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Show j The XXkw firtftlerrop I ! 4 Art by a Servian. ; dc Feasant '. Figure of the Saviour by Iva Mestrovic. Showing How the Warlike War-like Quality of His Style Extends Even to Religious Subjects. TKIRZ has been intense interest and rcriosi-.y to see what new deve'.op-zsa-.s in art. what influences upon "il arr.sts, can be traced to the great .i cost startling and striking response :: ii:s curiosity has been shown in the : of Ivan Mestroric, the Servian peas- ii: sculptor. -s rexarkab'.e man has undoubted'.y -spired by the war ani the ex-:ri:narily ex-:ri:narily vigorous, almost terrifying C his sculpture reSect the spirit of -5"er that fills men's minds, although : cases his works have nothing to ;: r.-ji the present conflict, r.rovic has just created a great sen---03 in London where an exhibition of -o.-ks has been held in the Victoria -:A.irrt Mcseuru. a Government institu-Mr. institu-Mr. Lloyd George, the Minister of - .--'r::t;ons. the man upon whom Eng lei chiefly depends for a successful -scution of the war, is on the '".tee that was responsible for 5sl:'::;ion. jf:. Lioyti George has been several t-;s to see the sculptures and so Kitchener, the Secretary of These men were undoubtedly J- -ere by the fact that the sculp- ork was said to be a reSec- 1 '. ;'f of the war which they are f- directing. .. art lovers and curiosity (-' hare nocked to the exhibl- -:J? the thousands. "' , is the real terror art of war," x" Moment of one connoisseur. at the head of Milos Obilic, the knight who slew the Sultan Mu-t- 'S Work Perhaps shows best all , -J--ry of which the Servian artist ; Servian night,' Milos Obilic, Is a f?JmrB. f vrej- " "as created h4rf -ins and s!a'Jgnter. This "W -j faifcione4 like a terrible " w ;'"j z'?w the dreaded Turkish V. fkd when "Tur!ts were at th :'n lr power- na'1 craned the ;o-'k'-1 ar,(i w"re about t invade K; -a,'J.'!aly'vil:ze(l Parts of Europe. '- "'s r-J, 01 many forgotten Servian u':'n fn' Jght with desperate valor -r 0Y-'hem'ng hordes of the ihrir,, Igr Dations (.ban Servia 7frmr,g back in fear. r:!.hp-s'- men lives to-day in Wwoh0 Wh haVe ber;n fiht-:b4 fiht-:b4 nr,!0U1' braVery gainst-yl gainst-yl L 7s anu sources. The :to1rVl,nsplred with a fierce w 10rortaliZe this national spirit Europe Acclaims in Ae Strange Sculptures Sculp-tures of Ivan Mestronic the First Brutally Original Artistic Work I Inspired by the War in sculpture. We can also understand from his creations why the Servians are prono to resort quickly to assassination. Another remarkable effort to express the heroic national spirit is seen In the statue of Marko Kraljevle, the Servian champion who attacked three hundred Turks single-handed single-handed after the disastrous battle of Kosovo. Kos-ovo. That was the battle that almost ci-inguished ci-inguished the Servians and condemned hem to oppression for centuries. This, of course, is a symbolical work for he Champion Is represented nudo without reapons and mounted on a huge horse .