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Evening star., 1941-03-09
Jury to Be Feted

The jury of selection and award
in connection with the Corcoran
Gallery Of Arts forthcoming Biennial
Exhibition of Contemporary Ameri-
can Painting will meet in Washing
ton this week, and, in accordance
with long established custom a
dirher will be given in honor of
those serving thereon, by the Arts
Club, on Tuesday evening, March IL,
at which Clifford K Bergman, car
toonist of The Star, and his daugh-
ter, Florence Bergman, whose criti-
cal writings appear weekly on this
page, will be hostess. the former also
serving as POSTMASTER All of the
members of the jury, consisting of
Franklin c. Watkins. Francis
Chaplin, Russell Cowles. Guy Pene
du Bois and Alexander R. James
have accepted, under the condition,
however, that none is called upon
to make speech. Artists in this
country, more than abroad. insist
upon expressing themselves in their
particular chosen medium rather
than in words.
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BazzurTo, president of the Circulo
de Bellas Artes, has said, still in
its infancy and with very few pa
irons in Uruguay seems to COM
pare favorably with our oWn-par-
tlcularly in that section occupied by
woodblock printmaking
Some of the etchingS. which are
in The minority in this collection.
have nice feeling and show senSi-
tiveness both OF observation and
touch Also, the Autographs are be-
youd the experimental stage in &C
compliShment, but outstanding are
the woodblocks, especially those by
Manuel Collazo Castro, Adolfo Pas
tor and Guillermo Rodriguez.
There is one print in color-a
cardinal, in all this birds beauty OF
plumage-by Juan A Tagliamonte.
1t must be admitted that, inter-
eSting as these prints are in them
selves, they do not, save in subject
matter. seem TO have nationalistic
individuality. But art today is in
ternational rather than national
the elimination OF distance and
cloSeneSs of communication having
put an end to those differences
which developed in isolation-a price
exacted for benefits received. The
impulse of art, however, always has
been universal. and the great art
of the world is like so many gleam-
ing jewels strung on single Sllken
string. It is to add to these that
better understanding between our
selves and our neighbors to the
south is sought through the medium
of such exhibitions as this and
those that will be sent in exchange
Special importance attaches to
this exhibition OF prints from Uru-
quay. as it is the first set forth by
the Pan-American Union under its
lately organized division of cultural
relations. now a hive Of far-reach-
ing and well-directed activity. Other
exhibitions are planned by Paul w.
Murphy, long a member of Pam
American staff and now in charge
Of this particular branch OF the
work. Meanwhile, exhibits Of the
arts and crafts. both ancient and
modern, are being gathered by ex-
perts in South and Central America
and space arranged for their show
| ing. Also. the library is being
searched for records of the past
which may not only broaden vision
but lend impetus to further accom-
plishment.
This work undoubtedly has the
hearty sympathy of DR.. Rowe. dl-
rector of the American Union,
who has, whenever feasible, done
what he could to promote it-es-
pecially in the field of music. When
/ the new annex is completed. more
space will be allotted for exhibition
purposes. but already new and en-
gaging vistas are opening.
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lost their heads in that upheaval
but he was so fortunate as TO make
the transition safely from the mon
archy to Napoleon. and to become
the leading painter of the first en-
pire. David is best known as a
painter of classical subjects, but
he is represented in the present ex-
hibition with portraits. now con-
sidered his best work. Outstanding
are two of Pope Plus VII, who sue
cessfully defied Napoleon.
The conqueror of all Europe in
the early 10Th century is the subject
of two works by Baron GroS. a pupil
of David and the foremost military
painter of the time They are the
romantic young "Bonaparte at the
Battle of Arcole." in 1896 and Ma
poleon of II years later. at the battle
of Eylau. when he defeated the COM
bined Prussian and Russian forces.
Baron Gerard's familiar portrait of
Nine. Recamier epitomizes the neo-
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Water CoIors Are Shown
Arts Club Presents Paintings


