The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-18
WINTER EXHIBITION
LACKING IN SPIRIT
National Acadcmy's V'arni>a.
ing Day Fails IN show
Unusual Works.
LARGE CROWD ATTENDS

yeSttTudy Wipl uHe NdTflSnlnC OdN r,.
ceptlon for It's members and friends ,s
usual there were music and the l,o'.
interchange of greetings between IN.
who's Who In Art who -hl.d .
large numbers at this function for IN.
irst time this winter. There was Mo-,
however. much excitement or lively o.
cussion over the works of ar, tina, haJ
been placed on display.
The exhibition. In fact. lacks spr.
There are no paintings or sculptures ib,.
make the pretence of greatness. ,,I
there are none even that Will be talked
about. No single artist who cNhi,ts
exec eds his own past performance. ,J
no new artist makes a first appea,.
ance' with sufficient eclat to snsce.,
that he will have a future.
The list of prize winners has already
been announced in THE SuH, bi, sn-
the s,tke of the record some description,
will I've necessary. The new Altman
prize Of $1,000 and the Isidor media
were awarded TO Charles ". u,v.
thorne'i large pseudo-religious r,ry,.
1t is ca lied The Offering and In IT
young mother is seated with an ir.,.,
upon her knee, and a boy kncels Al each
side. one with a basket OF fish and lin,
other with a small boat. Mr. IIao.
thorne paints In one OF the New Eng
and fishing villages and wishes TO syn.
bolize the resignation Of these pcorl4
to the seventies of the life that
theirs.
The mother and the child have ha,os
Unfortunately II takes more than "A h,'o
or " to make a religious pirt..e
In a little painting of still life by an.
other artist in the corner OF the g,l.
1nr,. snA,A l,aa AAa- r
ious effort by a painter who was sv.d
into humbleness of spirit by the me-.
colors upon some iridescent glasses. Tr.
fish that one of Mr.. Hawthorues to,s
offers have been painted with son.
ease of manner. but all the rest Of ihs
picture Is constrained to a degree Tn.
colors and the paint have been. as ar.
fists say. leased" Aside from all aso,-
tons of technique. however. the pttlrs
offends because sentimentality has re-.
placed the solemnity that was in.
tended.
Miss BeRux Deserves Prize,
Miss Cecilia EeauX Won the 5000
Thomas X. Proctor prize with : pnr,tt
OF a fashionable woman IN a >ma ..
mine tippet and toque, who sits wr!tas
with one glove IN and one glove of -
a table In a room that is lightly ske' he'd
in, but which is also uninistakahlv su..'
This work decidedly deserves q yr7e
for II Is by long odds the cleverest pair.
ing in the exhibition. Miss BcauN has
been interested in putting in 81" H.
ure with the swiftest and surest -'ro,a-
at her command. and whcr,as t.,
strokes have always been sw.G ;.t,
have not always been sure. The foe
arm that Is held toward the -rc.;,to'
haa Snnla Ilprarfnip tlraWiru lint fT4s D..
more than atoned for by the absolute
precision with which the black AMI sH.t
empire writing table has been suggested
, The portrait Is AS clever As Miss hDAu\s
portraits usually are, hut II is NOT l"eH''
serious and will not rank high Ia the ,''
of her productions.
A portrait that is serious is the u:-
by the Academy's new president. D.
Alden Weir. 1t is of an elderly vnnan
IN a simple white gown seated in Z iooW
that is not we'll lighted Th" usually
brilliant colors of Mr.. Weir's palette haze
been subdued by dhe somhrenoss Of h
room into a quiet but rlch pearl.res> -
tone. There are no accessories to lie
out the interest of the ompos ton. '.
the success of the picture depend nH'
the honesty of the charaCterizgt,"' r
the innate nobility which attaches g.
everything that Mr.. We.r does
The other prize winners ar" la'
CARRIER. Paul D~oughertS % Pam ii"--
eel. Mr.. CARRIER Is one of the best a. II"
academical landscap!sts and may u-It
he relied upon to submit soWe'h.. '"'
has a commendable native Qudi'E 'r
won the second Altman prize .. >
with a figure piece, a little gi'i b. o. '.".
Transparent dress, whose nEu'"
houctted through the drarr'
against bri,iian' sunshine as ~" '.'e's
the door OF a house. 1t l. hard and pro
Geographic in execution and VII no.
20 his reputation. The mar.uc "
won Mr.. Dougherty his $500 '''''-
prize il excessively PANTY, ana
bronze struggle of a tiger and S"tH'
combat by Mr.. iierzcl has purely
demic virtues.
IawsOn's IL best Landscape
A winter landscape by Ernest l"'"'''
is the best landscape in the cole.
The subject IL a snow covered .t "
a few sparse trees and IN the '''. B
rustic bridge edged with bushes
foreground advances to o.. eye
mistakable fashion, although "a'
known as the values are $50
that they are almost hidden.
+. {. Frleseke's large canvas :
young woman ia a blue dress '~ ~
a bird cage by an open W''t"N
excellent although couventioTa ." '
sionist color and besides IS g.
decorative work he has shown 10 ''
years.
Max BONN sent his large u..'.'" ~
uymphs and children ~ play .H % $1,000.
thai has already had SON" sl't
Paris salon before the war \ ~|'.
light puts a mellow glow upon N' Z
figures in the composition ara C." ~
ing has the merit of freedom
A nude by George Bellows
the excuse for a color study, ara N
dition to the half length uf - ~ f.. II
II there IL a vividly green pt'rA,
background Is a deadly purple ST.
In d~issonanCe with the gree r'.'.
pink model and "A red curtain I''
Of the picture. In all cou1.s
the charitable may suppose
There are landscapes 10y li'.'.
Ger. Maurice Prendergast, I,'NH
j. +. Murphy. Walter rNH '
Symons, Elliot Clark and Cl1ir
AnOng the other paintings alr "
william NJ. Chase, Irving t. "
ney r.. Dickinson. Emu NI..t.
Lie, Childe Hdssam. tn" Late j "
under and Ballard Williams
More sculpture than usual '
this winter Academy N gone
been taken 10 install It propsr''. ~
be reviewed in a second u't..",
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