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THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 19t
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Garl Spitzweg Will Be
Re-Discovered Someday
'By RICHARD HIRSCH
Director Allentown
Art Museum
Carl Spitzweg is a forgot
ten name.
. This la an injustice. Some
where in the halls of Western
art he deservies a small niche.
Some day he will be "re
discovered." Then, It may be
hoped, a place will be finally
found In the scheme of things
for a proper understanding
of one of the more engaging
small German masters of the
last century.
In our times, however, ev
erything about Spitzweg des
ignates him as an ideal candi
date for total oblivion. He
told stories. That is most un
fashionable. He built his land
scapes, his street scenes and
his Interiors like stage sets.
We don't like that. Worse
still, his people are very hu-
man. They are characters,
both in the dramatic and the
1 nn ITtnclUr ae
the ultimate title to our care
ful neglect, Spitzweg painted
with warm and affectionate
humor. This we hold, is just
not done.
Encourages Neglect
As things stand in the arts
of our time, clearly, he has
everything to encourage our
most total neglect.
Regardless of fashion, how
ever, "old man Spitzweg," as
he was known even in his
middle years in Munich, will
live on. His lively charm will
Insure this in spite of fads
and faddish art creeds.
' Who Is he? The son of a
comfortable small Bavarian
merchant, trained to be an
apothecary, who discovered
his talent in his young man
hood - or rather had it dis
covered for him by people
who watched him doodle after
hours. After travelling in It
aly and to Paris, Spitzweg
painted happily, abundantly
and well from then on, right
up to his quiet death in 1885.
No Pretensions.
He never had any preten
sions of being a "great" paint
er. He apparently was not
even concerned with being a
fashionable painter. He was
content to know that, during
his lifetime, his work was
loved lust as he loved It,
smilingly. He sold well.' In
our times this would mean
that, automatically, the works
of his later years would have
sold for ever higher and high
er prices. Not so with Spitz-
wag If someone walked into
his antiquated little studio in
the older neighborhood of his
native Munich and clearly
fell in love with some cunvns
lying on the floor or against
the wall, he could be sure to
walk away with it.
Perhaps the visitor could
not afford to pay for the
painting. Then Spitzweg
would let the proud possessor
buy him a sandwich or a stein
of beer, thus happily complet
ing the transaction.
Never Exhibited
Spitzweg never exhibited
in the official "salons," his
absence neither dictated by
false humility nor reflecting
excessive pride. His business,
he felt, was painting, not the
pursuit of fame. Besides there
were always people standing
In line to buy. In spite of this
he painted, usually, quite unhurriedly.
And what did Spitzweg
paint? People. But people
seen in a very special way,
people who were part of their
surroundings, at home in tnem
and yet, somehow, dominated
by them.
For one thing, his people
(except in Interior scenes) arc
always small in proportion to
the canvas. There are usually
few of them and, whether it
be a Bavarian street, lined
with quaint houses mellowed
by age, winding back into
shadow, or a mountainside
rising towards the sun, these
people are usually dwarfed
by their surroundings.
Not Oppressed
They are not, however, op
pressed by the stage sets in
which Spitzweg makes us look
at them. These settings usual
ly suggest height, the height
of medieval watch - towers,
church steeples or, again,
mountain and forest. B u t
though they rise in moonlight
or Apline sun, somehow Spitz
weg manages to make these
settings as comfortable for his
little people as an old shoe
and as pleasing to us as a fa
miliar family scat.
Obviously, a 1 1 of this is
quite horrendous by the
standards of our day. Spitz
weg is quaint, he likes his
people, smiles at them un
erringly defines their foibles
and makes u like them. This
type of thing, we are told by
our critics, our art-psychiatrists
and our artists of today,
Is not the painter's function.
But, then, although for dif
ferent reasons, critics were
telling Spitzweg that he was
out of line, even In his own
times. He had seen the armies
of Napoleon sweep devastate
Ingly across the map of Eu
rope while he was still a boy.
