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6 T H Z, A. ART NEWS Saturday, April 26, 1924

THE ART NEWS

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Vol. XXII-April 26, 1924-No. 29

A "NEW YORK" MUSEUM

It long has been one of the curious civic anomalies of New York that un like many other great cities of the world it has hadl no mtiseutmn chliefly (levote(I to memorializinig its history through ol)jects typical of the towin or conlniecte(d with its (levelopmenit anid history. The New York Historical Society fills such a missioni in part as do the Vanl Cort

landt and Jumel mansions anid that

curious little museum of the Volunteer Firemen's Association. But our city has

nlever known just suich an institutioni as

is now gradually being brought iito lbe

ing at the old Archibald Gracie mani

sion at Eighty-ninth St. anid the East

River, which is to be opened in the fall.

Henry Collins Browni, director of the

Museum of the City of New York, lhopes to make this ilnstittition purely local, his

p)ltns at p)resenlt inicltiding having 1 one

gallery to show the developmnent of thle

city through the medium of prinlts, anl other for modern photographls, one inl which to illustrate the growthl of locl transportation, and a fourth to b)e calledl the Marine Room which will be devotedl solely to shipping, models of local craft

being sought after in particular for this room. In respect to these models

Mr. Brown shows unulsual discrimina

tion, for as a rule Americal local craft

are wholly neglected b)y amateurs of

ship models, an English square-rigged ship being the thing most sought after,

types of craft that meanl comparatively little in the maritime history of the

United States. That Mr. Brown is a unique director

of an American art museum is made evident by-the fact that he has actually given a commission to a Yonkers artist

to paint a picture for the museulm of

the building in Henry St. in which Gov

ernor Smith was bornl. Local pride re

ceives more kicks thanl ha'penice inl New York b)ut in this nlew musetini it may find a centerinlg place for its affections

that may dlevelop into somethling ap

proachling a M5anhlattanl Rena.issanlce.

THE OL,YMPIC ST,1IMPS Whlere art conlcernls itself withl phli.

lately it is generalily conce(letl thai

France has always led in the b)eauty of its dlesignls for stamps, palrticularly it

the issues of the Second( E.mpire anlf inl the beginnlinlg of thle Thlirdl epIb(lllc. Frenchl artist.s and l)llilatelists are jtlS tifiably jealous of the repultation of their country inl this respect. andl it it

easy to realize, even at this distanlc from Paris and in a cotintrv whert stamps in commonl with manly othei

thinlgs are almost svholly subm)tergred ill oil, the rep)ortedl agitationl of those twe

classes of Parisians over the newv stampc

issuie(d in commemoration of the hold

ing of the Olympic ganies in the French

capitol. Two of the desigiis in particular are

the special objects of lheated or derisive criticism froni the Paris experts. On onie of these appears ani athlete salut

iiig; obj ection is raise(l on the ground( that the type is Slavic rather than

Frenclh an(l has not eveni the excusc

of heing classically Greek. In view of the maninler in wvhicil Palris has tak-en

everything a l1(1 Ross to its l)osom in

recent years, from opera and ballet to costumes and jewelry, it is not easy tec understand this ohjection except on the grounid that the Franco-Russiani rap prochi-ioc id is losing its intensity and

that the advenit of King Tut and( the

revival of thle Egyptian miio(de has slhat

tered Parisian foindlness for thigtis Ruis sian.

In the case of another stamp, whose chief figure is that of a woman holding a statuie of liberty in her hand, criticism

has taken the derisive form of declaring the figure to be that of a disappointed

womani who has hought a statuette for ten sous an(d has learnied it is only

worth three. Wheni a stamp design ac

tually suggests the hazards of thc ama teur in buying art objects we can readi

ly grow sympathetic with the Paris art ists and philatelists, for that is a uni versal trouble of so private and fre quently mortifying a natuire as to make it highlyr desirable to hi(le any sugges tion of it rather thani to spread it the

world over on an Olympic games stamp.

