Evening Star Newspaper, December 19, 1926, Page 93

" Christmas Pilgrimage May Be Made by Washington Art Lovers BY ALICE HUTCHINS DRAKE. | ntrast. The former presents a tale of war and peace. It ls, 8o to speak, a Itinerary Includes Points From Which May Be Viewed Some Fine Works Which Make the Seasonal Appeal—Good Rep- i Sy B a mpler o setting., resentation in Corcoran Gallery—One of Particularly Beautiful Vistas Carries Eye to Notable Work by Gari Melchers— T on this Christmas pllgrimage, ington. 1 f s renew b 5 " examples of nearly all. Thess ir. e et by i B Ma]or Classes of Madonna pamtmgs Well Represented. bR L v e ool e st L el s donna enthroned, the Madonna in the g o i M sky or in Gloria, the Pastorgl Ma- : AR . donna, the Madonna in home environ. foetio LD Wnnphts ofabs ment Attributed to Van Dyck is a painting the Madonna and Child a gallery near the nce alisle THE. SUNDAY . STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. DECEMBER 19, 1926—PART 5. T this season, when the | thoug of the world are tu one Mother and one Child in par glar and to motherhood | general, i There are intimate touches in this | |infant Christ, St. Joseph, and an 68 Aeh : s nd tiseue | PAinting by the distinguished cotem elderly woman, T bly St. Anna paper, n . y A Sl ary American artist. One little o » : & the mother of Mary. Tradition re ag Tt f it it i weil to|%0CK i3 n}lwm “one 11’%-\pfllmnq_]<‘~u|l“« ) e “t:;wv H;: parents of K;»‘x:' \I FEin pause f o ol 10T around the mother's finger. The lay 3 die en she was a small child; bu 4 s i Wo in the | pon. unversed in the terminology of | artists frequently disregarded ~the X E wrtists, unequipped with a knowledge legend and introduced St. Anna "THE Fiemish school of the sixteenth “values,” the problems of palette, | paintings of the Madonna vases w) this seasonal ap-) Vill find in this painting much that H§ * X ok X e °f 9 peal. Fre ling the visitor | e €an understand—a sense of satls:| : i GOVABRT FLINCK, | Virgin and Child,” executed by Ber- can evam 1! “Adoration of [faction which he can carry away. 4 | nard van Orley. Against a back the Shepk Anton Raphael e ST e | ¢ j P ]:l\l‘n‘V":pdf”V‘:A et il Gt Bavic traas it IS ed Bohemian | TN a nearby gallery there is a second | ; e e e M | mother. In the fold of her arm rests nd s k painting of maternity by a well- | S ;. S L T 3 9 1 whose hands is a large ouches the |y p)wn cotemporary American. It is | i R i Gimathasa b cot ir n rererald® | 2 typical George ‘de Forest Brush : | blond hatr of her infant p | 2P ! i Mother and Child.* This is a theme | ; A ] i o b e he eves of the Madonna rest upon radition te | 1o which he devoted himself for many 4 : s LR e e In the shadow | FeAT ('\"':";l'l"'n";:"}f:'v'd":”'j, :f;‘,‘\* l'fl:':: 3 R 1 b -r‘;‘:.\( .vh;'\’\‘«-;y h‘l i :‘ . world with a peculiarly netr: | nizes the artist when he pauses before 4 et . extrsaitons | TRGNIRI T < w » searf of white which fa - s group. The mother stands \\y(rh ¢ i Sl fon ' a rr ‘ 1361f before | her sturdy child in her arms, her left | 8 ] > % 1 % | red antle. One sma ar s P Him, Thert e an iradiation of Jeht | hip_raised slightly to support the lightly upon that of his mother ol ity from th ! e e et Chac| weigit, after the fashion of mothers. In the Harriet Lane Johnston cc @lizhtly reminiscent of the glow which | A high-necked, full-sleeved gown of g . 4 R | tion, National Gallery Art, s an i ;. the study of which fllumines the onlookers in Correggio’s [ red is unrelieved. Large, hm»ml'l;\l i s 4 5 : e 4 | appealing Mml:n;,,. ; &N uiRNowIl| | S fve conclusion 'a “Holy Night " The robe of the \irgin | Dlative eves look out upon the world o : / - | artist, executed in the style i ilgrimage such as has 18 bl The robe of she Virein | which pauses to consider her chlld. & ReREth.. The! backirounala’ s brodd R hers by r Trom the | touch of color is introduced by the strip of tapestry against which glow | \ . is one of the notabls line of ting provides | artist, who is also a parent. In the the nimbus of the Madonna and of th ¥ Amezican artiet B R e et L hild's chubby little hand is a bril ¢ < 4 | Christ. _ Stately piliara serve almost | i : It is the largest tive point.of departure liant red apple. : i : : | |ac @ frame for the portraits 8 el S One. of the warticularly heauticul| One of the largest canvases in the . 