Evening Star Newspaper, June 23, 1933, Page 27

Exhibit at National Museum Presents Many Subjects. BY LEILA MECHLIN. Tt is not often that midsummer wit- nesses as important an event as the opening of the John Gellatly collection, which took place in the National Gal- | United States National evening under official lery of Art, Museum, last auspices. This collection, one of the finest of its kind in this country, was given to the Nation just four years ago by John Gellatly of New York, by whom, over a long period of years and through a large expenditure of money—how much none will ever know—it was assembled. ©Of Mr. Gellatly comparatively little is known except through this collection, which testifies to his love of art and | | | THE EVENIN Gellatly Collection Gives Art Lovers Of Capital Rare Midsummer Treat G STAR, WASHINGTO haps the loveliest are “Lady in Whi ‘The Necklace,” the most fam e Spinet”—all three undoubtedly destined to lasting honor. ‘Those to whom the Freer collection is familiar will not fail to remark a certain similarity in taste between these two collectors—Charles L. Freer and John Gellatly—and the artists repre- sented in their collections. Thayer and Dewing are both nerously repre- sented in the Freer cufi«:uon; both col- lectors were friends and admirers of F. S. Church, of whose merry, illustrative drawings in color the Gellatly collestion contains no_less than seven, among them “The Lady and the Tiger” and “The Witch's Daughter.” Mr. Church was a delightful person with a gift for| comradeship and in matters of art a light touch. The paintings are, however, has already been mentioned, only a small part of this collection. Extravagantly lovely is the ancient glass from Arabla, Syria, China and elsewhere—with its fine color, artistic form and -elusive iridescence. Of exceptional interest is a figure of a Triton made of two baroque pearls as a pendant and attributed to the great Cellinl. With what delight he must have fashioned it! To Cellini is also attributed a little statue of Her- acles—a mastepiece. A statuette of a woman, cast in silver, the work of Dan- iel Chester French, shared honors with | this work of the Italian Renaissance. Cup Carved From Emerald. Of rare interest is a cup carved from bronzes excellent in form and work: A third room contains water colors— one by Winslow Homer—pastels, Chi- nese frescoes, drawings, etc., a large model of an ancient ship, rugs, wall hangings and furniture. In this room are several tic totem poles from Alaska, whi are not a part of the Gellatly collection, but could not be moved, and, strangely enough. do not seem alien in so an as- sembly. They do, however, help to em- phasize the great need of a separate and A ed buildi for a national lery of art, for wi no ovision, other than site, has as yet n made by the Government. Be- cause of lack of space the Willlam T. at the present time, only be shown in part, and the portraits of leaders in the Great War given, through private subscription, as nucleus for a national portrait gallery are stored. For this same reason there has, in the past few years, been a cessation of gifts. and not a few invaluable works have found per- Evans National Gallery collection can, | D. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1933. tention to this need, and when normal conditions are restored it will beAremed.bdA o the paintings in the mxuMwn hutm issued, but none is available of the ob, dart. These, ver, are well labeled. It is said that the Gellatly collection Tepresents an expenditure of $4,000,000, but whether this is 50 or not, it is & princely gift. From today it will be open to the public indefinitely. ‘The opening was attended by leaders in art and soclal circles of the National Capital as the guests of the Smithsonian Institution and Dr. Charles G. Abbot, secretary. Amol those present were Dr. C. Powell Minnigerode, director of | the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and Mrs. | Minnigerode; Miss Emily Millard and Burtis Baker of the Corcoran Gallery, | Elizabeth Mulhopper, Ada Rainey and | Eben Colman, local artists; Dr. Wil- | lam M. Mann, director of the National | Zoological Park. and Mrs. Mann; Mr. | and Mrs. Robert L. Dufus, New York; manent pilscement elsewhere. It is m'th‘t the Gellatly collection will | R. af acting A full page of ’Mtomwhl of the treasures of the Gellatly col- lection will be a jeature of The Star's Graphic Section mext Sun- day, June 25. WAR HERO INJURED Maj. Cain of “Lost Battalion” Vic- tim of Auto Accident. NEW YORK, June 23 UP).—Maj.| Sidney Cain, 53, one of the survivors of Dr. and Mrs. Alexander Wetmore and | the “Lost Battalion” of ‘War, | Tolman, director of the | was seriously injured mmn:wrwmmm National Gallery of Art, and Mrs.| accident near Roosevelt, Long Island, last night. Maj. Cain, who lives in Hempstead and is superintendent of doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc.. publishers, suffered & compound fracture of the skull when a bursting tire caused him to lose con- trol and his heavy coupe crashed through a fence. ROACH DEATH |a signle emerald, formerly the prop- | erty of Jahangier, Mogul Emperor &f | Delhi, 1560-1627; & gold canteen bottle | ornamented on either side by the im- perial dragon, once the property of a |ruler of the Tiang Dynasty, 618-907 | AD., and, most remarkable, a Byzan- tine necklace of the sixth century made up of circular portraits in mo- stalled under the direction of Ruel P. 3 | saic, about the size of coins, of Christ Tolman, chief of the Division of | and the Apostles. They are decorated Graphic Arts of the National Museum, 3 | with gold filigree and held together now acting director of the National | with double chains. | Gallery of Art, in co-operation with | " In the main gallery one case is given Ralph~ Seymour, who has been in | up to'pendlnu‘ masterpleces of the charge of the collection in New York | jeweler's art, one to necklaces, rings for 10 vears and closely associated with the donor. 