New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-31
I'm LONDON'S ART WORLD
Unusually Dull Academy This
Year-No Post ImpreSSionIsm.
OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN BUSY
Gaming Among Ladies of Fash
ion for High Stakes on an
Upward Trend.


London. March 3O-A phenomenall'
dull Academy is foreshadowed by the
art receptions at the studios The OFF,
cial coronation picture by ). h. T.
Bacon will have the place OF honor ana
rival Abbey's in size II not in decorative
and dramatic qualities. Seymour Lucas
has finished his historical painting o.
the meeting Of the Privy Council II
Greenwich after the news had reached
London that the Spanish Armada had
started.
Among the years portraits John Law
erys Anna Pavlova will be conspicuous
but il is less ambitious work than the
Hon. John Golfers Rembrandtish like
ness of John Bland Sutton, the eminen;
surgeon, in an operating theatre without
spectators. 1t IS called "A Lesson In
Anatomy
Lord Avebury will be one Of Sir HUI
bert Won Herkomer's numerous subjects
and J. J. Shannon will do something 10
fill the wide gap left 10y j. 5. Sargents
wayward abstention from portraiture
Sir Alfred East's Autumn Landscapes
in England and Spain" are rich in color
ing under studio lights, and the veteran
marine painter Charles Napier Hemy'
has found a new subject In his Combat
Between Mackerel and PROPOSES. with
excited sea birds circling above them.
No Improvement in Sculpture.
There is no evidence in the fashionable
studios that the Academy is exposed -
revolutionary influences, either OF post
impresslonIsm or futurism nor is there
any promise of Improvement in English
sculpture
Oscar Hammerstein has started re
hearsals at his London opera House
with characteristic vigor, and there vii!
be no lack of either financial support or
variety in the programmes 10 be offered.
AS the Covent Garden management has
proclaimed that all its amphitheatre
stalls have been sold and that only a
few boxes and stalls are available Lon
don is apparently prepared TO divide its
support between the rival houses.
In the matter of society diversion not
only will there be more opera this sea-
son than ever before, but more gaming
in West End houses and clubs. The in
f1uence of the court is strongly exerted
against card play. yet there has been
more gaming in private houses, espe-
cially among ladies of fashion, and for
higher stakes than for many years.
King at York Cottage.
The Kings residence at York Cottage
will probably be prolonged until the
fourth week in April.
The arrangements made for the Prince
OF Wales's visit to Paris next week re
veal the painstaking care with which the
King is supervising the finishing touches
TO the education Of the heir TO the
throne. similar residence in Ger
many will give the prince command Of a
second foreign language, and his OK
ford courses will not be directed by
bigoted Greeks.
Two levees before Whitsuntide are tho
only court functions in sight, but the
King is expected to come TO the rescue
of London tradespeople by ordering sew
eral entertainments at Buckingham Pal
ace and imparting a touch OF life to tn.
social season.
Whitelaw Reid, the American Ambas
sa dor in London. and Mrs Reid lunched
to-day at Buckingham Palace with King
George and Queen Mary. The occasion
was one Of series which their ma Ies-
ties have given for diplomats since their
return from India.