Evening star., 1921-03-27
Notes of Art and Artists

| lens of light and air He has gotten
into his pictures the breeZiness OF the
outdoor world.
More than this. he has rendered most
charmingly great variety of tex
lures. For instance. in picture Of a
young girl in white filmy gown,
seated beneath an evergreen tree. he
has delightfully."- contrasted the tex
ture of her raiment with that of the
foliage of the tree.
Mr.. Benson is an ardent sportsman
and his pictures of wild birds in flight
are extraordinary. He shows in this
exhibition one painting Of this de
scription, and great number of inn
ings. He has, through quickness of
vision. been able to portray these sub
jects accurately. both in his paintings
End in his works in black and white.
However. he hos not contented him
self with merely Decorative composi-
tons. he has given his subjects depth
through "A clever use of perspective.
TO attemnt t. analyZr or describe
Mr.. Benson's etchinrs fully 1T this
tire would be idle. They require. as
it were. chapter to themselves.
The Corcoran Gallery of Art has atelv
Received as "A gift from the artists
brother comprehensive collection of
photographs OF paintings by the late
Mr.. Cox is best known as a mural
painter. but his claim to distinction
rests equally upon his nortraits. the ma
iority Of which are of his brother paint
ers and are included in the permanent
collection of the National Academy of
Design. These portraits have Ger
tain decorative quality and are extreme
1y individual. though at the same time
admirable as likenesses and intimately
suggestive Of the personality of the
sitters.
There are mural paintings by Mr. Cox
in the Library OF Congress- His por-
trait OF Augustus Saint Gardons is in
the Metropolitan Museum. NAw York.
Among others whom he painted are
Maxfie1d Parrish, Cass Gilbert. Augustus
Lukeman and the late Samuel Isham
Mr.. Cox was a most excellent critic
and writer and the author of a number
OF poems Of very extraordinary beauty
and significance.
The Pennsylvania Academy % the Fine
Arts one hundred and sixteenth annual
exhibition. which closes today. was one
Of the best held by this great institu-
tion for a number of years Sareent's
portrait of Carolus Duran, the great
French FAINTER Of whom Sargent was a
pupil. had the place of honor, which it
well merited. 1t was worth a trip to
Philadelphia to see this pain'ing clone.
or erstwh'le Washington artists. were
represented In this exhibition. A paint
ing by Frank Niepo'd entitled. "The Red
Bridge" was admirably hung in the
main gallery. Theodore J. Morgan. now
of Provincetown. was represented by an
Autumn Landscape" Hobart Nicho's
showed a picture of "A Sunny Brook.
Winter" which took its place among the
best. Richard S. Meryman and Alex
ander r. James. members of the faculty
of the Corcoran School of Art, were both
admirably represented. Mr.. Meryman by
a landscape and portrait. and Mr.
James by a portrait Of his wife. Felicie
Waldo Howell showed painting in quite
a new vein a moonlight wharf scene
entitled THE Night Watchman," handled
in q broad and vigorous manner. Among
tho scu'ptors exhibiting was Jerome Con-
nor. who showed two portraits and
figure for the Supreme Sacrifice me-
mortal.
The Architectural League of New York
IS holding its annual exhibition this year
n tn" new wing of the Metropo itan
Museum OF Art This exhibition com
prises not merely architectural drawings,
plans and models. but paintings. scu,"-
ture and examples of the handicrafts
and the allied arts.
1t is the first time an exhibition of
this character. works of co ",noora'v
artists has been held in the Metropoli-
tan Museum. AS the new wing affords
opportunity for exceptional setting, the
exhibition is one of extraordinary note
1t will continue until April 26
LEILA MECHLIN.