1,600 Items in Collection. Over 1,600 items are included in the collection, not only oil paintings, water colors, drawings and a few prints, but a great variety of rare, precious and beautiful objets d'art—furniture, glass, bronzes, jewelry, textiles, carvings and other things from many lands and periods, each apparently chosen be- cause of intrinsic worth and charm. Three galleries are occupled by the display—the large _center gallery, wherein was lately shown the Bicen- discriminating taste, and through a small circle of friends, artists and art Jovers who shared with him this ab- Borbing interest. When he died on November 8, 1931, he was a poor man, his fortune had been spent. At the time M;. Gellatly deeded this collection to the Wational Gallery of Art it was stored in the Heckscher Building, New York, and there, until this Spring, it has remained until it was packed up and brought here. It has been in- elsewhere. ter of this gallery stand two small bronze copies of the recumbent figures by Michael Angelo in the Medicl Tomb | in Florence. Between them has been | placed a very handsome red vase, not of anclent time, but our own, blown | in glass and colored by an American | ‘manuhcmrier—-tge m(:ormxrrx‘:l Co.—m‘f collection contains a different rendition | artistic triumph, = the _inclusion of | by Inness of this theme.) Here is a | Which evidences the collector’s open- landscape by Blakelock at his best, a | ness of mind and eclectic taste. fine Whistler, a Metcalf, a Murphy, a| Adjacent to the main gallery is the Dessar. a Bogert—works by Max Borm, | so-called Gothic room, wherein are to Noble and others. Among the figure |be seen some beautiful specimens of '$12.50 Solid Gol Pendant & Ring Sets Sep.95 dynasty, one of the works of | Kwan-Yin, goddess of mercy, Chinese, Si bition today in the National art of the John Gellatly collection, put on e: Gallery of Art. ® one finds not only beauty but great strength and lineelglty. Three By Meichers. There are three figures by Gari Meichers, among them especially well known “The Bride.” "And there are tennial Exhibition, and two smaller sdjacent galleries. The first thing one sees upon approaching the exhibition is, facing the entrance, a large, seated, polychrome figure of the Chinese God- dess of Mercy—Kwan Yin—of _the Sung Dynasty—960 to 1260 A.D. In & strangely unconventional attitude this statue, with complete aloofness of ex- pression, seems to hint of mystery, and three paintings by John La Farge, two of which are of very unusual character. One is a pond lily, painted in water color, lovely beyond words in spirit and rendition, the other is a wreath of flowers, “The Bride’s Wreath,” painted in oils, a painting which Mr. Gellatly himself especially prized. Also of personal interest is a little portrait in oils by Eleanor Greatorex of painters notably represented are Frank Benson and Irving Wiles, the latter by | a portrait of his own daughter, Gladys, | who in these later days has won dis- tinction as a painter. A full-length portrait of Mr. Gellatly by Irving Wiles belongs to the National Gallery of Art, | but is not included in the Geliatly col- | lection. George Fuller of the earlier | school _is represented by a typical fig- ure, “Fedalma,” and Elihu Vedder by a | stained glass of the Gothic period, well ‘wood placed and lighted—some carved statuettes—two figures in color, at- tributed to Giovanni della Robbia; tapestries and hangings, furniture, and paintings by Rubens and by Van Dyck, | as well as two very fine Chinese even 1n this unusual Two gorgeous beauties at a price you'd gladly pay for either one! America’s Oldest Credit Jewelers 50c a Week! A sensation sale! 'Any birthstone! passively keeps guard over the great collection—neither welcoming nor re- pelling—but reminding us silently that @rt judges us, not we art. On the walls of this main gallery hang 100 paintings by distinguished ‘American artists—too many for the most effective showing, as of necessity they are in two rows and almost frame to frame—but available space Wwas limited. This with the furniture and cases containing exhibits gives the gal- lery, on the instant, a somewhat Vic- torian aspect, which, however, carries with it a sense of wealth and luxury— & board groaning beneath the richness eand bounty of the feast. “Virgin Enthroned.” And what glorious pictures some of these are! Here is Abbott Thayer'’s superb “Virgin Enthroned,” well known, through repeated reproduction, among the masterpieces of American art. Another of the Virgin series to which this belongs is owned by the Boston | Museum of Fine Arts, a second by the | Freer Gallery of this city. Another wersion, heretofore unexhibited, is in- ¢luded in this collection under the title “My Children.” Here al® Ll' Thayer's “Stevenson Memorial A.agel,” one of his greatest works; his delight- ful painting, “Brother and Sister— Mary and Gerald Thayer,” painted lov- ingly in low key, one of two land- scapes, very characteristic, and a ‘bowl of roses, most exqumtfily rendered— fnvaluable possessions all. Turning to the catalogue one finds that the Gellatly collection ineludes no Jess than 23 works by . Next in numerical representation is Albert P. Ryder, for whose smallest canvases and collectors vie with one He is represented by 17. There are, however, an equal number of Dewings—not all ofl paintings; 15 Childe Hassams, dating from 1892 to 1919; 12 paintings by Twachtman, among them a most subtle and lovely transcription of Niagara Falls, and two or three works each by several equally famous masters. Sequence Is Lacking. It should not be forgotten that this s essentially & collection brought to- ether by one man to gratify his own jove of beauty in art and longing for | possession. Apparently Mr. Gellatly | made no effort to build up a collection | in historical or chronological gequence. To such he was indifferent. “'The col- jection contains but one painting of the Colonial period—a portrait by Copley—also but one painting by & representative of the Hudson River School—a view on the Hudson of “Storm Xing,” by Samuel Colman,and but one by a painter who may be considered modern, Jerome Myers. with one of his Acids Cause Tooth Decay | Mouth acids attack teeth and cause decay. | To effectively fight this dangerous acid con- | dition brush your teeth twice a day with | Graham Milk of Magnesia Tooth Paste. It contains more than 50% pure milk of magnesia which coun- | teracts acidity. 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