Evening star., 1921-11-13
Notes of Art and Artists

The American art season for 1929
was inaugurated by the opening of
the annual exhibition of paintings
and sculpture at the Art Institute OF
Chicago and of water colors and
miniatures at the Pennsylvania Acad-
emy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia
week before last and is now in fuii
swing.:S From this time until next
May Exhibition win follow exhibition
in quick succession. not only in New
! York, Philadelphia. Boston and Chi
cago. but in Washington. Baltimore
Cleveland and smaller cities all the
way to the. Pacific coast.
The exhibition now in progress at
the Chicago Art Institute consists OF
$50 paintings selected from over
1000 Submitted. together with hfty
especially invited. and eighty WORKS
in sculpture.
The largest award. cash prize o1
$500! went this year to a painIhas .Gas
by Cecilia BeauX. entitled fhe
Dancing Lesson" which. couple of
yearssaso, was on exhibition tor sew
eral months as a loan IN the Cor
corani Gallery. of Art. This picture
reprssei i1tsI two OF the late Richard
wats9r elders daughters and was
pajntId twenty-five or more years
ago. sit IS. without question one OF
the rRost distinguished paintings pro
duceE i'm this country. Ihat n mas
not ing since passed into the pos
sessi9h of one of our art museums
is rsharkable 1t is not in Miss
Beaux's present manner. but 1t Is a
mast&E1S work and very beautlfn.
both in composition. and quality OF
iS rppTPQPnfeu
in this exhibition by her palntinS
of Sni,rfg woman and a black cat.
which, .1ikewise has been previously
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The Philadelphia exhibition, which
comp&isss water colors, Illustrative
work. etchings. Autographs and draw
ingss ssastwen as miniatures, is very
interesting this year, though perhaps
as IN ma st seasons For some time
many water colors have been given
the Rnpearance of oil paintings or
pastAe through the use of gouache
and the influence of the modern Dutcn
school. Recently there has been a
tendency to return to former methods
and the majority of the water colors
in this exhibition are rendered in pure
color and Keyed to white. In many
cases white frames and mats are
used The character of the work ior
the most part is what is termed today
.modern": color and form are given
chief place, regardless Of subjective
interest. There is distinct evidence OF
exploration. but the work IS serious
and we'll consideyd.
The place of honor Is given to a
group of water colors by Sargent,
colorful, but rather loosely rendered:
A much coveted place at the END OF
the main gallery is occupied by
brilliant group of western pictures by
Birger Sandzen of Lindsborg. Kan.
Joseph Pennel1. who is best known
as an etcher and lithographer. mas
this year adventured in new neid
and shows a delightful group of water
colors painted from the window OF
his hotel-home on Columbia Heights.
Brooklyn, which overlooks East river
and lower New York.
Special features of this exhlo1tton
are memorial groups, one Of original
illustrations by the late F. Walter
: Taylor of Philadelphia. who died last
summer: the other of water colors
and costume studies by Lucy Conant
spring. Both are impressive show
ings and add much to the larger ex-
hibition as a whole.
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The Royal Society of Miniature
Painters of London is exhibiting this
year at the Pennsylvania Academy
with the Pennsylvania Society OF
Miniature Painters. This society. OF
which Allyn Williams is president.
ing group not only Of miniatures, but
little paintings. illuminations and
other very small works. which after
being shown in Philadelphia Will go
on a circuit of American cities.
1t is, interesting to contrast the
difference in style between the work
of the American miniature painters
and those of England. the latter
being more smooth and delicate. the
former more vigorous, freer in exc
cution and with more character.
Among the foremost of the Ameri-
can painters represented are Laura
Coombs Hills OF Boston, who. 1t will
be remembered. spent a season In
garet Foote Hawley, formerly OF
Washington, and Eva Springer, still
a resident Of this city. The only
local painter represented in the water
Among the contributors to the
black -and-white section is H. Dewitt
Welsh, who shows quite group OF
drawings and was. 1t will be remem-
bered, in charge in Washington dur
ing the war Of the pictorial division
of the governmental committee on
publicity.
The American Society Of Miniature
Painters held its twenty-third an
nual exhibition in the Arden Gallery
from October 81 to November IL
and made an excellent showing. miss
Hills, Miss Hawley and Miss Springer
were again we'll represented, beside
others of distinction. such as Lucy
NJ. Stanton. Maria ]. Stream. Mabel
welch. sallie Cross and Alice Beck
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In connection with this exhibition
comprehensive group Of porcelain
fgurines by Mrs: George Oakley Tot.
ten formerly Vicken Won Post) of
this city. Commenting upon this
collection, MIR. Cortissoz. art critic
of the New York Times, said: "The
ital impression, but these, which hrst
meet the eye, are really of less in
terest than the sculptural ability
which Mrs. Totten reveals. She is
q deft modeller, with certain plastic
gayety at her finger tips"
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An exceedingly interesting collec-
ton of marine paintings by Frederick
J. Waugh of West Indian subjects is
to be seen in the Macbeth Gallery.
New York. Mr. Waugh, who Is rep
resented by two impressive works in
our National Gallery and Is we'll
known in this city. spent the greater
part Of last spring and summer in
the West Indies. and this splendid
his impressions. There are superb
pictures of the South Sea, wildly col
orful, but not blatant; pictures full
Of light and air and. what is more,
suggestive Of motion. The palm
trees on the beaches that he has