-Ithoui harness. H is intended to expr-ss the elemental qualities of this terrific and u.uuuuiD i-siiuuK man. D Strange to say. the quality of hardness expressed In nearly all Mestrovlc's works extends also to his religious sculptures, where it sometimes seems out of place. It must not be assumed, however, that this artist expresses only ferocity and violence. vio-lence. There is a high artistic qualitv and even beauty about his work. In some respects re-spects he appears to be Inspired by the classic masters and In other respects he shows a strong resemblance to the "primitive" "primi-tive" artists of the pre-Renaissance period. In some of his fljrures of women the anstere faces are very spiritual while the arrangement of lines has a highly decorative deco-rative and pleasing quality. One enthusiastic English critic says that Mestrovic was "inspired by a single fury of national memories and aspirations that is without parallel in modern art. It has a burning sririt within It that seems to throb and gesfire through the new and fantastic shapes It gives to the trees In Its grasp, or tiie announcements v of the tongues and crowns of r ?- flame In a forest conflagration." ' Mestrovic was the son of a ' peasant in Otavice. a country vil- Tv lage In Northern Dalmatia, a rt,' country entirely inhabited by ' -" '"V Marko Kraljevic, the Servian Champion Cham-pion Who Attacked 300 Turks Singled Handed. Another Remarkable Re-markable Example of Mes-trovic's Mes-trovic's War-Inspired Style ! : K Europe Acclaims in .r ' , l ; 1 i -li y the Strange Sculp- ', ' ' ! H h tures of Ivan Mestronic 'j - V i; . J: ' the First Brutally I-' y 'V , ; y. . 1 ;'v';-;: Original, Artistic Work ;. V ' ' ; . J ', ' ! . 77 Inspired by . , ' !': 's.-7-f ; IL. Marko Kraljevic, the Servian Cham- " " ' 1 y ' - - . ' J I - X L TI P'on Who Attacked 300 Turks ' " ' '''' 11 ' ' 1 rl!r-. - trie War s;"d abo.w Re. - ; .3 Si markable Example of Mes- ; " - ' ' , - - , J;1 " ' , trovic's War-Inspired Style , , ' I .'J ia scu.ptur. We can also understand from - L . .;:. : ' tj -- ' f .'j : . ' i . llis creations why the Servians are prono . ""'" xwwm m, , mi mi mrrn C; ; , ; , - .-., u . . ' jj i, '-o resort quickly to assassination. j -v; . ' 'j L, - s f 'f .. u t! :. Another remarkable effort to express the f . ' . .. U-J..Vx ' j - .; " ,-. . , :' '. ' ' I) - I heroic national spirit U seen In the statue ' iVrV V f s ' ' . ' ' ; i-V'-K-' ' J I 7 l Jf Marko Kraljevic, the Servian champion , '11 ' ' - t ' ' . ' who attacked three hundred Turks single- i . .'. . .y'' ' S-Vv V. . , j . - J. - " ' .. handed after the disastrous battle of Kos- ' : - .- i' , i : " . .'.,,- ' j ' . j: ,' ' ovo- That was the battle that almost ex- . . """"'" V '''- ' ' j v '.- V S ; . inguished the Servians and condemned , , ' '. If- , " " i i x. '. . , , ' ' ." . ? J: hfin to oppression for centuries. ' . ' " ' r ' v "v, - 4 s ' ( " T 3 if ; , This, of course, is a symbolical work for . ';' '. , " " . . ' V ' ' -V ' V - ' '' '-, -' r j ' - t--v.- ; i he Champion ts represented nudo wlthftut . . ; ' 1 f" S'' i rV- - 'i ' ' - " ' ? '-' ' -'.! reapons and mounted on a hugo horse ' -, ' f ' '' u i V '"' ' '. v . . ' . ' " , - -j'; , -ithoui harness. It is intended to express ' ; ',.". - ? .-... ; 1- '; .: ' - - ' . - .:: f " - ' ' J ' ' ' the elemental qualities of Uils terrlflc and t'.''i?..: "' ' t' . .1 - ' " ; Indomitable fighting man. . . .V i1 ' f .1 -. i . ', 4 ' :. . '.Figure of the Saviour by Ivan strange to say. the quality of hardness ' ,. i, 'i ' - ' - . : ,' . . " r - Mestrovic. Showing How the War- "FJnef ed ,ln D,ar'7 a" Mestrovlc's works !' .. .",. t C.-i: K i ' ' ' " ' : " V - . 11 n vi iu- dir. 1 extends also to his religious sculptures . . - ., '?'- -,:;. - ' like Quality of His Style Extends where it sometimes seems out of place 7 f - . - V' V. ' .. vi ' f " ' ' S " ' Even to Religious Subjects, It must not be assumed, however, that fj ',"' ' " ' - j ,.