Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1924, Page 29

THE SUNDAY Spanish Paintings Exhibited in This City Long-promised Treat for Art Lovers—Work of H. Anglada y Camasara and Tito Cittadini—New Portrait of Mrs. Coolidge—News of Art World. BY LEILA MECHLIN. HE long-promised exhibition of modern’ Spanish paintings opened in the Vandyck Gal- leries, 1611 Connecticut ave- nue, December 22 and will continue to January 10, Two galleries are devoted to the work of H. An- glada y Camasara, the most conspicu- ous figure in the art world of Spain a name to conjure with in S and in every other country toy which his fame has reached. “Anglada,’s sald Jose Frances in the catalogue of the Carnegle Institute’s most recent international exhibition, “is the soul of Spain. His canvases ‘abound in brilliant contrasts of mas- culine, almost brutal, strength of con- ception, strangely mingled with al- most feminine delicacy of execution.’ Anglada is the supreme inebriation of color for color's sake. All processes are lost sight of, and there is evoked the illusion that it is not a palnted canvas we have before us, but # work in ceramics, in tapestry, in Japanese lacquer or Persian silks, wovén into o splendid richness of design.” Here is a new sort of painting, something different, entirely different from anything we have seen before. Homer Saint Gaudens, director of the Carnegle Institute, felt that he had scored something of a triumph when he secured for his international exhibition flve painting gician in the fleld of “unningham of the ited Anglada at h home, on the Island of Mallorca, last Summer and secured several additional works, becoming at the same time Anglada's representative in the United States. So highly is the art of this painter d by his own countrymen that the Spanish government has obtained an option on all he paints, in order that his masterpleces may certainly be secured for the national collection. Has ever painter before been pald such stribute? Knowing all this, the visitor who sees Anglada's work for the first time will probably be amazed and confused. He paints large canvases, figures and groups of figures life size, usually in a very high key, but not invariably so. His treatment is extremely flat, for he employs little shadow and hence shows little modeling, but his modeling is of & subtle sort which carries conviction, and his relation of light to shade so nicely adjusted that the illusion of light and atmosphere is perfectly produced. Above all things Anglada is not a copylst. He does not at- tempt to paint things as they are. It is not the substance but the spirit ©f things seen which he represents, and this he accomplishes almost, as it were, by necromancy. One large canvas in the present exhibition shows a young.woman in a pink dress of sort of soft, fluffy ma- terial and many ruffles, seated on the bough of a tree, the foliage of which creates the background. The canvas is flooded with light. The line of the figure is repeated in the lines of the boughs. The pink of the dress, faded almost to whiteness, is crossed and re-crossed by delicate shadows. There is no suggestion of pigment. It is all alr and light and illusiveness. The face is smoothly but firmly painted, very simply, yet quite expressive; and then touched in with startling insistence are little black rings on the third finger of each hand. Again in striking contrast, is a picture of a young woman all In black. From beneath the voluminous black mantilla peers out a little mouse-like white face, and sharply silhouetted on one side is a startling white arm. The back- ground is a landscape, rich in blue and green, and distant views of sky and plain and mountains. The black of the gown and the mantilla scems to echo and re-echo resonant tones of purple and blue. It is startlngly insistent—a personality portrayved. “The Sybil” is somewhat in the same character—monumental but hor- rible, fatentionally so. In the great canvas of “The Festa” Anglada’s love of color is seen in full riot, and yet if one pauses long enough to look there is that insistent pervasive per- sonality in the faces and in the pose of the peasants on their gayly be- decked steeds that speaks the true nguage of Spain. “The Valenclen- nes Bride” is a typical work and per- haps most frank and understandable, a lovely plece of color decoration. Anglada is a consummate draughts- man and his clean-cut silhouettes are