The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-14

-TIE subjects In the exhibition
OF the National Association Of
Portrait Painters, now In the
Vanderbilt Gallery on West
tsrv.sc,cnth street, range from grave
nav: from eminent jurists to solemn
.,se.. 20 men actors in the fr1volity
:, women parts in farces: from the
torn rcformcrs OF society. such as
rmma Goldman. to the gauze clad
.o,ns ladies' who may be considered
,sc most pampered members OF that
ss-ey.
yorcIrners "a obtain a fair idea of
ann. Of the characters that make up
AIR hurried and changing life. and may
also gauge our present standing In the
ats. A nation always pictures itself
+, rs output Of art. and It's portraits
.,cavs doub,y illuminate the national
standard.
+, il greatly to be feared that the
.,,c,ligcnt foreigner will rate our pro-
Ii,tlon " the present below that Of
france. England or Germany. Al
'ho,sh there IL. by lucky chance. a
sargent portrait In the exhibition Il
no, n new one. and is scarcely to be
,orardcd as n sample Of the sort Of
hing We Americans can now turn out
on demand Sargent as a portrait
nair,cr has wilfully passed In his
chccks. and Whistler unwillingly. In
no DAYS when these two men took An
enthusiastic interest in the problems
tho portrait We easily held Our own
60. Itg,,,ug,NH to thA ,.,z,
ai,.onal exhibitions. one p%ortraitist Of
10 first International rank can do as
much for his country's repute abroad
IS the most able statesman.
or the portraits now on view the
mos, pleasing and most finished work
{ art dates hack to the Whistler
sargent period and is a canvas that
night have held. probably did hold. an
ION rahlc place in the more keen COM
EDITION II that day. II Is tho work
2 William NJ. Chase. the portrait Of
Mrs. Clark. The sitter. in evening
.-css. with q light satin cloak
dyed with swansdown, sits be-
'arr \ wall of Pompeitan red.
THO colors of the costume are all
~ ralc tones Of pink. blue or ivory
.t,t N the white. The gloves are a
tcasaut pale gray. The pose has moth
ng unusual to Il. but IL happened 70
.a,ch q light that interested the artist,
nd Il IL easily discernible that he en-
ycd every stroke Of the work and
oppcd in the places where his inter-
=, Tagged.
The result Is a very handsome por-
'yit. Of great elegance and distinc-
ION. The elegance Is apparently ef-
'%ortlcss and entirely unconscious: as
,lcyance should he. In spite OF the
.hanrcs IN costume since the date OF
MS picture the undeniable charm d.
he work is such that few people viii
.onsider the sittcr's garb old fashioned
T. is one more proof. II proof were
rcedcd. that a beautiful and perfectly
appropriate costume ~ loses III
n%i"rcs,. II Mr.. Chase were to pain,
would put the head in more solidly
There is II certain fragility In the WORK
or" and there. but II Is too closet,
ruuectcd with the air Of preciousncs,
rr one 20 wish it al cred in any de,
ZEE.
Of the portraits more recently isspet
at by George Bellows attracts mos
l'ercs'. The sitter Is An elderly man
no doubt a New Yorker. and nos
reliably 4 member of the Unior
l.oasu" club uhis IL only a suess)
i he sits 10y "a window In a room
lat * distinctly not in that club
The chair IN which he sits is a brillian
GLOW, and back of the gentleman
cad Is a wall that takes n Nile greer
color. The curtains framing in the fig
re having rich puppies and blues il
Nc shadows.
l"l"wS, Mic green. puppies an
lies. Fancy a Union League mem
her in such a milieu, To the artist |