International studio (27.1905/1906(1906))

The International Exhibition at Pittsburgh


THE BRIDGE BY PREDERICIC
BUILDERS DANA MARSH

has not been seen in Pittsburgh before. Several
well-known men have failed to contribute this
yeär, men who in the past have been prize-
winners, among them E. C. Tarbell, whose Girl
Knitting made such a Sensation in the Society
of Ten last winter in New York.
The Dutchman, Willy
Sluiter, signs a large can-
vas of the Salon order, of
some horses on the beach
at Katwijk, which has
force and snap, and there
are others among the
Dutchmen, Jacob Kever,
the Mesdags, Hendrik and
Van Houten, Evert Pieters
and J. PI. Wijsmuller, who
are adequately represent-
ecl. Martin Borgord has
three heads of serious
draughtsmanship and
mellow tone, and E. A.
Hornel, the Englishman,
in a decorative composi-
tion, Sw ans and Water
Lilies, bythe generous use
of pigment secures the
difficultrelations of whites
and tender tones of grays.
Augustus Koopman, an havana harbour

American, has a large canvas, Return of the
Shrimp Gatherers, showing several fisher people
coming across the sands at evening, of strength and
filterest in colour and composition lines. Mary L.
Edwards, in her At Vespers, recalls Gari Melchers
in the general manner of presenting the Dutch per-
sonages of her composition, although the work is
not without a certain personal note, the picture
holding well together. Joseph R. Woodwell ren-
clers TIavana ITarbour with discretion, securing
delicate tones of early morning, and Walter Gay
discloses far better feeling in his recent sketchy con-
tributions to exhibitions than in his more completed
canvases.
Frederick Dana Marsh has made the most of a
genuinely American theme in his Bridge Builders,
disclosing possibilities of subjects near at hand of
modern life in this country. Here are some work-
men on a great beam suspended in midair, a city
seen in the distance below. One group labours at a
huge pulley and all express the energy of toil in
natural attitudes that show serious study of the
subject. The men are silhouetted against an even-
ing sky and the composition is nicely balanced, as
well as being agreeable in colour. It is one of a
series of such pictures which Air. Marsh has been
painting for some time and shows distinct progress.
It is of unusual interest to Pittsburghers and at-
tracts considerable attention as a note entirely new
in the gallery.


BY JOSEPH R. WOODWELL

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