Ha had heard impassioned
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TYPICAL STYLE "The Antiquary", by
Carl Spitzweg, the German painter who
died in 1885. Typical of his engraving style
In the village scene we may
smile at the Antiquary read
ing his wares under his awn
ing, too absorbed to notice
the pretty girls going up the
crumbling steps. We may
smile, but the calm of the
Is the atomsphere of this Bavarian street
corner with its small drama of deft comedy.
speeches and beerhall discus
sions of the "new" freedoms
when the revolutionary fer
ment of 1848 was blowing
throughout all Europe.
'Awaken the Masses
He had wild-eyed revolu
tionaries shout at him about
his duties, as painter, to awak
en the masses. He was, in a
way, exposed to an equivalent
anguish and to many of the
currents which have pulled
our own art world hither and
yon and well-nigh destroyed
its moorings within society.
But Spitzweg left to others
the grandolse functions, let
others paint uplifting, "social
ly conscious works or the,
then, prevalent allegories
where a naked maiden Imper
sonated Chemistry bringing
enlightenment to Agriculture,
equally unclothed but bur
dened with a sheaf of wheat.
Admittedly, Spitzweg told
stories or small anecdotes,
something which our times
will not forgive. But ho told
them so well, in such a good
painterly way, with such lush
color and such charm of light
and shade that, ultimately, he
will be, he must be, forgiven.
And then he will be loved.
For one thing, he was never
sentimental as were so many
other small painters of his
time. No little children and
pussy cats. No tubercular lov
ers looking out at the gloam
ing. No stnrvelings reading to
their blind grandmother.
Painted Cactus-Lovers
Nevertheless, he did paint
cactus - lovers, steel - rimmed
spectacles raised on forehead,
in tiny gardens surrounded
by old buildings, examining
some prickly little growth
with comic intensity. He
painted the Librarian, with
humor and observation.
Spitzweg is no incisive Ccu-
mlcr, bitlngly showing up the
weaknesses of the world.!
Rather, his Is a mellow friend
ly understanding of some unl-!
versa! foibles. His Is also very j
good and engaging painting.
New 4-H Project
Listed by College
Corvallis - "Let's Learn to
Sew" Is an Invitation to Ore
gon youngsters to sign up for
a new 4-H project offered by
Oregon State college exten
sion service.
The project Is written for
9, 10, and 11-year-olds. Be
ginners first familiarize them
selves with sewing tools and
the sewing machine. In addi
tion to learning construction
skills, they learn to create
useful articles, get a feel for
color and texture, and plan
and organize their time, ac
cording to Hildcgarde Stieu
fcrt, OSC extension clothing
specialist and creator of the
project.
Youths can measure accom
plishments with first year
projects-barbecue placemats,
shears and scissors case, and
petticoat or bobby socks hold
ers. Illustrated instructions for
making all of these are in
cluded In the new manual.
Parents Interested in getting
their youngsters into the new
4-H project can get Informa
tion from county extension
offices. Nearly 11,000 boys
and girls now are enrolled in
411 clothing projects In Oregon.
place, the filtered sunlight,
the stability of the old houses,
the discreet colors chosen by
the painter, all this has charm
and serenity. It may be es
capist and nostalgic, granted.
But it is powerful.
Spitzweg, by some insidi
ous comic magic draws us
Into his world and makes us
look out more tolerantly at
our own.
Is this a great accomplish
ment? Only history will tell.
But, boldly, this observer will
venture the guess that, one
of these centuries (for Spitz
weg painted very well and
will Inst), in the marble halls
of culture someone will find
a small carved door in the
shadows of an echoing corri
dor. Opening It, he will find the
slightly cobwebby world of
Spitzweg on the other side,
a shaft of moonlight and a
bunch of wonderful charac
ters with whom to spend a
wordless visit, the quiet world
of Carl Spitzweg, with a ser
enade floating in from above
some old shingled roofs.
(Copyright 1961, by General
Features Corp.)
Children Come in
Pairs for Couple
Adkins, Tex.-IUPil-Carl Cen
ter was nonchalant, almost,
when his wife had twin girls,
Sharon Lynn and Caron
Gwcn.
It was just over three years
ago the couple had their first
set of twins, James and
Jerry. "On the first ones, I
fainted," Center confided.
