The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-18
FACE TO FACE.
The Portraits or Fair7vomen Visited By
Thousands or Their kiaa

The galleries OF the Academy of design have
never been so throngeh as at present. the daily
average OF visitors to the exhibition Of portraits
~ women being about 900 a day. The various
galleries are indeed crowded in the afternoon.
and those who 20 To see the portraits instead OF
the passing show Of women Of society will choose
the morning hours for their visit.
The exhibition is one of unusual excellence A.
well a. popularity. aud its pronounced success
is therefore merited. The attendance has bee n
so great in fact that il has been determined tn
extend the exhibition for a week, until Dec. l.
which is the .hIrthest possible limit, as the
members OF the Academy must then take
charge, IN order tn hang the paintings for the
Incidentally, there will he placed an view in
the painting room down stairs on Monday. NOV.
10. "a correction OF studies made in competition
Tor the Lazarus travelling scholarship. The
Trllby vogue is likely to make these stndi-sot
inst al this time. They are very frank and not
III all cases very modest studies from the nude.
Tho subject Is tie same in each case, thar OF a
satyr discovering a sleeping wool nymph, In
many cases the models employed have been the
same likewise, ami II - inttT.stlnE To note hn"
Variuusly the subject l. handled.
the dozen or more compositions. only three
or four are t~oleraL!e from an aesthetic point ~
merit, Of curse, and the composition submitted
BY Mr.. William y. Kline, a student Of the Acad-
eIny OF Design schools, and lucky winner OF The
prize scholarship. Is admirable IN nearly every
respect. In color Mr., Kline II especially happy,
II not WHOLLY Within Reason anu NlH 'AIl kb7NH.fA
l. graceful and well balanced. He has lad tho
advantage over some al hs 'ninptllors, how'
ever. of having had two years ia Paris, tie re-
ward OF "A former prize winning.
The wood nymph lies upon a cloak upon the
ground sleeping a the leering SstyT draws baEk
the dTaQeTy that reveals her enilTr form. MI.
Kline's ny mph is a yrry charming person, rudy
OF cheek, sWcetly unconscious, NId ChaTmlhglJ
composed and modelled. Tie SatNr Is " hat .
Satyr might be expected 10 he, a vulgar fellow,
paTtly dTaped in a leopard rSIu. The uuus
iigge OF the lymph rccIlues upon n purple
CLOAK. whose reflected tlut- mlngle with ths
carnations ut the flesh. The draw ius OF the re-
Clining figure l. excellent.
In -omc Of the other Studies Of this sslmr CON-
position the results arr far from agreeable.
some are offensive, others merely ridiculous,
FROM these latter structure must he excepted
the serious studies OF Mr.. r, II. child, Nh al
tuu. Mr., Guthrie. aud Mr., Mrthfvssrl, Jr. Tie
an. and IN another he looks lAr "bld Hos
81 decomposition aud in all DEGREES ~ grpsr
ftcshlinsss aud had drawing. One painter has
introduced a moonlight eneHt which Il extra
ordinary IN the manner ia wiirh II casts
Asp'ash ot yellow light acFo~~ The upper part OF
she face of the smiling young tat Woman N.p
EpFawls across the canvas, some OF TIE ~'F-
dents show an especial talent for color. with 10
sense whateSeTo t grace or bIiauce or originality
ia composition, while others are Erntt~fueiF
weak In drawing, while still having some idea II
arrangement
II Is. however. an interesting collection of The
works OF art students. ~Oms - Hhum are 20
doubt destined " WIN nangs tOE tauHse.FsS
SONS dAy.