Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-09

tinuously since its inception in
for limited tours of five or sis
leading museums.
Foreign Exhibitions
In addition, 20 exhibition.
were assembled for circulation
abroad under the auspices oil
the United States Information
Agency.
More new exhibitions are in
preparation.
The Argentine children's Illus
trationS. including 40 paintings
selected from work submitted
by youngsters all over Argen-
tina, is to be shown at the Par
American Union from October
5 to 26. The exhibition is being
sponsored during its tour by the
Embassy of Argentina.
The selections were made for
a competition to find suitable
Illustrations for a book of chill
dren's tales. The contest was
sponsored by Editorial Gull
lern1o Kraft, Ltd, of Buenos
Aires.
German Architecture
The German architecture ex-
hibition will be shown here by
the American Institute of
Architects from October / to
%.
1t was organized by the
Bund Deutscher Architekten
and sponsored by the German
Embassy. 1t shows, in Isl
photographs, the best work of
German architects since the
end of World War II.
GOya Etchings
Goya's famous series Of
etchings entitled "The Ca
prices" is being shown through
mid-September by the Franz
Bader Gallery, 1705 G street
NV.
Announcement in 1899 of the
publication of this startling
collection by the man known
throughout Spain as a fine
court painter described the
prints as a criticism of human
errors and vices"
The impact of the Caprichos
was twofold: socially, because
of their violent satire and
nightmariSh Authorizations,
and artistically, because of a
bold new use Of the aquatint
technique.
Gift to King
The collection was on sale
only briefly, and then with
drawn. Apparently it had
drawn the diSpleasure of the
Inquisition. But in 1903 Goya
was successful in having the
etchingS accepted as a gift by
the King. His work was safe.
and Goya was granted a PEN
sion for his son Francisco
Javier to study abroad.
A second edition of the
CaprichoS apparently was pub
lished in 1906 in the Calico
grafia Nacional at Madrid, and
others followed in 1850, in 1868
(the only dated edition and
the one from which the prints
at the Bader Gallery Gomez,
in 1877. 1881, 1890, 1908, 1905
and 1908. In 1918 the plates
were steeled and more copies
printed. In 1887 or 1888 a few
more copies were made and
presented to friends of the
Spanish Loyalist government.
1t probably was inevitable
that various interpretations
through the years would re-
late the. Caprichos to the So
ciety of the time in Madrid,
but the artist specifically dis
avows in the 1899 announce
ment that he had any one
individual in m. d.
Title of Inventor
Painting (like poetry
chooses from the universal
what it considers suitable to
its own ends: 1t reunites in a
single fantastic parsonage cir
cumstances and characteristics
that nature has divided among
many. From such a combina-
ton. ingeniously arranged, re-
suits the kind of successful
imitation for which a good
artif1cer deserves the title of
inventor and not that Of servile
copyist," it says.
Goya had chosen his sub
jects from the many plumbers
and inconsistencies of society,
and from the prejudices and
receptions followed from Gus
tom, ignorance or motive OF
profit, as he saw them.
Taken generally, the COM
positions become much more
moving, and the viewer may
inspect the engravings for a
timeless commentary on the
doings Of people.
First Edition
The first edition Of the Ca
prichos went on sale in a per-
fume and liqueur shop in the
quiet and elegant Gale de
Desengano. a circumstance
which has been seen as an
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