New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-15
4 PORTRAIT SHOW PROMISED
.ur THIRD OF THE SERIES LIKELY TO
BE THE BEST
,,c41,Rys OF WOMEN TO BE THE PRINCIPAL
FEATURE. But ROOM TO BE DEVOTED
TO MEMS PORTRAITS AND SOME
FAMOUS OLD MASTERS TO
RE PLACED ON VIEW
BE PLACED ON VIEW

BE PLACED ON VIEW.
Art and social circles will be glad 10 hear that
v.uYork is TO have another portrait show.
h,ch promises from assurances already given
IN eclipse the successes Of its predecessors. The
,oon exhibition Of Portraits Of Women held in
,eo4 AT the Academy Of Design benefited st
,ohn's Guild and the OrthOpedic Hospital to the
.x.ent OF about 100000. and the Lean Exhb.
,on Of Portraits held In the following year bene-
eted the same institutions to the extent OF near
~ $1,000 This year the Orthopedc Hospital
Will be the only beneficiary. The exhibition Will
min six weeks. at the Academy Of Design, in De.
cember and January.
Active preparations are being made and will
=. continued during the summer in th!s country
ana in Europe. 10 Gecure the best work of foreign
artists who have been here recently, the most
conservative work by American artists living
here and abroad. and a large and exceedingly
valuable number Of portraits by OLD masters
The members Of the Hanging Committee will be
stanford White. Francis LathrOp. benjamin C.,
Porter J. Carroll .}eckwith and Edwin Rowland
R,ashNed The chairman Of the Executive Com
mittee is Charles T. Barney. president of the
Art Commission and of the Municipal Art So
eiety OF New-York The other members OF the
committee so far 1t is made up. are: Prescott
Hall Butler Robert Waller jr.. Henry Mar
ouand. James L. Breese and Stanford White
The Women's Committee has not yet been ap-
no,nted The patronesses will be mainly com
posed OF the women Of social prominence who
vere identified with the other portrait shows.
In a talk with Tribune reporter yesterday
Mr. Barney said: lou: idea Is. 10 a certain ex-
tent to give woman's portrait show. bat orc
room will be devoted To mcn-that is, to portraits
Of men that are notable. either on account or
fist or he " BOr-
trait Show will also comprise the best portraits
by old masters. both Of men and women. We
shall strive hard after quality, not quantity: al
we are confident the quality VIII be stu hlgher
than al the former exhibitions. The number "
portraits viii lie about four hundred. There
may be also display Of miniatures. Many
portraits have been painted mere recently by
Madrazo. CarOlus Duran and Boldni These
have been promised 70 US, well as many i'm
portant pictures by our own men. rms eHap 10, !,
f,on will particularly excel in the display OF cd
masters which have been brought 10 ms coun-
try IN the last three or four years -po'Talts 10y
Rembrandt. Franz Halls, Gainshorough' ~
Joshua Reynolds Sir Thomas Lawrence and
Romnev We have not yet reached any decisi =
as 10 chndren's portraits. although T we cou':
get anything so charming as the 'I"clet en-
Beatrice. by Sargent II would, 81 course b'
very welcome.
in the year between the first and second
portrait shows there were not many new por.
traits If importance. but in the last three years
a great number have been painted when tha
nubljc will he glad 10 see. Not only VIII the
hest work - the foreigners who have been here
recently b. represented. but special prominence
will be given to American artists. Il was a
nleasant feature Of the other exhibitions mat th-
American artists stood al the very 'front.'. a,
the PLAYERS on the night after the hanging OF
The pictures at the last portrait snow. We con-
rratulated ourselves that the work or our mon
made 50 admirable a showing IN comparison
With the work If Europeans There VIII -"
MANY more old masters on exhibition ms ,lme
ana they will be Of great interest 10 me larEe
class who never go abroad. as wei as 10 ai''
and students