DOI Heft:
No.252 (April 1914)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21209#0254
Studio- Talk
Mr. William Ritschel exhibited some capital occupied the post of honour in Gallery F with an
canvases painted in the Far West, such as Blue offering of tender sentiment in Maternity. Mr.
Depths, Carmel, California and Rocks and Breakers, William W. Churchill's Pouring Tea contained
California. Mr. Fred. Wagner had four pictures, the elements of a highly wrought bit of genre,
actualities of the wharves and shipping, of which and his The Painter showed some masterful draw-
Snow and Ice was the most interesting. Mr. John ing of the nude. The Lovers by Mr. Charles
S. Sargent was represented by a painting of A W. Hawthorne embodied the qualities of interest-
Waterfall that revealed him as a landscape artist ing subject, tonal excellence and warm colouring,
of the first rank. _ recalling certain works of the old masters. Miss
Marie Danforth Page's Tenement Mother-was the sort
The examples of portraiture were both numerous of work that would attract the seeker of pathos
and good. Mr. Thos. Eakins's portrait study of and the connoisseur of technique. Beautiful in
Dr. Agnew, painted for the large canvas of the Agnew colour and sparkling in effect was Mr. J. Alden
Clinic now at the University of Pennsylvania, may be Weir's Nocturne. Mr. Paul Connoyer's Old New
described as one of the strongest bits of character de- York was a convincing bit of urban scenery. Mr.
lineation ever shown at the Academy. Mr. Wayman Frederick J. Waugh contributed some superb
Adams's Booth Tarkington, Esq., impressed one as examples of marine painting, pictures of the sea
boldly painted with a full brush and sure touch. Mr. that are the last word in this line. Mr. Frederick
Leopold G. Seyffert's portrait of Charlton Yarnall, C. Friesecke's Venetian Blind was a beautiful colour-
Esq., had much the same virile quality combined scheme of blues and greens,
with rare distinction. Mr.
Frank W. Benson's
Coleman Sellers, Esq.,
probably showed more at-
tention to detail yet with
no appreciable loss of
essentials. Mrs. M. Jean
McLane's group Virginia
and Stanton Arnold,
awarded the Lippincott
Prize, was simply charm-
ing in colour and freedom
of handling. Mr. Robert
Henri's portraits of Irish
girls were extremely clever,
one of them, Herself, being
awarded the Beck Prize.
Mrs. Alice Mumford
Roberts showed a well-
painted portrait of Henry
J. Bryant, Esq., President
of the Geographical
Society of Philadelphia;
Mr. Hugh H. Brecken-
ridge had a carefully
studied portrait of Dr.
Musser; and Mrs. Lazar
Raditz another careful
work in the portrait of E.
Burgess Warren, Esq.,
Honorary Vice-President
of the Academy.
Mr. Gari Melchers
248
"BOOTH TARKINGTON, ESQ." BY WAYMAN ADAMS
( Pennsylvania Academy)
Mr. William Ritschel exhibited some capital occupied the post of honour in Gallery F with an
canvases painted in the Far West, such as Blue offering of tender sentiment in Maternity. Mr.
Depths, Carmel, California and Rocks and Breakers, William W. Churchill's Pouring Tea contained
California. Mr. Fred. Wagner had four pictures, the elements of a highly wrought bit of genre,
actualities of the wharves and shipping, of which and his The Painter showed some masterful draw-
Snow and Ice was the most interesting. Mr. John ing of the nude. The Lovers by Mr. Charles
S. Sargent was represented by a painting of A W. Hawthorne embodied the qualities of interest-
Waterfall that revealed him as a landscape artist ing subject, tonal excellence and warm colouring,
of the first rank. _ recalling certain works of the old masters. Miss
Marie Danforth Page's Tenement Mother-was the sort
The examples of portraiture were both numerous of work that would attract the seeker of pathos
and good. Mr. Thos. Eakins's portrait study of and the connoisseur of technique. Beautiful in
Dr. Agnew, painted for the large canvas of the Agnew colour and sparkling in effect was Mr. J. Alden
Clinic now at the University of Pennsylvania, may be Weir's Nocturne. Mr. Paul Connoyer's Old New
described as one of the strongest bits of character de- York was a convincing bit of urban scenery. Mr.
lineation ever shown at the Academy. Mr. Wayman Frederick J. Waugh contributed some superb
Adams's Booth Tarkington, Esq., impressed one as examples of marine painting, pictures of the sea
boldly painted with a full brush and sure touch. Mr. that are the last word in this line. Mr. Frederick
Leopold G. Seyffert's portrait of Charlton Yarnall, C. Friesecke's Venetian Blind was a beautiful colour-
Esq., had much the same virile quality combined scheme of blues and greens,
with rare distinction. Mr.
Frank W. Benson's
Coleman Sellers, Esq.,
probably showed more at-
tention to detail yet with
no appreciable loss of
essentials. Mrs. M. Jean
McLane's group Virginia
and Stanton Arnold,
awarded the Lippincott
Prize, was simply charm-
ing in colour and freedom
of handling. Mr. Robert
Henri's portraits of Irish
girls were extremely clever,
one of them, Herself, being
awarded the Beck Prize.
Mrs. Alice Mumford
Roberts showed a well-
painted portrait of Henry
J. Bryant, Esq., President
of the Geographical
Society of Philadelphia;
Mr. Hugh H. Brecken-
ridge had a carefully
studied portrait of Dr.
Musser; and Mrs. Lazar
Raditz another careful
work in the portrait of E.
Burgess Warren, Esq.,
Honorary Vice-President
of the Academy.
Mr. Gari Melchers
248
"BOOTH TARKINGTON, ESQ." BY WAYMAN ADAMS
( Pennsylvania Academy)