The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-10-27
A NOTABLE
DISPLAY OF
PAINTINGS

The annual fall exhibition OF paintings
OF Americas foremost artists was for
mally opened at the Rhode Island School
OF Design last evening. reception being
held in recognition OF the occasion.
No event I'm local art circles is so inn
portant as Is this yearly display OF the
representative work of the American
masters OF portraiture, landscape ana
marine paindng and IL forms most
auspicious opening for the busy winter
season here.
The exhibition is made possible each
year through the selection from the
pictures submitted Of one or more paint
ings 10 be purchased with the income OF
the Jesse Ntetcalf fund for the adorn-
ment OF the galleries at the school.
The American artists respond readily
to the inducement thus offered and the
resulting collection of pictures, besides
showing the progress and development or
the American school. serves as power
full and telling stimulus to the artists and
art lovers OF this city.
In contrast with the memorable ex-
hibition of "A year ago. figure studies pre-
dominate in tie present, collection, the
canvases being generally larger and more
important.
The distribution of the many pictures
main gallery has been most tasteful!y
made by the gentlemen of the hanging
committee. Messrs. Sydney Burleigh and
Stacy Tolman. Every canvas IL displayed
to the best advantage and the effect OF
the exhibition as a whole Is quite pleasing
All the leading associations OF American
artists are represented at the exhibition
and the general impression is that the
display Is most inclusive in scope, cover
IN. ri, Hald Nf Inf In W
American artists venture.
Space will not permit OF even brief COM
ment upon the more notable pictures
shown. Among the more important paint
ings are John w. A exander's THE Blue
Bowl" Frank w. Benson'- Calm Morn
ing " william NJ Chase's I'm the studio"
Edmund c. Tarbelrs Portrait OF Girl"
Childe Hassams washington Bridge"
n. v: r. Swain Giford's The South
Shore" and "old Cedar Tree Pasture"
Mary Cassatt's ia Sorti du Balm
Henry o. walkers Autumn" Horatio
Walkers "A Canadian Pastoral and
Charles Warren Eaton's Canal at
Bruges' and "The Golden Hour"
other exhibitors are Wipslow Homer.
who Is represented by Boys In Dory:"
Robert Henri. who Is represented by
Sands Cape" and Portrait" Stephen
Parrish. who sends a Sunset" Charles
IT, Woodbury., who sends "A Seventeenth
Century Boat" Charles Warren Eaton.
whose Canal nj Bruges" is exceedingly
decorative: VIII s Robinson. who IL rep.
resented by "The Pond" and Among the
Hills:" Jerome Myers. WHOSE Evening on
the East side" New York Is an adnisa-
hle study or the foreign quarter; williav1
Sartain who is represented by tn
Meadow Cloudy Day" VALLEY of the
rIackenrack' and "Hackensack Marches"
Henry v. Shell. who sends "An English
Channel Fisherman J Francis Murphy,
who sends "A Sunny Hill." William T..
Tathrop. who sends a canvas. Fodder
Stacks" william ". Howe. who sends.
Fall Ploughing. Lyme. Conn.," Carle-
ton Virgins. who Is represented by the
END Of Day" and Arthur n. Davies Pen
Fosler. Mrs G. r. Conan and Charles
Webster Hawthorne.
The exhibition will remain open daily
until Nov Il. and the public are cordial
y invited.