The exhibition of water colors BY
eight Syracuse artists, which opened
last Sunday with a private view and
will continue until the 21st, is very
disappointing.
Marjorie Garfield shows three
paintings, of which one, Banana
Tree, Guatemala" is in her usual
happy vein. colorful, picturesque
and most skillfully rendered, and
the two other close seconds. Mar
garet w. Boehmer sends two How
Green Is My Valley" and Even
tide both in gouache and con-
ventionalized but pleasing in pat
tern and color; and from Ruth Lee
has come a forceful, life-Sized por-
trait OF a man-preSumably Mexi-
can-together with two landscapes.
Goat Farm" and "Haying Time"
both of which are boldly interpreted.
But what of the others? 1t is hard
to say. Here is the work of teach
ers or heads Of departments in a
college of art connected with one
of our leading universities, and
what do they show us? Such sub
jects as "Desolation.' ''Dilapida-
ton Haunted House and Mack S
Last Trip painted brusquely and,
to all appearances. carelessly, with
utter disregard for the amenities
of beauty either in subject matter
or technique. 1t is quite incompre-
hensible.
We hear today complaints that
the public does not support con-
temporary art, and for this reason
the artists cannot make adequate
living-but who would wish to take
paintings which set forth the most
depressing subjects into ones house
to live with? Obviously an artist may
find beauty in ugliness, but unless he
can make it manifest he cannot
expect appreciation.
There may be beauty and charm
in old shackS, lime kilns. salt wells
and the like, but why, when there
is still so much beauty around us,
even in our cities and towns, must
We put it aside for such things as
are burdened with Grass ugliness?
Who can say? There is no answer.
We do not want simply pretty pic
lures. far from it, but We do want
pictures. we'll painted, of things
which give joy. Never were such
pictures more needed than now,
when the world is af1ame with ha-
| tired and bowed down with the
weight of sorrow that war imposes.
A great responsibility rests today
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Prentiss Taylor Exhibits
Works at Whyte GALLERY
ShO1D Oriuindlitu.


An exhibition of water colors.
drawings and Autographs by Prem
tiss Taylor opens this afternoon IN
the Whyte Gallery, to continue to
March 81. Mr.. Taylor always has
been independently original and, IN
these latest works, seems increasing
ly so. Not only has he thrown
tradition completely overheard, but
headed his seemingly frail bark to-
ward uncharted waters. Even he
himself must feel that. for under
standing, explanation must be made:
therefore. in the little catalogue OF
the exhibition, he tells for the benefit
of those who are puzzled by a ten
dency to double exposure " in his
pictures. what it is that he is try
ing to do and how they shall be
looked at.
In the first place, he has an un-
fixed visual point which he uses.
He walks around in the landscape
you are looking at and registers his
impressions at random. subject to
design. which is the organic agent"
on the same paper. Take the water
colors. hubble Light" and Lanes
vile Barn"-he looked and saw, not
from one place but many and then
mixed all the impressions gained in
one composition. No wonder the re-
suit is little confusing. Barns are
not often seen floating on the sea-
nor do ordinary roads ascend to
heaven, normally, as did Jacobs
ladder. Mr.. Taylor wanders less in
"Finntown Willows" and Turkey in
the Straw"-the latter the stage Of
an amusement house in Mexico on
which are dancers-the former a
decorative treatment of tree forms.
But he is not completely still, and
he does succeed in giving suggestion
of co-ordinated movement.
The five drawings listed in the
catalogue are in crayon and pastel
and register his impressions when
the dry season was at its height,
all color faded, all life hstless.
The 10 Autographs are neither
new nor recent. Perhaps the best
known is "Louisburg Square" 1889 t.
the design of which he says u .
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Allen Shows Flowers

Jawne Allen of this city is Show
ing at this time a considerable col
lection of paintings of flowers to-
gether with two heads in pastel in
the reception room of the Arts Club.
His treatment of the flowers is un-
usual-naturalistic but at the same
time decorative. He seems to SIM
plify and conventionalize without.
however, losing the spirit of life
which is inherent. Many of these
paintings would certainly furnish
excellent motifs for printed fabrics.
hangings, well papers, etc. Many
kinds are represented in the show
ing, iris, jonquis, peonies, hibiscus,
roses, bleeding hearts, clematis, etc.
The pastel heads are more usual and
less impressive.
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Prints From Uruouuy
Pan-American Union Sho1Us
VARIETY OF Works.