-( j : '; '( , .' ' ; , this artist expresses only ferocitv and vio- f -5 '.-: '-' ' " , " ' J I .' ' - 3 .. -.... - ' '- THIRZ has been intense interest and ef belut i-:VV ' ' ' . V ' ! ' . " . I n.-.es:ty to see what new develop- spects he appears to be Inspired bv the r ,' ("! - : ' ' - ' ' ; "; ' ; csats in art. what InSuences upon classic masters and In other respects he ':-; . ' -V ' ' ' '' "') '- " - ' : T; f-' ' - 1 stt .-!:ks, can be traced to Use great shows a strong resemblance to the "pritnl- : ; i . i -. :' "'., ? : , ' j f" f ' ; " ' ' ; . " - tL- Uve artists of the pre-Renaissaace period. " v ' - ' : -,: ' ' ! ' 'V ., . . . r- ,. In son-e of his flares of women the " '' ' "- ..w.' '-' ' . ' ; . j ' ' , '.. " - ' - .-tcojt .tarJinj and striding response anstere faces are very spiritual while the '.".,' ' '. ..' ' . .;. ..- .' f ', !, " . ' . , .:.-.-:!. ; this curiosity has been shown In the arrangement of lines has a highly deco- I' - -v sv". . ',... '; " . 1 :.'' .. .'. -. . :-' of iTaa Mestrovic, the Servian peas- rative and pleasing quality. f .'..:' ' . ' - ' "' ' - " , ' j i' f: : . lit si'otor One enthusiastic English critic says that ?' '. 1 '" ' -h- . . r. ,- -7-'. -i 1- . t ,. Mestrovic was "inspired by a single fury v A 1 UrJ:.. ' . ' . - - .arao.e man has undoubted.y of national memories and aspirations that j'V 1; i.' r-fctyiTMW.?' t j 2' '"'"- ' T. - '' . J f-'i k.. .. T a-t -spjed by the war and the ex- is without parallel in modern art. It has P--'v ' v, '--'' ..,..' . . ,..'"?. ' . ' ) :-i:-arily rigorous, almost terrifving a burnic8 s-rlrit within It that ,. mJZtw,u.,. --- . . L;--:: -':'. '.t- ,.-.'-. ...-'.. ;.-..;,.;f.- r- ,-.,.. '1 C hi. wulatnre relert h -,iHt nf see:as to 'ilrb and gesfir Jr. i-.-i-.i- ij..i-i;--;--'i.'v I ; , , " , ,T , that fills Zn, t h l-!rou-'h, the fantastic ySCL-- -wwaaw V .mu. i,,,., ,, ,,.J.,, M r. .. . j tnat fibs men s m.nas. althougn shapes it gives to the trees in V-- . - .-- .. c . . . --:;t cases his works have nothing to its grasp, or the announcements ' ' . V lvl" Utiilic, the bervian Knight Who Slew the Turkish Sultan Murarl Tl,;. r. tl. , .i the present conflict. of the tongues and crowns of W. , 1 S 1 the Intense Brutality and Savage Force That Perd? C 1 Mwl ,,cvic has ,'ust created a great sen- Ist'ro vices' X" so'o" a f' " " . ' ' ' if " - ' Force That Pervade Mestrovtc s Work, -a ji London where an exhibition of peasant in Otavice. a countrv vil- . --W ...- .-. -.' , . , ! 171 . J - "O.-is has been held in the Victoria lage In Northern Dalmatia, a r5'-".'.' : . . . ' - i llL-l Jll- CJ T L tl f A -iAitert Museum, a Government institu- country entirely inhabited by ' .'r'-r ' 4 ? fial lfl6 OtUS TOf 61611 FO? All?lf -- Mr. Llcyd George, the Minister of - :. . - f l I ... -, ' ': . .. . u ,ITn , v . I'Kites. the man upon whom Eng. . - I V s N V s ! TfW!t "e moon l "nlar aolar Then a cooler atiloipBere' mtr be Innk f chiefly depends for a successful X 1 se -d therefore ominous Qf rery wtadyaro nd the '7,14.7 (.of the war. is on the . A. ' '' . ' tents. '1 S;; an excess of humTdlty befween 7e Xh a '-ion : W" reiPMib,e i K s . ' . ; nugurs, aa salth7ustinius motion of aUie' e'a h 20th ZnT V0lP M Lrge has been several 7' ' X ' ' - . .12 2.. 