The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-19
NATIONAL ACADEMY
LACKING IN THRILLS
rcaturclcSs Exhibition Has No
New Names or New Sub.
jects IN List.
BELLOWS HITS THE TRAIL.

TO n.rcty-frst annual exhibition Of
che National academy of Design. now
,ovl ,h,t has been characteristic Ut
"a o'Gc!ai institution since the out
,,,ak OF the war. There are now no
,c.rg Americans IN Parts 10 send over
..e,r latest successes At the Salon To
Sv. the iillip of a new name and the
,ov.lty uf 4 new subject to our acade
.,,s There ar. no new James IN the
.,hih!tion and certainly no new sub.
ios,s There Is no single picture that
,,nas GU, - featurcless a show has
seldom been seen.
=. -. or the other hand. more "ofi-
J,,' than usual The jury % selection
u.s as ~typicailv academic as II was
,ossiblc FOR II 10 be. aud no artist but
hose moulded by the academic tradition
,,r,d have dreamed OF submitting
works 20 such a jury's Judgment. The
so-ks " the juryinen and their favOrite
,In!Is are largely In evidence In the en-
hihl;'on.
In consequence one has a finer oppor-
,lr,.y than usual t. gauge academic
deals. hut this is "A study that viii IN
,eres, professionals only. and not NJ all
me general public. 1t may we'll be re-
served for a second article.
The winter landscape by Charles
Rosen that won the $1,000 Altman prize
FOR the best landscape Is painted upon
a large canvas of the size thai seems
10 he obligatory for prize winning land
.capes. II T. absolutely u~ndistinguished
AZ a work of art and achieved no sort
OF success at the vanishing day re-.
c>ction 20 artists. Mr.. Rosen's fellow
artists did no, surround it in eager de.
bate and inquiry. searching for the mys-
ieries " his technique.
There is no mystery in his technique.
Z, Is painted by rule and follows the
convention. and the majority Of the art
ISIS who CHANGED 70 glance al Il knew
exactly how II had been painted. The
more good natured public. however, es-
pecia.ly now that i, has been labelled
a. q prize winner. will view its obvious
Photographic qualities with greater COM
p,acency.
Lawson Deserves Prize.
TIE second Altman prize Of $500 TO
Ernest Lawson for his picture called
Pigeon Coop" Was a more fortunate
award. This Is a painting that has a
jus,er claim for admission to the Amer
can Luxembourg than the other. and
being smaller does not seem 10 have been
ra,nted with the sole idea OF catching
the attention OF the jury Of awards. II
IL IN glowing. jewellike color and is one
q. the best of l.awson's landscapes to be
slc~r IN several years.
Painting for the prizes is a sin that
cannot b. stopped as long as there are
r.tzes. These valuable Altman prizes
FOR landscapes each spring will have a
tendency 10 swing the popular Interest
!, the Academical exhibitions toward The
saow In the fall. which has the Altman
prizes for figure compositions. The ex.
hhltiol that boasts OF the greater mum
5r Of figure pieces is more certain OF
being entertaining.
landscapes may be as noble az the
artist chooses to make them. but a pre-
noadertuc. Of them In an exhibition is
soothing rather than exciting.
The other prizes on the list (Which
THE SIN has already publis ed, are -or
he most part prizes of announcement
given I" obscure painters and do not call
'or
Waving jury opinions aside for ths
moment. the three best works in the
academy are The spinner" by Thomas
Eakins. The Sawdust Trail" by George
Below and the already mentioned
Plg"on Coop by Ernest Lawson.
The spinner" Is a slight work by q
'sourhtful PAINTER. Mr.. Eakins. a ph,la.
t'Ipnlf' member "' 'he Academy, Is M
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