The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-27
Mr.. SARGENT'S TRIUMPH.
LONDON TAKEN ny STORM Bf HIS
TWO LATEST PAINTINGS.
The Feature Of the Royal Academy Exhibit
tisa-Prtnce Of wales Seemingly Badly
Dressed In His Portrait By Orchardson
Peel Heirloom sale - Plays ut the Theatres.

Dressed In His Portrait BY Orchardson
Peel Heirloom Sale Plays ut the Theatres
LONDON, May i2.-There are several note
worthy points about this years exhibition al the
Royal Academy. In the first place. IT Is really on
The whole a collection Of better pictures thar
have been sho wn for some years. Stranger stu
critics admit this to be the fact. There are also
rather fewer pictures than usual, which ~ III
itssif an Improvement. Then again there II IN
the sculpture room a piece of work OF real dis
~tinction, Mr.. Brooks toni for Lord leighton.
which is TO be placed in ~, Paul's, But, OF
course, the most remarkable thing about the
ambition il the way in which two of Sargent
pictures dominate the whole collection. These
two pictures, the huge portrait group of Lady
Elcho, Mrs. Adeane and Mrs. Tenant The
Three Graces. " As the Prince of Wales stI led
u picture at the Academy banquet and the
little Venetian Interior, " have taken London
By storm. There is only one opinion a. to their
msrits. The outlook heads its first Academy
notice. A Sargent Show The Saturday Re-
v,sv deyotes the whole OF its first notice to
these two pictures. In fact. II would almost
seem that they make up the exhibition them
selves. As a sample Of the criticism passed On the
the large picture, take the following from the
Times, which is no more enthusiastic than the
rest Of the press, the public and the artists.
III the subject. even Independently of the
painting. must give the first place in the public
interest 10 Mr.. Orchardson's picture, there can
not be any doubt that the greatest performance
from the point of view OF pure art Is Mr. Sar-
gents astonishing group of portraits l?iD IN
deed, we should be Inclined to 20 further and I"
say that. in spite Of certain obvious faults Tins
II the greatest picture which has appeared Tor
many years on the walls of the Royal Academy.
Painting in obvious. If u~navowed, rivalry WIN
Cir Joshua and with Millais, Mr.. Sargent certain
" holds his own against The Three Ladies
Waldegrave' and easily surpasses Hearts are
Tnmps.' He has had a f~lrst-rate subject, and
has risen 10 the height Of II. The three dlStin-
guished daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. Percy WNnd-
ham, TO be painted on whatever scale he might
choose, and In splendid surroundings, oferedthe
the artist q chance which falls To few, but "A
chance Of which only one OF two in a generation
could take full advantage. The scene is a great
green drawing room, wherein are great magno-
las; on the wall r. Mr. Watts famous full-length
Of Mrs. Wyndham, painted there by a happy
fancy Of the artist, and suggesting a am Pres
ence OF benediCtion. In front Is a sofa drap"d
In white brocade; on this 10 the left sits Mrs.
-.
Adeane, bending forward Ar though IN act to
speak: in the centre Il the young Mrs .Tennan
and beyond Is Lady Elcho, half in profile. rest
ing on the back of the sofa, her hands lightly
clasped behind her. All the dresses are OF
radiant white. of richest. sheeniest satin. with
occasional interludes of gauHe, only "A heap of
soft green cushions makes a transition rs the
eve passes from the white to the green and shad-
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