The sun., 1908-12-22


has Mr.. Rosen shown uS snything new.
Mr., Davis's landscape 10 very Davis. 30
is Mr.. Groll's. The Woodbury. "Bathers'
IL a color note. "At Work, by Hubert.
10 vermeer traversed by Tarbell. We
liked Wilhelm Funk's portrait sketch OF
himself. II was first shown at Knoed-
ler's. 1t 10 simple. broad and not too
hatterinE. The portrait group Of Cecilia
Beaux reveals two children poised on
wooden legs. the textures Of their starohed
dresses well brushed In. Jerome Myers
has seldom succeeded as he has In his
wharf at Sunset" II is an evocation,
particularly the swirling glory OF the
clouds. The Hawthorne contributions
are both excellent. and to Hilda Belcher
must be awarded the medal OF praise
ibetter than the official leather medaD for
her boy. Red Mitts' Truly q direct bit
Of paint; the doubled up feet and the ex-
preston on the wizened face are testi-
mony to Miss Belcher's power OF observ-
ing justly and rendering admirably
The picture Of H. NJ. Walcott. while
not 70 fascinating as his roomful Of young
dancers OF several seasons ago. ID worth
wilderness of academic anecdotes. II
is called the Rising 2ide. and though the
color scheme is rather dry and unearthly
there 10 no mistaking the vitality OF the
leaping. romping children as they cross
the sand.
Paul Cornoyers "Hasy Morning in the
centre gallery has been sold. Sergeant
Kendalls Little Mischief" is much ad-
mired by amateurs Of children. II does
not hold its own in comparison with
other portraits OF this child-though it
won the Isidor medal. Charlotte Co
mans dim green Happy Valley is wei
come and Joseph Pennells small 'Etrus-
can Gate must be admired. The white
Tide Of Paul Dougherty is virile and Ar
thur Parton's "Moonrise' replete with del
ioate IL antiquatedfancy. Abbott Thayer's
young Girl is in different key from his
accustomed marmoreal style. We mar
yelled before Kenyon Cox's broad. fow-
ing, luminous. impressionistic. psyohical,
sympathetic Portrait He can give Mrs.
Louise Cox cards and spades in drawing,
but she can paint picture, agreeable in
color, loose in handling and Of vital inter-
est The two family portraits by Pollak
are sincere and Mr.. Ballin's Hope is, we
hope, not lost hope. Any one looking al
Colin Cooper Campbells Main Street
Bridge in Rochester would fancy some
back bay in Bruges or Hamburg or Havre.
1t is very Old World and strongly pre-
sented. Howard Russell Buffers Sum
mer Breeze is a Frank Benson motive.
cleverly but specifically handled.
In the Riding Circle the sculpture
makes a brave little show. Many Of
the pieces. large and small. were at the
Baltimore exhibition last spring and their
merits duly recorded in THE SUM- To Rob-
ert l. Aitkin was given the Helen Foster
Barnett prize Of 500 for tho best example
OF sculpture. His Mrs. Henry Blossom
is charming, his David Warfie.d even
more pathetically sentimental than that
extremely sentimental actor, Herbert
Adams's fine patrician portrait OF lady
lin plaster). Paul Bartlett's finely modelled
torso Of young woman, Chester Beach's
portraits. and that waterfall. 30 charming:
Edith Woodman Burroughss thoughtful
head OF John La Fargo. with its excellent
likeness and sensitive and suggestive
hand; j. Scott Hartley's brilliant por-
trait Of Otis Skinner in character Of Col.
Philippe Briddu; several Of Sergeant
Kendairs heads-he has a smooth. supple
touch as sculptor; Bella Pratt's interest
ing work; the delightful ceramics Of f. G.
r. Roth's colored pigs and wonderfully
executed hippopotamus; Miss Eberle.
Janet Scudder. Furio Piccirilli, Alfred
Seligmans "Lion and Snake which he
showed at the Arts Cub. and Enid
Yande.rs bronze bust of DR.. W. T. Bull
these and many other works are scat
tered agreeab,y over tho ga lery Miss
Yandells portrait OF DIR. Bull is largely
conceived. though not fuently modelled;
a capital resemblance. The sculptors Of
monumental forms, Karl Bitter. Daniel C.
French. with the Melvin Memorial Monu-
ment VICTORY; August Lutherman, rep
resented by O group for Soldiers Monu-
ment. Somerville, Mass. and j. @. A.
Ward proved welcome. There are med
ais and portraits by Victor Brenner,
and the Primitive Marksman," ex-
hibited at Tinany's. by Miranda; also
portraits by Flanagan. Quinn. Kitson,
Richard +, George (the Memorial Tablet,
William Lloyd Garrison). Louise Eyre's !
figure Of Mary Ballard we admired, we |
believe, at the Pennsylvania Academy. |
Some Of NJ NJ. Young's statuettes show |
the influence Of Meunier. yet are none |
the less excellent. dorado Taft's big
group 'The Blind, with its Maeteriinckian
atmosphere. we described when seen at
the Baltimore exhibition. 1t is not so
vel placed here.