The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-05


striI>iuGIy Embodied on Canvas.
NEW YORK. jan. 5--Tbe seyeatE-siN,h
annual exhibition Of the National Aeade-
my of Design OPENED at the Fine Arts
Building. 10 West Firry-seTenth Street,
today and Will remain open un,i Feb
ruar: .
The Thomas B, Clarke prize Of $2oo for
The bcs- American figure composition has
been awarded this year to William Fair
Kline fer The Flight Into Egypt tEo-
- The julius Haugarlen prizes CT
500. $2eo. and 500 Gor The best three
pictures in oil painted in the United
States by American citizens under thirty
i've years of age hayc beer awarded =
follows. First prize to ". Elmer S-ho-
field for Winter Evening CNo- 221}.
second prize 10 Clara T. NcChesney for
- Good story Go 20 and third prize
to Matilda Browne for Response" no
AZ.
The Norman ". Dodge prize Of $500 for
The best picture painted in the United
States by q woman goes to Mary Theresa
EaTJ foT Portrait Study iNO. 3d. One
Of Inc figures IN this picture was painted
by Leti,ia b Hart This is the last year
/ The Dodge prize viii be awarded Il was
established in 1881
For The first time the Inness gold med
al, presented by George IHEess. il, IL
memory OF his father for the best land
scane in :he exhibition Is awarded The
recipient is Bruce Crance Cor The
Years Wane" 90. 237-j This Landscape.
by the WY. mas been bought b. Nr- IN
drew Carnegie.
Tie Academy exhibition this year IS
somewhat smaller than usual il the
whole however, while here are few
pictures OF conspicuous Importance. tae
average Of merit is higher In looking
about the galleries one Is impressed win
the lack CT novelty from year 10 yea
Mr.. EIice's The Flight Into Egypt
which received the Clarke prize. IS care
( fully painted picture that repaEs j153ee-
ton me Holy Family Is shown in 4
Suhd;scd lIGht IL the foreground, closely
grouped together
The Dodge prize picture Is q large can
ves - which TWO girls are shown There
wEs sGEse doubt As 70 whether the prize
should 20 10 this picture. no: through any
lack Of merit but because il was painted
in part h. Miss Le-itia Hart rs well as Dv
Miss Mary Theresa Hart. and Miss Le-it5a
Hart has already received the Dodge prize
Il vas finally decided. however thal IS
enc Of he figures had been painted en-
JireIy By Miss Mary Harl the committee
could with CTOgrieIy accord il ths prize
1 portrait OF an elder-E man with a
( ck=srfui smile. probably due 10 the prCE-
Unity OF & mig beer glass. i the subject Of
Miss AicChesEeys prize picture which sIe
calls \ Coed Story
NJ SchoGeld's Winter Evening. which
.ook he first EIallsartsu prize, IS q Uell-
chosen and vigorous WORK CZceIleE- lE col
or ard treatment A Wood Eyupa. By
III POtthast is an agreeable work al
though the pose may 10 criticised
somewhat conventional HOraJo Walker
. '-PioEiEg-The First Clean occupies the
position Of honor on the north wall II
IS enc Of the strongest pictures IN the eZ-
/ Hi5itiCD. Efr. Cranes The Years Eaue.
which was awarded the Iraees medal
shows desOlate stretch OF pasture lad
. the edge OF some woods II the fore
ground there IS a little bunch OF burning
logs. from which the smoke IS laZi-y cur
{ Ing Juliet Thompson. o. Washington had
entered Tor TIE Dodge prize Virginia
ard "PC-tia. both excellent heads aud
portrait. J. d. ChalfalI Of Delaware, *
/ hi5its Music HATH Charms q pleasing
composition
Ore OF the best landscapes IS Bolton
shown II The foreground. and N the mid
ole distance 4 CIump OF trees ~ The
/ brooks edge there IS = patch OF green
grass, which contrasts wildly with the
white mantle Of snow The effect IS strIa-
inEly true 10 nature
Charles g. Curran also has small
but excellent picture in this gallery. II
IS called Red Roses = bright-faeod
pretty girl l. shown grasDins in each
hand . bunch Of roses The pose IS
happy one. and the general effect pleas
5uE Mss Matilda Brownies "RepGse"
is = E-2cnlight scene, with cattle IN she
fo-eE=yund-
Vanderbilt CELERY from It's size ana the
su5ect. - thomas MoTan's The ~aos-
z-s rails O. Snake River idaho
Maid of tie Hills" by J. c. Broan- viiI
be pleasant surprise TO The artists
friends. VINO. however enthusiastic they
nay be over his neWsD0ys and bOorbIa9ks.
are more than pleased 10 see something
different from his brush occasionally
In ms picture a sun-5urned little couu-
try girl barefoot and smiling. Is de-
picteI
George Inness. jr-- has rather sketh-
chg landscape called From Ny Studio
Window Near by - particularly
pleasing landscape by Gustav Weigaud
called After SEndOwu-SulliEau County
Among ~ sculptures 2 bust OF J. Q
\ Ward by { n EiehaUs and tgra
statues. by Daniel Chester French. for
the Hunt Memorial attract attention
Hcr.s-y- miller A. Orchard ea.rt-sc.-,
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