merchant"
Corot, the curator recalled, got a
rather late start on his art career and
did not reach the height of his popu-
larity until he was nearly 60. Mr..
Fairman said it was true there we're
many forgeries of Corot's work, espe-
cially his landscapes, because of their
popularity.
Mr.. Fairman told next of Jean Fran
co.'s Millet, great French peasant
painter. famous for "The Angelus,
THE Cleaners" and other country
scenes. and once ridiculed as the wild
Man of the Woods" Millet was So