The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-19
Pictures Exhibited Include Many by
Celebrities Average Of Ex-
cellence High.
Pictures for the School Competition
Will Be Selected This
Evening.

Tonight the members of the Society Of
Fine Arts will have an opportunity to
inspect the 200 pictures included in the
fourth annual exhibition Of the society.
They cannot fail to be gratihed with
the collection. for 1t not only contains
an unusual number Of celebrated pictures,
but Its average of excellence is very high.
Owing to the limited wall space Of the
gallery the walls are more crowded than
In. previous years and it has been neces-
sary to hang pictures nearer the "sky
line" than is agreeable to the feelings of
artists, but not higher than is common
in art exhibitions. The effect of the
long gallery is admira BILE and excellent
of the pictures,
The place of honor on the end wall has
been reserved for the Whistler group, all
of which will probably be hung in time
for the private view. Close to these hangs
the splendid portrait of Chase by Sargent.
This is a full-length Of the brilliant New
/ Yorker as he appears before his classes
to illustrate his artistic methods. The
painter has caught the alert air and dra-
| matte manner of his fellow craftsman
with amazing skill and has Swallowed
forth the character of the man with keen
analysis and much subtlety The work
has the mannerisms both Of the sitter and
! of the painter and both are exceedingly
| interesting. DR.. Chase has his palette
on his appraised arm and in the other
i 1l1Ilu 1ic HAS Ills UTuSL. LIE SllSilL lIOWIl,
4 eye glasses with a broad black ribbon
| and the white waistcoat will be recognized
/ as distinctive touches. An almost black
| background has been used with fine effect
| The picture has not only won the plaudtts
| Of the critics, but was awarded the gold
| medal of the Pennsylvania Academy of
| Fine Arts last year.
When they arrive group Of portraits
l by Mr.. Chase will hang near the Sargent
canvas.
Carnegie Prize Winner.
Other pictures enjoying the advantage
of good positions are Douglas Volks boy
With an Arrow" the Carnegie prize win
ner at the Society of American Artists
last spring; portraits by Hobert Henri
/ and Ullmann; END of the Day." by
George Inness, Jr,, and a group Of Chflde
Hassam pictures.
1 The Volk canvas is one of great in
terest and undoubtedly marks the highest
point reached by the former Minneapol-
itans art It is a rich symphony in sub
impressive both in it's firm and broad
drawing and its nobility of treatment. 1t
is a splendid embodiment of boyhood OF
the best type. The sturdy lad is in
sweater and knickerbocker that indicate
his healthy activity, but neither costume
nor the beautiful, rich landscape setting
are treated in a finicky, realistic way.
q e Ine lnneSS Picture.
I Charm of atmosphere, a beautiful n1ys-
terious glow constitute the most striking
quality Of the Inness picture, a circular
canvas showing a peasant shepherdess
surrounded by her sleeping flock as the
evening shades contend with the fading
twilight colors. Mr.. Hassam is well rep
resented by view the Plaza Centrale al
. Havana bathed in tropical sunlight, a
woman in Powered gown reading on the
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ly contrasting bare rocks and vegetation
i Walter Shirlow, who is exhibiting for
the first time in Minneapolis has a Dutch
genre Of much distinction. peasant woman
of quite new type guiding her fat COW.
The clothing is full of warm iharmonies
a and the composition of much interest, the
group Of quaint farm buildings being used
with fine effect Decorative qualities are
4 especially emphasized in his other picture
Of quartet of maidens in winding
street between high stone walls, over
which are revealed enchanting garden
glimpses.
Many Fine Portraits.
The exhibition will be strong in por.
J traits and figures and landscap art ap'
s pears to have suffered a little, altho there
: are several notable canvases, including
8 Birge Harrison's group of snow and fros
subjects; Gallison, a Weir. several. Yea
4 fields and others Grouse has an Indian
e subject admirably handled, and pleas
: ing genre, Fathers Return" Brya,
8 Burroughs presents fine pictorial aspec
of New York, 1.-THE River Front with al
imposing mass of high buildings en-
shrouded in gray mist as seen from acros
the river that forms a harmonizing blu
band across the picture, with typica
!. dock group of horse and driver in tn
foreground.
Pictures For Schools.
The pictures to be offered to the school
= for competition will be selected tonight
, They will be awarded to the schools OF tn
:, writer's of the best description of tn
! pictures offered to the different class 9
: buildings. There will be three awards
: one to the high schools, one to grad
i buildings of more than four rooms an
- one to four-room buildings and less. Tn
= exhibition will be opened to the publ
:. tomorrow afternoon.
!: !: THINGS FOR BOARD TO d.