Evening star., 1942-04-12

a portrait by Daumier OF "Hippolyte
Lavoignat" which shows a little
known side of this master; Corot
is represented by another unusual
example "a little picture. rather
Forest of Fontainebleau"-an all
green midsummer idyll while from
Boudin's brush Is q dramatic scene
of a shipWTeck on the coast of
Brittany sharply contrasting with
his lovely little coastal pictures,
such as that owned by the Phillips
Memorial Gallery.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Dale we
are especially indebted for bringing
back to Washington the very charm
ing and beautifully painted portrait
| of Sonia" by Fantin-Latour which
was once included in the Phillips
collection. The impressionistS are
especially we'll represented, Monet
by no less than six examples, each
showing him in distinctively diff
ferent phase. There are two land
scapes by Sisley-one particularly
pleasing, the other rather obviously
panty. Berthe Morisot, who is seen
at her best in the portrait OF
mother and daughter, included in
the first group sent from New
York, is represented now by an
interior entitled In the Dining
Room" which is shimmering with
light and very atmospheric single
figure occupying the center Of inter-
est. Painted with the short. ner-
vous strokes Of the impressionists
is portrait by Pissarro Of a peas
ant woman, wholesome and strong,
rotund and well modelled, notably
fine work.
OF extremists Gauguin, Van Gogh
and Cezanne, the first is represented
by self portrait in which the
symbols of the fall and redemption
of man are used as decorative mo-
tives in connection with fiat and
brilliantly colorful design; very
characteristic bathing scene in the
South Seas, blue water, golden girls,
lush foliage, red and white flowers
and the trunk Of tree which
Stimulates a crawling creature, be-
side which is a man, and a land
scape warm in color but less char
acJeristic. Van Gogh never did
better portrait than that Of La
Mousme," young woman in striped
red basque and white dotted blue
skirt, timid face and long, ungainly
hands, which is here, together with
a scene in an "Olive Orchard" the
trees squirming and the grass NOV
ing with the restlessness of the
painters spirit, and a portrait, very
pathetic, painted of himself in the
insane asylum where he found
refuge in his last days. This Van
Gogh sent to his brother, to whom
he wrote that he hoped he would
find his face calmer, although my
look Is vaguer than formerly"
Cezanne, who was always seeking,
but never to his own satisfaction,
realizing" that which he sought,
Is shown in no less than five
examples, two portraits, both OF
boys-his own son Paul, and Louis
Guillaume-two landscapes and a
vase of flowers, all showing him at
his commonplace best, for though
Cezanne strove ceaselessly he rarely
seemed to aspire to the transcription
of beauty unless it were in the land
scape owned by the Phillips Gallery,
Mont ST. Victoire," and OCCASION
ally in still life study.
With these, mention should be
made Of a painting of "The Equa-
torial Jungle" by Henri Rousseau,
which is meticulous in its treatment
of leaf and flower forms and, far
from impressionistic, reminds one OF
incidental paintings by some OF the
Italian masters Of the Renaissance
who added flowers as decorative
features to their sacred subjects,
or, for that matter. Of the Pre-
Raphaelite Brotherhood painters
much later in England. At least
here is originality combined with
imagination and superlative tech
nique.
With these works by French
painters are to be found, and rightly
paintings by an American, Mary
Cassatt, who lived long in Paris
and did her best work there. Much
Influenced by the impressionists
and a great friend of Manet, she
still retained a style and personality
quite her own. Nowhere can she bt
found better represented than now
in the collection lent our Nationa
Gallery by Mr.. and Mrs. Chester
Dale. Here are six Of her fines
canvases, including "The Lodge,
the Morning Toilet" Mother ane
Child" woman With Red Carna'
tion." Miss Mary Ellis" and "Th'
Boating Party"-the last Of which
has been very appropriately ant
effectively hung between two ex
ceptionally fine out-of-door paint
ings by Monet. waterloo Bridge
and a Venetian palace as seen from
the canal on which it faces.
When a good many years age
John La Fargo delivered the ther
lately established Scammon lecture.
in the Art Institute of Chicago
he took as his subject French artist.