The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-21
ARoUND re G~ALLERIEs.

mythical boulevard which 10 90 traverse
Philadelphia from the City Hall to Fair
mount Park. The old Pennsylvania Acad-
envy on North Broad street. Ii q venerable
building. but IL has outlived its useful
ness. Above all. II Ia not conspicuous for
good lighting. Even on a clear day Il 10
dull. particularly on the Broad street side.
The sooner tho EIkins-W idensr-JohnsOn
scheme goes through the botter. Then
under one vast roof will DO assembled vari-
ous requests: the WiIstach pictures. now
hanging In Memorial Hall. and the pictures,
many and rare, promised by John q. john !
son, Mr.. Elkins and Colonel P. A. B. Widener.
Our own Metropolitan Museum, II ramors
are not Ill founded, may then have to look
to it's pictorial laurels.
The eighth annual exhibition Of the Fell
lowship Of the Pennsylvania Academy.
which is just ending In Philadelphia, was
a c~ommendable showing though a little
lacking in novelty. Some men exhibited
work that was not new TO us, and a few
others. such as John Sloan, appeared to
much better advantage than in New York.
Mr.. Sloan. for example. while not present.
ing any work 30 quantity realistic as his
Dust Storm in Madison Square,, neverthe-
less surprised his admirers by his mastery
d~elineation Of a Girl and Etching Press. an
arrangement in gray, blue-greens and
browns, a strongly modelled figure leaning
against a press. There is Al air OF final
accomplishment about the picture hat is
gratifying to the inner eye. Mr.. Sloan,
who 10 versatile. has seldom revealed
such vigorous grasp OF his subject and such
feeling for tactile value His drawing OF
Robert Henri and his -Haymarket" are-both
tributes to his technical skill-the latter
depicts a well known Sixth avenue resort.
Some women in white are about to pass its
portals, over which the traditional Dante
warning might have been placed. A male
brute leers at one side. a bird of the night
looking for its prey. Very characteristic
his in conception and execution. Sloan
also shows a well considered portrait sketch.
Robert Henri's Laughing Child" is capital.
and ne has caught the lonely outdoor feel
ing OF the dunes in Holland. William
Glackens's Skating Rink" is a clever tran
scriptiOn, and Jerome Meyers has several OF
his studies of East Side life seemingly caught
on the wing. We liked Fred Wagner's
realistic steamer a-coaling, boats at dock
and dredge at work. also his -CObb's Creek.
which is sincerely felt.
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the great etcher reclining. eyes closed. but
like a sleeping panther. ready TO spring
to life il disturbed. with some biting phrase
on his tongue. Like a true Boldini, it is "A
brilliant bit Of work. Arthur B. Davies.
never without a touch Of the enigmatic and
fantastic, has several bits and "A Day of
Good Fortune" The Fantasy Of Mr.. Osnis
looks like a faded Monticello. Philip L.
Hale exhibits a study for decoration. torsos,
limbs, &c. full OF movement. Morris
Molarsky is all over the walls. He on
trives pretty color notes at times. but too
often his impasto is heavy and lifeless.
"Feasting Out OF Doors by II. Rittenberg.
suggests Renoir. as J. William Servers
Surf" is of the Robert Henri pattern.
Ernest Lawson's Children Coasting" has
been hung in New York. It easily puts
in the shade It's n~eighbors. We confess to
liking very much William Wallace Gill
christ's Nude Study a decorative large
canvas on which a lady has shed her even
! ing finery and is preparing for repose. The
scheme Of oolor is high, pinks and whites,
a black an sets on a pink one: the girl,
who is pretty. plaits her hair. The
movement is capitally expressed. the ao-
cessOries painted with a rich. refined brush.
The flesh tones are not SO enhancing;
nevertheless. Mr.. Gilchrist has made great
since the last exhibition. He has
gained in repose as well az facility.
Everybody stands before Elizabeth Jones'
Porch Miss Jones is a Breckenridge
pupil. She shows il in a certain prettiness
also in a dexterous handling of lighting
problems. A pleasant aneCdote full of ami
nation this. though a trihe marred by q
certain a~rtificiality in color. TIL William
VI. Chase landscape near by in its soDriety
is an object lesson in reality. II is not
pretty. but it is real; above all solidly painted
without any seeking after the sweetly deco
rative, Adolp Borie has talent. 50 has
Carroll Tyson. Mr.. Tyson is very promis-
ing. When he forgets Monet his Giverny
with its green scheme reflects that master
and sets up his own individuality as a
professional asset he will compass success.
His chief defect is a lack Of grasp in compo-
sition. He feels but does not invent. There
are a number OF clever. interesting sketches
by young women And young men. The
Younger generation no longer knocks al
the door: it kicks it in II the old folks are
imprudent enough to close il. The sculp'
ture by Isidore Konti. Giuseppe Donate
Efie Braddock and Charles Crafty wal
mainly im-pressionistic. a CHARACTERISED,
head by Crafty being m exception. Mr.
Crafty always interests. His is a sole
talent.
In the adjoining galleries the sixth an.
nual exhibition of miniatures was held by
the Pennsylvania Society Of Miniature Paint
ers. IL was a goodly showing in which
lovely woman demonstrated her superior
ity over her brethren in this genre. Never
theless William j.. Baer led the flock with hi
elaborate and highly chased art and exoti'
! ooloring. He sent in some subjects tina
might rave been Henners or Botticellb
en- microscope. For the rest. when yol
tired OF worries and the sketchy work o
the modern young people you would stroll
into the other galleries and look at tn
portrait Of the late Rudolph Hennig. tn,
violoncellist. by Thomas Eakins. one Of hi
most mastery efforts. or Childe Hassam
or Robert Vonnoh. or Joseph De Camp. o
the superb Twachtmann. q blue. vapor,
marine, or Carl Melchers. There is Millet
a shepherd driving homeward his herd il
a lonely plain; and there is a noble Courbet
a big tree playing solo On the canvas; an
one brilliant small Fortuny. But We lonl
for that new art gallery, which we hone b