New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-16

49,. -,ar,et Gay at seaside town in Normandy
,r.s Mary Dickson. Of ST. Louis, has pleasing
-, n a woman in Ponpeiian red in deep
.,.,gnt seated at table with flowers. Peter
--..~,s First Snowfall at Nemours" is well
-.-.-osad. Abbott Graves's interior OF a Dutch
ss-,house with en- invalid reclining on a bed
:. .,;l Of promise Miss Ellen Thompson's
:, ,,,Ie SISTER" a woman holding child IN her
-,,s while a girl looks on with glee tinged with
.esiousy IS pleasing in color. Miss Elizabeth
- Elton's four little Dutch girls with wooden
-,,as and white bonnets, standing In a row in
sagesblv paved courtyard. is somewhat stiff and
IA hut IS effective in color. Henry Hubbelrs
cola Cabn1an," standing. whip in hand. 'in his
,h,rtsleeves' and glazed hat is a vigorously
t-,sbed study: so also is HubbeIIs old woman
-a,,sbing her brass kettles. Edward Fulde's
.t,or,A Sweet Home" a cottage interior IS sug-
..s.,va Of his master, Joseph Bail. The young
q, standing full length, with a green bag in
e. hand. by Lee Green Richards, is a captivat-
d. Vhstle-ian inspiration; also Is the
.a-,ent portrait by Frederick Du Mond, Of New
,-o-, Of hts grandfather with grandson in
a, arms. Miss Marietta Cotton exhibits a well
designed portrait Of Mrs. Leslie Cotton. and
,..-rss Nuller. OF Cincinnati has a portrait OF
,,o,nq woman Aston knights view of the
--,t,e ~ the Chateau Gaillard. the Seine. near
~. andelys IN Normandy. is excellent. con-
.c,sntiouslv composed work. likely 10 secure one
~ the salon medals.
A nortrait OF Mr.. Henry Vignaud, Charge
S..na,res o. the United States Embassy in
paris painted by Seymour Thomas, OF New
orleans holds its own with any portrait in the
ea,o- There Is concentrated strength OF char
.ctar and discernment IN the face, and besides
being strikingly truthful likeness It is pict-
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conscientious work. and the artist has thor
opebIv studied his model. who seated In his
study at a writing table, with his right hand
,tts from the floor a ponderous leather covered
volume Of manuscripts. doubtless relating TO
rroscaneui the Portuguese Ambassador who
erst suggested the direct transatlantic route TO
India while on the table is q bronze ststuette
OF Columbus
The portrait by Du Gardler, young and rising
nsinter. Of a young woman in white, modestly
raising her skirts from the wet sands Of the
beach while the grayish blue sea with white
yachts forms q delicious setting. is considered
one OF the finest portraits In the salon. which
contains nasterful works by Bonnat, Patriot,
Fleming Humbert. Frederique Vallet-Bisson,
Honore Umbricht, Anne MOrot. Lauth, Richard
Hall, Paul Chabas. TriQuet and Ridel. II Is
interesting TO note another prominently good
portrait Of a woman in pink by Ernest Laurent.
a young Prix de Rome painter. which elicits the
highest praise from the French critics. There is
an excellent portrait by Paul Leroy OF Mrs.
Ballay. formerly Miss Knoedler, OF New-York.
with her little girl at her side. There clever
portraits by Lawton Parker. Henry Save. Miss
Kumpke, Hubert vos Richard Tweedy and
Miss Madeleine Smith.
George Hitchcock's Flight into Egypt"-the
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way through the loose white desert sands here
and there frightened by blue and green shrubs
IS delicate bit OF sentiment and color. Hitch
cocks picture Of two pretty women seated. ex-
changing condolences, in a tulip garden in the
zenith Of the flower season, is full OF
warmth and glow. There is charm and fasci-
nation in Charles Sprague Pearce's little peasant
girl standing alone in desolate sand waste OF
Holland holding brass kettle IN her hand.
Frederick Bridgman's highly colored picture OF
the "Caballero en- Plaza Portuguese horse-
man spearing a bull according to the rules OF
the ring as practised at LLsbon-is full OF rre
movement and vigor.
The American picture that ELECTS the highest
praise from the French critics this year is the
large dark toned work by Richard Miller, OF
ST. Louis. who, in a style suggestive partly OF
Lucien Simon and partly OF Whistler, presents
US with two venerable women IN black slipping
their evening tea; one OF the women is seated
and the other is standing beside cupboard
upon which are teapots and porcelain. II is a
well thought out masterful work. picture OF
great brilliancy Of color and OF holiness in out
line IS the village priest OF Giverny IN full gold
laced canonical robes. attended by couple Of
scarlet gowned chorister boys. The figures are
standing in front OF the altar, facing the specta-
tor. This clever and striking canvas is painted by
Frederick MacMonnies, of Brooklyn, who seems
to have definitely abandoned sculpture for
painting. CfB