The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-14
THg WINTER tCaDEMI .

! The prizes awarded were "a follows: Th'
Carnegie prize Of SIN for the most meri
I torious oil painting not portrait goes u
William y Robinson. A. y. A. Tor ms
landscape Golden Days- The Thomas
X. Proctor prize for the best portrait o
the exhibition To Douglas Volss Marriott
OF Hewnoaks The lsidor memoria
medal for the hes, figure composition u
Kenyon Cox The Helen Foster Barnett
prize for tn. best piece Of sculpture
awarded to Abe-tenia 81. leger Eberle.
| The genuine grelt music Of the show Is
sounded by tn. four Winslow Homers,
respectively lent by Mrs. II. X Pomroy
the l.o,os Club, the National Museum and
Mrs. Samuel Unt.rmeyer They are
Camp Fire Tn. Coming Storm. High
Chn" and The West Wind la two OF
them there IL a sheer elemental power. a
power put forth and realized with the
utmost economy Of gesture and material.
| His greatness affirms itself SO simply
that the spectator IL a. II in the presence
Of nature herself. without the intervening
medium OF paint and canvas. Again - the
lesson driven home by this least didactic
of artists. the lesson Of simplicity. He
went with nature ~ IL she were his heart :
desire. and truly was. The con junction
gave birth TO these superb sea pieces.
IL was a gracious act to hang picture
by the late Walter Shiriaw in a conspicu-
Gus place. IL IL hi- -kappemeistsr" and
il numbered ~. Tn. post OF honor Is
occupied by President John ". Aiexan-
der's A Summer Day. which was admired
mt the last Pennsylvania Academy ex
l,,l. I, 4. -,
toned s,iave even bland manner. and
contains may passages Of subtle painting.
II depicts two slender maidens al an open
window through which the soft light
filters. A pussycat is NJ their feet. Emo
tionaily the composition is ~ :rigid A.
its atmospheric envelope; IL lacks what
tho Germans call inhalt: but mastery and
grace there are in abundance. Precisely
IN. kind Of picture that president OF
an academy should paint IL this we'll bred.
scholarly work.
Tn. most striking landscape, indeed
one OF the most striking pictures in the
exhibition. il the Harlem River at High
Bridge. by Ernest Lawson which hangs
on the north wall OF the Vanderbilt Gal
lery II is conceived in the painter s hest
vein and shows shrewd observation.
coupled with fine. sonorous coloring.
Whereas most landscapists would have
added the not. sentimental and nothing
in art il quite a. dets-table a. "A senti-
mental Landscapes MIR Lawson lets his
scene spill out lts own native beauty
allows his beautiful paint to play its role
OF .loouence Tn. water is pri-rnatic
and liquid the atmospheric envelope.
-.
-tonaii-m- The canvas huns with life.
With his Umbrellas" MIR lawson has
had mcss The transcription II an .s-
-sntiailv ugly theme. a patch II beach
at Coney Island ON "A ghrtng summers
day. a common episode AZ best needs
a more m.rciful Illumnat ion than the
garish. yellow. artificial hight Of the
.MorgrIe- No picture az strong 49,
the Umbrellas. with it, purpuseiy
crude vsllOw- and greens. ran stand
such unahu-h..i lighting. Put the Ken
won Cox prize winner IN the same room
and It will seem more crude than a IL But
thO-. who -hudirr over the -tmhrellns-
admire the cox afair as "A PRINT i've.
What's N "a nane' A. the Madison Art
Gallery the light was tempered To silt
: he Umbrellas which radiate- sunshine
and sincerity But IL IL useless 10 ask
people who can stomach the nerv-l-ss
juicel-@s. pink and frontage colored
n academic pact ur' to admit the virilitv and
skill of Lawson IN this part ocular exam
pl. 1t - time for America To- be mum
,iats-i by 'oOd III neo-impT-ssioni~ts 50
hat The false petty sent menta lit les and
stale STYLES Of the academic schools he
swept away forever anyhow till next
spring. Like the polit Iclan- the ACCIDENT
clans We shalt always have with III.
And now word Of confirmed acad--
mician; We wish o speak Off /. Henry who
Is cen, red in the Centr. Gallery. across
he room from IN. Win-low HomerS
This pupil Of GIeyr. who studied abroad
al ths same time A. = Alden Weir. with ,h-
'echnilu. paints avow.cily
IN "A style that j. long since OUT OF date:
even his old friend J @ Brown has
been influenced by modern ideas caught
IN the currents II lmpressIonisu Not
SD Mr. Henry He calmly cont nIes
% painI those dehca'. studies of a van
shed epoch in this country with the
of an archRolog!sr and also
with no 'l:ttle charm Apart from tech
meal skill. their sincerity is their principal
claim upon our attention Not 40 broadly
human nor 80 humorous "a + y Noun,
oox AZ h,- -GOos-' Rattle IN ,h. Metro
politan Museum or Eastman Johnson.
revert he..s- Mr. Henry has made ms own
niche and fll- - admirably NJ lSs
ON. Hundred Years Ago. IL tn" number
md the title of hi- present contribution ,
Il represents a steamboat Landing ar Cald- /,
we'll up IN" Hudson The hills frown from
the west bank tho boat il at the dock. /,
here IL tn. accustomed commotion. you |
AN count the -pokcs Of IN. wagon wheels I
il left to chance Costumes are
accurate. IN. very buildings /
lrc recr"ated There is no stepping back /
yard half a blocS 20 -ieCompo-..- cor /
.houdn We say -recompo-.":t 'h. .
ones The nearer you so 20 ia. canvas
h. more you SEE And yet all these mini ,
ltIre figures are alive. IN. microscopic
IT'LL lite ~ -SlulsItely done. and the gen
rial landscape Enthusiastically that OF IA.
lid Hudson: but without the blara Of
which always sound IN he .nor-
nous canvases Of IN" dead and departed
hudson River school. MIR Henry has "A
H.. II /