Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-02-19
FINE ARTS EXHIBIT OPENS
Society Turns Out at Formal Open
ing in City Library.
WORK OF NATIONS BEST ARTISTS
Many of Pictures Were Hang In
National Academy and Some in
Rome-ExhibIt VIII Con-
finue Two Weeks

II you wish TO see paintings by the best
American artists-John W Alexander,
Childe HsSsam. Birge Harrison, Kenyon
Cox. Wilton LockwoOd-a dozen OF which
pictures were hung this year In the Ma
tional Academy Of Design. four Of which
are just back from an international
exhibit al Rome and one Of which
is by the hand OF the mOst-taIked-of
artist represented In the exhibit Of the
Academy Of Fine Arts. now being held in
Philadelphia, you should 20 10 see the
annual exhibit Of the Omaha Society Of
Fine Arts in the public library building.
The exhibit will be open TO the public
this week and next, every day from 10
O'Clock In the morning until late In the
evening. except today and next Sunday,
when Il will be open from l to o'clock
in the afternoon. on Saturday mornings.
10 to Il O'Clock, children will be admitted
free. Except for this, a small admission
charge will be made.
Omaha art eOnnolsseurs say this is a
really notable exhibit Of American art.
the best ever brought to Omaha No
pictures BY foreign painters are Included.
There are fifty-five pictures In the ex-
hibit, worth approximately ,lO00oo the
individual pictures ranging in value from
500 to $500. Insurance covers the paint
ings to their full value.
National Academy Pictures.
Among the pictures Of the exhibit which
were hung this year in the National
Academy Of Design are: THE Roaring
Main" Frederick J. Waugh; "a Quaint
Corner in Bruges." ossip Llinde: Sep
TENDER Day" Gustav cumiotti; "A Hay
Morning F1fty-nlnth Street." Paul Con-
meyer; October" Frank Vincent Du
Mond; Portrait Of Miss Lamont" G. Won
Glehn; ''solebury HIS" Daniel CARRIER;
'Peonies." Wilton lockwood: The New
Hat" Westervelt Losere: winter
Woods" Hobart Nichols; in a Strange
wendt. In the Himalayas." Henry B.
Snail; Eucalyptus Of California" Gardner
symons; THE Cliff Dwellers." f. Irving
couss.
Autumn Glory" by Robinson; The
Breakfast" by Mrs. Kenyon Cox; "A
Breakfast Party" by Charles c. Curran.
and THE creyasse-IAberty Street. New
York" by Colin Campbell Cooper. are
Just back from the art exposition at Rome,
There Is shown \ picture by II. G.
Dearth. who Is getting more attention
than any other artist at the exhibit now
being held In the Academy Of Fine Arts at
Philadelphia
wilton Iockwood's ''Peonles." besides
having q place in the national academy
this year. was exhibited last year in the
corcoran art exposition.
Unique Painting.
| J. Alden welr's The Hunters Moon"
will be one Of the most discussed pictures
Of the exhibit. according to local art
critics Although II is one OF the highest
priced pictures In the collection. many
people will pick out 500 paintings that
they would prefer. II attracts at once
by It's dlssimilarity to the other pictures.
as an ornithorhyncus in a roo would at
tract visitors away from the deer and
camels. II 10 very large, and consists
mostly OF heavy sky, with a dark land
scapo at the bottom and a small, hazy
moon high above Il.
fOut poTuhAth VI wei hHoNH PtiSonn
are on the walls-Kenyon coxs portrait
OF c. Grant la Fargo. the architect;
Ralph Clarkson's portrait OF dorado TAFT.
the sculptor; Irving wiiss portrait OF
Henry Wolf. the engraver. and @. Won
Glehns portrait OF Miss Lamont, which is
loaned by Mrs. D. & Lamont and which IL
insured for $4,000 z
John w. Alexander IL represented in
the exhibit by his picture. Mother ],
was loaned by the artist himself to the
! Omaha society.
Formal Opening Last Might.
The exhibit was opened last night. ],
was members night" and only mem
bers and specially invited guests were
present Dress suits and decollete gowns
were much In evidence and there was
music and light refreshments From now
on. formal dress will not be necessary for
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