Evening Star Newspaper, November 4, 1937, Page 7

Petworth Schoo Benefit by Paintings Made Available by I Children Art Campaign for Study and Will Be Exhibited in School Library. Children at Petworth School today had the opportunity to study and enjoy the beautiful color reproductions of famous paintings offered by The Star in its art appreciation campaign and secured for the school by its Parent-Teacher Association. Mrs. E. K. Allen, president of the Petworth P.-T. A. announced the group had voted unanimously to support The Star’s art program and to give its bene- fits to the 400 and more pupils who attend the school. The first four sets of prints, 16 out of a total week campaign in collaboration with - the National Committee for Art Ap- preciation, now are on exhibit in the Petworth School library. Succeeding picture releases will be added each week to the exhibit. The weekly lessons in art appreciation by Dr. Bernard Myers of New York Uni- versity, which accompany each pic- bure set, will be studied by the in- dividual classes. Teachers May Use Pictures. Under the plan outlined by Mrs. Allen and Mrs. ¥red H. Gauss, chair- man of the Petworth P.-T. A. art sec- tion, teachers will have the privilege later of calling for the use of the pic- tures and lessons for one week for each class. The teachers will read and interpret the lessons and give each pupil the opportunity to view the masterpieces of old and modern master painters selected for the National Committee by a group of nationally known artists and art critics. “The Parent-Teacher Association will purchase the pictures from The Star every week from now on, during the campaign,” Mrs. Allen said, “and they will be added to the display in the library. Our members are urging their own children to study them.” Mrs, Allen said the Parent-Teacher Association was “very proud’ 'to bring The Star’s art program to the school and considered it a “very necessary part” of the educational and cultural of 48 offered during a 12- program for the children. She ex- pressed the hope that Parent-Teacher Associations in other Washington Washington schools would follow the example set at Petworth. Mrs. Gauss Indorses Plan. Mrs. Gauss, herself an artist, like- Wwise expressed approval of The Star project, for its benefits to the public at large and the opportunities it offers to school children to study and learn the works of art from the Italian Renaissance to the present time. Under The Star program, the color prints are released in groups of four a week for 12 weeks, priced within the reach of every one, and designed te bring art to the entire public. The fourth set is now on sale at the art booth on the first floor of The Star Building, and also may be obtained by mail. Previous releases will remain available throughout the campaign. Featuring the art project this week are paintings by artists who achieved fame during the 17th century in Eu- rope. They are “The Lute Player,” by Caravaggio; “The Ford,” by Claude Lorrain; “View of Toledo,” by El Gre- co, and “Infanta Margarita Teresa in Red,” by Velasquez. They are approximately 11 by 14 inches and are suitable for framing. Many followers of the campaign have not only commended the beauty of the color prints, but are first treating them with lacquer or shellac and then framing them to hang in their homes. P.T. A.| THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1937. Petworth P.-T. A. Gets Prints for School Eight Petworth School pupils view some of The Star’s famous painting reproductions which are on erhibit in the school library. Showing the color prints is Mrs. Fred H. Gauss, art chairman of the Petworth Parent-Teachers’ Association, throu Left to right, front row, Mary Ellen Hurley, Catherine Mi, school. back. gh which the pictures were brought to the are Lawrence Reed, Dorothy Scott and Allen Abrams; second row, flin, Audrey Greenleaf and Jane Lee Allen, with Milton Creel in —>Star Staff Photo. Stories of the Masters CARAVAGGIO. By HOWARD SIMON. | N THE whole history of art it would | be difficult to find a more thor- | oughgoing scoundrel and a more | skillful painter than Michael- Angelo de Merigi, known as Cara- vagglo. He was violent and painted violence. He was individual and struck out boldly, casting away % | tradition. He was | the first of the great realists, Even the greater Rembrandt was to feel his influ- ence, Caravagglo was ‘born in Lombardy in 1569. In his early days he had been a plasterer, the son of a stone mason, and had no training in art. He turned naturally to painting. Before he was 20 he had painted “The Martyrdom of a Female Saint.” It is his earliest known canvas and hangs at Milan, where most of his youth was spent. When he came to Venice at the age of 20 he was already a famous painter. Life and music and gayety sur- rounded him in this liveliest of cities. He took a fancy to the musical instru- ments he now saw, and was to use them in canvases again and again. Taverns and noisy street scenes and beautiful women caught his eye as well. He moved on to Rome and discovered that | brawling provided excitement and that excitement was exactly to his taste. There was a passer-by who, he fancied, had offended him. He struck him and to make sure he would not cry out whacked him into unconsciousness with his sword. He hid in a cellar to avoid capture and went on painting. Shortly thereafter he wounded a guard. | ‘Violence bred violence. He enjoyed quarreling and scuffling. He fell on people of every sort. When he thought a waiter in an inn had neglected some nicety ot behavior he seized & plate and threw it in his face. From some strategic point he and a companion dropped rocks at passers- by, injuring several. Before long he Wwas cast into the Tor di Nona Prison on the charges of one “Laura and her daughter Isabelle.” When he was freed another charge was lodged, this time by a lady named Prudenzia Bruna, who accused him of breaking her ‘window. A serious biographer has ventured the opinion that Caravaggio’s love affairs were not of the most exalted sort. But he was often to be found fighting for the honor of a lady's name. One Mariano-Pasqualone de Accumulo, a lawyer's clerk, stated before the magistrate one day that Caravaggio had attacked him from behind. He had fallen unconscious. It waz the finishing touch to a quarrel ————— Howard MAKE THE BELLEVUE.