The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-29

Opening of the seventy Attn Annual
Exhibition.


Yesterday was Vanishing Day and Press
View az the Seventy NTH Annual Exhibition OF
the National Academy Of Design. The present
exhibition is hold In the galleries OF the Amer
l,an Fine Arts Society. 2l5 West Fifty
rect, "a the old Academy Building has
,een vacated and the new temporary
structure on Cathedral Heights con-
tains only school studios. meeting rooms
and library Tho time. too. IL unusual.
for the Academy exhibitions have been the
oldest feature 81 the spring art season, and II
IL n novel experience to find the pictures OF tho
year by the acndemicians md associates hung
before Now Years Day la strange galleries IN
the upper part OF town. Bnt tae rooms look
very vol and the Hanging Committee has done
its work conscientiously. one soon gets &C.
customed to the new environments ana mas
the places Of honor much as they were in the
old south gallery and the north gallery of the
ancient Venetian palace. embalmed In our
memories OF former days
The exhibition consists OF 2HS pictures AMI
fifteen pieces OF sculpture and medallons.
rapid surrey OF the galleries may most prop
erly begin In the south room. the nrst on enter
inc from the hall ON the line at the right OF
the door leading into tho other rooms hangs
MY Punkie." No. l2l. by Charles schreyVoRel.
n newcomer whose name Is unfamiliar The
Jury for the award Of prizes has given 70 this
rIcture the Clarke Prize for the best nRure
work in the exhibition. or course. many
rIc,ures are not in com petition for the Clarke or
Uallsarten prizes The academicians compete
for none OF them and an artist once having
won particular prize Is not again eligible. In
explanatIon OF tho title OF Mr. SchreyvogsFs
uicture II may be well to state that MY
Bunkle" means my chum." or bunk mate.
and Is In use among the troopers In our cav
airy regiments. The picture representa- stir
ring episode On the arid plains OF Arizona.
Three cavalrymen with their horses rear
ing and bounding. arc returning an enemy's
fire and tho ono In the foreground
IL in the act OF dragging an I'M
horsed and wounded comrade up on his
own mount. II Is a very good picture. full
O, action and competently drawn. but little
Harsh in color Following the llue to the right
from this point We pass in succession AT Twi-
light" No l25, by Edward A. Bell; valley at
Sunset" No. 12S by Charles Warren Eaton
"The Light OF the House." No. 100 Third Hall
uarten Prizsl. by W. Granville Smith; Low
Tide. HcrrIngton's Cove" No 1913, by A. T.
prcher. A. n. A.. occupying tho northeast cor
nsr OF tho gallery: THE Road to Fay No.
40, by Frank Russell Green. A. N A.; 'Por-
trait OF DR.. Wood" No 152. by ]. Carroll Beck
with. " A.. in the centre OF the east wall I;
planck Eirncy: THE MIL Pond. VIM
ter" No. 1G7. by ], Appleton Brown.
A.. n. A.; High Tide. Massachusetts
Coast" No. l0s. by F. X. NJ. REIN. A. n. A.;
Portrait OF Mrs. A." No. 172. by Charles L.
Proctor; Along the Quay" No 173 Second
HaGarten Price. by f. Irving Couse: 'Por-
trait" No. l75. by W. NJ J. Rice. representing a
Young man In white nannels; The Awaken
| ing" No. 1870. by George II. Barse. Jr. A. N. A..
! and THE August Moon" No. lSl. by Bruce
| Crane. A. N. A.. which hangs on the east side
| OF the door from the hallway. Pendant on the
| other side ls "A Gray Morning" No. 1874. by
| Thomas Is. Craig, A. N. A. Other important
| pIctures from here to our starting point
are "The silent Snow" No. 1S5, by William
| ST. John Harper. A. n. A.: Moonlight on the
| Sound" No. 100. by Leonard ochtman. A. n
! A ION the XIII Won Kull." No. 1914. by +. W
Kost; Landscape" No. 1877. by Howard X
| Butler. A. n. A.; Portrait OF Nine. Duse." No
| 1O1 by Eduardo 0ordigiani. In the southwest
corner; "rhs Flower Shop" No. 206. by Childe
IIassam: Mount Full" No. 207 by G. d. Wei
don, N. A.; Daughter OF Cesar" No 2l0. b,
BENJAMIN ERgleston. In tho centre OF th'
west wall; Autumn" No. 2ll. by Johr
| q. saxton; Late Afternoon" No. 2l5
by Edward Gay. A. n. A.; Portrait " william
NJ. Eyartsl, No. 219. by Augustus Franz4n. II
the northwest corner; "The Lingering Glow.
| No. 2la. by Arthur Hoeber; The Rive
Bank" No, 22i. by Charles O. Curran. A. n. A.
I'm the Oasis" No 22S, by Frederick A
Bridgman. n. A.; "A Village In Pcardy." No
231, by W. =. Robinson; Day Dreams" No
232. by Henry Mosler n, A; Solid Com
fort" No 23i. by W. Nerpanck Birney; AM
Portrait Of sylvia" No, 235, by william
| Hyde
Tho central gallery contains pictures AM
sculpture M does the east gallery. The ives
gallery is closed. some OF tho prominent ex
hibits in the two rooms are Portrait" Nc
255. by william ]. Whttemore. A. N. A,
Sylvia" No. DOB, 10y John Donoghue: deco