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What Happened to 'Big Leap Forward'
In Red China? Evaluations Blamed
Tokyo BHS-What happened
(o the "Big Leap Forward" to
Bed China?
Observers of the China
scene are asking this today
in view of the fact that other
Communist bloe nations are
reporting "tremendous gains"
to industrial production.
The gams are usually
masked in percentages, how
ever, with no absolute fig
ures given save In isolated
eases.
While Moscow, Budapest
and other Hed eapttais extol
tlie vtrtttes of the Communist
system by citing advances in
production that cure-all ol
the Communist world Red
China isn't even trying to
mask lis apparent embarrag.
ment.
Raturai BUastsr Blamsd
In an effort to shift the re
sponsibility, the Pciping re
gime began blaming drought
and other "natural d wasters
for what is quite obviously i
flop in harvests.
Radio Pelping admits peas
ants on the communes are
working to fulfill" the 1880
farm quotas, but there has
been no announcement that
any social or governmental
unit larger than a commune
has succeeded.
Now Radio Pciping is re
porting from Budapest that
Hungarians laced unlavor-
able weather conditions this
year. Despite tills, say ttte
broadcasts, harvests tn Hun
gary approached last year's
crops.
But what happened in Hed
China?
Last August, the Communist
regime announced a major
shift in emphasis from indus
trial production to farm out
put.
The purpose, Peipmg said,
was to lend support to "ulti
mate" advances in the factory,
Much of the problem, both
in the commune and In the
factory, lies to Communist
evaluation of the functions of
a manager.
To the Chinese Reds, the
model tractor factory man
ager spends his most creative
hours teaching a group of one
time Coolies and ricksha op
erators how to operate a lathe.
On Chapter Ahead
Because he probably was
chosen for his loyalty to the
Communist party and not for
his technical know-how, the
factory manager is likely to
be only one chapter ahead
of his students in the lathe
manual.
In other words, the factory
manager, rather then get
dawn to some creative work
in his office, wastes fcfs time
on the duties of a shop fore
man.
Perhaps Hed China is short
of shop foremen but even
thi w no excuse lor snir
fng the managerial function.
Here is how Announcer iu
We! of Radio Peiping de,
scribes his visit to the Bhang-
hal glass works.
"when I went to interview
j Director Huang Ju-Piao, I was
told apologetically: "He Is in
one of the workshops,
"1 was not surprised. My
extensive visits to factories
already had taught me that
the surest place to find the
leading functionaries was in
: the workshop.
"I finally found Huang Ju-i
j Piao in the workshop pro-:
sducfng glass balls, a product:
for the manufacture of high i
j grade glass flbrt. He was in
oil-stained overalls, dexter
ously operating a machine, ,"
One can 1 m g 1 n what
would happen it c highly paid
American factory manager at
General Motors was "discov
ered" on thg production tine
thowftig n jprentk how to i
screw fenders on Chevrolets.
If the vice president didn't
fire the factory manager, he
shouia get his own walking
papers for permitting a $25,
000 a year man to waste his
time on a $S,000 a year job.
But in Hed China, everyone
gets paid Just about the same.
Announcer Mu Wet com
mented;
"As In other places, the
leading functionaries of the
Yaohua (Shanghai) glass fac
tory not only live and work
among the workers, but they
also study In the same schools
and play games on the same
snorts ground."
One can only assume from
the statement above that the
factory manager spent his few
tone hours to his office bon
ing up ahead of his students
on the art of glass blowing.
It seems likely he could do
a far better Job by trying to
find silicone sand so the fac-
tfory can start mass produc-
ttan, or packing plate glass
properly so panes aren't de-
Iivered shattered,
Multiply this experience by
the number of factories to.
each commune, and Increase
this by the 28,000 commBites
to Bed China today and tit
stumble fa the "Big Leap For
ward" becomes obvious.
One small farmer who
makes one small mistake la
planting his crops doesn't
spell much trouble. But put
this same man in charge of
180,000 persons to a Ughtly
organised commune and he
becomes a bull in a "Chltta"
shop, .
African Diplomats Term
Washington Hardship Post
Washington fllCB Sixteen
new African nations are nam
ing ambassadors to a capital
which they rate as a "hard
ship post" namely, Washing
ton, B.C.
