Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-18
Annual Art Exhibition of the
; Pennsylvania Academy.
GREAT DISPLAY OF YEAR
Many Examples Of Good Sound
Painting Shown.
SOME WORKS OF DISTINCTION
Sensation Created by q Collection of
90 Paintings by Henry Golden
Dearth in a New Style.
Special Correspondents OF The Star.

Special Correspondents Of The Star
PHILADELPHIA, February II, 1912.
II is we'll worth the trip from Wash
ington to Philadelphia to see the 1O7th
annual exhibition Of the Pennsylvania
Academy, which 10 now in progress In
the Academy building, on the corner Of
Broad and Cherry streets. less than Ave
minutes walk from the Pennsylvania
railway station.
This exhibition comprises 566 paintings
and 1s2 piecessof sculpture, collectively
representing 40 artists. It IL the great
exhibition of tho year. the one for which
as a rule the painters, reserve their best
pictures. The exterior of the Academy
building is unimpressive. the galleries are
Il-nghted and yet it. midst! be- confessed
that nowhere do paintings; look as well
as they do here and that in no. other
place is an exhibition to be seen with
go much enjoy merit y ~ ~.;,2r s4+
General Average High.
The general average OF the exhibition
this year is high; a great many examples
of good. sound painting ar6 Shown but
in addition to this there are a'few works
which attain great distinction. Joseph
De Camp of Boston makes an extraordie.
nary showing, outstripping not only the.
majority of his colleagues. but himself
that is, his past record. To his portrait
of Francis /. Amory the Carol II.
Beck gold medal was awarded, and
most logically. for this is mastery
portrait, but it is scarcely more disti1-
guished than his portrait of Miss Agnes
Woodbury., or his group of Three
Mt Aps fott nd nh or
which terminates the long vista of the
main series of galleries. Though very
different IN treatment, the last of these
brings to mind SargentS portrait or the
Gallery some years ago and is the prop
erty of Johns Hopkins University. Fur
thermore. in addition TO these, Mr.. De
Camp has to his credit small figure
painting, a picture of young woman In
q white dress standing against the light
which pours in through an open window
a subtle and brilliant performance.
A Beautiful Marine View.
The Temple gold medal was awarded to
Emil Carlson for 1.-The Open Sea-" a
very beautiful marine, blue waters be-
meath blue sky, expressive of the gentle
magnificence Of the calm illimitable ocean
measured only by the equally ilfimitab BILE
heavens. This again is but one of a
group in which is included not only a
wonderful still life. but portrait of the
artists little son, painted with the low
ing practising of the great primitives,
yet with complete naturalness and ease.
j. Alden Weir contributes a mastery
figure painting a young woman in
white gown interpretive, reticent and
peculiarly lovely. John W. Alexander
sends two pictures. both of which are to
be reckoned with his best, one entitled
The Ring" a young woman with her hat
in har lor tad hxv -iv,dn
and the other the same young woman
standing in the sunlight with a primrose
in her hand. Both are lovely In color,
very atmospheric and remarkably sunny.
The academy has purchased for it's per-
manent collection a figure. painting by
Robert Henri. who also makes a remark
able showing in this exhibition The
Girl with the Fan" which the academy
treatment and rare refinement combined
with strength: no less clever however,
are La Madrilenita' and even THE Blue
Eyed Bum" which hang in a gallery
at the opposite end of the building. All
Of these paintings have a strong Span
ish flavor. which is, for the time. rather
attractive.
Another really brilliant portrait is that
OF OLIVIA the little daughter Of the
Rev. Arson Phelps Stokes, jr, painted by
Lydia Field Emmett. who has demon
strated special facility, amounting to
genius. in portraying children. Miss En-
met also shows Boy in Blue which
is impressive and well painted.
Paul King. who Is best known for his
paintings of horses. gives striking dem
onstration of versatility. being represent
ed not only by a picture of horses but
by an excellent marine. "Onf the Jersey
Coast" and charming portrait Of an
elderly lady.
Collectively, Jonas Lie makes a notable
showing, five of the pictures recently eX-
hibited in. the Corcorau Gallery being
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each instance lend a note Of virility and
strength. Paintings by George Bellows,
Charles Rosen, j. r. koopman, and both
George and Amiard .Oberteuffer, the last
two of Paris, are in somewhat the same
vein and almost equally interesting. Mr..
Oberteuffer's "Notre Dame in Winter is
specially noteworthy and was one Of the
first pictures purchased.
The Landscapes.
The Jennie Sesnan gold medal, which
was won by Everett Warner in 1908 was
awarded this year to Willard L. Metcalf
for painting entitled The Red Oak" a
picture Of a great, bald hillside. at the
foot Of which stands the oak in the robe
OF autumn. It must be confessed, how
ever. that the landscape painters do not
make a specially good showing In this ex-
hibidon. a state Of affairs which is rather
unusual. s. Edwin Whiteman Of Balti-
more contributes q delightful canvas,
Clearing I'm the Woods" which has been
prominently placed; Henry r. Poore
sends subtle snow picture: there is
landscape. by W. s. Robinson which has
much charm, and one by w. l. Lathrop.
very reserved. yet strong Daniel CARRIER,
who won prize in the Corcoran Gallery's
exhibition last year. is seen at his best in
Autumn Landscape" and Arthur Hoe
ber's ''Seavey HIP is perhaps the best
he has ever done. Mr. Schofeld sends
two pictures. and Mr.. Redheld three, but
neither Is quite up to the mark made in
former exhibitions.
Portraits Exceptionally Good.
The portraits. on the other hand, are
exceptionally good. Cecilia Beaux shows
her portrait of DR.. Howell, which was ex-
hibited in Washington last winter, and
also her portrait of Mrs. Daniel Merri-