The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-18
More Notes on FRI
al Pan.HmeriCan


| THERE ARE many pictures in the
Pan-American Art Gallery which
would not probably stand the test
| of propriety as prescribed by the Bos-
ton library. The nude subjects are
numerous and they range from the
vague blush poster called THE Spirit
of Niagara" by Mrs. Cary. of Buffalo,
to the frank "altogethers" by Sewell.
Lucas and Julius T. Stewart. The last
| named artist has a collection of small
| paintings in Gallery ID, which are Won
dertul in their way. The excuse for
their existence is that they are studies
| of reflected sunlight. Some critics say
| the artist needs no excuse for creating
such pictures, but there are others who
! express themselves as uncomprOmisng-
| ly shocked. As an example of the lat
! ter variety might be mentioned a bride
| who, with her fond young husband, sud
| denly came face to face with the group,
| near the corner Of this room. For an
| instant she gaZed like one paralyzed,
| and then, grasping the arm of her lord
| and master with a fierCenCss that made
! him vince, she exclaimed: Come right
| away from here, Andrew, at once. /
never expected to see the day when you
| would bring me to such a place as this.
| want to go home tonight" And An
| drew walked away as meekly and in al
much confusion of countenance as if he
| had been the painter of the guilty pic
| lures. It is probable that because of
| the mysterious VaCareS of the mind
| feminine, he was held as much account
able by his wife for their presence there
| aS If they had been created by his fin
| gers. There is no doubt at all that
| Andrew" had a bad quarter of an
| hour and that he had reason to thank
his stars that he had chosen market
| gardening for calling instead of art.
Mr.. Stewards pictures are a little
startling. They represent a pretty wo-
| man in various poses and Colors
| Sometimes she is in garden of pop
pies, and again she is beneath the trees
in forest while in nearly every case
| her fair body, chameleon-like takes on
curious hues from the reflected light.
| In one picture she holds a mantle of
green high over her head and here she
| is a lavender lady. In another study
she crouches beneath a red veil, whose
warmth of color sheds rosy radiance
over her satin-whte skin. The paint
| ing is beautifully done, but the effects
! "A' vi NolHlS lllOSN SNll minis
o
i. 4. Bridgeman has some character
| istic pictures in this room. They are
oriental in composition and wonderful
in detail. one, The Girl of El-Kan-
tara, Algiers," is something likely to be
| remembered. Just above this group is
the splendid creation of Louis Loeb's
genius, Temple of the Winds Sunset"
| Tho hpantifn1 40 ,,.i,,
! summit are enhancing indeed, and the
atmospheric effects are truly marvel
| Gus.
Among the American women who
| have painted much and exceedingly
well is Miss Clare MacChesney. Her
water-colors especially have attracted
! great attention. She has two paintings
! in oil on exhibition. One is a superb
| study of an old man and is entitled
| "a Good story" The other is a still
| life of the homely and odoriferous, but
| useful onion. 1t is in Room ID, very
| near one of Ridgeway knights beau
| tiful landscapes, The Brimming RiY-
| er."
| An interesting picture on the same
| wall is a portrait of a boy, curled up
| in "A big chair reading. 1t is aptly
called "Once Upon Time" The art
ist is Caroline Peart, of Philadelphia.
Ida Waugh also has fine portrait
| hung in this room, and Edward Duff
ner, who is now i'm Paris, is represent
| ed by two charming pictures, one of
which, In the studio" is EXCEPTIONAL
| ~ good,
Gallery l. is distinctive for many
reasons but chief of all for the cele.
| brated Daingerfield Madonna, which is
| owned by KlaCkner, of New York, and
has been reproduced so eXquisitely.
| Every one is familiar with this photo-
| gravure, known as "rhe Child of Mary"
] the lovely face of the Mother young
| sweetly, gracious and withal full of
| tender sympathy, the Child standing
erect, encircled by her arm. Yet no
one can gain an adequate idea of the
wonderful picture by even the most
faithful reprints. 1t occupies a cor
ner in one of the larger galleries and
really hlls the vast room with its un-