International studio (51.1913/1914)

INTERNATIONAL
STUDIO
VOL. LI. No. 204 Copyright, 1914, by John Lane Company FEBRUARY, 1914


BY WILLIAM FAIR KLINE

where the American artist is so thoroughly com-
petent as marine painting, and it might be said
with justice that in Paul Dougherty we possess
perhaps the best sea painter of any country to-day.
Carlsen’s picture, The Sky and the Ocean is lacking
in composition. The repeated curve might have
been avoided; the colour and movement, how-
ever, are splendidly expressed. Sargent’s Water-

National Academy of Design, Winter Exhibition, 1913-1914
THE SOUL’S AWAKENING

The invariable question each year
is: “ Well, what sort of a show is it this time? ” and
the answer varies, according to the disposition of
the person questioned, but is usually lavish praise
or deep discontent. On the
present occasion the verdict
would appear to lie between
these extreme views, and
with justice. Of the pic¬
tures hung it cannot be said
that many of them make a
very strong appeal, either
from choice of subject or
mode of execution. One is
reminded of an enthusiast
praising a large canvas for
its wonderful cleverness and
draughtsmanship, and the
remark of Whistler, “Yes,
but why do it?” The con¬
ception must be big, the
imagination awakened, es¬
sentials and construction
well considered and weighed
before a picture can be .
classed as first-rate, and
only few canvases answer
to these conditions. In the
case of the Ritschel picture,
Rocks and Breakers, Pacific
Coast, we have a truly great
achievement, and none of
the prize awards was more
worthily bestowed. The
painting is full of strength
and the shadows are excel-

lent in colour.
There is no field of art

The national academy of
DESIGN: WINTER EXHIBITION
BY W. H. de B. NELSON

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