Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-03
THE ART PALACE.
The United States Has . Larger Space Than
Any Other Country.

THE ART PALACE.
The United States Has 3 Larger Space Than
Any Other Country.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
CHICAGO. June 1, 1898.
To a great many people the best part Of
the worlds fair is found in what is known as the
art palace. 1t has been a little backward in get
ting into good trim for visitors, but now the
various sections are opening rapidly and
there is enough to see to occupy one for nearly
aweek. There many notable pictures; in
deed, nearly all Of them come under that head,
and it is simply matter of taste as to which
are the best. Some people gather in front Of
one picture and others linger over another, and
it would be unfair for any but an expert to say
which is the better Of the two
To begin with. the United States, Of course,
has a larger section than any other country
and probably makes a more effective display of
Its achievements than it ever made before. It
occupies the space beginning on the left Of the
main entrance and embraces fifteen galleries
France embraces sixteen galleries, but they are
not as extensive as those Of the United States.
Great Britain and Germany have each seven
galleries. Austria has five, and several other
countries appear with two three, while
Japan, for the first time, appears in an inter-
national art exhibit. and Mexico has a gallery
also, and SO has Poland. At the present time
not all of these galleries are open, but those of
the United States. France, Great Britain. Can
ada, Germany and Holland are open and are
beautiful, indeed. Japan. Austria, Russia and
Italy viii all soon be opened for inspection.
THE MOST NOTABLE PORTRAIT.
Taking up the United States section. perhaps
tie most notable portrait, in the opinion Of ex-
perts. is that of ]. Carroll Beckvith of NewYork.
entitled M. Isaacson." The coloring is rich
aud the figure is particularly hfe-lke. Among
other portraits Mrs. Hardie. by r. Gordon
Hardie. also of New York. There are not very
many portraits in this section. and it may be
regretted that some of the best paintings of
American statesmen which in Washington,
the property of the government, are not on ex-
hibition here. But there are fancy pictures,
landscapes and other works that are enough to
satisfy the most exactiug. There is Eugene
Walls marine painting. which represents three
children playing in boat in the harbor. while
u large steamer looms up behind them. This
artist II may be remarked, is a gold medalist
from the Paris exposition. Frank 5. Holman
contributes the portrait of young girl at the
piano with a sheet Of music in her hands. Her
side and back alone are visible, she is clothed in
a light evening dress. and is all alone. about to
sing for her own pleasure. Another singing
picture is that Of W. NJ. Gay. entitled "A Simple
Song" which shows u Sister of Charity instruct
ing class Of peasant girls in a scng One of
the most attractive of all the United States
paintings ia that of Jules l.. Stewart, entitled
The Baptism" The artist lives in Paris, al
though he originally Philadelphia He
received honorable mention at the Paris Salon
in 1885 and third-class medal in 1880 The
present picture would seem. apparently, to rep
resent u private baptism at fashionable sum
mer resort. The Young mother is reclin-
ing gracefully among pillows, the fash
ionable clergyman is reading the service,
the pretty maid is holding the baby and the
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their responses. Everybody Is good looking
everything Is well appearing. There is an IN
mistakable atmosphere of Newport or Bar
Harbor about the scene. Stewart contributes
another fashionable scene in Yachting picture
which shows a section of the deck OF steam
yacht, with several loungers reclining in chairs
and also one entitled The Hunt Ball." of like
characteristics. His painting Venice" is
simpler and gives a stretch of the sea and a
small strip of the shore.
SOME PASTORAL SUBJECTS.
Walter Nettleton, OF New Haven, also Paris
pupil. sends peaceful scene Of peasant knit
ting in the fields, which he calls November
Sunshine" and this is followed BY another pas
toral scene of The shepherd at His Lunch" by
G. ). Truesdell. Like many Of the other American
artists, he carries bronze medal from the Paris
exposition of 1889. Rattle scenes are not fire.
CUNT in the United States section, but Seymour
Thomas gives one In IAN Innocent Victim.
which represents nun diving from wound.
while signs of the battle are dimlv visible in the
distance. In pictures of animals there are
several strong pieces. Norman Bull" by ". H
Howe. Is one; the old horse in South Duxbury
Clam Digger" by John ]. Euueking, is another.
and II. ). Bisbings Afternoon in the Mead
ows" is study Of COWS lying down and stand
ing over large stretch of meadow, one side of
which is fringed with trees. Edmund c. Tar
bell of Dorchester. Mass, furnishes bright
picture of Girl With Horse" She is clad in a
summer gown and holds the horse by the bride
while he drinks out of a trough.
IN LANDSCAPE WORK.
In landscape painting most Of those in the
United States section are European scenes
Several of those already mentioned are mainly
landscape paintings. the life that ia in them
being secondary. Louis p. Dessar. who took a
third-class medal at Paris in 1891. furnishes
one OF several peasants grouped about pillow
under the title Evening, and Prosper L.
senat gives striking representation Of light
and shade In ION the Nile at Benz Hassen. ="
A similar painting from the same artist is
"Gulph OF Ajaccio, Corsica" Lakeside" bv
". u. Chase is n beautiful representation of the
lawn by lake on some rich man country place.
NJ. Chase won a silver medal at the Paris es-
position and Is president Of the Society of
American Artists. He is represented by several
other pictures, two of which are portraits.
Charles Sprague Pearce has an interesting
landscape unuer the title OF line ShepherdeS5.
He is also a medaiist of the Paris exposition
October Twilight in New England" by ]. ].
Enneking. is piece of rural painting all the
more pleasing because it depicts scene with
which many OF Us are familiar The woods are
gold and brown, the ground is deep with fallen
leaves, the sky is deepening its hns. and you
can almost feel the chilly air as You look at the
scene. IL is to be regretted that there not
more of these purely American paintings on
exhibition. but, as American artists must
necessarily learn their profession abroad, they
are apt to paint scenes of foreign life.
STRONG IN CHARACTER PAINTING.
In character painting the United States sec
ton is particularly strong. The Fourth of
July Parade" by R. C. Rowland, is a fine study
OF the old village celebration. There is the
little band. the drum major and the old farmer.
Mr. Gaugengirgl contributes a painting called
The Hat, which represents flop of the olden
time IN a new beaver hat. of which he seems to
be exceedingly proud. The artist is a Boston
Ian. and represents the Bagarian school
Charles Clrich. who is also Of the Bavarian
school. presents an italian IdyI." which shows
group OF Italian market girls filling :heir
baskets. Walter McEwen depicts an old man
and his daughter. the latter reading the Bible
with the title. The Absent One on All SouIs'
Day. The artist is also a medaiist of the
Paris exposition.
What have been mentioned here are simply n
few OF the paintings lighted upon haphazard