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European galleries fare little better at Prof. Van Dyke's hands. Of the 23 Rembrandts in the Louvre, only four are genuine, he says; four out of 21 in the National Gallery, London; two out of 43 in the Hermitage, Petrograd; and three out of 26 in the Berlin gallery. Professor Van Dyke does not quarrel with the quality of many of the pictures he rejects. They are beautiful and representative works of arts, but not by Rembrandt. The Old Woman Cutting Her Nails, for instance, is an " early and violent example " of Nicholas Maes, who is esteemed...
...Dyke's book has naturally provoked a chorus of opposition on the part of critics and museum directors. His views are flatly opposed not only to those of Bode, but of Valentiner, Muther, Bredius, De Groot, McColl and others who have made a life-long study of Rembrandt. The Metropolitan authorities, represented by Bryson Burroughs, curator of paintings, frankly deride his opinions, and believe their Rembrandts genuine. G. Frank Muller, E. M. Sperling, Raymond Henniker-Heaton, and other American experts are equally skeptical, though Joseph Pennell, the etcher, inclines to Van Dyke's side of the controversy...
...REMBRANDT AND HIS SCHOOL - John Charles Van Dyke-Scribner ($12.00)-Limited edition, 1,200 copies, 187 illustrations...
...courage of John Charles Van Dyke. He dares to tell America that not a single Rembrandt does she possess...
...William was thought a radical in art for many years before he attained respectability by entering the R. A. But his radicalism is more of subject than of method. His many and unique self-portraits (like Rembrandt, he is his own best model), and his bizarre Memorial to the Unknown Soldier incurred their share of academic criticism. Born in Ireland in 1878, his style was formed in Dublin, the Slade School, and the New English Art Club group-a vigorous, sculpturesque plein-air tradition, intent on the solution of technical problems...