International studio (34.1908)

National Academy


AMERICAN GLADIATORS BY F. LUIS MORA

his portrait which he entitled The Idler, showing the
lady seated in the woodland, with an effective large
hat, and though the color is inclined to a certain
prettiness, it is attractive all the same. Two more
children, this time by W. T. Smedley, are his own
and are called Sweethearts. These two are seated
in a woodland, the prevailing tone of the canvas
being gray. It is directly and freely painted and not
without considerable sentiment. C. Y. Turner has
a figure at full length which he calls Juliet. The
Shakespearean heroine stands by a table with a
rose in her hand, a background of tapestries
giving a proper setting for the scene.
The art of John W. Alexander is built on a solid
foundation, and his Study of Black and Green is
again one of his beautiful models, gracefully posed,
apparently fastening a jewel on her bodice. Once

more we have a charming
disposition of light and
shade, always out of the
commonplace, yet not
strained or bizarre, and
there is an abiding sense of
the decorative here as there
is to all his canvases.
Samuel Isham has a Wat-
teauesque figure, which he
calls somewhat obscurely
The Faithful Shepherdess,
and one is lost in specula-
tion as to the particular
nature of her faithfulness.
She sits somewhat stiffly
posed, with her crook, and
near her is a little dog, pos-
sibly seeking an explanation
of the astonishing title.
The prizes have given
general satisfaction. Mr.
Gauley with his Tanagra,
above mentioned, takes the
Thomas B. Clarke prize for
the best figure. The Sal-
tus medal for most meri-
torious work was given to
Mr. Tarbell for his Dr.
Seelye, of Smith College.
Mr. Granville-Smith se-
cures the Inness Medal for
the best landscape, and the
Julia A. Shaw Memorial
prize goes to Lillian Genth
for The Lark, while the three
Hallgarten prizes go respec-
tively to Ernest Lawson for his admirable win-
ter landscape, Ice on the Hudson; to George Bellows
for his view of The North River, and to W. W.
Gilchrist, Jr., for a small panel, Daughter and Doll,
a dainty conception, cleverly rendered and of
originality in the composition.
On the whole the Academy is to be warmly con-
gratulated on its advance and its liberality- It
is said that many hundred works were offered, but
only three hundred and fifty have been admitted,
so that of necessity many good works must have
been rejected. A sad note to the show is caused by
the bits of crepe and the wreaths under the work
of the lamented Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and that
of the late John Lambert, of Philadelphia, both
of whom have passed away during the last twelve
months.

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