The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-21
IN ART CIRCLES

IN ART CIRCLES
I'll. Richardson .issoccupying a tempo
rary studio in THE New York Life build
ing and is very busily engaged in paint
ing. AS a former; supervisor Of drawing,
Mr.. Richardson Is well known to- the pu-
pills of the public schools for period COW
ering at least decade. Since giving up
teaching for studio work, he has spent
most OF his time abroad studying and
sketching, and he has many portfolios Of
work recording his varied and interest
ing Impressions and observations. Many
of these are in water colors, although he
has given special attention. to work in
oils. .sg ~ 1zs $3.50 4-.sSSt SO Is
Some of the most picturesque and least.
known haunts of Europe have been care
fully studied by Mr.. Richardson, who has
travelled In a leisurely way that has en-
abled him to treat them under a. great
variety Of atmospheric conditions. He
has interpreted Etaples on@the English
channel, Venice. Pompei, Capri parts of
Sicily and byways of rural France in this
very interesting way, and has. an almost
inexhaustible8 stock of studies in compo-
sition and color schemes. ->: y. ID ~ 4.
While in his studies, especially the
water colors, Mr. Richardson shows his
ability in handling brilliant colors with
force and TRUTH his preference seems to
be for deep toned effects. He has In his
its simplicity and strength Of compost
ton, and it's accurate study Of values Kept
in a very low key. 80.
Since his last return from Europe Mr..
Richardson has spent several months in
New York Last summer he made trip
to Alaska, formerly favorite sketch
ing ground with him. and had an infor-
NAL exhibition of his sketches at the gov
eminent house. Later, he spent some
time in California. '"1 -
The first Minneapolis Photographic salon
will be held under the auspices OF the
Minneapolis Society Of Fine Arts of which
the Minneapolis Camera club is a part
Feb. 4 to 10. The place has not yet been
fully decided upon, but it will probably
be in the art gallery Of the public library.
| A large amount of high grade amateur
! work from all over the country is ex-
pected. All interested are invited to SUBJ
| NIT pictures, and. rules and blanks can
| be had Of G. F. Potter, Jr., 13, Seventh
street S. All pictures must be, lin by
| Jan. 49,.
| Regarding the current exhibition Of the
National Academy of Design in New York,
! the Sun notes that each exhibition of the
academy marks advance over its pre-
| decessor, a fact that it attributes In part
to an increasing liberality in hanging the
| work of outsiders. The. Sun also. takes
occasion to remark in this connection:
1T is not at this exhibition or~'at that
of the Society of American Artists, or,
indeed, at any aggregation of pictures in
| New York that an adeauateeid can be
obtained of the present ranking Of Amer:
| lean art. For that we must go to the eX-'
hibitions Of the Pennsylvania academy 1t
| is in fact, a matter for constant regret
that in the metropolis, whittier foreigners
| flock, there is never to be seen an exhl-
/ bition which gives substantial basis for
| ffoo 10i loaf roa Il
| fably for the work Of our painters.
! The honors this year have been awarded
as follows: Mrs. Thomas Brewster
Sewell secures the Thomas B. Clarke
| painted in the United States, by an Amer
lean citizen, without limit Of age. Her
| canvass large one-fs called THE Sa-:
| cred Hecatomb,' and represents a pro-.
cession of maidens with bulls coming
! through a forest. To Leonard Ochtman
goes the gold medal presented by George
Inness, Jr., in memory of his father. The
work is large, gray-toned stretch Of
country, seen early in the day and called
"Gray Morning. The three Hallgarten
prizes, respectively of $500. 5000 and $780,
go to H. M. Walcott, for his AT the
by their nurses; William Fair Kline,
''Leda and the Swan" the we'll known
story being told in a 4colorful way, and
l Belle Ravens, for her The Last Load, !"
showing a wagon being drawn along the
fields Academicians, it should be stated,
Clarke prizes.
Among the pictures that have been
picked out by the critics notable are
1.-THE Joyous Life" by Louis Loeb, a
figure composition showing a number of
I dancing maidens in a field; "On' the
Porch Charles c. Curran; a splendid still
life study of flowers and landscape, 1.-THE
Il Sheep Barns,'' Elliott Daingerfield: ale
gorical panels called ''Pittsburg," land
1.-The Builders Frederick Dana Marsh;
"a Woman of the Empire Walter: Nc
Even; "a Girl Of the Colonies, ~ Douglass
Sculler,'' Dyrson Burroughs; Fall Plow-
ing William H. Howe; "Holstein Cow
Carleton Virgins, and William, McGrath' s
"Sheep Pasture:'' Alexis Fournier is rep
resented by his latest salon picture Gre
puscle." There are number of notable
portraits, including that Of Albert Ryder
by J. Alden Weir: President Hadley. by
Frank Fowler; Emil Faur, by William
Chase, and Captain McDougall, by Car"
roll Beckwith. 49, -
There seems to he an almost continuous
list of notable art sales this month in
New York. The collection of 1928 paintings
owned by the late Mrs S. D. Warren OF
Boston was sold last week and brought
the largest average price of All extensive
collection sold since the w. II. Stewart
, sale five years ago. The average price
was s2,S15. in spite of the fact that
! the collection included number Of water
, colors and pictures by unknown artists
that went for little. T.. - ~. -
} The tiny "Shepherdess'' of J. F. Millet,
Okla inches, a representative but not a
remarkable specimen of his art. was
fought - over: by Roland Knoedler
and I. Montaignac, Of Paris, and
finally went to the former dealer for $23,
5O0 presumably. on an order from GUS
toner The Corot Landscape with Tree
brought $4,000. which was at least lib
eral, though the example was good one.
Another Corot, Paris Seen From St
Cloud also went.very well at S14,7OO, and
the larger Corot, 'Orpheus and Eurydce, .
not a great example, brought $21,50o.
The Boston Museum Of Fine Arts Sc
: ! cured the Gerome II lGrninence Grise, >
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