2 . b | ehastians:. Matnirds of ‘the Fiorit e vietas in ‘the Corcoran Gallery car-|Corcoran Gallery Is called “La | tine School is represented hy “Virgin | lined against a background of tapes- ries the”eve to the notable work of | Famille” It was executed by Leon |and Child with St. John and an Angel which cmphasizes the beauty of art by Gari Melchers, called “Mater- | I'Hermitte in 1908. The lavman who | his s a circular painting, 24 inches inusual nimbus. The figure ol nity’” Here Is a present-day mother | delights in the narrative painting finds | . ; 3 (i Sikrigtor: An sngell besiinic tha | Mars! the mhothir) e sllghts foned and her baby touched only by that| much to interest him here. It is the X # | annunciation 1ily stands beside the|from the spectator. One hand sup- divinity which surrounds all child- [ hour of the midday rest. Round about | 3 , 4 1 Sitoin: e CHIN. seated on M O e hood. In an outdoor setting the |lies a wheat field. The workers have 1 ; a0, F{geaiTIle haA At stan of 4 bRl s b L mother rests with her baby in her| paused to seek a brief respite. The 3 ; o3 e he e Se Tohn t iy L s arms. Perhaps she dreams as have | oxen are being tended hy peasants . ¢ 3 i [ B iahain, compiten the groe A i A e g ©other mother Presumably one of the men is the | carensing hand of the Virgi s L taTe TonE. Gver Meiee Heikuana Dear little child in the fold of my arm husband of che young woman seated the “Forerunner” to the Christ shoulders. The upper portion of her Thou art close to my breast as 1 dream | On the ground, By her side are a { ? : | is supported by her long slender fin- | robe is white, a beautiful innovation. each day little son and “grand-mere.” In her 3 S 4 H [gers. An exquisite bit of landscape | The coloring of the drapery and robe And earnestly hope I may guard thee from | arms lies her infant, asleep. ‘The 1. b e T Blosiiig of thel iy S And walk by thy side & part of the way. | brush of this modern French painter sans | "“The Holy Family with St. Eliza und are two massive cathedral L executed the painting primarily in beth” is by Peter Paul Rubens. It is|candlesticks. In them rest long white A e ad e close fo Ty heart. | soft tomes of browns and yeliows “I'HE VISITATION,” BY LUCA DELLA ROBBIA. REPRODU “MADONNA AND CHILD.” BY BERNARDINO LUINI, IN THE interesting to note that the portrait | candles recently lighted. One symbo- eing_and mine wholly one-—yet apart, | Here again is emphasized the love of IN THE CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART. TIONAL GALLERY OF ART. of St. Elizabeth is that of Rubens’|lizes the fact that thts Son of Mary e et o pahouldat "“f"h” for child, and the beauty of — - e e i mother. ';rhr- h:wl;firmm;i of the paint- | has a human nature: the nthelr that - | infancy. ngs by the two Flemish artists, Van | He is the Son of God. and hence, The' background is afi interlacing of | An appealing canvas, called “In-| poor, his great compassion, are two - R | Christ-Child, rests In the straw be-| Orley and Rubens, are in striking | divine. Autumn These and the red |terior of a Cottage,” interprets the | factors which won for him this title. | 4 : : side the manger in which sleeps her | of the mother's chair, the blue of the|Same theme. In this instance the | Israels ranks among the first of the | R little Son. Her eves are raised as if | little watering can, the red of the|artist is the great genre painter, | modern painters. In this instance he in answer to a salutation Her hands | apples, the vellow of the sunlight and | Jozef Israels. He has appropriately | has painted the interior of a peasant’s ? y ; are outstretched, evidently in sup- | the lavender of the mother's waist|been called “The Dutch Millet.” HIs | cottage. To the left is an open . ; plication. One can almost hear the | satisfy one's color sense. tender understanding of the life of the | window which, if one is a lover of # 2 words: “Be it unto me according to Vermeer, reminds him of certain % Thy Word A beautiful drapery of | windows in his canvases; those which - : blue f over her head and from the left, admit a flood of light . v shoulders. FHler garment is the tra- upon a contrasting setting. Here an ditlonal red. Beyond the manger ls abbreviated white curtain flutters in an opening in the stone wall, across the breeze. Below is a rough table v ire beams in the prophetic Sorate £ - flowerpot orm of a cross. The Star of the | de(f“ e with !\é‘f”" i " Nativity sends its rays through the e wind In the shadowy background | T . LEK stand three figures, overcome by the child. By his side a peasant mother. e e o b sewing. Homely? In the obsolete T g [ sense of the word But, by the arther along jh" :\mn“.n | alchemy of the wonder of the theme painting called ““Mary Jesus | beautiful. 