Show NOBODY BUYING WORKS OF LIVE 1 PRINTERS PAINTERS CRY I Dominate Domi- Domi American odes Movies nate England Subsidy Is Suggested i i I By fly A G GARDENER G Britain's Greatest Liberal ral Editor Special lal Radio Dispatch to The Standard Examiner Standard Copyright 1926 Consolidated Press Association I LONDON LO-DOX Jan The 23 Th 23 23 The sad lad case of o British artists ls w was s th the sub lub subject sub sub- subject J t of or an appeal this week 1 I the great art dealers Sir Joseph Du- Du Du teen een to Prime Minister Baldwin n The post war depression has haa struck a fatal blow at artists artists- Dead lions ions still l command nd command great prices but lit liv Iv living In leg ing dogs are arc unable to pick up a living In the gutter Americas America's Am wealth maintains a demand for the old masters and the valuation of Sargent has hag been b en greatly enhanced by his death The opening of the exhibition of many man manof y or of his famous works In IAn London n has given a new impetus to his vogue but meanwhile living artists are In the slough of ot despond CO COMMERCIAL MERCIAL ART RT Portraiture Is 1 at al the lowest est ebb for tor a It century century- and the tho public no n longer buys bus landscapes as It did formerly owing to a change In fashion In Interior decoration The Th only form oo of ot art which Is booming ts is commercial art and many dis dla distinguished artists now are arc engaged deci In turning an honest renny penny In dec dec- decorations des dec decorations orations for or advertisers While this Is excellent In edu- edu educating edu educating cating eating the public taste the pursuit of art arl In the highest Interest seems seem s doomed and Sir Joseph Duveen ap- ap ap appeals peals to the government gov to go to t the tho r rescue of oC British art art art- artHe He says that for tor one picture sold at th the e Royal Academy exhibition ten are sold at t the Paria Parla salon and the ei French government go promotes lh ed Interests of artists ax as a matter of o en i pUblic concern The works 1 of con con- con contemporary temporary French artists Is pushed pu he d ion on business lines In North and en d South America and In Europea n countries while British artists of o equal merit are arc unknown abroad end and neglected at home British buyers buy French works work while In France Franco no encouragement I is given ghen to British artists The trouble with tho English Is Ic is that tha t thy they always alway disregard disregard- English l achievements in things of the mind American t mindl American l 1 n nus American 1 n nus Russian dancers Hungarian painters and Czecho CzechoSlovakian Slovakian musicians hold bold the field If It an English artist wants a chance he must change chance his hla name from Smith to Duveen thinks think the fhe a s should en- en encourage en encourage courage art by the decoration of buildings and promotion of knowledge of the work of British artists abroad Mr Baldwin agrees to the par par- lous parlous condition of the thc artists but ho does not see how the government can Improve matters mattera officially ex- ex ex except except In return to the promotion of arts and crafts atts c He HB promises to todo do o his hia utmost personally to create a voluntary movement for tor arous arous- ing arousing pubic Interest In the the sUbject and securing for tor English painters a place in the sun Another phase of England for forthe the English Is la arousing much controversy The British film world Is occupied almost exclusive ly Iy exclusively by foreigners five Eighty per percent percent percent cent of the films shown publicly are American and only five per peor percent percent cent British There ThEro Is practically no British film production extant and the government Is being pr pressed to make the exhibition of 10 0 per cent of British films obliga obliga- tory obligatory Picture theatres object lo to this proposal Insisting that thai the attempt would be he subsidizing producers atthe at atthe the tho expense of the trade The They y say that the failure of British pros pro producers Is la due to their ncr t-ncr enc and the worst way way- of encouraging encouraging aging them Is to give them pro pro pro- trUon protection pro In reply the producers argue that the theatres are arc largely In th tho grip of foreign exploiters who have practically a a monopoly which en- en enables en enables ables them to Impose what they the y please on the public and exclude e British competition There Is Is every likelihood that Inthe the government w will take action achon In 1 the matter The death of Charles Montague Dougherty at the age of 83 arouses interest In one of the most remark remark- remarkable remarkable remarkable able literary men of the period pub Arab ria which was pub pub- nearly 0 years cars ago haa has be- be become be become come one of the marvels of the world but it has been literally public Ignored by the great treat pub pub- pub lic lie In recent years It 11 has become accepted as al the most remarkable example of English prose written In the last half halt century I trouble There Is gra grave prospect of trou trou- trou trou ble In the he railway world Dele Dele- Delegates Dele Dele-Cates gates to the conference on Thurs Thurs- Thursday Thursday Thursday day threw over o J 3 H Thomas and the executive committee and reo re- rejected the proposed wage wago award reached by leaders In conjunction with the employers Heretofore Mr air Thomas has haa maintained his prestige with the men In a remark remark- remarkable remarkable remarkable able way This Is b the first time JIll he has hall ha suffered Buffered the common fate fato or of English b labor leaders leader of being repudiated by their Ir followers The medical research council Issued a startling report on Friday advanCing t c new theory In regard to disease germs Germs are arc i harmless In themselves according to the theory Th They y are only dan dan dan- dangerous dan dan-cerous In combination with second factors The report also aleo announces discovery of a new world of germs so 0 small that the ordinary ry bacillus I a giant by comparison It Is an altogether er thrilling document |