full of fascination. He is master of line. His technique is unique; his method of working different from that of any painter who has come to our BLAIR REVIEWS HISTORY OF LAFAYETTE SQUARE deries v Discusses Past of Houses Facing on Park Before Washington Study. History of the houses around La- fayette Square was reviewed by Gist Blair before the Washington Study at the fourth lecture course yester- day at 1734 N street. Mr. Blair told many Interesting stories of the peo- vle who lived around this historic park. The course in history will be con- cluded by two more lectures, one next Saturday by Dr. Marcus Ben- jamin of the Smithsonian Institution, whose subject will be “Joseph Hen- ry,” and the last by Miss Helen Nico- lay, January 10, on “George Ban- croft.” The lectures will continue untfl April 4 each Saturday and Thursday. January 17 the course in interna- tional relations will be given and will include among the toplcs pre- sented *“The Situation in the Bal- kans,” “The Little Entente,” “Ameri- ca's Relations In the Far East.” “VALENCIAN BRIDE,” BY H. ANGLADA Y CAMASARA, NOW EX- HIBITED AT THE VANDYC . GALLERIES. : attention. He piles up his pigment somewhat as does Mancini, the Ital- fan, but with more method. Faces and flesh he seems invariably to paint smoothly, almost rubbing the color into the canvas and holding it In large simple masses; but when it comes to the rendition of clothing he heaps on his paint until upon close “COTE DE FORMENTOR,” BY TITO CITTAD! Tito Cittadini, the Argentine, who itor the past eight years has made his home with Anglada, and “whose vital, artistic temperament has In- corporated Into Spanish painting the fresh vigor and new tonal symphonies of the sun, the sea and the glowing soil the incomparable Mallorca.” Cittadlni is a big man physically and I, NOW EXHIBITED AT THE VANDYCK GALLERIES. examination the surfece of his canvas is found to nave the aspect of a re- lief map, little mountains and val- leys of pigment. These are in pure color and are applied in such wise as to embroider the work. Evidently Anglade’s paintings are not produced in a sitting nor in a week, indeed not in many such, Whether one would care to live with an Anglada paint- ing 1s a different matter, but undoubt- edly the more one sees of them the more one sees in them. In an adjacent gallery, bringing to the visitor the atmosphere and aspect of the Balearic Isles, are paintings by Jdmes Brown Scott is the adviser for this coursee. Among the speakers will be Capt. Gordon-Gordon Smith, Frederick Moore and Dr. James Brown Scott. A PLANS HOSPITAL MUSICAL Denton Ledford to Start Series at St. Elizabeth’s Today. Denton Ledford has inaugurated a new_ series of musicals for Sunday afternoons in the Red Cross House of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. The first program will be given today at 2:30 o'clock, and wjll be presented by the following sifigers and musiclans: Clara Young Brown, soprano; Mrs. J. . Granger, contralto; Edgar R. Kid- well, baritone, and Denton Ledford, tenor, who will give quartet selections; Evelin Scott, violinist, will play sev- eral numbers, and members of the quartet will each sing a group of solos. Burrows Willlams will be the accompanist and will present some piano selections also. Guantanamo' Cable End Laid. NEW YORK, December 27.—The New York end of the new all-America cable between New York and Guantanamo tB.dZ' Cuba, was laid 2.t Rockaway Beach oday. - artistically, and everything he paints has In it the element of bigness. He, too, piles pigment on his canvas with amazing prodigality. He also has discovered the secret of the silhouette. But his work is much more tradi- tional than is Anglada’s. It is of things seen as well as felt. It is the outdoor world, the works of the Creator, Inanimate, aloof—Nature un- related to man. His sense of struc- ture is admirable. His mountains heap up in rocky majesty against the sky. Grim they are, and yet lovely, touched by the sunlight, caressed by the clouds. In one picture he has HARMLESS LAXATIVE All Children Love Its Pleasant Taste Give Bilious, Constipated Child “California Fig Syrup” Hurry Mother! A te: 1 of “California Fig Syrup” now will sweeten the stomach and thoroughly ‘wuhnn the liht:h bowels and in a few urs you have a well, playful child again. Even if cross, fe , bil- fous, constipated or full of cold, children love the pleasant taste of this gentle, harmless