Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-26
RIOT OF ATTRACTIONS
Displays in the Art Galleries of
New York.
SEASON NEARS ITS CLOSE
Remarkable Exhibition of the Zulo.
aga Paintings.
WORK SUGGESTIVE OF OTHERS
Portrays Those Characters He Best
Knew-Other Interesting
Collections.
WORK SUGGESTIVE OF OTHERS
pecial Correspondence Of The Star.


NSW YORK. March -. 1893
The art season is supposedly drawing to
close. but no indication is given of
diminished interest or activity. Indeed,
there seems to be fairly a riot of attrac-
lions. and one not Injured to picture seeing
might we'll become bewildered at the ex-
tent as we'll as variety of the display.
The Sorolla paintings, with their daz-
cling sunshine. their. amazing witchery.
have gone, to be sure, but in their stead
the works. of another modern Spanish
master Ignacio Zuloaga, are to be seen
at the Hispanic Society's Museum. From
the standpoint of nationalism these are no
less interesting than the Sorolla can
vases which literally took New York by
, storm, visitors going in such crowds the
last day that the line of. those waiting for
admission after the gallery was filled ex-
| tended block. But the Zuloaga pictures
are of a very different type, and if one
wishes to keenly enjoy them one must be
prepared to lay aside prejudices and enter
| into the artists vision. Old formulas, set
| phrases. accustomed viewpoints. must all
! be dscarded-or may as we'll be. for they
are utterly useless in the presence of this
| new old art. For while Zuloaga is to an
extent daring innovator, he harks back
| to tradition with remarkable fervor. so
! that while his canvases breathe forth the
spirit of modernity they also suggest a
past rooted in antiquity. Few, very few.
shown in America. and yet to those who
have kept in touch with current exhibit
| tons they do not seem unknown.
why these are like the works of Rob-
fidence. and then almost instantly doubt
ing add. no, of Mauet-no, Goya-no,
Velesquez." only to determine eventually
| that they are unlike all.
Paints Characters He Knows Best.
| Some of the canvases portray single
| figures, whereas others set forth groups.
Types are shown and of most interest
ing character. The painter has had a
hard. romantic career. winning success
against heavy odds-livng part Of his life
among Ahe lawless wanderers in his ma
tive mountains and even at one time De
coming bull-tighter And. strangely
enough, he has painted what lie best
knew-the people he met and dweit
| among. who are Spanish to the core.
One of his pictures SHOWS pilgrim peg
gar. another a village judge. another
"Pepello.' the bull-fighter There are In
cluced in the catalogue Of this extraor-
binary exhibition Spanish dancers. Span
ish sOrceresses and Spanish ladles-vln-
tagers returning from the harvest, gyp-
sizes dwarfs and mendioants-aH inter-
preted with a virility and truth which
carries absolute conviction. His color Is
full toned. sOnorous. but it is applied In
broad fiat masses, and the amenities OF
sheer grace and charm have been utterly
discarded It is not a winSOme art, court
ing favor. which this Spanish painter en-
plOys. but rather a stern, grim art. de-
manding homage. One may not like it.
and vet respect 1t profoundly. Not on &C
count Of it's crudity does 1t allure, but IN
spite of it. Because Zuloaga is master
he can afford to disregard technicalities.
Both the Sorolla and the Zuloaga pic
I'm
Hispanic Society of America through the
generosity of Mr.. Archer NJ Huntington.
the donor of the museum wherein the
exhibitions have been held Both col
lections arrived simultaneously but ar
rangements were made to exhibit them
also in Buffalo at the Albright Gallery.
where, at the present time. the Sorolla
pictures are on view.
National Academy of Design.
Turning from foreign to native art and
diving through the subway from 1o6th
street to 57th street, the eighty-fourth an
nual exhibition of the National Academy
Of Design will be found to be in progress
in the Fine Arts building. The consensus
of opinion is favorable to this exhibition,
| which consists of about 275 paintings and
30 works in sculpture completely fill
ing three large galleries Certainly the
jury was no respecter of methods or be-
lever in class distinction. All sincere
workets have apparently been made well
come who could attain a certain standard
I-impressionists. realists. travelists and
plain art painters. The result is good
| and the effect pleasing Sargent, as
usual, has the place of honor. his por-
trait of Miss Vanderbilt the Countess
Laszio Szechenyi. terminating the long
vista at the end of the Vanderbilt gall
lery. In this work, however, he is not by
any means at his best-not the brilliant
brushman and cunning artist for which
his name is synonymous Indeed. there
ic 6aor Of N III
bitiOn. Cecilia Beaux shows one-a
young girl in dull red gown seated in
a bright red-pafnted chair. Ellen EN-
| NETT and Mary Foote contribute one each
| Irving Wiles' full-length Of Mile Gerville
| keache as Carmen is notable. are
Ben-Ali Haggin's "Elfrida' and Howard
Russell Buffers portrait of Miss NJ"
| But that is about all.
Excellent Figure Studies.
| There are some excellent figure studies,
| though among which may be mentioned
! a charming genre by Irving r. Wiles,
| young woman on a couch reading: REV
| erie by ]. Alden Weir; "In the Arbor,
by Lillian NJ. Genth, and some clever
| character studies of street urchins-a boy.
| Making Faces" by John Shaw and
| Paddy Flanagan" by George Bellows.
Landscapes are in the minority and less
impressive than usual. some of the
| stronger men being unrepresented.
| though certain younger ones are seen to
| be notably pushing TO the front. The first
| Hallgarten prize went to Daniel CARRIER
| for painting. Horses" in the open;
| the second Hallgarten prize to Charles
| Bittinger for subject picture entitled
after the Ball" showing two young
| women in evening dress in a quaint old
| fashioned room lighted by a lamp and
| the dawning day; and the third Hallgar-
| ten prize to Ben-Ali Haggin's "Elfrda,'
| shown in the Corcoran exhibition in
Washington this winter.
The Family Group" by George de
| Forest Brush also included in the con-
temporary exhibition. received the Saltus
| medal for special merit "A Woman in
Blue" by A. Albright Wigand, won the
Julia A. Shaw memorial prize of $500,
given for the best work by an American
woman, while to Lydia F. Emmett. for
"Playmates:" went the Thomas B. Clarke
| prize. and to Ben Foster. for his land
scape Early Moonrise,'' the Innes gold
medal.
| The sculpture exhibit is small but dis
proportionately interesting. little foun-
| tain by ]. Scott Hartley. representing a
water baby astride a sea creature, is
placed in the center of one of the CALLER
| les and is to be seen playing. Excellent
childrens heads are shown by Edith
Woodman Burroughs and Carol Brooks
MacNeil; an eXquisitely modelled portrait
| In low relief is contributed by Janet Scud
| der who is represented at the Library of
| Congress by number of medallions, and
among other notable exhibits because OF
| exceDfiOnal merit should be mentioned a