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

buree, Ochttnan, waugh Lehhe lhoulpeob
Kendall his 'Narcissa, > q chubby darling
shown in NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Turous and
Harry Watrous--Who has made ~ St up
with A Cup Of Tea, a Cigarette and She.
II Ia a vivadous silhouette OF . pretty
slender girl at a table. Chic 10 the best
word 10 describe the cleverness and dash
Of the ~unpretenHous picture. Tho fiat
decorative background is happily con
thved. To be sure, there is not much air
circulating In the room; possibly the pert
miss needs II all for her 'cohin nail Miss
Wharton" 10 by the late John Lambert,
whose regrettable death cut Oh IN 10 prlme
a genuine talent. This portrait represents
a Philadelphia lady, a fine feur, standing
in an enforced pose. The accessories are
unobtruavely painted. There lie an atmos-
phere Of refinement. Paul COrnoyer's
House on the Hill is in this gallery, SO
is W. L. Lathrop's poetic Twilight A
young chap, Antonio Bafone, a pupil Of
Mora, displays promise In the head Of an
Italian girl. Need no cay that Sweet
hearts by W. T. Smedley, is very much
admired2 The children Of his last winters
group are again, and successfully, utilized.
Frank Vincent Dumond's South Wind,
Paul Kings -Evening'-oi course II hap
psned In Ratwijk-a fresh canvas, 'Boule-
ward Montparnasse, by d, Putnam
Brinley; a capital view OF Brooklyn Bridge
in a snowstorm by Everett l.. Warner,
Koopman's Village Circus. Jerome Myers's
BY the Rivers Breath'--shown at Mac
beth's-are all worth looking at, After the
Snowfall, by Jonas Lie. is a snow covered
tree. Il is we'll done, but must yield in
attraction when compared 10 the same
painters THE Heart Of the Woods which
is one Of the most individual pictures In the
exhibition. That pool, a black one over
which the ice Is beginning 10 form, demon
strates a shrewd eye. The atmosphere Of
snowy loneliness is emphasized by a CLEAN
Of light at the top Of the tree crowded hill.
Mr., Lie has given us something new this
time.
The wall upon which he is hung 10 the
anarchical one Of the show. II will shock.
II will scandalize. But no one will pass II
indiferently. To our surprise we found Il
to be the magnet OF the galleries, The
North River, by George Bellows, 10 alone
worth a trip to West Fifty-seventh street.
II is the best landscape this young man
has yet shown to the public. A bleak
aspect, yet enthralling. The Ice and snow.
the putting tug. a locomotive In the fore
ground, and the waters, wildly vital, the
cliffs across the river, are portrayed with
vigorous skill. Mr.. Bellows's paint Is as
yet not too attractive. He Is more con
cerned with realistic surfaces. That sketch
Of his a Knockout In the present
exhibition - proved his ability for selling
rapid movement and pinning 1t down 70
paper. He studies common life, also the
spontaneous and natural. Those Forty
two Kids"-which stirred up West Phila-
'delphia and Germantown last winter
ought TO movcthe heart OF a grumpy school,
master. They are caught in the act, these
boys, in forty-two different attitudes Of
youthful nudes, and rendered withnervous
intensity. Tho humor, the humanity OF
that old wooden staging and is freight
r e'unmistakable. A man who has such
power in his elbow ought not to stop at
the elbow.
John Sloan's forthright portrait Of a man,
the Hon. ". s. Walsh, poet, critic, philOso-
pher, il thus far his most virile offering.
Very broad, not in the least flatterlng (Mr.
Walsh might sue for libel with a fair pros-
pect Of success), II ia nevertheless excellent
psychology and very muscular painting.
His -Haymarket' has been described be-
fore. Children Coasting in the Park ia
a ifelike, animated, merry W. by the
popular and we'll known illustrator May
Wilson Preston. Rockwell Kent's rugged
Evening Of a Northwes 8 Day lie we'll hung,
II too is an old acquaintance, as are Music
Lovers by Petersen. and Sunday Morn.
ing by Myers. Ivanowsh's Blue Vase
is the portrait Of a lady, subdued In lie tonal
scheme. Near il is Robert David Gauley's
head Of Charles Battell LOOMS, the cele-
brated explorer Of the wilds Of Donegal,
Tipperary and Cork's coast. We uttered
hallelujahs before this picture last winter,
Chase's portrait. Nv. j. Curtis" is this
master at his most robust, Henry A,
Ferguson is intimate in his Road Through
the Woods
The Vanderbilt gallery Ia we'll Allied,
Hugo Ballin's Under the Pergola," Groll's
Enchanted Mesa" "a dramatic landscape
Cimiotti's ~-Barnyard,' Sewell's Tired
B~acohanals,' o group Of nude anti-suffra-
gettes; Shannon's portrait OF Mrs. INTER
myer, Cockroft's Breezy Day. fre6h and
interesting; Thomas Eakin's admirable
portrait OF his fath~er-in-law, Mr.. Nc
Dowell; Boskerck's River LONG" Free
mar Clarke vigorous Climbers and +.
de Ravens large picture, September After
noon'-we exclaimed 'Cimiottil' whom
first we saw Il across the room are in the
list. Ben Fosters Might attracts, aud
John La Farge's Wolf Tamer"-owned by
the st, Louis Museum Of Fine Arts still
thrills the nerves and the Imagination
For a time it worked its grim spell at the
Montross Gallery. J.Alden Weir's1 Laurel
is one Of his exquisite essays In flower life.
His Ballet Girl Is also here. Not the girl
but her bodice with its jewelled fires rivets
your gaze. j. B. Dsvol's The Drift sug-
gests the Neo-Hudson Ink and Midnight
school. Before Sunrise by D. W. Tryon,
with its tremulous Corot-like trees. and
J. ". AlczcnAcT's brilliant Study IL Bla5a.
and Green" are on this wall. The nude
Of Lillian 0enth, named The Lark re.
veals science aud a sense Of beauty. She
is very graceful. this dream creature Of the
dawn, with the lengthy legs. Woodbury.
Blue Wave does not drive away memo
rles Of Courbet's marine bearing the same
title,
A magnihcently decorative frame occu.
MIA tho nIaca ~ hnnnr Abbott Tbayar