Negotiations are underway
between the U.S, and African
governments to establish em
bassies here for the countries
which recently gained their
independence. Some ambassa
dors already have been named
and welcomed by the United
States; others have yet to be
announced.
When all arrangements arei
completed, it will be the
biggest embassy boom the
nation's capital has seen since
the United States won Its own
Independence,
Brilliant new flags flying
over Washington's streets will
represent Nigeria, Gabon, He
publlc of Congo, Central AM
can Republic, Congo Repub
lic, Republic of Chad, Repub
lic of Ivory Coast, Voltaic Re
public, Republic of Niger, Re
public of Dahomey, Republic
of Somali, Malagasay, Repub
lic of Senegal, Republic of
Mali, Republic of Togo, Re
public ot Cameroon, and
Mauretania,
Hardship Pott
But what makes beautiful
Washington a "hardship post1
for Africatr diplomats? One
reason is that this it in ex
pensive place for a newborn
nation to establish diplomatic
representation.
Acquiring an embassy
means buying or renting quar
ters In a city where real
estate is as high as protocol's
top hal. It also means staffing
those quarters and furnishing
them In a manner befitting a
proud country's home In a for
eign land. And tor every ban
quel and reception Invitation
in this city of perpetual party
ing, ft means reciprocal enter-
talnment. Even the U.S, has
found some embassy posts re
quire embassadors with pri
vate means who can afford
the pace.
But State Department offl
cials and African diploma!
admit that the real "hardship"
stems from the racial barriers
which stilt exist here. Dark
skinned representatives, from
ambassador on down, have
trouble finding decent homes
In respectible neighborhoods
and even finding embassy
sites. , .
Some residents of all-white
apartment houses and neigh
borhoods object to admitting
tne wegroes although these
objectors often are in the mi
nority, If an African does find
a suitable house it may lie at
twice the regular price. Afri
cans are proud of their native
costume, but they sometimes
must wear the brightly col
ored garb as a silent defense
agamst the rebuffs they wouid
receive If taken for native!
American Negroes,
The State Department bi
unable to act directly, a
spokesman explained, but It is!
deeply concerned over the!
problem end the bad Image it
can cast tn the international
mirror of opinion, Stimulus
6? Clocks Provide
Timely Diversion
Warsaw, N,Y,W-Med Mil
ler really means it when he
says, "I love that tlck-tock
sound , , ,
Miller, a retired knitting
mill worker and; a bachelor,
likes clocks far companion
ship. He has ST of his collec
tion of antiques in operation,
and every quarter hoar the
visitor is made aware by the
sound of ehtmes and gongs.
At ;36 nightly, Miller gets
the time signal from the radio,
cheeks his big pocket watch
by It and then makes the
rounds to wind hit clocks. At
10:30 a,m. on Sundays he
winds his 8-day clocks.
The alarm of an ordinary
table clock gets Miller out of
bed daily.
toward solving the problem
has come from elty officials
and real estate groups, ;
A recent meeting betweee
city commissioners, State Be-
partment officials and realty
representatives developed Ms
idea of setting up a "housing
liaison" man In the State De,
partment to help new dlplo
mats with housing and aimi
lar problems. At present tttera
is no such maehutery to the
government. It would give
diplomats someone to go to at
the start and someone wfc
could elicit cooperation team
realtors, .
A elty spokesman termed
"unbelievable" the enthusf.
asm for the project by local
realtors "who represent miU
lions of dollars of property,"
it's too bad Uncle Saw
doesn't ask more of this fctod
of help from people," he add
ed, "when they're so eager to
give,"
Other diplomats may have
difficulties getting settled,
too, he said, But the new na
tions have no predeeeor tor
guidance. Their represent,
lives are trailblaiers here nd
they have been allowed to
"muddle through" by them
selves.
A State Department officer,
back from recent trip to Af
riea and who has set up BJ,
offices in several Africa
countries, said they "have
been extremely cooperative
with us and our problems" to
opening embassies here, H
added that many Africans st
riving here have spent mufh
time In Sttrnpe and are
"shocked" by their contact
with prejudice here,
"America is under
developed hi some way toe,"
he said.
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