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Nr. 106 (December, 1905)
DOI Artikel:Hoeber, Arthur: The international exhibition at Pittsburgh
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The International Exhibition at Pittsburgh
The international Exhibi-
tion AT PITTSBURGH
BY ARTHUR HOEBER
The annual show of pictures at the
Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh may be said to be
the only one of an international character held in
America. It is here alone the public has an oppor-
tunity to study the progress of the foreign painter
and compare his labours with those of the native.
In the matter of figure work the alien more than
holds his own, but where landscape is concerned it
is quite a different matter, for in this Held the
American compares favourably with the best that is
offered. So it is interesting in the current display—
the tenth annual show—to look about and see just
where the native Stands and what he has been
accomplishing. Nearly three hundred canvases
are hung on the walls, hung this season, it is agree-
able to relate, with much more discretion than
usual, and the jury has been commendably catho-
lic in its selection. A few things have crept in that
were better omitted—as is usual with all exhibi-
tions—and here and there prominence has been
given to works whose merit is by no means obivous
to others than the jury; yet, on the whole, there is
much of interest and one may see many experi-
mentings that show the artist to be seriously using
his brains.
Unquestionably, the possibility of serious money
prizes has tempted the painter to produce can-
vases of imposing size. Many such are here, made
of proportions to catch the eye of the jury of awards.
The largest of these, justified by its excellence, we
must admit, has succeeded in obtaining the first
medal.
It is by Luden Simon and is -a portrait group
of ten people gathered of an Evening in a
Studio. As a mere tour de force it is a remarkable
achievement, but it goes farther than this, for it is a
veritable study of character, an admirable compo-
sition and a most agreeable arrangement of colour
and lighting, executed in a modern way, the author
evidentlyhaving had in mind all through his labours
a certain Dutchman by the name of Hals. It is the
culminating canvas of a long series of portrait
“the crest”
BY EDWARD W. REDEIELD
AWARDED MEDAL OF SECOND CLASS, CARNEGIE INSTITUTE ($1,000 PRIZE)
XXXUI
The international Exhibi-
tion AT PITTSBURGH
BY ARTHUR HOEBER
The annual show of pictures at the
Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh may be said to be
the only one of an international character held in
America. It is here alone the public has an oppor-
tunity to study the progress of the foreign painter
and compare his labours with those of the native.
In the matter of figure work the alien more than
holds his own, but where landscape is concerned it
is quite a different matter, for in this Held the
American compares favourably with the best that is
offered. So it is interesting in the current display—
the tenth annual show—to look about and see just
where the native Stands and what he has been
accomplishing. Nearly three hundred canvases
are hung on the walls, hung this season, it is agree-
able to relate, with much more discretion than
usual, and the jury has been commendably catho-
lic in its selection. A few things have crept in that
were better omitted—as is usual with all exhibi-
tions—and here and there prominence has been
given to works whose merit is by no means obivous
to others than the jury; yet, on the whole, there is
much of interest and one may see many experi-
mentings that show the artist to be seriously using
his brains.
Unquestionably, the possibility of serious money
prizes has tempted the painter to produce can-
vases of imposing size. Many such are here, made
of proportions to catch the eye of the jury of awards.
The largest of these, justified by its excellence, we
must admit, has succeeded in obtaining the first
medal.
It is by Luden Simon and is -a portrait group
of ten people gathered of an Evening in a
Studio. As a mere tour de force it is a remarkable
achievement, but it goes farther than this, for it is a
veritable study of character, an admirable compo-
sition and a most agreeable arrangement of colour
and lighting, executed in a modern way, the author
evidentlyhaving had in mind all through his labours
a certain Dutchman by the name of Hals. It is the
culminating canvas of a long series of portrait
“the crest”
BY EDWARD W. REDEIELD
AWARDED MEDAL OF SECOND CLASS, CARNEGIE INSTITUTE ($1,000 PRIZE)
XXXUI