3 Joseph The Virgin stands sup- | S porting the Christ-Child, who rests | It is said that of all the interpre : D i lap of Bt Mitmbath. The| tations of the Visitation, that by % 3 3 elder mother raises reverent eyes to | Albertinelli_is the greatest. The lay her voung kinswoman. Against the | man on Christmas pilgrimage bent ). S T a s el will find a reproduction in color on little son, toward whom the Infant | exhibition in the prints division of i ChEfat Tacais piastulige /I tie backs | | the Library of Congress. Perhaps 3 U Ervers Sh 0 b, & 19cine from the standpoint of painting, it is % hand resting on the youthful St. John. | correct so to evaluate the canvas by An especially beautiful painting is | el LRIy BXUIL 1 Blcenche laays or that by Rernardino Luini. the dis- | St. Luke (who, tradition says, was ¢ il D il Miauéee. agns Hstae | HUmBRIE 8 fpe nten) dsuiiny fhgve Leoi light in interpreting Madonna and | the artists who sought to perpetuate | N I e, Tod hlisit on canvas or in marble the event 3 stance the Christ-Child steps forward, atted STMeEVIRTE D0 q ; p | tenderly supported by His Mother's In ancient Pistoja, a walled town | t "4 | hand. Her robe is of red and her | of Tuscany, there is the original of | : g ; mantle of blue lined.with dull orange | the group—the Blessed Virgin and ; : oo nd bordered in gold thread. Her | St. Elizabeth at the moment of [light brown hair falls in curls over | their meeting—executed, it is sup- | | her shoulder. The composition is | posed, by Luca della Robbia. Few | pyramidal in form, reminiscent of the | attempts to recreate this dram | work of eonardo da inci. his en il fihie anneal {hint aoos Thisl . recalls the tradition that Luini one. Here is Mary, who has sought i studied under the master, but there | her cousin . Eli in the hill actual evidence of his having | country. Here beth, over s0. | come, in ‘the presence of Mary. “MADONNA AND CHILD.” BY GOVAERT FLINCK OF THE DUTCH An original Raphael, or a repro | Elizabeth kneels before her young SCHOOL. IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART. duction of his work by an artis kinswoman and exclaims nd | —_— whose na is unknown, is entitled whence is this to me, that the Mother | “The Holy . In it are found of my Lord should Vvisit me! Eliza- | is in the north atrium of the Corcoran | two thousand years streteh between | anachronisms s are present in beth's hand grasps the mantle of the | Gallery. At this season a view of the | the period of this traditional first | dozens of paintings of the Madon Virgin. Mary's hand tenderly seeks|group is especially timely painting of the Virgin Mary and the | executed in the Renaissance. (For the shoulder of the kneeling woman S canvas called “Christmas Morn,” | example, the Madonna holds in her | Age. ant youth, love and veneratlon. | e o eates that st Luke | Shich hans by the stairway in the | hand a small book) The backeround These qualities’ the gifted Florentine | : N relates that St. Luke | New National Museum. The artist|is a delicately painted landscape. In| o SR s e 99 E L el ceicaid = his neted work painted the first portriit of the |is the National Academician, Will | the group which constitutes the Holy | “MADONNA AND CHILD.” BY AN UNKNOWN ARTIST (AFTER l della Robbia’s group | Mother of the Christ-Child. Nearly | Hicok Low. Mary, the Mother of the | Family are the Blessed Virgin, the CORREGGIO), IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART. e Cor T Art has on perman i S nsekas iry is represented by “The apple. voung v the rongk sherds, one (ddddq (¢ (Q(QQQ§ “MOTHER AND CHILD,” BY GEORGE DE FOREST BRUSH, IN THE CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART. American Toy Output Increases 1,500 Per Cent in Two Decades BY MIDDLETON. I were young, Maggie.” The point|crement. In mechanical ingenuity,| the German toys is sold. Our glass|faraway Siam, the tox purchased. |our dolls, educational toys and wheel|also becoming widely known in many us who are able, and many of us who ASHIONS in ladies’ dresses may | IS there are just about 15 times as|originality of design, quality in pro-| Christmas tree ornaments, almost a | nine times out of ten, will be an Amer- | goods. | foreign markets. Large quantities [are not buy not only high paiced toys come from Paris, but the|many American toys sold mow as|duction and finish, the American toy [ half-million dollars’ worth of them,|ican toy. These, regardless of tybe.