Studio- Talk
perhaps the Portrait of a lady by R. Schuster 1 V HILADELPHIA.—The most important
Woldan. The " Head " of a very pretty woman, by I 3 of the annual exhibitions of works of art
Walther Thor, was also pleasing, and there were held in^ Philadelphia during the season
some good "Interiors" by Karl Bios which deserve *■ of 1901-2 was opened at the galleries of
a passing mention. There is no such love of nature the Pennsylvania Academy oi the Fine Arts on
for her own sake amongst the Luitpold group as January 20th, and closed March 1st of this year,
there is amongst the Secessionists; and, whether The artists represented at the Pan-American
their subjects are treated in the old or the new style, Exposition at Buffalo, and many residing tem-
there is a certain mannerism about everything they porarily abroad, contributed very largely to the
produce. It would perhaps be as well that the dignity and excellence of the exhibition as a
Luitpold group should return to their old home in whole, although there were indications of over-
the Glaspalast. crowding the walls with much that might well
E. E. have been left out.
PORTRAIT OF MRS. PHELPS-STOKES
BY CECILIA BEAUX
The position of honour in the
large gallery was occupied by Mr.
George de Forest Brush's portrait
of Mrs. Goodienn and Sister, flanked
on one side by Mr. Edwin A.
Abbey's Penance of Elea?ior, Duchess
of Gloucester, lent by the Carnegie
Institute, and on the other by a
landscape' by MrJCharles H. Davis,
entitled Last Rays, lent by the
Union League Club of Chicago.
Miss Cecilia Beaux was represented
by some admirable portraits, that of
Mrs. J. W. Phelps - Stokes being
quite the finest in the way of
technique. Portraits of A. Newbold
Morris, Esq., by Mr. John W.
Alexander ; of Captain F. S. Greene,
U.S.N., by Mr. Wilton Lockwood;
of Donald G. Mitchell (" Ik Mar-
vel") author of "Reveries of a
Bachelor," by Mr. Gari Melchers;
and of Rosa Bonheur, by Miss Anna
E. Klumptre, were quite in the
best manner of these painters
and creditable examples of their
skill.
Mr. James McNeill Whistler
showed a figure subject, entitled
The Andalusian, and a group of
sixty-six etchings. He was awarded
the Gold Medal of Honour by the
Academy. Mr. William Merritt
Chase was represented by an admir-
able portrait of L. F. Roos, Esq.,
a low-toned study of a young girl
entitled A Fragment, and an ex-
ample of still life painted with the
clever dexterity which is character-
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perhaps the Portrait of a lady by R. Schuster 1 V HILADELPHIA.—The most important
Woldan. The " Head " of a very pretty woman, by I 3 of the annual exhibitions of works of art
Walther Thor, was also pleasing, and there were held in^ Philadelphia during the season
some good "Interiors" by Karl Bios which deserve *■ of 1901-2 was opened at the galleries of
a passing mention. There is no such love of nature the Pennsylvania Academy oi the Fine Arts on
for her own sake amongst the Luitpold group as January 20th, and closed March 1st of this year,
there is amongst the Secessionists; and, whether The artists represented at the Pan-American
their subjects are treated in the old or the new style, Exposition at Buffalo, and many residing tem-
there is a certain mannerism about everything they porarily abroad, contributed very largely to the
produce. It would perhaps be as well that the dignity and excellence of the exhibition as a
Luitpold group should return to their old home in whole, although there were indications of over-
the Glaspalast. crowding the walls with much that might well
E. E. have been left out.
PORTRAIT OF MRS. PHELPS-STOKES
BY CECILIA BEAUX
The position of honour in the
large gallery was occupied by Mr.
George de Forest Brush's portrait
of Mrs. Goodienn and Sister, flanked
on one side by Mr. Edwin A.
Abbey's Penance of Elea?ior, Duchess
of Gloucester, lent by the Carnegie
Institute, and on the other by a
landscape' by MrJCharles H. Davis,
entitled Last Rays, lent by the
Union League Club of Chicago.
Miss Cecilia Beaux was represented
by some admirable portraits, that of
Mrs. J. W. Phelps - Stokes being
quite the finest in the way of
technique. Portraits of A. Newbold
Morris, Esq., by Mr. John W.
Alexander ; of Captain F. S. Greene,
U.S.N., by Mr. Wilton Lockwood;
of Donald G. Mitchell (" Ik Mar-
vel") author of "Reveries of a
Bachelor," by Mr. Gari Melchers;
and of Rosa Bonheur, by Miss Anna
E. Klumptre, were quite in the
best manner of these painters
and creditable examples of their
skill.
Mr. James McNeill Whistler
showed a figure subject, entitled
The Andalusian, and a group of
sixty-six etchings. He was awarded
the Gold Medal of Honour by the
Academy. Mr. William Merritt
Chase was represented by an admir-
able portrait of L. F. Roos, Esq.,
a low-toned study of a young girl
entitled A Fragment, and an ex-
ample of still life painted with the
clever dexterity which is character-
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