The morning times., 1896-11-08
Portrait Show Is One of the Feat~
ures-Artist'S Brave Death
to Finish Realistic Pict-
ures-The Autumn
Girl.

show Of last year and has other paintings be-
sides. There are several thousand appil-
cants with pictures, and the many alcoyes
or The acaGeiny wii hang as Iuii OF paint
ings as can be crowded side by side and on
, top OF each other. The hanging committee
consists of these eminent acadeullclans: Il.
NJ shurtierr, Louis MOeiler and W. West
Ciinedinst.
And there is Judging committee, con-
sisting or Louis T.. TIFFANY, ID. W. Tryoh'
Louis Moeller, Arthur F. TAFT, William l..
Sonntag, l.. q. Sellstedt, Horace Robbins
| and Augustus st. Gaudens-
In all their doings the Academy commit
/ tees are quite arbitrary. They deciue and
there is no recall. A picture is made or
| marred by nod or shake OF their august ar
tistIc heads.
Incidentally the managers are quite in-
dependent in their decisions. You read that
| no packing boxes Will be received and
| that the committee gives you u lautuGe
! OF about forty-eight hours to get your pie
lures there. This means that you must time
| its arrival i'll town and mCst get picture
| dealer to receive 1t. After unpacking IL
| he personally conducts 1t TO the rooms or
the academy. After the show ne calls and
gets it and takes it away. II he neglects
| TO do so within a week the picture Is thrown
| in the cellar or held lat owners risk But
| that Is what great thing 1t Is to conduct
| picture show,
j. G Browns character pictures are
things before which lovers or art ike TO
stand. He has a new one in the Academy
| this year
He has given the subject no name. and 1t
| needs none. IL speaks IOr itself 1t is, in
fact, a speaking picture of New York shoe
/ black Of type midway between the boy
| tnat Commodore Gerry loves TO corral. and
| the little fellow whose business InstIncts
l k-.sl. ar
| and vino III Consequence goes cut oE the
street between school hours 10 chase the
| fleeting pennies. The face of the boy
| Is one oi decided character, marvciOuSiy
well depicted. Pretty and boyish, 1t yet
has a iirmness aboGL the eyes aud chin
| that shows the boy would lie a niatCii
for any rival street urchin in a rough and
| tumble.
The boy who sat as a model for the
picture was obtained by the artist from
the section of New York to which ne goes
| for all his street boys-Heu's kItChcn-
! For such u district The boy is well dressed,
although his Clothes, as he stands i'll care
less pose with his backing box over his
Shoulder and nis bri'sn meSIitatiyely scrub
binS mis- chin. are not those OF Fifth ave
nue. youngster.
The artist has been most conscien-
tiously trGe to Lire in the production OF
the figure and its Ciotting- Every stain
aud mark of street wear plainly shows,
and the clothes lit to the figure in a
manner tIat is refreshing 10 any cnc
who has seen the distressing produC-
tiOns OF some artists who essay character
work with a model wearing clothes that
belong 20 the property department OF the
studio. The most striking feature OF the
face of the boy are the eyes. which look out
at the world with fearless and honest ex
preston that Will cause many visitors to
fall in love with this latest production
from the brush of the character artist
Among the weIi-kHOwn portrait painters,
Mr.. Alban Jasper Conant will stand in the
front ut exhibitors, SisH a spleuald pc JUTt-
OF Judge ] c. Gray OF the Albany court OF
appeals. Mr.. Cunant has been at great
pains To have the picture true in every de
tail, and To this end he insisted that the
judge send him copy of the brief in "A
case Of Some Importance, in order that by
studying this during the sittings the Judge
would exhibit the Eeditative air OF a man
Of massive legal intellect.
The pose of the figure Is very much ad
lnnred. The picture, which is hfe size
represents the Judge in his robes as he is
seen when sitting in court. BY his side
are two ponderous legal tones, and in the
background is seen a section of library
Of calf bound books. The picture was
painted for the courtroom, and not the
private gallery Of the judge, and on this
\
| ground the genial nature of the man, and
has sought to depict him as refiecting on
the evidence in case that might mean
life or death to some unfortunate. The
Wife of the Judge, who is a critical woman
OF excellent artistic taste, has seen the
picture and pronounced it good, although
she would rather have had the excellent
nature OF the man brought out and the lega
mind left little more in the background
As the artist explains, however, he wa
painting n judge rather than husband
OF course no full exhibition would he
complete without some contribution from
the veteran. w L. Sonntag This artist
the subject of his painting. The scene rep
resents an evening in the mountain dis
trict OF Pennsylvania The sun, setting
over a mountain top, casts quiet light
over the rugged scenery that the arts,
nas caught with his usual skill. The De
Culiar light and shade effect of the raw,
as they strike the foliage is also admirably
done. The picture would have been gre all,
improved by the addition of some figure!
OF cattle in the background, but the master
hand that can depict mountain scener,
with such skill is powerless when 1t come
10 painting figures, so that the scene il
necessarily bare of animate life
a pretty and striking portrait that vii
be contributed from the brush of Mr.
Carroll Beekwith is q Hfe-size picture
of a girl OF modern athletic days. Sh
Is about twelve or thirteen years of age
but looks the picture of robust health a.
She SITS with tennis racket in her hand