- STRATFORD ‘your PHILADELPHIA EEADQUARTERS MODERATELY PRICED CENTRALLY SITUATED “Best food in Philadelphia™ Clande H. 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There were other, lesser works, no less origi- nal in conception: Tavern scenes and murders, pictures of gypsies and vaga- bonds, and occasionally the tenderly painted nape of a woman’s neck in a scene with a musical setting. For all his splendid painting the little affair of the lawyer's clerk and the lady of the Plaza Navone were enough to force him to depart hastily from Rome. But he had a friendly power at court. The Cardinal Borgh- Ape ese, who admired Caravaggio's smoothed things over. returned to Rome. Before long there was a tennis game that turned into a mortal combat. Caravaggio broke his racket over the head of Ranuccio Tommasini who, with no more ado, fell dead. Caravag- gio was arrested but being badly hurt himself, was held under bond of 500 gold pieces before being taken to prison. Again he fled and several months later was working, as peace- fully as his nature allowed, in Naples. Here there appeared a fanatical admirer of his in the person of Leo- nello Spada, who attached himself to Caravaggio, “imitating his mannerisms in painting and personal charm.” Spada, from what is known, shared all Caravaggio's faults of character and had none of his painting genius. They painted and made merry while nego- tiations went on in Rome for Cara- vaggio’s pardon. The pardon failed to arrive. The two friends took them- selves off to the Island of Malta. The Order of St. Jean, Knights Templar of Malta, warmly welcomed art, The painter uits. PAID THE Now, however, there is a definite softening of wholesale prices; and we have .deter- mined To Pass on to Our Patrons the Resultant Savings. Hence we give you the (R A yourself. S L L R B You even pay for them in a distinctive manner —open a regular 30, 60 or 90-day charge ac- count, cid ‘Please Read Carefully For 3 years clothing costs have steadily ad- vanced and you, the buying public, have “SPECIAL PURCHASE SALE” Each garment has been cut to our order, by our regular makers —Fashion Park and Richard Prince. Each item is an out- standing expression of smart, modern styling. Come in and see for the celebrated Caravaggio. Its grand master, Adolf de Wignacourt, commis- sioned portrait after portrait of him- self in his robes as a knight of justice. The Louvre possesses an excellent example today. For the cathedral Caravaggio painted the magnificent “Beheading of St. John the Baptist.” It is his greatest work. He had hardly finished his masterpiece when a local and notorious fighter and bully had the notion that he would like himself painted. The robes of the grand mas- ter still lay in his studio. Caravaggio conceived the plan of painting this ill-favored client as a knight of justice also. The grand master, furiously an- gry, “gave reason to the knights of justice and had Caravaggio thrown into jail.” In the meantime the faith- ful and enterprising Spada made off with a Moorish slave woman and was nowhere to be found. Caravaggio did not linger either. He climbed the prison walls one night, boarded a ship and set off for Sicily. In Sicily, with the Knights of Malta hot on his trail, he was obliged to hide. When the search became less intense, he worked 3 BILL. $ \ A 5 AT 0 RS ol G 4 in Syracuse and Messina. And his reputation grew to startling propor- tions. Perhaps he could have lived in peace here. But peace was not desir- able to him. He quarreled with a schoolmaster, gravely wounded him, and once more had to fly for his life. He stopped at Palermo, then returned to Naples, hoping for permission to return to Rome. Before it had reached him, however, he was again involved in a brawl at an inn. His aggressors beat- him unmercifully. Again he boarded a boat, but it was grounded and he was forced to disembark. Sen- tries on the watch for another crimi- nal arrested him, being misled by his disreputable and disfigured appear- ance. Whe. they at last released him the boat had long since disappeared, taking with it all of Caravaggio’s pos- sessions. He dragged himself siowly to Pont-Ercole. But a fever and his wounds proved fatal. He died a few days later—in 1609, at the age of 40. All Rome was shocked at the news of his death, and verses were com- posed in his honor. One poet wrote ' Important Notice! Guide to Art Appreciation Campaign ings at nominal prices. for 12 weeks. price. paign may not be clear, we present the following guide: The Star offers color reproductions of 48 famous paint- They are released in sets of four a week FOR readers to whom certain features of The Star’s art cam- The campaign is now in its fourth week. Sets No. 1, 2 and 3, already released, will remain available throuthfit the campaign. Set No. 4 is the new release for this week. may not be secured until‘they are released. Secure your picture envelopes at The Star art booth, first floor, Star Building, or by mail, enclosing the amount of the quoted Succeeding groups Portfolio Certificates On each envelope you will find a portfolio certificate. the certificate from the envelope each week. Clip By turning in all 12 of them at the end of the campaign, you can get, free, a collector’s portfolio in which to keep the pictures. If you want the portfolio NOW, you may get it by payment of 39 cents. In exchange, you will receive a PORTFOLIO RECEIPT entitling you to the 12th picture set free of charge if you return the receipt with the certificates from the first 11 sets For MAILING the portfolio, there is an extra charge of 15 cents to cover handling gnd postage. It is IMPORTANT that you SAVE these portfolio certificates. - Lessons There is NO EXTRA CHARGE whatsoever for the Lesson in Art Appreciation which accompenies eoch set of the fomous painting reproductions. | grandiloquently, “Death and nature would not be outdone by Caravaggio, whose bold pictures put them to shame.” The above painter 1s among 48 great masters whose pictures are being of- fered in reproduction form by this newspaper—48 masterpieces in origi- nal colors. They are divided into 12 sets of four, one set a week for only 39 cents. Each week’s set contains a lesson in art appreciation and persons who obtain all 12 weekly sets will get free a collector’s portfolio. . 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