2 rnese men were undoubtedly ' r . ' 1 ' , 'K ' ' J.' welfare touching not onty tge h ned ate period bu wis? J"? res0rt -uffef in' this the fact that the sculp- ( K j f - ' '- ' 7 fXg KM " aompfnfcCes. nic ' activity usuall,- , t.e war wnlch they are - ' ' ? , - i ' ; t. , V -1, .. - 1 ; Power at peace. great neutral August 2-o Important ceremonies and fetes Mir- f-y directing. -A' ' 1 ? . The month enters with Mars and Saturn in a fn'The m!,Peri0d,1 wilh lntere!"ins announcements ZZSZTJXI At ir " ' - I . , aS-SS" - Tais work perhaps shows best all ' - ' i stlr "P he Incendiary and the vandal an, t? 4 AuS.t "-15-A theatre or hotel desi roved bv fire of which the SerrUtrtS , X 4 A s . 1,,- VavrS-.i" ? "f' sJS ?eD"t night; Milos Obiiic, is a T ' A ' 7 ' anfc tti'c-- l;r;h;al',''vli:Zed parts of Europe 'i - - - - -' . 1 j guarded a?nrmU",ti0n plants had ''ell -be saf" imere,f P thi8 perlod- International rf, . 1 Sup-o-Hnrt porker, because this was the best avail- own government forced to a more determined nntw It" T l , 1Sa ' ' U 1,,!er or si,ri"s of isr.s Snrin- y I TSf ! ab e training for the career he aimed at. .in the interests both of hLnr and Z nf iT8" f 18C4' ,,,a"9 of lsw''r ISTO Spr,"" 1 IH1 the ffter some years he saved enough money Doctrine. The portents of this '"cMpse so arZ! of Xb.2. Summers of X8T or XS83, or Winter o s& . ,- 1 Fighting to take a regular course of study in a geographical status is concerned wtll relHtp v U-ceptions. snares, ambushes and nrecipi.a ncy cf'i , -'.---' , -' SpWt Bcu ptor s studio . largely to the Mexican situn ion 6 atB VGry 1?,', Hund those wh? "H'Midar 1 ci nrar' , r . .-" I.'v1 ;''? p j His first immature efforts were exhibited Pleasant weather prevails over th. - f . the 21-22d of January or April, or 24-2.-,tl of AiiW Pervades m Vienna, the capital of his country's days, with northerly lu "currents "and F a l7i hrM or November of any year; domestic an lectio":; 1 r- l Both Sexes U inl enemy. It is interesting to know temperature. This is followed hv a U unhappmess for the fair sox. unwise attnehmon , . , 1 in Servia. JJ r'ved considerable apprecia- spell, beginning with the harome'rlc Assure on purlu ,,U8in?ss or ProfeSional 1 ." ; J It was not. however, until the outbreak the "esf S'.'s" w' Ich wlif 'swrinSe0?, The Iz are pleasant-anniversnrie,. and betoken a L ' , , , rJ of the present that yiestrov.c.g art SPCtions and tno Misslssipp Valfer hence ac?o,',f sa"'actory year ahead: the 4th to 8th or em V . . . U,.J rm Its characteristic, mature and definite the counrty. and extending to abo'ut the sth g eat ?' r7"d "f"-. the 14th of pleasant a, - f" damaSP t0 and floor4 .Tufa ' ? The Annunciation, a Work by Mestrovic, Showing 4 its "Vibrantly Cruel" Qualities. (4 I " people of Servian race. Ho spent his boy- : hood as a shepherd, and even at this time showed his natural talent by his carvings Bust of a in wood and stone. Servian Ho wilsi too poor to obtain a regular ar- Ladv a t,K'": eilllca,ion llllrl became a marble c worker, because this was the best, avail- suggestion able training for the career he aimed at. I hat the After some years he saved enough money Fiphtinij L" take a regular course of study in a c DV'f sculptor's studio. D P'"j- nis first immature efforts were exhibited I ervades in Vienna, the capital of his country's Both Sexes destined enemy. It. is interesting to know in Servia ,hat tho-v received considerable apprecia-Hon apprecia-Hon there. It was not. however, until the outbreak of the present war that Mestrovlc's art took its characteristic, mature and definite form. r Milos Obilic the Servian Knight Who Slew the Turkish Sultan Murad. This Is the Most the Intense Brutahty and Savage Force That Pervade Mestrovic's TWork, |