New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-16
Current Observations
About Art and Artists


The annual exhibition of the New
port Art Association was opened yes
terday with private view in the gal
leries Of the association. It will con-
tinue until August IL. This affair usu-
ally brings out work from the studios
of artists all over the country as we'll
as of those summering in the resort
city The annual award Of prizes
known as the "Richard S. Greenough
Prize" and the peoples Prize" this
year Is adding quite as much interest
as ever to the show.
The Boston Museum Of Fine Arts
has just received as a gift from Mrs.
Ernest w. Longfellow in memory of
Israel M. Spelman the portrait of
Miss Moysey," by John Hoppncr. The
exact date of the painting is not
known, says the museum bulletin, but
the canvas is probably che Of the later
works of the artist. "If he allowed him.
self little latitude and occasionally
INDUCED in idealization,' this account
says Of Hoppner, ct was to make the
eyes of his ladies larger and their
mouths smaller on his canvases than
IN nature. Perhaps not an Emphasizing
trace Of this is found in this portrait,
but the exaggerated buxomness which
characterizes some of his work is only
noticeable by it's absence from this
paintings. The charm of the pic
ture lies in its tonality and harmonious
palette"
A collection of etchings, mezzotints,
wood block prints, color etchings and
monotypes from the Randolph collec-
tions has been especially assembled for
presentation in Denver from July 10
to a. 1t constitutes selection from
the exhibitions of graphic art held
during the last year in the principal
art centers of the East and involves
the work of the following artists: Cliff
ford Adams, John Taylor Arms,
Theresa Bernstein, Carlton T.. Chap
man, N. A.; Arthur B. Davies, Meyer
Eberhardt, Anne Goldthwaite, Ernest
Haskell, Eugene Higgins, A. N. A.; Ed
ward Hopper, Earl Horter, William
Auerbach- Levy, S, Lipinski, Donald
Shaw MacLaughlin, William. Meyero-
WITT, B. j. o. Nordfeldt, Will Quinlan,
Lee Randolph, M. Paul Roche, Henry
B. Slope, Will Simmons, j. Andre
Smith, Franz Won Stuck, John c. Von-
drous, Stanley w. Woodward, C. JAG
Young, Mahonri Young, A. N. A.;
Margaret Patterson, Hall Thorpe, Fred
erick Reynolds, John Cotton, George
| Senseney, Luigi Kasimir and Lee RAN
dolph.
| Extensive alterations are being made
at the Anderson Galleries on Park
, Avenue, which will provide, among
other things, for 5000 square feet of
additional gallery space. The second
floor, where before there were two exhi-
bition galleries, will have four addi-
tional rooms. One of these will house
the book and literary gallery formerly
occupying a part Of the main floor,
which is being converted into bank
The fourth floor, hitherto unused for
exhibition purposes, will have three
large and two small galleries to take
care Of the need for increased exhibit
ton space. They will be skylighted
| rooms suitable for the exhibition Of
paintings, fine rugs and other objects
recurring clear, natural light to show
them to best advantage. According to
R. Milton Mitchill jr., treasurer, the
new galleries will be ready by Octo-
| Der Is.
The Walter Beck collection of about
| twenty paintings of noted Civil War
veterans has been hung by the Ma
tional Museum in Washington. Both
the North and the South are repre-
sented in the exhibition; the South by
the triptych showing the Southern
guerrilla chieftain, Mosby, with group
of his followers. Most of the paintings
were done from life in the uniforms Of
the war by Mr.. Beck in his New York
studio, and were once exhibited here at
the Anderson galleries. 1t is hoped
to obtain the paintings for preserva-
tion by the government.
Mrs. Gertrude v. Whitney will soon
commence work on her new design for
a monument to Colonel Cody, known
as Buffalo Bill" for many years one
Of the heroes of the Western frontier.