The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-21

Beaua portrait Of Mrs, Q. A. MOfSs 10 very
aahsiyfne. Miss Beau1s touch u lnaaca.
line. Elmer SchOheld's winter In hcardy.
Is erUsn and broad; j. J. shannon's head 81
the former Miss Untermyer is OF an eA'
oeednE charm-not alone because Of us
textures. Content Johnson's talented End
Of the Days Work shown earlier in the
season; Qauley's beautiful woman-sonne
stunning painting Of fabrics in this; Inc
Old Colonial House. by r. III. Nisoet,
which naturally enough suggests Willard
Metcalf's prize painting Of a moonlit colon
ial mansion up In Connecticut somewhere
Lillian Genth's Summer Hours lsold(i
Fromks's sketch Of 'Carlot,a Nillsen Pei
Kotto's sWatteau Gown; Horatjo Walkers
sWoodcuttsu," Colin Campbell CooPers
sAbbeyille Church. and contributions by
Ballard Williams, II. W. Ranger. Y. n. Pott-
| hast, Clinton Balmer Balm, ". W. OF
christ. Jr., ". II, Hppincott, Charles Mel.
Vile Dewey, Charlotte B. Conan must
end our recital.
Il il easy 10 dispose OF the sculpture
With the exception Of basreliefs by SAINT
Gaudens, a young man named Chester
Beach walks with the popular interest
His work. praised by us last winter. SHOWS
marked Improvement. The World HUI
mainly influenced a. Il IL by hodin' sivee
10 In theme something 70 think about. Nhlie
lie grasp Of a dlficllt plastic problem Is
RratiiyinRly firm. His Young Nymph
holds the spot Of honor. It is the well
accented ao,,re Of A supple girl. Amongth
little things, An 0utoastr by Albert Laessle
il full Of humor and character. j. Scott
Hartley's wrestling figures express motion
and violent stress with his accustomed arr
The robust female that Charles Grany calls
sMaidenhood' wal exhibited in Philadel-
phia, where her strongly modelled lnes-a
Zorp IN metal-were much discussed
Hartley's SUN Dial 10 quaint. Among the
portrait busts there Is one In marble Dy
Attillo PioCirilli Of the Rev. DR., Henry
Brann, the erudite rector Of ST. Agnes's..
1t IA rather smooth a. TO surfaces accentual
effects are missing; but the likeness Is there
the expresSion thoughtful, DR.. Braun, tue
ascetic scholarly opponent Of Goodwin
Smith, Ia shown, not Father Brann over
flowing with Celtic humor. But can an
Italian interpret an lrishman1
In the middle room we overheard the
following conversation Of two venerable
painter philosophers. Said n
Its shocking, the show, this year, isn't
II, John7"
Thee 10 right, William; but l recall ten
years before the war, when l shocked them
too. with my still life, The Mock Turtle.
The critics said that the turtle wasn't
solid enough
Hollow mockery, interrupted his irleno.
And | couldn't help thinking az look
about me to-day, at the shiny, glary work
Of these young chaps. that art, that lie
itself, aheml are only mock turtle. some
day. not 80 man years hence, the pictures
OF these youngsters will also be called
by the public and critics, Mock turtle,
Both old cronies lin unisonl: "Mock
turtlei Mock turtlel' They hobble away
as Harry Watrous collapses.
And now we must acknowledge a debt
Of gratitude 10 the organizer OF the new
regime. to the strike breaker, in a word to
Mr.. Harrison Morris, who after helping to
make the exhibitions at the Pennsylvania
Academy OF Fine Arts In Philadelphia a
source OF envy-and wonder FAR and vide,
has, at the very first shot fired In his New
York campaign against official dulness
and routine, hit the bullseye. The Spring
Academy Ia by popular vote the most brill
liant and interesting in wears.