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* dik -*, a-- NRICERANTE ERTS Tac aii, October 15, 1927 WINNETKA TALK 29 FIRST WATSON LECTURE ATTRACTS LARGE GROUP Art League Members Hear of Spanish Art Characteristics From Dudley Crafts Watson Win- evening talk on Matz hall, Community House, netka, was crowded Monday for Dudley Crafts Watson's "Art and Life in Spain." This is the first of a series of lectures he will give Monday evenings, under the aus- pices of the North Shore Art league. In the absence of James Cady Ewell, president of the league, the vice- presi- dent, William T. Jones, gave the presi- dent's message of welcome. He then introduced Mrs. Albert H. Ullrich, of Wilmette, general chairman in charge of the lectures, who, in turn, intro- duced the speaker. Mr. Watson expressed his apprecia- tion of the warm welcome given him by his friends and neighbors, after his recent trip abroad. He announced that the subject of his lecture next Monday evening will be "Thirty Great American Painters," "Art and Life of Italy," viously been announced. Shows Spanish Art As Mr. Watson talked, there was flashed on the screen a slide of one of the greatest of the canvases of "El Greco." This illustrates, he said, a typical Spanish characteristic, in that the one picture portrays two emotions. It is the most emotional of all Latin arts; in it there is nothing static. Mr. Watson gave a bit of Spanish history to make clear his talk. Be- tween 711 A. D. and the end of the Fifteenth Century, he pointed out, there were only two Christian prov- inces in Spain. However, after the fall of the Moors, the Spaniards wished to prove that they were not Mohammedans. Their edifices con- tinued, in spite of them, to show Moorish influence, because trey em- ployed Moorish workmen. Wat- son characterized Moorish -- Na and design as being very fine. Because the Koran forbid the representation of any natural form of life, the fol- lowers of Mohammed used geometrical proportions and abstract forms. The Alhambra, for instance, is beauty in abstract form, Mr. Watson said, and then continued, "In contrast with the low-swung mosaue of the Moor, the Christian cathedrals, with their high Spanish Gothic arches, give one a sense of elation and ecstacy. Spain is a country of wealth and poverty side by side. The Spaniard craves varietv in his art, as in his life Spanish Gothic architecture is very elaborate in spo's, with large rest spaces. Spanish painting, Mr. Watson said, is realtistic in the extreme. be- cause of the desire of the Christian Snan'ards to prove that they were not Mohammedans, who could not use realistic forms. Discusses Velasquez Mr. Watson discussed at length the work of Velasquez, the court painter. and one of the greatest of Spanish artists. He spoke of Murillo, who did lovely work. but used much repetition. Many of the best examples of "El Greco's" art are in the cathedral at Toledo. Mr. Watson discussed To- ledo, Castile, Valencia, Seville, and Andalusia. In his own, inimitable manner, Mr. Watson kept his large audience inter- ested the whole evening. His talk was humorous, charming, interesting, and produced many laughs. Those who heard the first lecture, and many others who were unable to attend that one, are looking forward eaecerly to the rest of the series, Ti~ketc for the talks may be obtained at the door. instead of as had pre- Mallinckrodt High Plans for Building Expansion Plans for expansion at the Mal- linckrodt High school, on the Ridge at Walnut avenue, calling for the erec- tion of a new school building, are moving forward rapidly, according to report. Mallinckrodt, which also is called North Shore Catholic High, with its expansion realized will have one of the biggest preparatory schools on the north shore. 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