Evening star. [volume], April 07, 1948, Page A-9, Image 9

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National Gallery Fears Risks
In German Art Show Tour
A National Gallery of Art at
traction that has drawn twice as
many Sunday spectators as could
fit into Griffith Stadium finds ex
perts here tom between a cultural
desire to send the show on tour
and a practical fear of heavy risks
Washington museum curators and
Army officials regard the German
exhibition of 202 paintings both as
a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
and a hot potato.
Those who know a good picture
when they see it, and those en
trusted with preserving and pro
tecting this display, conservatively
estimated at an “insurance value”'
of $80,000,000, agree that Americans
all over the country ought to and
want to look at the masterpieces.
For the most part, they believe a
nationwide tour would help Ameri
can appreciation of art but hurt
the art treasures themselves
No Question of Demand.
There is no question about public
demand. National Gallery of Art
officials say.
During the first 21 days of the
showing at the National Gallery,
437,969 persons came in. Last Sun
day’s attendance was 62,983. On
the previous Sunday, the turnout
was 35,593. The peak weekday at
tendance thus far was 32,915 last
Saturday.
“TSie lines have been as long as
at a baseball game,” a gallery offi
cial commented.
In fact, they have been longer.
Griffith Stadium can pack in about
32,000 fans for baseball and more
than 37,000 for football.
The daily average at the gallery
has been more than 20,000. Pre
viously the all-time high for one,
day was 28,000.
The exhibition is scheduled to
continue through April 18.
Bill Calls for Tour.
Possibility of a Nation-wide tour
gained ground recently when Sen
ator Fulbright, Democrat, of Ar
kansas introduced a bill to trans
fer custody of the paintings from
the Army to the National Gallery
trustees. The trustees could de-<
cide whether a tour would be prac-j
tical.
Officers of the National Gallery,,
the National Collection of Art at
the National Museum and the Freer
Gallery said that, in view of their
positions, they preferred not to
comment on the bill or the advisa
bility of a tour.
“The main argument for such a
tour is that the American people!
obviously want to see the paint-,
ings,” one official remarked. "The
exhibition is the most unusual of j
its kind ever held in Washington
and news of it, of course, has spread
to all parts of the country. Thej
demand has snowballed.”
Romantic Story.
One reason for the popularity of ;
the exhibition, he said, was thej
"romantic” story of the paintings;
that were taken from the Kaiser;
Friedrich Gallery in Berlin during;
the war and stored in a salt mine I
where they were found In April,;
1945, by the American troops. 'The
paintings are to be returned even-;
tually to Germany, but Senator;
Fulbright and others believe the j
return should be delayed until their I
safety can be assured in that coun- I
try. !
Herman Williams, director of thej
Corcoran Art Gallery, spoke out j
roundly against the proposed tour.;
"To send the whole group of j
paintings .around the country and j
expose them to constant packing
and unpacking would be almost j
criminal,” he declared. “There;
would almost certainly be some j
damage.”
Train vibration, Mr. Williams ex-;
plained, might loosen old pigments,;
and temperature and humidity;
changes could be ruinous.
A "Freedom Train” arrange- j
ment might prove practical for ]
safeguarding the paintings, but
conditions would be unfavorable for
viewing pictures on comparatively
cramped train car walls, he said.
Should Assure Germans.
A representative of another large
museum here said he is confident
that the paintings "would be okay
"if packed under the supervision of i
National Gallery of Art experts.
"I agree with a recent suggestion;
West Virginia Girl Wins
Legion Oratory Contest
By the Aisociated Pres*
WILMINGTON, Del., April 7.—
Miss Adell Heavener, student at
Stonewall Jackson High School,
Charleston, W. Va., yesterday was
declared winner of the regional
American Legion oratorical contest
held here.
Miss Heavener will compete to
morrow in district finals at Phila
delphia against other regional
winners.
The topic for the contest was “The
Constitution in a Changing World.”
Also in the regional contest here
were U. S. Shelton of Washington,
Fedor Salva of Scranton, Pa., and
James Kelleher of Wilmington.
that a group of German curators be
invited over here to take charge
of such a touring exhibit,” he said.
“That would help a lot, and it would
assure the German people not gply
that the paintings would be safe
guarded but that the United States
intends to keep its promise to re
turn the paintings."
The Corcoran Art Gallery direc
tor, in opposing the tour proposal,
shared the view of Army spokes
men that the United States would
be held responsible for any harm
that might come to the paintings.
Army representatives indicated
they would not be unwilling to give
up custodianship of the paintings.
They remarked that the Army is
in no position to go into business
as an art exhibitor at this time.
But they make no secret of their
feeling that the problem of safe
guarding the paintings is a del
icate one politically as well as artis
tically.
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LONDON, April 7.—Die Czecho
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had heard vague reports of a purge
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Lt. Charles Laschalt of the Dis
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