The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-05
ARr VOTES.
charles Keeue's DrawinEN Mt Keppsrs-The
Awards ut tho CARNEGIE Institute. pitis-
bnrr-Tho Art H%astituto OF Chicago ana
the Aiphn Delta Phi Club Exhibitions.

Charles Keeno at Kcppel's gallery In East Six
teenth street includes ia drawings and
in black and white, four water colors
and seventeen etchings. Kecne was the famous
artist on tho staff Of Punch. whose pictures Of
London life and, In general, of the middle and
lowor classes In town and country caused him
10 be ranked by artists OF all countries as second
To mono In his field. Joseph Penncll said OF him
in the October Century, 1.-The greatest English
artist since HoEarth." q sample of the eort OF
praise Koeno's work drew from his contempt
rnries. While IL is extravagant. 1t serves to
show that so good n judge of black and
white MS Mr.. Ponnoll has no reservations |
to mako as to Kcene's position. Edwin Lord
Weeks, on tho other hand, himself q well.known
and capable illustrator, said tho other day that
he thinks Phil May, who is now on tho staff
of Punch, having been elected to fill the chair
mado vacant by the death of Du Maurier, docs
tho Same sort Of subject as Koeno bettcr than
Keene himself. Tho remark is worth quoting
because 1t shows that In tho opinion Of n clever
and well-informed American artist Keene's work
was scarcely unique. Nobody could say that
any other man does the Du Maurier sub
ject as we'll as Du Maurier. While he was by
no means as good q draughtsman as kcone.
and while the spirit of q line as given by Keene
was an unknown quantity with Du Maurier.
nevertheless, purely as an illustrator, greater
originality of style belongs to Du Maurier.
Keeno's work is far better considered from the
artistic standpoint, and from the literary stand
point it is wittior. Although tho number of
drawings in the present exhibition Is large, 1t
will DO disappointing to those who already know
Keene's work, because there are not many
Punch drawings. There is a desrth Of bus
drivers. old gentlemen with umbrellas, and fat
ladies, favorite subjects with Kecne. who do
picted them In hundreds of amusing situations.
For those who do not know him, how
ever, there is quito enough to give n
clear impression OF his style. his humor.
and his remarkable precision and facility
as a d%raughtsman. 1.-THE Reserve Forces"
No. 8, for example. is an admirable bit OF
characterization and quite a marvel OF direct,
easy expression. In Going to School," No.
90, Keene's wonderful simplicity of line may DO
seen to advantage. and "a Swell" No. 1l3,
shows the artists remarkable power Of observa-
ton and frank methods in sketching from life.
mem. Con-, No. IA. is one of the best examples
Of Keene, pure and simple. in the collection. The
scene is in a railway carriage: "Chatty passen-
ger-How plainly you can see the lights OF
Hanwell from the railway! Silent man lin the
corner)-Not half so plain as tho lights Of the
train look from Hanwcll." The story is beauti-
fully told in the picture, and there is not n pen
scratch in the wrong place nor one too many.
An important exhibition Of pictures by Ameri-
can and foreign artists was opened yesterday at
the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburg. President
Mckinley was at tho private view" on
Wednesday, and the awards made by the jury
of artists were announced. The jury, elected
by the votes of exhibitors at the same galleries
last year, consisted of Frank W. Benson and Ed
mund c. Tarbell Of Boston. William M. Chase,
John La Fargo. AMI w. H. Low of New
York, Winslow Homer of Maine. Cecilia
Beaux Of Philadelphia, Frank Duveneck
Of Cincinnati, John M. Swan, the we'll.
known English animal painter of London.
and Edwin Lord Weeks of Paris. John
Caldwell of the Board of Trustees Of the insti-
tute acted as Chairman of the jury. The first.
class medal, carrying with it q cash prize of
81, 500, was awarded to James J. Shannon for
his picture called Miss Kitty" Mr.. Shannon
Is an American artist, who enjoys a high repu-
tation in London as a painter bf portraits and
is an associate member of tho Royal Academy.
Tho second.class medal, with an award of
81, 900. was given to tho Norwegian artist,
Fritz Thaulow. for his picture. The Argues at
Ancourt-Evening.' The painter lives at
Dieppe. and /, one of the stars of the Champ de
Mars Salon. One of his best works. Behind
the Mill" was in tho Norwegian fine arts sec.
ton at the Worlds Fair, Chicago. While well
known to the art fraternity on both sides of the
Atlantic, his work is only just beginning to be
purchased in New York. The third medal, with
an award of $500. went to J. Alden Weir. the
well-known New York painter, for "Facc Rc.
fected in a Mirror" a delightful picture of
medium size with a single female figure. 1t
was exhibited hero last winter in a small col.
lection Of Mr.. Weir's works in the gallery OF
Boussod. Valadon & Co., Fifth avenue. Honora.
BILE mention was conferred on Wilton Lockwood
of Boston for Tho Violinist and Louis Paul
Dcssar, an American artist who lives at Etaples,
France. for "Mending the Nets" a composition
representing a fisherman and a woman prepar.
Ing the paraphernalia of their trade for their
daily work. Some OF the well-known artists
represented in tho Pittsburg exhibition are
Alma-Tadema. Edwin A. Abbey e. Hamlet ~, j.
W. Alexander c'The Pot of Basil y. Benjamin.
Constant. Reno Billotte. Jules Breton, F. A.
Bridgman. George Do Forest Brush C"Mother
and Child"0, Sir Edward Burne Jones
c'Psyche's Wedding"D. Mary Cassatt. Theo.
bald Chartran, William NJ. Chase. William
A. Coffin. C. G. Curran. G.. H.. Davis, Degaz
c'Ballet of Robert 10 Dlable y, Julien Duprd,
Frank Fowler. Walter Gay. r. Swain Clifford,
Harpignies. George Hitchcock. Winslow Homer,
John Lavery, Senbach, Shermitte, j. II. Lorimcr,
Henri Martin. Melchers. F. D. Millet. Henry
Mosler, Walter Palmer. Charles Sprague Pearce,
Puvis do Chavannes, John g. Sargent, William
Stott OF Oldham. JohnM Swan C"Study of East
@ASAAy os eAA VI All
L. Weeks. and Whistler.
Tho tenth annual exhibition of the Art Insti.
tute OF Chicago also opened yesterday. The list
of painters who contribute includes forty eight
New York artists and about forty American
artists who reside In Paris and other places In
France. Jurles of three artists passed on tho
works sent in each of the following cities: New
York, Boston, Philadelphia. Cincinnati, and st.
Louis. Seventy.onc works were collected abroad
by Miss Sara Hallowell, the institutes repre-.
sentative in Paris.
The Art Committee of tho Alpha Delta Phi
Club. of which Mr.. Collin Armstrong is Chair,
man, announces that the eighth annual artists
loan exhibition will DO held at the clubhouse,
30 West Thirty-third street. from the 10th to
the 18th OF December. The exhibitions given
by this club in tho past have been of excellent
quality and generally remarkable for tho large
number of pictures not preyioualv exbihited