Studio- Talk

striking contrast of colour with the evening costume
of a delicate cream white, set off with bands of
Oriental embroidery, is given the place of honour
in this gallery. Mr. John Singer Sargent is repre-
sented by two interesting portraits of prominent
men, one, his latest work, that of Dr. J. William
White, the other of Joseph Pulitzer, Esq., editor
of the New York World. Mr. Thomas P. Anshutz
shows a portrait entitled Summer Time, and
deserves the highest praise for a careful and con-
scientious expression of a charming personality.

Mr. John McLure Hamilton is represented by
two works very cleverly executed, and worthy of
better positions than were given them by the
Hanging Committee. His portrait of Dr. W. G.
Mitchell, one of the cele-
brities of Philadelphia, is
full of personal character,
and withal not carried any
further than necessary for
an artistic result. The
other canvas, a portrait of
Joseph Pennell, Esq., well
known to readers of The
Studio as an etcher and
as the biographer of
Whistler, furnished a not-
able addition to the
attractions of the collec-
tions. Mr. George de
Forest Brush shows a
Portrait of a Lady, deli-
cious in tone and colour,
and A Fa m ily Group,
awarded the Saltus Gold
Medal and lent by the
Art Institute of Chicago,
that is replete with tender
sentiment, combined with
the finished craftsman-
ship of the painter. A
full-length portrait of Mrs.

C. Shillard Smith shows
Mr. Hugh Breckinridge’s
penchant for pure colour,
and likewise his skill in
the management of it
without injury to the
picture as a whole. Sim-
plicity and directness
characterise Mr. John W.

Alexander’s portrait of
the late Richard Watson

Gilder, which is quite as successful in its way as
his other contribution, Summer’s Day, a group of
young women in a diffused light which softens
the outlines of the carefully studied draperies in
his usual well-known manner. Mr. Robert Henri’s
Ballet Dancer in White is virile in treatment, and
interesting, especially to the profession, and those
laymen who admire bold technique have here an
excellent example. Mr. Henry R. Rittenberg’s
portrait of Mrs. Graham C. Woodward should be
mentioned as a capital bit of work from the hand
of this rising young painter. Mr. Carrol S. Tyson
exhibits a very attractive portrait of Mrs. Chas.
Gilpin ; Mr. Richard Blossom Farley a portrait
entitled The Daguerreotype, delightfully harmo-
nious in colour, subdued in tone and simple in

PORTRAIT OF A LADY BY GEORGE DE FOREST BRUSH

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