Pdn-AmeT1cdn Un1On ShO1OS
Variety OF Works.
An exhibition consisting of so
prints from Uruguay - etchings,
Autographs, Woodblocks-is now and
until Friday on view in the Pan
American Union, in cases lately in
stalled in the north corridor to the
right of the patio. 1t is one of a
series of print exhibitions to be
brought TO the United States by the
American National Committee of En-
craving, of which John Taylor Arms
is president, from countries of Gen.
trail and South America, to be cir
culated here in accordance with
our good neighbor" policy and the
advancement of cultural relations.
These prints were assembled in
Montevideo by the Circulo de Bellas
Artes to show the present accom-
pliShment of the newly-developed
school of printmaking in Uruguay.
In exchange, the American National
Committee on Engraving will send
to Uruguay representative collec-
ton of American prints-inciden-
tally, that shown in the Corcoran
Gallery some months ago-to be pre-
sented under the auspices of the
Circulo de BellaS ArteS.
In sending these prints to this
country, those responsible for the
selection called attention to the fact
that, in Uruguay, printmaking is
quite a recent development, paint
ing and sculpture being much more
generally practiced and over much
longer period. This art, however, de-
spite being, as Senior Domingo L.
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Paintings Are Reoronged
COrcOran Gallery Puts Works
In Uninterrupted Sequence.

The Corcoran Gallery has been
lately. With the full approval of
the executors of the w. A. Clark
estate and Senator Clark's family
the paintings derived from the
Clark bequest have been moved into
the galleries in the west wing,
which releases the same number of
galleries and practically the same
space in the Clark wing for the
paintings in the permanent col
lection of the institution. This re-
adjustment puts all the CorCoran'S
exhibition rooms devoted to paint
ingS by Americans and by promi-
nent artists of the past century
in uninterrupted sequence and at
the same time keeps the Clark col
lection as a unit. which is according
TO Senator Clark'S desire.
During the Biennial Exhibition of
Contemporary American Painting
which opens on the 22d of this
MONTH all of the galleries in the
main building on the second floor
will be devoted to the transient
showing, but beyond, in the four
galleries wherein formerly the Clark
paintings were hung. there will be
seen a selection Of the most notable
works in the CorcoranS permanent
collection, with special emphasis on
those to which the w. A. Clark
prizes and Corcoran medals previ-
ously have been awarded. After
the conclusion of the biennial the
customary arrangement will be re-
sumed and the European works of
the 10Th century, now temporarily
stored, will fill these four galleries
An excellent readjustment
Among the old friends now to be
seen in not only new quarters but
Encouragement are paintings by
Cecilia BeauX, Bellows and Brush;
Mary CaSSatt, Dimes CarlSen, Dew
| ing. Duvaneck and Eakins: Frieseke,
| CARRIER, HaSSam. Hawthorne, Henri
and Homer; Karfoil, Luks, Myers,
Prendergast, Sterne, Speicher, Sloan,
! Sargent, TWachtman and Thayer-
! vi OH OA4EIl CJuNA4NOl CCICSllOll,
/ but one most difficult to hang in
harmonious assemblage And how
much are Inness. MelcherS, Scho-
/ field, Symons and Walker missed!
But, in compensation. in one of this
! series of galleries, given over ex-
/ clusively to Early American por-
traiture, have been placed works by
Copley, Stuart. Harding, Rembrandt,
Peale, Sully, Joseph Wright NAL
! bone, Samuel Waldo and Charles
Elliott-all of whom hold their own
with the best of all time. This
room could not, it would seem, be
bettered. Not only does it engender
respect but wonder and pride. How
! did these men with so little artistic
background go so far and achieve
so much? 1t will always be mys-
! terry.
Evening star., 1941-03-09

