New-York tribune., 1901-05-03
THE ACADEMY EXHIBITION
Mr.. sARGENTS PORTRAITS ITS RE
DEFINING FEATURE.
CANADA WELL REPRESENTED AT GLASGOW
THE BANQUET To THE NEW
YORK MERCHANTS

YORK MERCHANTS.
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london. May g. a. m.-The Royal Academy
contains two great and six minor Sargents and a
Sob lot Of ISIS miscellaneous works. including
vater coIors and architectural drawings. 1t is
mt a great Academy. but Mr.. Sargent redeems
q from the reproach of conventional mediocrity.
His most important work is the portrait of the
daughters Of Mr.. Wertheimer in which the two
Aeures one in dark red and the other in white
satin. are thrown into the foreground. while the
sir space in the room behind them is indicated
with marvellous technique. One has her arm
around the other, and is fairly carrying her
slong while so intense is the impression of
health and vitality that both seem TO be walking
opr Of the picture frame. Both are in evening
dress with arms perfectly modelled, and one
holds an opened fan, painted with amazing
6exterity The brushwork and technique OF this
nicture exceed in boldness anything Mr. Sargent
has recently done. The other great Sargent is
a half length portrait OF Mrs. Charles Russell
The face is not beautiful. but il is weird in its
exn-ession Of WEAKNESS. sadness and intensity of
lorging 1t will haunt the memories OF those
who see H. The face and figure are brought out
,r the BACKGROUND with a simplicity Of method
worthy of Velasquez and are lighted so as to
show feverish glow the cheeks and pallor
IN the neck and clenched hands. The white
costume with touches Of dull pink, is painted
with softness and refinement
The other Sargents are Mrs. Cazalet and two
children with red and black color scheme;
portrait group of Sir Charles Sitwell. wife and
three children. and portraits Of Professor BY
water. Sir Charles Tenant and c. s. Loch MI
Sargent also has unique sculptured crucifx
BENJAMIN Constants portrait Of Queen VIC
tor,a in the chair Of state in the House OF Lords
Is unreal. suggesting an interior painted with
theatrical effects of light and the sovereign
added as an afterthought. She never sat for it,
and the story is true that she found fault with
the quality Of the color blue in the scarf. and
sent the painter piece Of ribbon to let him
know how the historic Garter should be painted
Mr. Shannon has six portraits, including an
exquisite one Of his daughter. and a flower girl
with baby, which is the best work painted by
him in a long time.
Alra-Taderna has portrait and fine study
Of flower painting and Of the beauty Of marble
surfaces.
Edwin A. Abbey's knights Templars" is not
Of his best works. Alfred Parsons, Alfred
East and Mr. Waterlow have the best land
scapes Lucy Kemp Welch has spirited pict-
ure Lord Dundonald's Dash Into Ladysmith." o"
with the horses admirably painted. Two pict-
ures Of the funeral pageant Of the Queen at
Portsmouth and in the streets Of London are in
enective stenhope Forbes. Macbeth and Luke
FAdes are not at their best. and among the
veterans Frank Dicksee, William Q. orchardson
and even George F. Watts are below their level
onslOw Ford's memorial work for Manchester
is a warning to sculptors net to put Queen Vic
toria on a throne in the Mall
q, y has nphf IN 20
form in the House Of Commons last evening. He
made slashing attack on the government for
imposing tax on exported COAL and condemned
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach's finance as "slapdash
and slipshod. % The Chancellor Of the Exchequer
however ably defended himself, and he created
a great impression by quoting statistics to prove
that the coal owners last year obtained t29oOo'-
600 more profit than in 1887 on capital Of
41l0OOOO0O. After a duel between the Liberal
and Tory Chancellors, the debate lapsed into
mediocrity, and midnight it was adjourned
until Monday. The government was extremely
anxious TO obtain division last night but Mr.
Balfour was afraid to move closure. The result
Of the continuation of the debate viii be 10 post
pone the discussion Of the Kings Civil List, and
It is doubtful whether MI. Brodrick's army pro-
posals can be taken up next week
The stagnation OF business is beginning TO
cause considerab bic speculation in the House
10 tts effect on the programme OF the session.
As a result OF inquiries in various quarters, it
appears that the miners are not likely TO approve
unanimously the recommendation OF their lead
ers that they should indicate their disapproval
Of the coal tax by general strike.
The Glasgow Exhibition was opened by the
Princess Royal yesterday. with all sections ex-
cept the Russian in fair order. The dispatches
lay stress upon the fine display made by Can
ada, whose exhibit is well organized and COM
plete. The Art Gallery is the chief attraction Of
the international show.
Weingartner was the conductor at the London
Musical Festival yesterday. with Andrew Black
as the vocalist.
Sir Alexander Mackenzie opened the Royal
Institution with series Of three illustrated
lectures on the musical art of Sir Arthur
Sullivan
special audience for the Roman Catholic
delegation will be held at court to-day.
The banquet at which the London Chamber
OF Commerce will entertain the members of the
New-York Chamber OF Commerce will be held
az Grocers' Hall. London, on June ). Among
the guests will be Mr.. Jesup, president of the
AeW-York Chamber Of Commerce; Ex-Governor
Levi p Morton, General Horace Porter j. Pier
pont Morgan and Andrew Carnegie. J. n. f.