New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-13
LONDON NOTES
Beauty ShoWs-The Paoeao...
OF the Season.
London Va. =

change so often as the artistic e.,
presenting them In Sir Edwar5
nant's eighteenth century cau.,.s
opened this week az Queen Anna.
as a public exhibition in a urivas.
dence. the women are pre-eminen,l, -
and their beauty is enhanced and -
by the painters romantic ana g.
tive styles. The spectator in TIA,
pitable room sees Hogarth's Peg ~
fngton. Hoppner's Sisters Po,,--ss
Lady Derby and Mrs. Inchbald -
olds's stately Lady Crosbie. saucv -.
Fisher and demure Miss Ridg. =.
Gainsborough's Miss Hippesley. q, -
early Suffolk. and Ladies Erne and NJ
lon, Of his later period, and he adns...
them all as handsome women. who ! s
lowed great painters 70 pose Ia
gracefully and naturally and 10 a..
becoming costumes for them. They a.
fer widely in contour, ccloring, age a..
temperament, but they have the zr.,s
style of the eighteenth century. and r,.
the black haired Venetian ladies :
Titian-s time. share many chars~s.'
istics in common
In the Grafton Gallery there q
larger fair women's show in four sua.
cious rooms. and so many styles OF usin.-
ing, old and new. are jumbled toza,h..
that beauty is sacrificed TO the eo-.
trasted methods Of denoting II on pans.
outnunber the beauties so heavily TIA.
the repulsive Javanese idol DISPLAYED /,
one of the galleries expresses with in.
cynicism the symbolism OF the exsn.
ton. 1t is not parade Of fair wonss
so much as a display Of interesting
STYLES of representing feminine qualiess
and characteristics in ordinary models
In the octagona1 room the most bru.
liant piece of painting is Mr.. William
Orpen's Little Spanish Dancer" aad.
like the Manet, she is downright uzy:
and NJ. Auguste Robins marble tors.
while impressive in line and modeiin.
represents degenerate form Even Nj.
Eieketts's Cleopatra lacks beauty. al
though the composition has charm .,
design and color, and interesting a
Berthe Morisot's portrait sketch may b.
since she studied under Corot and
Manet. and brilliant as are the combina-
lions Of crayon and water color in II.
portrait groups Of that neglected painter
Daniel Gardner. their women are nc:
fair. The handsomest women on ths
wall are Mrs. Lavery, as painted by hsr
husband. and Mrs Francis Howard, By
Mr.. Mann. AS examples OF painting Nr
Charles Shannon's portrait Of Miss Na-.
garet Grosvenor and Mr. Nichosons
Blue Shawl and Gray Shawn con-
nnand more admiration.
In the large gallery there are noz
curiosities than beauties. One is Rem
brandt's Daughter Reading Love 1t
ter" Mr.. Fawkes's Turner Anoths
is Whistler's Lady in White" an carr
work which he subsequently paint-.
over, and certainly his fame has M
been increased by its restoration. Az
other is a large sketch by Puvts e |
Chavannes, LA Peche.' which is Ovnai
by Mr.. Charles Shannon and Mr. Rib
etts. II is deeply interesting as rev.
elation OF artistic method; and so. also
is the richly colored Courbet, La Ba-s
To- which can easily be taken al
hasty glance for a Rossetti The Spar
fsh jade has no beauty, but the realism
and vivacity of the painting would Ear
make it the picture of the year az TIE
Academy. although the bygone VictOTzi
painter. Hurlstone, had scant hospItalF
there in his time Even more striking
as works of art are the four Riea-A
two dowager countesses and the stepase
sons. Ricard was unappreciated IN ID
COS. but is now known TO have been
sound. if not brilliant. portrait painter
The fair women are to be found, L !
ALL among the large group OF Sargel-
Lady Ian Hamilton, in white drapen@
has been seen at the Academy, and y
has Mrs Langham, in blue and WnHi
and Mrs Matthias. in dark cloak a.
white hat. looking over her shoaas
toward the black background. IS as =
handsome as when the pr
trait was first exhibited. Mrs. Barna'-
in white against a red Background .
new TO the pubIic-nOt one OF the sAA'
ger" portraits. but quiet and rest'AA
''AInina" has been seen only IN u
Wertheimer' house. II is the pofA-'
of one of Mr.. Wertheimer's dausi'@s
an Oriental figure in green costume y
ban and feather. toying with an anlis-'
mandolin. Beside the audaeious cav.
of this sumptuoUs portrait, WIN :
brushwork. even the boi-.-s
Mime. Errazuriz and Mrs. SalamaA. w
quiet, and the fantastic Besnara' =
glittering. metallic ManCini and 'hsV
lent Millais-Mrs Bischoffshein' oa-s
dressed in rich stuffS-pale tnei -
fectual fires. Ii is a portrait WIN
stroke OF a detached en-
and fills the mind as wondrous -
The other reigning beauty IN US
tensely interesting room Is. nei'A''
dull Van Dyck-Henrietta MARIA.
the Lansdowne colIeCtiOn-nor u !,
stored VelaSquez. Donna Maila
Austria. if il be anything better -
studio copy; but the stately Du.'-
by Winterhalter' -
paiuter Of the Victorian period. VINO ,.
ceeded in importing distinctieA 49,
charm to his sitters whenever - IS
missed his apprentice painters -.
the work himself She. is la al
than the FragoEard, or tiaii ,-s..s
Romney near by. or than the Wv r.,
young girl who is now 'S's
eighty: and Peg Wellington pa'l, ,.,.dY
-. pr,d = Victorian artist. aii''2