New-York tribune., 1901-01-13

"a enjoys good company. il may be added.
a. Sargent shows here unimportant but
., spirited and effective pastel of feminine
,esd. and there is much interest residing in Mr.
--,srett Shinn's street scenes, Mr. wenzeIrs be-
covered damsels. and Mr.. Joseph Lindon
r.,i+h's sketches Of sculptured ruins in Egypt
and Greece.
Figure compositions are not as frequent or as
satisfactory as one would like them TO be- The
nutch peasants Of Mr. Melchers, in his "Skat-
.-s make a picturesque pair. and they are
t.naled with art; Miss Antoinette Parsons has
aone creditable work in her souvenir of the
s.roe country "A Family of Dutch Fisher FOLK.
,hsre is atmosphere we'll rendered in Mr.. Has
..m's sunlit open air. impressionistic "Penel-
,,e" and 1eeting interest attaches to a dozen
cher canvases which, nevertheless excite IN
-. behoIder no desire TO dwell upon their very
,,o5est merits. In fact. aside from Mr. Homer,s
.Signal of Distress" and the one or two pict-
ures Ike Mr.. Reids Autumn" and Mr.. Alex
snder's study Of the same theme the exhibition
cannot claim 10 have much TO say about the
ambitious treatment Of figures in groups In
.his n Is fully characteristic Of the time Figure
..,rting I'm every exhibition of modern work is
a., 10 be less conspicuous than portraiture or
,.,dscape art. In the last mentioned category
there are a matter of course many good
bgrRe presented. cannot often
Gated American landscape painting is founded
or natural instincts and gifts. and il is rich in
,bs hest elements of the art There are no
great examples in this collection, but there is a
,ast quantity Of good work by H. W. Ranger
n. Bogert, F c. Bartlett, Brge Harrison
Albert Gihon. A. B. Davies. Arthur Hoeber
Finer schofeld, John Niemeyer. ]. H. Twacht-
man W A. Coffin and score of other Ameri-
cans with two clever things from the Canadian
". Morrice, and rather pallid but promising
nsinting by the Englishman, f. A Walton. 1t
NAV be noted in passing that while Mr.. Shannon
and Mr.. La Thangue both exhibit, neither Of
them is particularly successful, and the British
contingent as g whole is far less efficient than
!. v,ss a wear ago. Impressionism still plays its
mart here ana there among the landscape men.
Int. except in a few instances, more as an in
euence submitted to with discretion than as the
controlling force that it was not long since 1t
Is a matter for grateful comment that here. as
in practically every other miscellaneous exhibl-
ton Of the day, Monets principles are brought
nearer IN their proper place in the perspective
n ar. II is proved that. after ALL conservatism
Sc not incompatible with originality and fresh
treatment Of old truths. This collection is. in
tbe main conservative in tone. It is also full of
vitality Just because of these facts, because 1t
shows that an exhibition may be entertaining
without freakishness it is worth coming TO
Philadelphia to see. n -
PAN-AMERICAN FINE ARTS JURORS
The following list of jurors for the exhibition OF
fine arts at the Pan-American Exposition has JUST
been completed:
C,roup l Paintings in oil. water colors. pastel
and other recognized mediums; miniatures car
foons.-E H Blashheld, Hugh H; Breckenriegge' e
William NJ. Chase, R. Swain Clifford, EDWARD SIM
mons Frederick P Ninton, Charles y Iurner ,T aind
irving r Wiles Committee on Miniatures-NlI-
lam J. Baer and Isaac a. Joseph Group y
ScIIlpture including medals and cameos-D3nlel =
French Charles Crafty, Karl Bitter and A. Phlnls-
Ter Proctor. Group III. Drawings etchlngs. en- en-
cravings black and white monotone paintings
in oil or water color.-J. Carroll Beekwth, Kenyon
Cox Thure de Thustrup and Henry Wolf Group
" ArchitectIre.-Johr NJ. Carrere, Walter Cooh'
George Cary. August c. EsenWein' EaSeiSI 56 b'
George F. Shepley and J. Knox Taylor.
" A. Coffin is the Director OF Fine Arts at the
Exposition and is member of all the juries ana
committees Charles c. Curran is assistant di-