A NATIONAL GALLERY Plans for the loing need(le( and much

desired National Gallery of Art build inig in Waslhilngtoni have now arrived at

the point wlhere a site oIn the Mall has

been set asi(le hy Conigress, an architect

appoilited aid ail amnenidment has been

p)rol)ose(d to the second deficiency bill

appropriating the suln of $2,500,000 to ward the erectio n of the structure. If Conigress ani(l the President are of a

iTiin(l to look upoIn this appropriation as an "application of constructive economy" such as Mr. Coolidge alluded to in his

New York speech of April 22 there is a fair prospect of the inonley being

granted, andI the interested America art world may look forward to a realiza

tioil of otur country at last having a

Natiolnal Gallery in fact instead of

mnerely in nlamiie.

The Mall itself is an a(lmiral)le site

for stichi a structiure, sinice it is already

linlke(d inl tlhought with the idea of art

tlhr ughl the temporary houisinig of the

Na-tional Gatllery's collectionls inl one ot the Smithlsonianl Institutionl's h)uildinlgs and( the ilealrl)y p)resenlce of the Freer Gallery. The choice of Charles A. Platt by the regents of thle Smithsonian Insti tutionl as archlitect of the nlew National

Gtallery of Art is a hap)py one, for he. above all other Americanl architects, has a symp)athletic inlterest in the creation of a hl)lildinlg that will harmonoize withl the surrounldinlgs and particularly w ith his owNn Freer designl. And with an appro l)rialtionl of $2,500,000 an excellent be.

ginnlinlg shouldl ble niade toward a bulildl ing; I)laniile(l to co.st $7,000,0)00.

Givenl .such a heroic structure as it is prol)al)le will he designed to suit the

Ylld1bourne Gets a Titiant Brought from Italy by Agnew's

"THE ONK" I/als is tlhe 1 itiwo p01 ft iiit of I lie Ahon}k wh1it 11 ha0s recenatly beencr b)oughtX1t b' Ar. Fr ank kin1der on} beh7alf of the( Fe/itoui 7Tins tee7s for f/i7 !Vot1{iona/ (,o//er w' ot Ale/bonarlc. I hle wtork was tic:!iired int Italy by Me1tssrs. gSn(ew (of 0ld Ivu1d S't., LonIdon, IV,

whfo ft'lt thlat it 1)11(1/t to fin1d a lionic in1 one or ano0ther of tIre pui/bic collec(tions, an1d according/vl did u/i inI thleir poweffr 1(1 facilitate thet pi otjec t I7li painltintg is tlpical of 7'itian's wor-k proper to I/ic( period 155;5-1560( anId is described byR Mr/. H-older, t/i7 re(stoi elZ to the7 Nationtal Galler't as "absolnteclv pogre an1d inl remtar-kably finec coniditiont."

lZI-;Iaituut hittzwetv thclu "Bat .huIuI and A)i adoc ' and I/ic "'No/i in1c Tan(ere' on lit'( wall of thet Na(tionat(l (;O//er, whiert' it wi/h l) s1;it' ii L(' (Jor aI 5hoi f ti1)e pm iou1 to its shuipim1itnt it attr ac ted a7 * tst atmmuon{1 nf f iitere st iiiid apprec (iationw ait thit' Cetemiary)(1n ic

cpti. 0 on Xip 1 2 amid invpuitted keemi m egi et thlat if wsas iiot to fintd a1 pernianenCt p/alce iii I/ic gahhc'r'.

site, the possibilities of our National Gallery of Art housinig a great collec tioln of paintings anid othler works of art

grows witlh the passinig of the years. More and(l more will there be a tend(lency

*)n the part of Americani amateurs to

give or bequeatll their collectionis to the national instituttioni instead of to local

museums, but as many of these have a long lead on the National Gallery this probable outcome of the distribution of

lprivate art treasures should be one to

be borne witlh equanimity. Such a loan collection as that of the early Italian painlitigs now on view in the Duveen

Galleries is onie of the many evidences of the p)rivate wealth of our country in great works of art. If only a propor tion of such should eventually go to the National Gallery in Washington the

United States will be able to hold up its head at last among other nations as having a people's art gallery wortlhy of the name.

Metropolitan Gets a Rare Reliquary

/1 Ge(rmlan gilt bronzec cliasse of the XII century from the ScIlickler Col lection 'in Par-is, flow in tihe possessiont of the Mctr-opolitant. Museum.

