New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-10-26
AMERICANS EXCEL ,
EUROPEANS IN ART
Connecticut Artists Represented
in Exhibit

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artists are doing better work and
American art standards are higher
than in Europe, the jury of artists
declared today in passing on the
1900 entries in the 3tSh annual en-
hibition of American painting and
sculpture. Prizes will be announced
Thursday.
The cubistic and post-impression-
istic school seems to be fading
among American painters, less than
a dozen being accepted for hanging
among the 235 chosen, and these
few approach the modern school
rather than the riots of color and
form of a few years ago. There are
only a dozen nudes and most of
them are decorative rather than fig
ure paintings.
Two posthumous paintings. among
the. last works of John Singer Sar-
gent and William Metcalfe, are
among those exhibited. The Sargent
Is one of those found in the painters
studio after his death few months
Iago. 1t portrays "Shoeing of Cav
airy at the Front" in the world war.
THE Metcalfe painting is ono Of his
typical landscapes. Joyous May
time" done in the delicate green
tints of budding leaves and fresh
green grass.
AS a group, the most numerous
are those of the Taos, New Mexico,
colony of artists, who are recording
1.-THE types and arts of Americas most
ancient civilization.
The portrait and figure pieces are
the most numerous, due partly to
the renewal of the Logan $4,000
award. There are ITO of these. With
81 landscapes, IS marines and 1G
still life paintings. There are So
sculptures chosen for exhibition, In
Guiding the preliminary sketch for
| the General Meade memorial at
Washington. The jury was eNccp~
tionally severe in its selections, few
err than last year being chosen from
| the 1900 submitted. Members of
he jury who have recently returned
| from visits to the Paris salons say
that American artists excel those Of
| all the world now.
The greater number of exhibits
come from New York, Pennsylvania,
New Jersey and Connecticut artists,
land IS Chicago painters.
Notable among the portraits arc
those Of Elhu Root and Lillian
Gish. Mr.. Roots portrait was by
Augustus V. Tack. The Gish paint
ing, by Nicholas Fechin, represents
her in the name part of "Romola,"
and the figure stands out strikingly
in pale lavender against dark
background. Leopold Seifert, in
| structor at the Art institute, sub
nitted portrait of Mrs. Frederick
Fl. Rawson, besides a self portrait,
which is typical of the best of the
modern school.
One of the most unusual paintings
of the collection is large dry color
decorative figure group Lord of
Happiness" by Wellington j. Rcy-
nolds, of Chicago. With an entire
absence of gloss or sheen, the dry
colors are laid on a glue base on the
canvas TO produce figures of striking
clarity from any angle. It was done
for the New Briar hotel of Chicago.
Among the sculptures is a beauti-
full miniature of the "Thrcc Graces"
by Mario Korbel. The acceptance of
one of his recent works by the Vati-
can created tremendous discussion
Irecently on modern art standards
land old masters. Leo Friedlandcr
has submitted symbolic memorial
Of the World War" an equestrian
figure Of Mars with an armored
Amazon striding beside the bride.
Bessie Potter Nonnoh has one of the
few sculptured figures accepted, a
youth typical Of Spring" One of the
rare father and child sculptures is
Chester Beach's 'sea horse" The
father is playing for his small son
astride his shoulders, at the seashorc
with row of real seahorscs sur
rounding the pedestal.
An unusual figure among the
nudes is the entry of James, r Hop
lins of Ohio State University with
"Jeunesse."
Ten medals and cash prizes are 10
he awarded by the jury of ten paint
ers and sculptors, with director
Robert r. Harshe OF the art institute.
Among the exhibitors arc: Karl
Anderson. Westport, Conn: Charles
Il. Reiffel, Belden Hill Road, Conn;
w. NJ, Paxton, Boston: Frank W.
Benton, Salem. Mass: Frederick
Waugh, Kent, Conn: Philip Hale
Boston; William L. Carrigan, Fall
Village, Conn.