Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-01-25
lHG ACADEMY EXHIBITION.

10 describe the one hundred and first
exhibition of the Philadelphia Academy of
the Fine Arts with any degree Of justice TO
all the exhibitors would require stipend
GUS effort and reams of paper. The entire |
second floor is hung with the exhibition |
which, in former years, occupied only the |
northern galleries, and the catalogue |
numbers nearly one thousand canvases. |
When it is considered that every canvas |
is well worth while, like other exhibits |
Of wide scope, the visitor must single 1
out of the great variety what most |
pleases his own taste. Whistler, Sargent, |
Chase, whose works are always expected, |
are, as usual, well represented.
Despite the profusion, it is neverthe-
less a disappointment not 10 see one of
Richards superb marines; nor are there
any very large decorative canvases, such
is Abbey often sends There are, how
sycr, a host Of excellent and interesting
portraits Sargonts' portrait of Mrs.
Robert NJ. Matthias (nee Wertheimer) oo-
supies the place Of honor in Gallery +.
This is o dashing figure in a theatrical
nose, with black draperies done with
imazing skill against a dark background.
Perhaps stunning would be the term in
which 10 most accurately detcribe the
ady's appearance.
"Ihe Sisters" by William NJ. Chase, is
interesting for the exquisite fneness OF
lhc work. Far more lovely in its nat
ralness is the Chase portrait of Miss
Frances V. Earle, daughter Of George II.
Earle, Jr., of Philadelphia.
Alden Wier's "a Gentlewoman" shows
q face of such gentle sweetness that one
Fan stand long before it. Sergeant Ken
all has been most sympathetic in his
fcatment of "nhree Portraits" which are
hose of his wife and two children. The
lravo little lad in the white suit has not
been exceeded by anything which Cecilia
3eaux has done. A portrait OF Miss
3onux, done by John Lambert can be
seen In Gallery II, and in the same room
Is Mary Foote's portrait Of Frenerick Mac
Monnies
Howard Gardener Cushing shows three
canvascs. "rhe Black FAM "Woman in
White" and 'Woman in Pink Satin"
which are most attractive to the layman,
is they are portraits of beautiful
women, so presented as TO be appreciated
/ by the uninitiated
Some prominent men portrayed are
Dr. William Smith Forbes, done by
lhomas EalSins; Joseph HOLMAN, by
Julian Story; John w. Pepper by Adolph
Boric; Gen. Horace Porter, by William
Funk and the portraits of David s. Bisp-
ham as the Due de Longueville in la
liasocho" done by Herman Herkomer.
Several madonnas are present at this
/ years show. Mary Cassatt, as is her
custom, shows a "Aiother and Child,n by
Jar the best She has yet done. Quito dif-
ierent in treatment, and made into q
decorative picture, is the Mother and
Child" by Louise Cox. The mother and
child have appealingly sweet faces. One
of the details Of the picture is the
mothers velvet gown, with its graceful
soft folds, making lovely lights and
shadows. Elliott Daingerfeld shows
THE Story of the Madonna and "The
Holy Family" done with much reverence
and feeling
Gallery ! was appointed as almost a
listinct exhibition, containing works by
/ Whistler, Ihayer Iryon and Dewing,
nearly all loaned by Charles J.. Freer.
/ The three Whistlers are indescribably
charming, with blue as the all pervading
note. They are; "Ihe Little Blue and
Gold Girl "Nocturne, Blue and Silver,
/ BOgnor.' and "NOcturne, Blue and Silver.
]
! rhayer. Is a face of such beauty and
strength that it is well worth a great
deal of study. His "Capri" gives a most
wonderful effect of silence.
10 say there are scores of landscapes
spreads a mathematical tinge, but such is
The condition. Valuable for its virility
of drawing and execution is the "plough-
ing in Acadia" by lIoratio Walker; three
! pcrcherons forcing the hard soil 10 yield
% their strength is q characteristic sub
/ ect for Walker. Most surely TO be ad-
mired are Schodold's "Sand Dunes Near
| lclant' and a winter scene, "'lhe Della
| ware River" Allen B. Ialcott's early
| ApriN Is q fine study of big trees The
| Long Branch" of Winslow Homer dates
from the sixties. Grecinn bends, chignons
| and hoop skirts-such are the styles af-
ioctod hy the fair ones promenading the
| boardwalk
The blue sea and its cloudless sky are
| Childe Hassam's own. lie has probably
| never done anything more absolutely
beautiful than his two subjects of moss
| grown rocks skirting the sea, shown as
Summer Morning, Isle of Shoals, and
Rock Cliff Appledore." lie shows sew
cul other paintings. All the soft pinks
of the setting sun glow in Alexander
Harrison's "Breakers.'
"Fleur De Lysn is a most striking and
decorative use of this beautiful flower
with n woman's figure put in as a detail
amid the purple lights and shadows
Near this is another by Robert Reid, also
having splendid purple lights, called "Ihe
Brook
Edmund c. Tarbell has made an har-
monious grouping of subjects in his "Girl
Crocheting." which has caused much COM
ment. The "a Holland Lady, Of Carl
Nelcher is in the best style Of this much
admired Dutch artist. More Of Eliza.
beth Nourses peasant life appears in her
Happy Days a lowly, homely scene
where o mother holds one child while She
teaches another a bic of neodlowork
With the illustrators the general public
has a more intimate acquaintance. The
originals Of many magazine Illustrations
form an exhibit of themselves. Jessie Viii
cox Smith. MaXdeh Parrish. Elizabeth
Shippen Green. Charlotte Harding and
others are well represented. Miss Smiths
drawings for the ~Child's Garden OF
Verses must 40 least be- mentioned.
The prizes We're awarded at the pri.
vatc view The Temple gold medal Ia
Eugene p. Ullman. for his portrait of
l AfaIan1o Fisher. the W1ltnr linuincoff