| and even the marvellous stone cary
ing which glorified the facades OF
many of the cathedralS of France.
/ No such lace as this will ever be
made again by hand, but the spirit
which brought it forth may sur
! vive and. in some other part of the
/ field of art, find no less worthy
expression.
Antiquities Attract.
The antiquities in the Clark col
lection. to which one Of the new
galleries has been assigned, are OF
Greek, Egyptian and EuuScan
origin-little heads and figures
dating back from the I'd to 7th
centuries BIC. With attention
| focused on the present struggle of
Greece and her near neighborS to
retain their independence, a special
and rather pathetic interest at
taches to these examples of very
ancient art. Some come from the
island of Cyprus. others from
Rhodes, from Athens Beotia and
even Asia Minor. and while slight,
as the popular art of any day they
bring us the spirit of the great past
to which we shall ever turn for
inspiration.
When the catalogue Of the Clark
collection was prepared for pub
lication by the Corcoran Gallery,
Rudolf NJ. Riefstahl. an outstand-
ing authority, declared the rugs
which Senator Clark had assembled
to be among the most important
in this country representing the 10th
and 18th centuries. While other
notable collections he wrote. con-
tain great variety of types, this
one is remarkable in that it spe-
cializeS in but practically two-the
Ispahan and the 'Polish'-the latter,
in all probability, being woven at
the court mandatory OF the
Persian shahs for presentation to
foreign potentates and ambaSSa-
doris" The designs of these rugs
are very beautiful, as are also the
coloring and the weaving. Also,
quite a number are very large. for
which reason those now on view
III LIlt liz" l4Co SIAAIl 4lOHN4 ~
have been seen before as they may
be seen noW-at distance and not
/ piecemeal but as entities.
/ In this connection, it is interest
| ing to know that fifth gallery,
that adjacent to the period rooms
on the same floor. is in process
/ of remodelng in order that some of
the rugs can therein have better
display. This is the room in which
the Is century stone mantel was
installed-a work in keeping with
the rugs to be shown.
Rich Stained Glass.
To the north of this gallery, it
may be recalled is glorious
stained glass window, magnificently
rich in color, especially in reds and
blues. which dates back to the 18th
century and was made for church
at Chartres Thus it will be seen
that, from now on, the splendid
examples of the decorative arts, in
which the Clark collection is so
rich, will form a bulWark, as it
we're, for the better understanding
of the arts called fine-paintings
and sculpture-to which the greater
part of the Corcoran Gallery is
Evening star., 1941-03-09
photographs Are on View

The foyer of the National Museum
is given over this month to display
of the Fifth Annual Travel Salon of
the Photographic Society of Amer
lea and to the Third Annual Mem
bers' Exhibition of the Arlington
Camera Club. which. by the way,
sponsors the Salon in Washington.
Each organization has equal space,
the work by members of the Arling-
ton Camera Club filling all the al
coves to the right and the Salon all
those TO the left. A unique feature is
group exhibitions of works by the
three jurors who chose the prints
now on view. 1t would not be bad
plan if some of the painters eXhibi-
tions likewise insisted upon their
jurymen justifying their Judgment
by showing not one but several eX-
ampleS of their own work.
When viewing Photographic exhi-
billions such as this it sometimes
oCChAo do CiIOuSIl GiIC pd4lICCIS anu
those who interpret through the
medium of the camera had changed
places. Here among the Salon prints
are found many that admirably
tranScribe illusions of light and air,
and not a few that give very posi-
tive suggestion of color as we'll as
modelling. Also these photographers
have something to say which stirs
the emotionS-admirat tender
ness, sympathy and love. 1t is quite
surprising and thought-provoking
There is a spiritual quality here
which is not commonly found today
in painting.
The Salon comprises prints from
all over the country, therefore has
a broader scope than that of the
Arlington Club. But the latter up
holds very commendable high
standard.
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Famous French Paintings Are Included
In Loan Display at Metropolitan
European Galleries
Send Collection to
New York City
BY Florence S. Berryman.

