The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-30
ART orE
Pictures st the Lstos Ciuh-The Ceu.petitten
rnr the NOW AcnaeunY OF DeaiRn.

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| Pictures at tire Lstos Cluh-The Ceupetition
Tor tho New Academy OF DcsiEu.
What will probably DO tho last exhibition Of
the season at the Lotos Club opens tomorrow
| night with n view for members and their guests,
and ladies viii be admitted to the gallery. fol-
lowing the usual custom, on noxt Monday and
| Tuesday afternoons. Tho present exhibition
consists of works by American figure painters
and comprises thirty-four canvases. Tho Art
Committees prediction for "tonal paintings"
is apparent in this as 1t has been In several
previous exhibitions, and while there is a num-
Der of we'll considered. serious works on tho
walls, there are others with but slight qualities
of form or Of relatively truthful color, but which
are marked by the tone sense. Some are coher-
ent and some arc not.
Mr.. Douglas volk's "Tho Puritan Mother
No. 3S) Ia a picture which the artist has Just
finished and is shown for the first time at this
exhibition. 1t represents a woman seated in a
wood holding a boy to her knees and both
figures are good IN character. The little boys
face is especially winning in expression. The
picture is carefully and ably painted. Mother
and Child" mo. 34l, by Henry Oliver Walker,
presents the same subject under different con-
ditions. the theme here inclining to the classical,
and the child is q nude figure. Mr.. Low gives q
nude figure in q new picture called The
Spring" mo. 24), and there is fine modelling in
| nj nuu6 uRuTo8 OF tho lnOthn WarTlOTb IN MI.
Brush's sterling little picture. Before the Bat
tie" NO. n. In spite Of its curiously affected
handling there is a certain charm in 1.-THE
Romany Girl mo. 1s, the well-known picture
by George Fuller, and It 10 pleasant to see II
again, for It 10 both striking In general aspect
and personal In rendering. A small canvas by
Winslow Homer, "A Stiff Breeze NO. 22).
shows In this, his carly work, the same vigor
and directness in seizing the salient points Of a
/ IL aI.a --. H,..l a.. A.
later years. Mr.. Shirlaw's Among the
Old Poets no. 81. the late Thomas Ho-
venden's early picture. "a Brittany Image
Seller" tNo. 23). and Mr.. ]. G. Browns
small genre piece, The Young Peddler" mo. 81,
are good and interesting works containing each a
single figure, while Fire Dreamers" CNo. p, by
Edward A. Bell. THE Absent One" CNo. ~. by
w. Verplanck Birney. and Consolation" mo.
81, by William NJ. Chase. a gray colored compo-
sition d la Israels, are notable among the works
which introduce the accessories of interiors.
Mr.. Benson's Summer no. 81, the decorative
figure purchased with the Shaw fund at last
years exhibition Of the Society Of American
Artists, occupies a prominent place on the walls,
and Mr.. Joseph II. Boston. whose portrait in red
at this years exhibition of the society has at
tracted considerable attention on account Of its
good color quality, is represented hero by an
other Of the same style, but with q color scheme
VI Biay. ~ ID lcT u IL picture ~ Ln6 70
ciety, however, both in construction and in grace.
There is joy in the halls of the Art Students
League in the upper floors Of the Fine Arts build
ing in Fifty-seventh street. for the Society of
American Fakirs'' is holding its annual free
show OF caricatures of pictures in the exhibition
of the Society OF American Artists, and, with
bass drum and cymbals sounding on tho stair
way, strong-lunged young bankers Of both sexes
invite the passersby to pay a quarter for a cata-
logue and inspect the fakes" Additional in
terest is given to the show this year by the
award Of cash prizes Of $25. S15. and $40 for the
three best caricatures, and the students will
hold an auction sale Of the whole collection on
Saturday afternoon.
The salesman at the exhibition Of the Society
of American Artists reports two purchases Of
pictures this week. Children on the Sand"
no. 254) has been sold to q Chicago amateur for
81 900. and "Sabrina" No. 321. by Ethel Isa-
dore Brown, was bought by a New York lady
for $500. The exhibition closes on Saturday
evening.
The Council of the National Academy of Do
sign. acting in concert with its Committee on
Site and Plans. has appointed Edward Pearce
Casey to take the place made vacant by the
declination of McKim. Mead 6 White in the
limited competition for o design for the new
academy building. Mr.. Casey, son of tho late
Gen. Thomas Lincoln Casey, Chief Of Engineers,
US. A., Is the young architect who designeda
great part of the interior decoration Of tho new
Congressional Library at Washington. and
under whose direction the interior finish OF
tho building was brought to completion. The
list of architects or firms of architects
who will take part in the Academy competition
is now complete, and is as follows: George b.
Post, Henry J. Hardenbergh, Edward P. Casey,
Ernest Flagg. Carrere & Hastings. and Babb.
Cook s. Willard. In all probability the officers
of the Academy will hx q date in the autumn.
when tho designs shall be ready for the judges,
thus allowing the architects the entire summer
to execute their plans.