The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-05
Morning" etched by Frank w. Benson.
On exhibition in the gallery Of Kennedy & Co.

10 his plates II encounters remin!s-
cenCes VI the habits OF one who has
worked long with the brush. but for
surprising aptitude for the effects that
Ne peculiar to etching. lie is also, 1t
ippears. a good printer. and already
'hows both ingenuity and fastidio'is-
ness In his choice OF paper. The
charming plate Of the old COS Cob
l%l1use," for instance. has been printed
'pon a leaf from "a parsons Bible.
single narrow column and the blank
space that is now adorned with Mr..
Hissim's print was really intended for
lie parsons sermon.
Nr. Benson shows about fifty ctch-
.n.s in the galleries Of Kennedy
Co, all upon the subject ~
ilcks and duck hunting. Some wash
rawlings Of wild fowl that had pre-
yolsly been exhibited are being
Town al the same time. and il is a
ihcr significant fact that the etch-
0gs cptruuk in artistic value the
rawlings, They hang together het'Nr
rom 'le puint Of view of composition
'nl ATE more complete. Both OF these
'Nhibitions Will he reviewed AT erea.cr
|"nSth in nest Sundays SuN. in a
supplement- in which ctchers and
etching VIII figure largely.
M.sS Ruth l;obbs il the most direct
nd I.fl.a t..t,,e.,. g,,,.t,, ttnn u..,l,.t.
r,.sts who form the present group
N the Mcdowell club gallery. She
Would, one imagines. rather be force
~ Than right. Fcw OF her portraits
are true in proportions and she en-
socrates % frequently the length
Tom the shoulders To ;lIe waist in her
>iters that the failing would appear
10 be Il habit of vision that the painter
hos dr.ftei into. There is "a tendency
l.No 10 put down broad masses of the
Ihdlluted colors just as they come
from the tubes.
Nevertheless her figures stand out
upon the walls Of a picture gallery, and
mat Is a merit. She also catches an
NutGdr. When added years teach
Mss t'DhnS al interest in subtler prob
ms Of the soul she will find as an
aust that she can make quite as deell
% M Is, III upon her followers with
'' So constant a use of the loud
i'dal.
Indffaid as Miss Bobbs - in tack
.'s any subject, 1t is noticeable never
"ieIess that her greatest freedom is
''pla\'d when she paints portraits OF
members Of her family. This trait is
= very natural one in bold brush
WORKERS. l. has even been remarked
no ,eSS a parsonage than the great
VILLAIN VI. Chase. 1t il rue even OF
another member of the MacDOWeN
''Nh group, Mrs. Caroline Bean Blom'
mers.
Mrs Blommers, who Is the daugh-
"'ln.law Ot the famous Dutc!
PAINTER Rlommers, has painted a por'
l"' o' her father, DR.. TarletOn III
neah' who is himself a famous ichthy-
O's'st' DIR. Bean as state Fish Gull
''rst rebuilt the New York Aquarium
ana has already been honored b!
rance, Germany and Japan for his
.et'lhc attainments. and something
All ms his daughter has infused into
ne portrait she painted OF him.
Mis- Matilda Browncll exhibits some
.ar cut still LIES and Mrs. Sarat
Noole Ives some Californian land
H.pes' Others taking part are Eugene
~ iielle-, Ava de Lagcrcfantz, Jose
n.he NJ Lewis, Antoinettc de Fores
'gr"ln aud Heppic en- Earl Wicks.
me galleries Of Charles of LondoI
ave ARRANGED an exceedingly inter
sung exhibition OF rare old laces
.'"s ana art objects which have beer
SVug"t - this country by Arthur
c~"cN""rl" Of London and Nine. Kel
VI 81 Rome, Tho exhibition opens L
'p l'lNlc tI-morrow.
WI" ~ -" rarest OF the laces Is {
~u'nc" ~ id brussels In which III,
~Hn'' - Jacob is the subject OF tn,
N'sh' Wild the altar, the faggot. tn,
'","A'1 samuel. the goat with hi
''"H ''ch"4 in the bushes and hna,i,
r"s'.Hns angel arriving through
.'ol,c. w.
INV" ere also a number Of Italial
' 'ai 'plcs - rarest workmanship
M'h" sort tha, were used at the wed
us" ' ~r0oicInon, a lappet Of tn