DOI Heft:
No. 187 (September, 1912)
DOI Artikel:An exhibition of paintings by American artists
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.43450#0388
An Exhibition of Paintings by American A rtists
N EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS
BY AMERICAN ARTISTS
JL V. A notable collection of paintings of
American painters has until recently
been on view at the Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo,
and those who saw it pronounced it to be one of the
best American exhibitions so far assembled. It
will be remembered that not long ago the famous
group of the Societe Nouvelle of Paris made its
debut in the classic building of which Buffalo is
justly proud, and it seemed very appropriate that
the director, Miss Cornelia B. Sage, who secured
the French pictures for Buffalo, St. Louis, Chicago
and Boston, should place in her gallery the most
imposing exhibition of the paintings of her own
countrymen so far shown in Buffalo. It was an
assemblage of pictures of rare refinement which
admirably harmonized with each other and ap-
peared to great advantage on the delicate grey
background. The collection was very broad in
scope, and included every phase of American art
with each artist represented by his best work.
Not since the Pan-American Exhibition had such
a notable group of the works of George Inness
been brought together, and of these all but two
are owned in Buffalo and were lent from the col-
lections of Mrs. Porter Norton, Mr. J. J. Albright,
Mr. William A. Rogers and Mr. George Cary.
Nor is it a common thing to see twelve Tyrons
together which, grouped opposite the Innesses,
Lent by Smith College
A LUTE PLAYER
BY THOMAS W. DEWING, N.A.
THE DREAMER
BY EDMUND C. TARBELL, N.A.
gave such a rare opportunity to study and appre-
ciate the exquisite genius of this artist. On
another wall hung a group of six paintings by
John H. Twachtman, five of which were of the
well-known Yellowstone series. The beautiful
Beechwoods, by Emil Carlsen, lent by Willis 0.
Chapin and one or two others have formed a
landscape-room.
In the long gallery on the center screen, holding
of course, the place of honor, was the Portrait of
Miss Lillian Woakes, by James McNeill Whistler,
which is a well-known and important work by that
master. In the same room all the members of
the Ten, were represented by one or more of their
best works. The Lute Player, by Thomas W.
Dewing, represents the idealization of a feminine
personality with perfect details and is yet treated
in so broad and artistic a manner that it would
appeal to the painter as well as the layman. The
Boston men were splendidly represented and two
of the most important works by Edmund C.
Tarbell were captured from the recent exhibition
of the artist’s life work at Copley Hall, Boston.
The best of the portraits of men at least was that
of President Seelye of Smith College, an important
and masterly canvas, which occupied the center
of the wall of gallery seventeen. The full-length,
life-size figure, in its black gown, faced with
purple, is seated near a table covered by a blue
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N EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS
BY AMERICAN ARTISTS
JL V. A notable collection of paintings of
American painters has until recently
been on view at the Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo,
and those who saw it pronounced it to be one of the
best American exhibitions so far assembled. It
will be remembered that not long ago the famous
group of the Societe Nouvelle of Paris made its
debut in the classic building of which Buffalo is
justly proud, and it seemed very appropriate that
the director, Miss Cornelia B. Sage, who secured
the French pictures for Buffalo, St. Louis, Chicago
and Boston, should place in her gallery the most
imposing exhibition of the paintings of her own
countrymen so far shown in Buffalo. It was an
assemblage of pictures of rare refinement which
admirably harmonized with each other and ap-
peared to great advantage on the delicate grey
background. The collection was very broad in
scope, and included every phase of American art
with each artist represented by his best work.
Not since the Pan-American Exhibition had such
a notable group of the works of George Inness
been brought together, and of these all but two
are owned in Buffalo and were lent from the col-
lections of Mrs. Porter Norton, Mr. J. J. Albright,
Mr. William A. Rogers and Mr. George Cary.
Nor is it a common thing to see twelve Tyrons
together which, grouped opposite the Innesses,
Lent by Smith College
A LUTE PLAYER
BY THOMAS W. DEWING, N.A.
THE DREAMER
BY EDMUND C. TARBELL, N.A.
gave such a rare opportunity to study and appre-
ciate the exquisite genius of this artist. On
another wall hung a group of six paintings by
John H. Twachtman, five of which were of the
well-known Yellowstone series. The beautiful
Beechwoods, by Emil Carlsen, lent by Willis 0.
Chapin and one or two others have formed a
landscape-room.
In the long gallery on the center screen, holding
of course, the place of honor, was the Portrait of
Miss Lillian Woakes, by James McNeill Whistler,
which is a well-known and important work by that
master. In the same room all the members of
the Ten, were represented by one or more of their
best works. The Lute Player, by Thomas W.
Dewing, represents the idealization of a feminine
personality with perfect details and is yet treated
in so broad and artistic a manner that it would
appeal to the painter as well as the layman. The
Boston men were splendidly represented and two
of the most important works by Edmund C.
Tarbell were captured from the recent exhibition
of the artist’s life work at Copley Hall, Boston.
The best of the portraits of men at least was that
of President Seelye of Smith College, an important
and masterly canvas, which occupied the center
of the wall of gallery seventeen. The full-length,
life-size figure, in its black gown, faced with
purple, is seated near a table covered by a blue
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