laxative. It never cramps or overacts. Contains nuTnlllrcotiu or soothing ‘ell your 5W u_wan nuine for Fi ? children i on bottle. Mother, ’u:q:‘“pr:lh‘d fornia.” Refuse any STAR, WASHINGTON, shown mountains rising from the sea velled in & violet mist. In another he shows us the deep blue water of a ocove framed in the brilllant colored rooks of Mallorca. Across the s 184 of the water the winds are drawing maps and two Iittle white- sailed boats are careening under the fitful gusts. It is a brilllant plece of work, broadly painted and yet ex- tremely exact. Here is a painter modern in his feeling d superbly strong—an interpreter of beauty, a man of fresh vision with a message all his own. In the fourth gallery are some in- timate scenes by Marti Garces, loved by the Spanish, but whose work, after the intoxication of Anglada’ and Cittadini’s _paintings, seems rather weak and flat. Two examples are shown also of the work of Joaquin Mir, who is sald to represent the lyric impulse, the idealistic force of cotemporary Span- ish art; whose one interest is the caprices of light in union with color, but whose works have little struc- tural Interest, and are, in fact, vague and seemingly incomplete. This exhibition is set forth under the patronage of the Ambassador from Spain, and, following the usage abroad, an entrance fee is charged. * * ¥ PENING at the Arts Club on Janu- ary 1 are several exhibitions which promise more than usual in- terest. In the upper room will be sot forth paintings by Jerry Farnsworth and his wife, Helen Alton Sawyer, the daughter of Wells Sawyer, for- merly of this city; while in the lower room are to be seen olls by Dr. Bur- lelgh Parkhurst. B HE Corcoran Gallery of Art will place on view shortly after the first of the year a notable compre- hensive retrospective exhibition of paintings by Willard Metcalf, the painter of the “May Night” and other charming works known to the Wash- ington public through the Corcoran Gallery's current exhibitions. * % x % AINTINGS made in Taormina, Venice and Brittany by Mary A. Kirkup, formerly of this city, are now on view at the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, in New York. * ¥ ¥ X N interesting exihbition is to be seen at the Art Center, in New York, at present, consisting of child- hood sketches and paintings by dis- tinguished artists. This inculdes four drawings by John Singer Sargent, made between the ages of four and nine years, and early examples of work by Daniel Chester French, Her- bert Adams, Childe Hassam, Georgs Bellows and others. This exhibition was suggested by the exhibition of D. O, DECEMBER 28 1924—PART 1.’ BAS-RELIEF OF M. KELLEY. THE WORK WAS ARTIST'S STUDIO RECENTLY. MRS. COOLIDGE S. COOLIDGE, BY MARY PRIVATELY EXHIBITED IN THE the art work of puplls of Prof. Cizek of Vienna, which was shown in thls city and in New York last Spring. * K k¥ AFKEI’CI-LPORTRAIT in bas-relief of Mrs. Coolidge, by Mary M. Kelley (Mrs. Willlam F. Kelley), was privately shown in the artist's studio recently. The sketch was mads In the White House. It is an upright panel with a slightly curved top and an ornamental geometric border. Mrs. Coolidge is shown with face in profile, turned to the left. The base of the relief bears Mrs. Coolidge's name. It is an -excellent likeness and very skillfully modeled. Mrs. Kelley has done quite a number of small works in sculpture in the round—fgurines, statuettes and groups of an extreme- 1y Interesting type. o o HE Soclety of Washington Artists has postponed its annual exhibi- | tion from January to March. It will be held, as usual, in the special exhi- bition gallery of the Corcoran Gal- lery of Art. * Xk Kk X MONG the notable exhibitions that will be held in the Corcoran Gallery during the present season are one-man collections, representing the work of Morris Fromke, lately re- turned from Spain; of Zorn, the great Swedish artist, and Mary Cas- satt, a distinguished American woman pamnter so long resident in Paris. Federal City Chapter met at the home of the regent, Mrs. Mahlon A. Winter, Tuesday, December 16. The Christmas messaga of the president general was read and plans were dis- oussed for the Winter activities. Deborah Knapp Chapter held its December meeting at the home of Mrs. James M. Willey, state vice re- gent, 3020 Macomb street, with Mrs 8. B. Martin, Miss Julla B. Slaughter and Mrs, Frank Meyer assisting host- esses. A buffet supper was served