PAINTINGS BY ZULOAGA

Abstract

The collection of paintings by Ignacio Zuloaga, shown during the month of September, is perhaps the most impressive one-man exhibition ever seen at the Detroit Museum of Art. Introduced to the American public by so notable a painter as John S. Sargent and heralded by serious and captious critics, the public was aroused to the importance of the event, and seventeen thousand visitors came to see the handiwork of this eminent Spanish artist. The vigorous personality of Zuloaga, coupled with the intense Spanish flavor of his subjects, will leave an impress on the minds of those who saw the exhibit that will never be eradicated. His creative and instinctive power, and his personal vision, places him aloof from his contemporaries and beyond the ken of successful imitation by the large student body which has seen his exhibit. The exhibition is being shown in this country under the auspices of Mrs. Philip M. Lydig. Dr. Christian Brinton's beautifully illustrated catalogue accompanying the exhibit assumes the proportions of an important volume on the life and work of the artist.