I OBITUARY

FRANK X. LEYENDE-CKER F rank X. Leyen(lecker, illustrator,

(lie(l alt his home on Nlomlit Tom Road, New Rochelle. He was forty-six years old, a niative of Montabaster, Germany, alnd a l)rotther of Josep)h C. Leyendecker, also an illustrator. The decedent came to this country at the age of six. He attended the Chicago Art Institute and became proficient in d4gning and painting stained glass windows. Latet he went to Europe with his brother and together they attended the Julien Acad emy, Paris.

Mr. Leyendecker illustrated and de signed covers for leading magazines.

He is survivedl by two brothers anid a sister.

MIONTAGUE FLAGG Montague Flagg, architect, died at his

home in Hartford, Conn. He was born in 1882. He studied architecture in

Paris, and designed some of the largest buildings in New York City, including the Bankers' Trust Co.'s building at Fifth Ave. and 42nd St. He was an officer in the navy during the war.

IRV'ING WARD Irving Ward, 57 years old, portrait

and lanscape painter and member of the Baltimore Charcoal Club since its in ception, was founld dead in his home in Baltimore. Death was due to apoplexy. Mr. Ward had made many portraits of prominent men and women, but he was best known for his landscapes.

Mr. Henniker-Heaton Sails Raymond Henniker-Heaton, (lirector

of the Worcester Art Museum, sailedl for Europe on1 the Bhrenigarit April 23. to l)e absent three moniths. He wil: visit Germany and Italy, among other countries, anid in Italy will study art of the XIth and( XlIth centuries, p-3rticu larly fresco p.ainting. Mr. Heinniker

Heatoin was recenitly electe(d a memnber of the consultaltive committee of The Burlington MlagaZinc.

Record Attendance at Museum The AMetropolitan Museum's exhibi

tion of Americani industrial art which closed on March 2 was visited by 22, 176 people. This was the largest at tendance at such a display in the Mu seum's history.

RODIN'S 'iWHISTLER" FOR LOWELL SHRINE

Art Association of the City Will

Preserve and Beautify the House Where Painter Was Born

LOWELL, Mass.-The Lowell Art Association has choseni as its primary duty the 1)reservation of the Whistler house. Permissioni will be asked of the State Supreme Court, to use a fund, recenltly raised, toward the purchase of Rodini's statue of \\Ihistler, to be in stalled in the h1ouse. A total of $10,000 will he required.

Frederick W. Coburn, painter and art critic, wh0o was recently elected presi (lelit of the associationi, says:

"Thaniks to the associationi's work of the past fifteeni years the outlook for the house, barring unforeseen accidents, is good. The dream which Mr. Ne smith anid his associates ha(l when steps were first taken to acquire the property has been realized. The Whistler house is oni the American 'art map.' It is even oni billboards directing motorists to the city where Whistler was born. A con siderable work of repainting the initerior and exterior has been undertaken within the past few weeks; the success of the recent candlleliglht ball has provided

means for conitinluinig this policy of maintenlanice in the next few months."

At the annual meeting of the Lowell Art Association MXr. Coburni was elected presi(lent. The other officers are: vice l)residents, Joseph A. Nesmitlh, Rev. A. C. Mc(Giffert; treasurer, Fre(lerick A. Chase; secretary, MIrs. Frederick A.

Wood; directors, Helelne Abels, Edwin R. Clark, Anigelinie Cushiig, Mrs. L. S. Fox, Elizabeth Butler Hadley, Hugh J.

Molloy, Mrs. C. P. Nichols, T. E. Park er, Arthur T. Safford, Mary G. Stevens,

Mrs. Joseplh Talbot, Mlrs. Albert W. Thompson, MlVary E. Williams, John G. W'olcott.

Pittsburgher Buys a Reynolds PITTSBURGH-A Pittsburgh col

lector purclhased the painting of a chil and kitten called 'Felinia," by Reynold from the display at the Wunderly Gal leries coniducted by the Johln Levy G

leries, of New York. The child po trayed was Reynlolds' favorite niec

"Offy," or Theophila Palmer.

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