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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (April 9, 1916)
MAGAZINE SECTION Ma SECTION SIX Pages 1 to 8. Sunday, Apr. 9, 1916 ft 1 Fill 4 M Mi If 4 m ES n ES Era v n n7 fv" i-MK" K-sMrt "-v Vi- -vt -i k fiVii tiVir" ivt "ivr- "iVi" SVi " 5,V aWM KAYaM raVAN AVaS KAVAS C v nl ; Y Y jVc jY V 7tf 4 l.--. . m .j,MMsi&iLXv.A '-.jv,-'. ataiMwyjA- Timri - r- -yafip. rrriii.nl nF I inlT.lM.i ' 1i inn i "i , r g a .oS f 1 vo u - "M l M V- N k f)Mln . TZTVT Nl l JSI .Sl TT si i rwr m V - 1. 1 " : 1 f - y, ! ' 4. - 1' f The Impressive Painting by L. A. L'Hermitte, Which the Artist Calls V'The Friend of the Lowly." T LENTEN TIME THERE IS SOMETHING PARTICULARLY . impressive in the work of those artists who have taken and who are taking the figure -of Christ as the keynote of their canvases. Too often the sceptic is likely to bewail : a loss that is not real. They have said that art is forgetting the sacred note. It is not reasonable to compare a day with a century, to forget that the, ' centuries past, often seem more reverent than the present only, because the perspective of time has lifted up much that seemed isolated when it was produced. During the nineteenth century some of the noblest art ever consecrated to sacred themes was produced by the painters of the world, and the present century, though still-young, has created some images that seem likely to be awarded immortality. The method and manner change from year to year, but the spirit remains. No expression of reverence could be more devout than that in L'Hermitte's painting, "A Friend of the Lowly." The picture of the humble family awed by its radiant guest is painted in a modern way, but with profound feeling for the dignity and beauty of an idea. In the religious shadow of Lent Bida's picture, "Christ in the Wilderness," has impres sive significance, and the note of victory is vigorously shown in Westall's "Temptation, where the triumph of the Man of Nazareth is depicted as mastering the allurements of evil. More than one writer on today's art has pointed out that time only serves to accentuate the religious, the dramatic, and the humanitarian meaning of Christ's life. ik. From Westall's Celebrated Painting of "The Temptation." h Christ, in the Wilderness," as Depicted In Bida's Painting. - - 'sJ ' ...... , X K i '-. ., . -?s , "iff , i 4 1 I 3 ? . - S f ci