Evening star., 1925-10-18


dered Here are Tryon's Evening in
May" and George Inness' Frosty
Morning. Montclair." a typical Dewing,
"A Duet" and one Of George Fuller's
whimsical lovely landscapes. In this
assemblage of great work October
Afternoon" by Frederick Ballard Will
liams, and the late Max Bohm's por-
trait of his wife held their own ad-
mirably.
THE keynote in Gallery B is struck
by John Singer Sargent's portrait
OF Miss Wertheimer, entitled "A Nele
Gonfie." one of his most brilliant
achievements, now happily in private
ownership in this country-one of the
great pictures of the exhibition. OPP
posite hangs one of Irving r. Wiles'
most successful paintings. Portrait in
Brown of Il young woman. Here.
too. is Thomas Eakins' solidly painted
full-length figure of a man, THE
Thinker" and George de Forest
Brush Mother and Child" widely diff
ferent from that owned by the Cor
coran Gallery of Art
No attempt has been made to group
the works in this exhibition accord
ing to schools or styles, and thus it is
tangibly demonstrated that al good
lery dominated by Sargents master
piece, we find Thomas Hovenden's
storytelling painting in the style of
the old school, The Last Moments
of John Brown" and Francis d. Mil
let's characteristic picture of life in
old England entitled AT the Inn"
owned and lent by the Union League
Club, New York. Here. also, hangs
the small original study made by
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cal painting, The Edict OF William
the Testy," a large-sized rendition of
which Is. it will be remembered.
owned by the Corcoran Gallery of
Art.
In the end gallery. terminating the
long vista, hangs a figure painting by
Carl Melchers. The Communicate,
lent by Charles NJ. Swift AS a Carl
Melchers habitually hangs in this posi-
ton IN this gallery, the arrangement
seems peculiarly appropriate This
particular painting by Mr.. Melchers.
reckoned by his confreres among his
best, has never, however, heretofore
been shown in Washington. 1t is n
Dutch subject and in his best style.
To one side hangs a landscape nv
Oliver Dennet Grover of Chicago. to
the other marine, Purple Tide
California" by William Ritschel Of
liIdl L dI w est state.
In this room one sees Felicie Waldo
Howells charming painting of Chest
nut Street. Salem" and beside II a
landscape, Lone Tree Hill, by Charles
II. Davis. Here also is a painting of
an interior, 'Olive Wine Press, Capri"
by the nonagenarian academician,
Charles Caryl Coleman: Harry w.
Natrous' exquisite portrait of his
mother, and Philip l.. Hale's finely
painted interior, 'Sunlit Room" "Sil-
yer Clouds, Arizona" by Albert l..
Groll. one of his best achievements.
hangs beside a we'll rendered land
scape, "Schoolhouse Hill" by John f.
Folinsbee. Arthur ]. Z. Powell shows
us an attractive Corner in Central
Park" and John L. Costigan inter.
prets delightfully."- The Suns Refec-
ton"
The long vista through the atrium
is terminated in Gallery F by Edwin
Rowland BlaShfield's allegorical paint
ing made for this occasion, "Aca-
demia," a beautiful, stately figure of
woman standing between classic col
umns on an open portico which over
looks New York. In one hand she
holds a palm, in the other not only a
bride, but spur. signifying the func-
tions OF the academy. At her feet are
Behind her looms not only the city,
but a monumental cloud, climbing,
like aspiration, the open heavens to
heights unknown. Mr.. BlaShfield, it
will be remembered, is not only the
president Of the National Academy of
Design, but the painter of the ceiling
of the rotunda of the Library of Con-
gress and of other distinguished mural
panels in our public buildings through
out the United States. His portrait,
painted, by Ernest l.. Ipsen
one of the best portraits Of the exhi
bition and perhaps of our day, hangs,
modestly placed, in gallery d, between
an impressive picture entitled AN
by Henry B. Smell, lent
by the Business Mems Club of Cincin
natl. and colorful Autumn landscape,
" Meath Clouded Skies" by Ben Fos-
ter, lent by the Buffalo Fine Arts
Academy.
THE central space in this gallery,
the so-called place of honor, has
been given to painting by the late
John w. Alexander. one-tine presi-
dent of the National Academy of
Design. This painting is Isabella and
the Pot of Basil and has been lent
by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
a mastery work. There are fine por-
traits in this gallery by Ralph Clark
son of Chicago and by Henry r. Rit-
tenberg of New York. There are two
charming little pictures, very decora-
tive in effect, by Jules Guerin and by
MaXfield Parrish. There is splendid
figure painting by Charles w. Haw-
thorne and d Spring landscape by II.
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