New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-21

elled head than Mr.. Bellows's familiar
craftsmanship. There is large sense or
form and there Is q fine sense OF hne.
This is a portrait TO live with, for Its
rude merits are basic; the execution, Ike
the conception Of the subject, has char-
acter The other more companionaoie
more memorable, figure studies In the ex-
hibition are. as a rule, or decorative
motives, handled in light and grace1ul
manner. Conspicuous here is Ivan Oiln-
sky. with a picture called Condolences
to which the Clarke prize has with abun-
dant good judgment been awarded. inc
subject is trite enough, but it Is embodied
in so gracious a composition. the TWO
young women are studied with such
sympathy and there Is such an opulence
of form and color making itself feit III
the broad spirit of the work that we END
in a mood Of appreciation almost az Keen
as though the theme were more draha'e
With this picture we woulo sssoe'a'0
Mr. Alexander's June when Is NJ
,,e thin but none the less dainty anu
pleasing and in the same category are
likewise 10 be favorably mentioned inc
interiors and studies of single heuIes ~
VIII Howe Foote. +. {. Friesehe' hioha''
F. Miller. Albert Rosenthal. f. LUIS Nioia d.
Adolphe Rorie, Charles Bittnger' Aiiiie
lang NJ. ]. Spero and Louis kronoere'
II is true that in this accomplished Da"u
there are not to be found any Oh 'hose
snecial traits which do more IMAM
arrest attention. which enkindie thousht'
Pm, at any rate, accomplishment is there
and sometimes, as in Mr.. kronpere
picture of The Visitor sonvei" Vi
the ballet school, it is Accomplishment
of so exceptional an order that one Is
content to dispense with otner Things
And in and about this part OF the sho"
we come upon some choice pieces Aioe'.
Weir's Portrait Of Miss L. Is one OIL
them. a portrait fairly lovable In us
ouiet tones and for its subtle DISTINCTION
Charles Hawthorne's THE Sisters is
another. fun of good painting and OF In
dividuality besides. and Edwin 6oo'"
Cheeseman's Still Life" is third Mr..
Grossman, we surmjse. Is young
painter to keep in mind. III ne can so
on az he has begun in this Dit OF coior'
with its sober original quality. he shoulo
nroducp some important pictures
The figure subjects as such have COM
naratively little to say for themselves.
One exhibitor. Mr.. H. W. Watrous. sends
IN 'oTbe Drop Sinister" the oldest OF
tracts. an enec6ote directed against the
tragic niseries that walt on the error OF
rniscegenaton, but the emotional driit VI
his purpose is hardly helped by the polish
and rigidity Of his technical method. 1hele
ia q work of kindred aim TO be noted III
Mr. Uartman's 1.-TWO Natures, fioie
symbolic study. Here. too, the artist
,dea figured In a curious boat bearing an
ordinary woman and a most extraordi-
nary black giant suffers from the nara
drawing and crude color Win winch ne
has put his scene together. Ihere are
divers exhibitors, such as MISS Josephine
Paddock. Mr. h V. Cockcroft ana MI Leon
Knoll who seem in their different ways TO
ba moving about, like Mr.. Hartman, In
worlds not realized. Their technical ex-
neriments, though doubtless amusing 10
themselves, yield nothing OF proht 10 t"e
dis,nterested observer. We suppose that
.yrba Victim" by Mr. II. |. Stckroth' Is
70 he placed. by virtue Of its quite mex
rlicable title, among the subject pct
ures. There is nothing TO be maze Vi "
~ ere one prefers to admire 1t as por-
trait and TO praise its pure color, It's re-
anaA craftsmanship. The portraits ho'
,arv imnressive as a body include Few
e,amnles that are little more than &C
centable. These. in addition TO the can
vases by Mr.. Weir, Mr.. Suckroth ana Nr.
Fellows. already cited, are such "oThs vi
nowerful and sympathetic characterize
lion nc Mr.. Wiles's "St. Clair Nickel
,.a," Mr. Chase's Professor 7. L. ray
Tor" Mr.. Vonnoh's Daniel chester
French" Mr.. Randall Daveys 'Captalh
Dan stevens" and Mr.. Eugene speichei
"John Nelson Cole, jr., among the por-
traits of men. 1t Is interesting TO note
this good luck OF the masculine sitter. we
do not recall an Academy In many long
wear which has been SO rich In Work Oh
the kind, adequate In Workmanship siD'-
Lie I'm style and possessed OF that ahihia
lion without which all the cIeverhess III
tho world will leave a portrait faiiure'
The portraits OF women By Mr. w. l.
smedley. Miss Leslie Thompson, MT sar-
peant Kendall. Mr. j. =. De Witt, Mr.. c. u.
Troccol and Miss Cecilia Beaux are api!
and agreeably painted. They please AT
the moment if they do not fix themselves
in the mind.
That, candidly, Is the leading character
lstic OF the exhibition. 1t Is not an anair
OF great outstanding pictures. But theh'
70 be candid again, one hardly expects IL
20 he anything Of the sort, and it Is good
fortune enough II one may find In 1t. over
and over. works which have reasonable
,erit and charm. 1t Is good to see
clever nude like Beatrice Whitneys
svIftly painted "Odalisque," or such an
Intensely American scene as Paul Kings
,yylnter." or romantic Italian impress
zion IKE Ernest Peixottos "Varenna, or
an intriguing bit OF graceful fancy IKE
Arthur Crisp's little decorative panel
pans First Glimpse Of Echo" In the
small group OF sculptures. too. there are
s.verai beautiful things. like Herbert
Adamss "statuetts Of Young Girl" and
paul Manship's high relief Ia the mods OF
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