International studio (58.1916)

INTERNATIONAL

• STUDIO
VOL. LVIII. No. 229 Copyright, 1916, by John Lane Company


MARCH, 1916

PENNSYLVANIA, 111
BY W. H. de B. NELSON
The Pennsylvania Academy is holding

- its one hundred and eleventh exhibition in

Philadelphia to continue till March 26. The pri-
vate view, on February 5, attracted the usual gay,
enthusiastic crowd of art lovers who regard this
kaleidoscopic affair as a matter of supreme im-
portance which custom can never stale. Phila-

delphia proper actually looks at pictures and en-
joys the process. Some Philadelphians even go
to the length of acquiring pictures by purchase.
There is more genuine interest attached to this
stately annual function than one notices abroad
on similar occasions. Enthusiasm here is not
misplaced, satisfying pictures abound, the hang-
ing is all that could be desired, though, of course,
some feelings have been wounded in the process.
It was curious, by the way, to observe an early


SUNLIGHT AND SHADOW

BY WM. M. CHASE

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