Will Sell

The Duke of Westminster decided to sell 50 paintings from his famed collection. The event is to take place at Christie's in London early in July. The collection includes works of Murillo, Teniers, Cuyp, Claude Lorrain, Rembrandt, Wouwerman, Van Dyke, Rubens, Gainsborough, Velasquez, Brouwer, Turner. The two examples of Rubens are the Adoration of the Magi and The Fathers of the Church.

Englishmen are greatly worried over the sale of English art treasures to U. S. millionaires, who have bought $60,000,000 worth of British paintings and other art works since the War. Many connoisseurs look to the Government to stop the alarming export of English Art by some embargo similar to that in effect in Italy. But Premier MacDonald said (at the recent banquet of the National Gallery Centenary celebration) that private subscription was the only thing that could save English Art for England.

Salons of America

The annual exposition of the Salons of America opened at the Anderson Galleries, Manhattan. Among the works that rise above the level of mediocrity, Charles Burchfield's Scrapped Locomotives invites a second glance. It is an artistic treatment of a mass of bent and broken pieces of steel-- a subject that has not as yet become hackneyed. Others that stand out are the lithograph, Mother with Child, by 17-year-old Pamela Bianco (TIME, March 24), an expressive piece; the Lady in Yellow, by Leo Katz, a classic portrait of Mme. Archipenko clad in voluminous drapery; a barnyard scene by Stefan Hirsch; a nude by Bernard Karfiol.

Painting Music

Seven artists constituted the audience of a remarkable concert at the Art Alliance in Philadelphia. Two pianists played selections unknown to the artists, who promptly set down their impressions in pastels. Ten minutes was allowed for the sketch, the piece played again, and five minutes allowed for corrections. From Salome all seven were inspired to use warm colors. The finale trio from Rosenkavalier was futuristically interpreted in splotches of bold color.

For centuries, artists and musicians have been attempting to express notes in colors and music in patterns. But the avowed purpose of the experiments at the Art Alliance is merely to stimulate an interest in music among painters.