The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-16

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PortraIt of Daughter.
But Of all the portraits shown, the
most beautiful to the layman is the one
of my Daughter" by Frank W. Benson.
Inspired by the face of the beautiful
young girl and the fact that II Is his
daughter. Mr.. Benson has done some
thing that will please more OF his admir-
ers than anything he has done along the
same line. 1t Is just such a painting as
one would want to have in a living room.
Cecilia Beaux also contributes a por-
trait OF Mrs Benjamin Vaughn. while
Joseph De Camp has hung one OF Frank
Euveneck. an artist.
Other portraits are by Nina p. Ward.
Louis Mayer, Louis Belts, William 7.
Smedley, George DE Forest Brush. Rob-
trt Henri. Adelaide Cole Chase, Giovanni
Troccoli. Thomas ERklns. Frederick T.
Weber, Margaret F. Richardson, Edmund
{. Tarbell, Thomas w. Dewing. and
others.
Nearly all Of the prominent painters in
America are represented. John w. Alex
ander shows The Gossip" picture OF a
woman at an open window, doing just
what the title of the picture would seem
to indicate. Other Pittsburgers who
are represented are John W. Beatty,
Johanna X. Hailman. George w. Softer.
Arthur W. Sparks. Miss Mary Cassatt,
for many years a resident OF America
and a native of Pittsburg, shows an
other picture OF her mother and children
which seems TO be her forte.
Edward r. Redtield shows three paint
ings, two nOcturnes and Overlooking the
Valley" which is one OF the best pic
lures shown. Bruce Crane, who glOries
in November hills shows Just such a
scene, while Charles W. Hawthorne shows
two paintings, The Lovers" and File
du Pecheur.'
Other Exhibitors.
Other Of the prominent artists exhibit
ing are Alice w. Ball. Clifford BeaI.
George Bellows, Karl Buehr, w. A Cof-
fin, Colin Campbell Cooper. Paul Dough-
erty, Edward Dufner, Frank DuMond.
Charles Warren Eaton, Ben Foster, Fred
erick c. Frieske, Birge Harrison Robert
Henri, Sergeant Kendall. Walter L. Mac
EVAN, Carl Melchers, Willard L. Met
calf, +. Luis Mora, J. Francis Murphy,
Elizabeth Nourse, Leonard Ochtman, JOS
eph T. Pearson. Henry Reuterdahl, Ed
ward F. Rook. W. Elmer Schofeld, Alb
bOtt II. Thayer. Dwight W. Tyron. Elihu
Eedder. Lionel Walden, Horatio Walker,
Frederick ]. Waugh. J. Alden Welt.
Charles II. Woodbury., Charles Morris
Young.
The jury Of award consisted OF Carl
MelChers, chairman; Ben Foster. w. FL
mer SChofield. Frank w. Benson, and
Richard n. Brooke. 1t naturally follows
that none Of these artists works are en-
tered in competition. but all have loaned
pictures. The exhibition as a whole is OF
a high class. AS in all shows OF a SINH
lar kind it seems that the best things to
be seen are not entered for prizes or are |
the property of individuals or
galleries. leaving the prospective pur-
chaser only the real new things. Yet, It |
is worth passing notice that during the |
past seventy-three pictures, aggregsting |
Sl3s 40. have been sold as a result of the |
exhibition here.
The casual art lovers will go to the gal |
lery at this season OF the year like a |
child TO a toy shop. and. after spending |
the day, will leave and wish they could |
carry home with them the painted things |
Of their desires.