DOI Heft:
The International Studio (May, 1908)
DOI Artikel:Hoeber, Arthur: Spring exhibition of the National Academy of Design
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.28254#0471
National Academy
scape men, with a moonlight effect, quite out of the
commonplace and highly personal in the rendering,
of delicate tones, of subtle quality in every way and
pleasing, while the scheme is simplicity itself.
Another delicate effect, though badly hung, is by
Ben Foster, of some trees against an evening sky,
and Walter Nettleton has a dainty snow effect,
more suave than usual, more har-
monious as well, and altogether en-
tertaining. Will S. Robinson makes
great strides in his landscape work,
securing delicacy, subtlety and po-
etry, and here is Frank de FTaven,
recalling the late Julian Rix, with
imposing size but not overagreeable
color. Arthur Parton, among the
older men, keeps well up with the
procession and holds your attention,
while Mrs. Charlotte B. Coman more
than holds her own with the men, in
a lovelystretch of hilly country which
she has painted with artistic feeling
and considerable knowledge of land-
scape construction. Finally, to speak
only of some of the more prominent
things, there are several marine pic-
tures, notably one by Frank W. Ben-
son, better known for his figure work,
but who seems equally facile with his
representation here of moonlight on
the sea. He has secured the feeling
of the wave movement, the brilliancy
of the light, the shimmer of the re-
flection, and generally offers a fine
performance for inspection. So too,
another Boston man, Charles H.
Woodbury, knows well his metier in
two contributions of midocean, one
The Bark. Frederick J. Waugh
and Gifford Beal are seriously rep-
resented, the former showing capac-
ity in depicting the great movement
of surf, the formation of waves and
the grandeur of the ocean. Paul
King has an along-shore effort that
is satisfactory, and De Witt Parshall
has a strong bit of the Maine coast,
showing cliffs, great rocks and dash-
ing sea. Maria Oakey Dewing has
some roses of sumptuous color and
delicate feeling for the growth and
character, and these she has painted
with breadth and skill.
The cleverness of Wilhelm Funk is
once more apparent in his portrait of Mrs. Dandridge
Spotswood, certainly a beautiful woman, whom he
has rendered, perhaps, in a somewhat too flippant
manner, yet with alluring dexterity and no little
charm. Yet the spell of Sargent is over so many of our
modern portrait men, and here is it again unmista-
kable. William J.Whittemore hasadaintvlittlegirlin
A WINTER WALK BY DOUGLAS VOLK
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scape men, with a moonlight effect, quite out of the
commonplace and highly personal in the rendering,
of delicate tones, of subtle quality in every way and
pleasing, while the scheme is simplicity itself.
Another delicate effect, though badly hung, is by
Ben Foster, of some trees against an evening sky,
and Walter Nettleton has a dainty snow effect,
more suave than usual, more har-
monious as well, and altogether en-
tertaining. Will S. Robinson makes
great strides in his landscape work,
securing delicacy, subtlety and po-
etry, and here is Frank de FTaven,
recalling the late Julian Rix, with
imposing size but not overagreeable
color. Arthur Parton, among the
older men, keeps well up with the
procession and holds your attention,
while Mrs. Charlotte B. Coman more
than holds her own with the men, in
a lovelystretch of hilly country which
she has painted with artistic feeling
and considerable knowledge of land-
scape construction. Finally, to speak
only of some of the more prominent
things, there are several marine pic-
tures, notably one by Frank W. Ben-
son, better known for his figure work,
but who seems equally facile with his
representation here of moonlight on
the sea. He has secured the feeling
of the wave movement, the brilliancy
of the light, the shimmer of the re-
flection, and generally offers a fine
performance for inspection. So too,
another Boston man, Charles H.
Woodbury, knows well his metier in
two contributions of midocean, one
The Bark. Frederick J. Waugh
and Gifford Beal are seriously rep-
resented, the former showing capac-
ity in depicting the great movement
of surf, the formation of waves and
the grandeur of the ocean. Paul
King has an along-shore effort that
is satisfactory, and De Witt Parshall
has a strong bit of the Maine coast,
showing cliffs, great rocks and dash-
ing sea. Maria Oakey Dewing has
some roses of sumptuous color and
delicate feeling for the growth and
character, and these she has painted
with breadth and skill.
The cleverness of Wilhelm Funk is
once more apparent in his portrait of Mrs. Dandridge
Spotswood, certainly a beautiful woman, whom he
has rendered, perhaps, in a somewhat too flippant
manner, yet with alluring dexterity and no little
charm. Yet the spell of Sargent is over so many of our
modern portrait men, and here is it again unmista-
kable. William J.Whittemore hasadaintvlittlegirlin
A WINTER WALK BY DOUGLAS VOLK
CVII