Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-03
WATER COLORISTS
SCORE AT EXHIBIT
Artistic Display to Open To-
morrow at Academy of
the Fine Arts
MORE THAN 1000 PICTURES

In spite OF the Generalization Of war,
the fifteenth annual exhibition of water
colors and the sixteenth annual exhibition
OF miniatures, which will open at the Acad-
emy OF the Fine Arts tomorrow afternoon
! at ! o'clock bids fair TO be the most sue
cessful from an artistic standpoint ever
held al the Academy. Nearly a thousand
pictures are now in place for the exhibition,
the addition OF the collection of paintings
from the summer school OF the Pennsyl'
Nania Academy Of the l'ine Arts at Chester
Springs, which are being exhibited for the
first time. bringing the total well over
that number.
The work of some Of the most talented
artists in the country is included in the
exhibition and the subjects are such as to
challenge the unqualified admiration OF
art lovers Philadelphia artists maintain
the high standing in this that they have
had in other exhibitions in the past, and
some Of the best work in the collection Is
from their brushes.
one of the most ambitious collections IN
the exhibition and one which reflects in a
telling manner the war atmosphere that
perVades all things at the present time Is
that Of the drawings of Joseph Pennel
depicting the herculean task of a nation
preparing for battle One who imaglnes
that the purely mechanical side of war
has not an artistic side has only to study
the masterful manner in which Pennell has
set forth the work being done in muni-
tons plants I'm America and England and
the work OF constructing battleships and
airplanes. The collection comprises 1Os
pictures. and placed as It IS in one Of the
most conspicuous galleries Of the Academy.
it is sure to attract the close attention OF
the thousands of visitors to the exhibition.
The north corridor is given over to the
work OF Violet oakley. who has on display
some of the best work that she has ever
shown in Philadelphia Perhaps the most
elaborate effort in this collection is the
model OF the wall Of the Senate chamber
of the State Capitol at Harrisburg with
compositions in color OF the Ave panels
comprising the portions Of the mural paint.
ings already in place Thornton Oakley.
also. is represented by number OF char.
coal sketches of exceeding merit.
Exceptionally pleasing, also, Is the work
of y. c. wyeth which Is shown in the north
transept. Three OF these sketches are Illus
trations for the story Of Robin Hood, and
the romantic atmosphere of the subject Is
faithfully translated by the artist.
And, Of course there are the futurists
and the modernsts Members of this school
have protested their entire sincerity, and
their critics have leveled endless ridicule
at them. and very nearly everything has
been said on the subject that can be said.
Two sketches. one by Alexander Robinson
and the other by Lyman Sayen. stand out
as the most striking examples of this school
in the exhibition. The unartistic Phillstine
would probably entitle the former Lady
with green polkadots on her face" and the
latter, Jack of Diamonds that has been hit
with a brick" The last named appears on
the catalog as Childhood.
1t Is obviously impossible to give more
than a scant outline of the more conspicu'
Gus subjects in a story of this sort. The
exhibition is a most excellent one, and is
the more remarkable on account of the
difficulties under which 1t is being given.
1t will undoubtedly receive the approval Of
all art lovers who visit the Academy to
look at it, There will be private view
for the benefit of art critics tonight and
the exhibition will be thrown open to the
public tomorrow afternoon.