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Show LOUVRE PRIZE FOR WORLD'S FAIR r . - - i j! i V ' - - ! ' I .1 - 1 . : .i:. v . . . v v ' .. . . '! . '"' . ; - N V j , Vs ' ! - S fir' WWpwwt--.. ' . " - - " : , ; ' " x . From the Louvre In Paris the most famous American painting in the world Whistler's beloved "Mother" Is coming to Chicago for the 1933 World's Fair. During the Century of Progress Exposition, this masterpiece will command the exhibition In the Art Institute of Chicago, which has been officially designated as the Fine Arts building of the Fair. It Is particularly fitting that the memory of Whistler should be so honored In Chicago. The great artist's art-ist's grandfather, Capt ' John Whistler, led the troops that came to Chicago In 1803 to build Fort Dearborn, and remained In command com-mand of the new frontier fort until April, 1810. Whistler's father spent his earliest years In the new fort. The success of his regime led one historian to refer to Capt. John Whistler as the "father of Chicago." Captain Whistler was such an Important Im-portant figure In the early settlement settle-ment that It was once proposed to call the village "Whistlervllle" in his honor. Returning recently from a second tour of the principal galleries and collections of America. Robert B. Harshe. director of the Art Institute, Insti-tute, and Daniel Catton Rich, asso elate curator of paintings, an nounced that the World's Fair Is assured the greatest exhibition of masterpieces ever displayed in America. Everywhere they met with the most cordial reception. Owners of the most famous private collections are willing and anxious to share their prized treasures with the millions mil-lions who will see the Chicago Fair. Directors of the public and semi-public semi-public galleries of the country ars delighted at the opportunity to show the visiting throngs the rarest treasures treas-ures of their own collections. A century ago there were few great pictures in America. Today our private collections and museums boast treasures of amazing value. Among these are magnificent works by Fta Angelica, Botticelli, Velasquez, Velas-quez, El Greco, Holbein, Titian, Raphael, Rembrandt, Hals, Gainsborough, Gains-borough, Ingres, Courbet and Manet, to name but a few. The Art Institute of Chicago will exhibit one of its own most prized possessions, El Greco's "The Assumption As-sumption of the Virgin." This Is considered the greatest El Greco outside of Spain. Exhibit in Three Diviuoni The art exhibition during the World's Fair, from June 1 to November No-vember 1, will be arranged In three main divisions. In one, a collection of old and primitive masters will range from the Italian dugento down through the Eighteenth century. cen-tury. There will be galleries of Italian, French, German, and Flemish Flem-ish primitives, and early masterpieces master-pieces from Spain, Holland, and England. The second division will show what art itself has accomplished in this last century of progress. Great stress will be laid on a hundred years of French and American art. |