at 6:30 and the meeting was called to order at 8 o'clock by the regent, Mrs. George T. Smallwood. Reports of officers showed the af- fairs of the chapter in a flourishing condition, Mrs. 8. B. Martin of the Children of the Republic committee gave an ac- count of the children's clubs which meet at the Peck Memorial Church, and told of the work being done un- der the direction of Mrs. Hague, State chalrman. A contribution was voted to help carry on the work of this committee. The committee on budget reported | contributions by the chapter to the following: Ellis Island, Americaniza- tion, Berea College, George Washing- ton Building Fund, Tomasa School, Student Loan Fund, Lincoln Memo- rial, Traveler's Ald, International Col- lege, Wichita Indian School, Day Nur- sery and Juvenile Protective Associa- tion. Mrs. Willlam S. Parks reported on the card party given by the circle of which she Is chairman for the benefit of the budget of the chapter. This is the first of a serles of card parties glven by this circle, the next in the serles being for the benefit of the Chapter House fund. The membership committes having reported favorably on their applica- tions, Mrs, Edward Tomes Rawlings, Miss Sadie Haskell and Mrs. Florence De Cell were elected to membership in the chapter, and the name of Miss Phoebe Ward was presented to be voted on at the January meeting. Mrs. Frank Fuller, chairman of Continental Hall committee, gave an account of the proposed work to be done by that committes in the reffir- nishing of the District room at Conti- nental Hall. Mrs. Fdgar B. Meritt, | chairman of the Student Loan Fund committee, gave plans of that com- mittee for establishing scholarship at George Washington University. Mrs. Willlam S. 'Parks told of the Adding Another Pag‘e tot History of Furniture Retailing S we approac}n the end of the year———and review its achieve- ments—we are impresaec] with the patronage accorded us. Gratifying because it gives recognition of the efforts we have consistently and continuously made to deserve preference. As we look forward into the year to come we are conscious of the responsibilities which your confidence imposes upon us. But we have the courage of a sincere desire to serve even better— pledging all that well directed effort and wise discrimination in the gathering of our merchandise can guarantee. combined card party and danee to ba glven at Wardman Park Inn for the benefit of the Chapter house Fund and ashed the chapter members to help this cause. It was reported by Mrs. Willey that Santa Claus had left a tree with her and each member and guest present was surprised by having a gift pre- sented them by Mrs. Willey, who, in the role of Santa Claus, made a littls speech as each gift was presented. Martha Washington Chapter met December 16 at the home of Mrs. Charles £. Winter on Madison street, overlooking the park. In the absence of the regent, Miss Peck, who, because of ill health, is spending several weeks in Florida, the vice regent, Miss Clara Byrd Milli- gan, presided Following reports of officers and committes members, Mrs, Frank W. Mondell, guest of the evening, gave a summary of the alms and accomplish- ments of the Children of the Revolu- tion, and told of a campaign to raise funds for a separate building for this organization Mrs. Winter's young son, Franklin played piano numbers, “To a Wild Rose” (MacDowell), and Paderewski's Minuet.” A novel by Judge Winter was donated to the chapter and im- mediately rafled. Miss Milligan drew the lucky number Y. W.C A At 5 o'clock this afternoon, at 614 E street, Mrs. Elaine Rising, former re- ligious education sscretary of the local Y. W. C. A, will act as hostess at the fireside hour. The board of directors of the Y. C. A. will hold its a reception at the Elizabeth Somers re dence, 1104 M street northwest, on Thursday afternoon, from 4 to 6 o’clock The second of the series of parties under the auspices of the Y. W. C. and the Y. M. C. A, will be given Ja vary 3 at 8 p.m., at the Blue Trian Hut, Twentieth and B streets. C: of invitation may be secured from M Jane E. Blinn of the Y. W. C. A. and Mr. R. E. Meyers of the Y. M. C. A Secretaries who have returned ho: for the Christmas holidays are: Saida L. Hartman, Harrisburg, F Miss Anne Leathers, Boston; 1 Helen Wells Fidler and Miss Ruth Wz ton, Philadelphia, Pa., and Miss Myrt Henry, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. w New Year