BY Florence }. bergman.
A magnificent loan exhibition of
French paintings of the 18th CEN
tury, from % European museums
headed by the Louvre and 81 private
owners in France and Switzerland,
is now being shown in New York
City. 1t is the major offering at
the Metropolitan Museum of Art for
the season of 1940-4l and should
not be missed by any Washingtonian
who may go to the metropolis be-
fore March 27.
1t will surprise many art lovers
to learn that such collection is
now in this country, considering the
| fearful hazards of ocean crossing,
for it is hailed by more than one
authority as the most outstanding
historic French show of modern
times" AS matter of fact, it came
to the Western Hemisphere in 1899,
when the Daladier government sent
| it on a goodwill tour of South
| America. Last autumn, DR.. Walter
He'll, the enterpriSing director OF the
De Young Museum, San Francisco,
/ brought the collection there from
Brazil. 1t is to go from New York
to Chicago and possibly Boston.
Loans From Many Museums.
This exhibition offers an oppor-
! tunity to see French paintings which
even in times of peace the average
tourist would have TO forego. The
museums of Paris are familiar:
Louvre, Carnavalet, Petit Palais,
Coincide Francaise and Ecole de
Beaux-ArtS. But few Americans
have had the time, money or hardi-
| hood TO visit such smaller museums
as those of AiX-en-Provence, AlgierS,
Besancon, Bordeaux, Grenoble, Mar
seilles, Montauban, Montpelier,
Nancy, Pau. Reims, Rouen, Valen-
/ ciennes and Versailles. All Of these,
as we'll as museums in Amsterdam
and Ghent, have made loans to the
present superb collection of 70 works,
selected by Mr.. Rene Huyghe, cura-
! tor of paintings at the Louvre, and
a noted authority on the art of
! France. Furthermore, not one paint
ing from abroad had been exhibited
in this country prior to the San
Francisco showing.
For the New York display, the
Metropolitan Museum borrowed
nearly so additional masterpieces
from seven museums and "a COL
| lectors in the United States. 1t also
has a supplementary collection of
more than so Water-Color paintings
and drawings, shown in the original
French goodwill exhibition in South
America, but not included in San
Francisco. This group was sent to
New York from Chile.
The 10Th century belonged indis-
putably to France in the field of
painting. One can see the whole
splendid panorama in the present
exhibition from David to Toulouse
Lautrec. David. it will be recalled,
was middle-aged when the French
revolution broke. He already had
painted many of the aristocrats who
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Prints at National Museum

An exhibition of unusual inter
est is that of etchings by Margaret
Ann Gaug, young Chicagoan,
which is now on view in the lobby
of the National Museum. as the
March offering of the museums di-
vision of graphic arts. Miss Gaug
has apparently a lively Imagination
and at the same time excellent COM
mand of line. She has written and
illustrated a children's book, Buff
fin" and has contributed series
of drawings to the magazine Esquire.
Morris Henry Hobbs taught her to
Evening star., 1941-03-09

synthesis of the various elements of
that section of old Boston-a con-
summation Of what the square had
seen rather than the impression
made upon his own mind and vision.
His present method of wandering in
landscape and picking up impress
sions, like shells on the Seashore,
to express in rowing fashion his i'm
pressions, has taken the place of that
used when this print was produced.
All Of which is very interesting
but without this explanation always
at hand can the public be expected
to understand? To think so would
be very Sanguine.
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etch and she has undoubtedly proved
an apt pupil, for she handles her
medium with the utmost confidence
and skill. One whole case in the
current exhibition is given to her
etched work in miniature. some of
her plates being little larger than a
postage stamp. Another is occupied
by silver point drawings, very simple,
and entirely in line with which Miss
Gaug shows two very charming
prints in color. one of the Empress
Eugene and the other of Christiana,
both of which compare very favor
ably with the color portrait prints
of the 18th century French, print
makers This is high praise but well
deserved. Quite a number of Miss
Gaug's other prints are of Balinese
dancers done in line and without
shading. Still others are pure
flights of imagination presented
with the seriousness of reality.
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given over. There is between the
two really no boundary line and
the more the crafts are strength
ened, the stronger will become the
so-called fine arts. In this respect,
the opening of these new galleries
devoted to the decorative arts is
an event of considerable importance,
especially at this time, when the
National Gallery is TO open with
its great treasures of paintings and
sculpture of, to great extent, the
same period.