| American wheel goods, particularly | re sold yearly in Canada, Mexico and [ but lots of them for our children. United States sets the toy fash » were back in those days. The|is without a peer. are mostly from Germany. The har-| suggest superiority, as do diamonds | ¢4y qutomobiles, are. doing their very i"ul-a It will perhaps come as a sur-| joms of the world. This pre. Status of the German toy in the| It is true that there are German |monica, too, is without an American | eut in Amsterdam, ruzs woven in Per-| hogt to become as popular in foreign | Prise to learn that last year there eminence in the manufacture| United States, over the last 20 vears,| toys most artistically conceived and | competitor. sia or dresses fashioned in Paris. | markets as the orlginals after which | Were rather large sales of playground R e OF S v e e iing e & the | is just like that of Holmes''famous | beautifully made. Stuffed animal toys iermany is not our only foreign| Whether it is the automobile, the |they are modeled. While, of course,|€dquipment made to British Guiana | the -Wakla: fe 1H6Fe) Do Tidre sun. Yesterday—that is, 20 years | ‘one-horse sh so far neither bet-| are designed absolutely true to life, | source of supply. We are indebted to | scooter, the doll, the doll clothes and | they will never be sold in such large | and to New Zealand. Appreciable | geten or with greater conviction, “How ago—more than half the toys sold in | ter nor worse—while the status of the [ with the aid of a naturalist who |Great Britain for certain types, such | the doll carriage, the rubber toy, the | quantities, it must be quite agreeable | amounts were also sold in F | times have changed.” than at the toy the American market were imported, American in the same period is pro-| knows his business. The finest obtain- | as stuffed animal toys and ingenious | mechanical, electrical or educitional | (o the American manufacturer to|Germany and the United counters during the Christmes shop- mostly from German Today, less|Bressively comparable to that of the| able non-fading cloth and felts and sea-going vessels. The Japanese papcr | toy, the article is pre-eminently one of | know that the best toy automobile to | All South American countries & ping season. Even though a young than 5 per cent of the toys sold are | American automobile mohair plush are used. Almost every | and celluloid toys, with their delicate | quality. This is not saving that cheap | ha found in any foreign market is of | Showing increasing interest in mother is making the purchases, vou of forelgn origin. Twenty years ago| JFlow account for this tremendous| species of animal is m{ade‘, and in the | make and exquisite coloring, and the | toxs are sot ,-;umm;muuw in this | American make. When we considdr | door amusements for children. will hear her say, “My dolls, when I we iad u toy production of $5.000,000. | growth? Our population has grown|very large department stores an ex-|Japanese toy tea sets have great is just that the vulk of | the price for which some of them are| . e " Anorican | was a little girl, were never so cun Sl it de valuod At t7s.000.600 T humbers. vou iy, 70 per cent. | hibit of graduated sizes of all kinds | charm. The toy musical instrumenats high-grade quality. Not | ol we are rather prone o think | tors o b ihe value of American | Ling, so beautiful or so handsomely The crec ma without any | But the American toy industry’ has| of the same animal from 1 to 2 inches | coming from France and Czechoslova- | necessarity high priced, uithough | that in no place except the United |equal to the vaiue of foreign-made | dressed. How I would have been de- sttempt le his f, “Oh, do!grown 1,500 per cent. And what per | in height to 2 feet is not at all un-|kia are almost without domestic com-| many are manufactured with a hizh | States are parents gullty of such ex-|toys that are imported herd, one must | iEhted with that tea set or this little ) tell me that the Ger-|cent of this increase has the German| usual. petition disregard for one’s pocketbook, but | travagance. Yet in one shop in Rio |not forget that this amount, in com-| Kitchen stove.” And so she goes mar + rarity on the market?’ | manufacturer enjoyed? None. The| If you do vour Christmas shopping * ok kK priced commensurate with value. de Janeiro, Brazil, last Christmas, oit | parison with the amount sold in the | through the whole toy department, Not » 1! In fact, it | benefits of this increased consumption | in the five-and-ten this year, you'l iy . kit i of 12 toy nutomobiles imported, which | Aomeetic: market, 1o vers . amall. e | alive with admiration, which is a state appears s the same fre. | have accrued entirely to the American | probably buy a German article, for | [JOLIL houses made in Czechoslova- Were to retail at & price equal to $150 | little less than 5 per cent. The Ameri: | ©f mind, of course, which makes her quenc v 1i ‘you i industry. This is not an unearned in-| that is where a large proportion of in United States currency, 10 had|can market is the great toy market |2also quite forget t her o= soy® ers sell almost altogether on a|been disposed of by the 1st of De-|of the world, consumption in this|Were Lever, never quite so expeize =~ rule, are not | cember. | country being equal to that of all the | _The blustering boy’s father” i American playground equipment is ! rest of the world combined. Many of | (Continued on Seven * X% * kia and Great Britain are partic- | TN foreign markets our manufactur- ularly attractive. These range from the modest cottages to elaborate vil- | 1as. Some of these are so cleverly | quality basis and, as a made and artistically finished that | interested or are not trying to com even a grown-up wonders if there | pete on a price basis. This means aren’t fairles, after all. Many of them | that the market is limited and that have gardens, with their miniature | American toys are sold in quantity trees, flower beds and winding walks | only where the purchasing power of | providing an unusually attractive set- | the people is far above the average. ting. Few of these are already fur- | Consequently, it is to the United nished, and those that are, unless | Kingdom and to Canada that the they are of the very expensive type, | largest amounts are sold. Purchases give the impression of the houses as | by the United Kingdom amount al | they are furnished by grown-ups when | most to a million dollars. But as this s they are for rent. When the expen- | only 7 per cent of the total amount of sive villa is furnished, one has a |toys imported by that country, it very | rather sneaking feeling that the | well {llustrates the size of the mar-| mother was perhaps even more easy | ket for quality toys. However, in to sell than the young daughter. Who! Britain it is not so limited as it ap. could resist a house with wee Oriental | pears, for there is a good production rugs. pictures that are copies of fa- | of British toys, and nearly all of these mous originals, books smaller than |are also quality articles. i a postage stamp, baby grand pianos | Over one-third of the toys sold in he size of an inkwell, beds not so big | Canada are of American manufac as one’s hand, with a mattress and | tuyre. Our toys are also popular in springs and bed linen that even the | Cuba and Mexico. These two mar- | Queen of the Fairies would delight to | kets probably absorb the larges sleep in? {amount of American toys of the Some of this miniature furniture is | cheaper grade. While proximity to made by the American manufacturer. | the market is undoubtedly account- Definite styles are followed, as is done | able to a certain degree for the pre | in the manufacture of real household | eminence of the Amer n toy in these ! furniture. One toy designer makes | markets, distance is pparently no | colonial furniture, ‘and in_suites for | harrier to their sale. Australia is the | every room In the house. Some of the | fifth largest forelgn market for Amer | chests and lowboys, which are exqui-|jcan toys. The Australlan child likes | sitely made, have come to be used as | particularly our rubber toys, dolls | Jewel cases. and mechanical toys. In Australia } These doll houses, musical instru-|there are a few factories making toy | ments, expensive toys and stuffed ani- | wheel goods of the cheaper grade.! | mals constitute the principal groups | From the mother country are pur- | for which the American child is in- | chased those of a better quality. But | THE LANGUAGE OF PICTURES 1S UNIVERSAL AND THESE CHINISE CHILDREN ARE ENJOYING AMERICAN D'&WIY\C SETS. debted to the foreign manufacturer. And to what extent does the foreign child enjoy American toys? Twenty years ago the American toy was prac- tically unknown outside the United States. Today our foreign sales are about equal to our foreign purchases American toys are =old in 95 foreign markets. If one has money to spend and is looking for .a quality toy, whether he is in nearby Canada or those of a high class, particuiarly in toy automobiles, come from the United States. Australia is not the only proof that distance does not matter. India, | South Africa, New Zealand, the Phil- ippines and Argentina among the | 10 best foreign markets for American | toys. In all of these rubber toys ave | the most popular. - But .with each year there is an increased liking for THE INGENUITY OF THE AMERICAN MECHANICAL TOY IS MEXICAN BOY LOOKS. FORWARD TO HIS AMERICAN TOXS AL CHEISTMAS. ING UNIVERSAL APPEAL. THIS