The Galleries of the Exposition: A Critical Review of the Paintings, Statuary and the Graphic Arts in the Palace of Fine Arts at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition |
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academic adjoining gallery admirable AIMBOTLIAD alongside AMBORLIAD American art American section appeal architectural artistic atmosphere Barbizon school beauty Caffin CALIFORNIA Carl Larsson character Charles Charles Rosen charm Chase Chester Beach classic colour scheme conspicuous convincing DANIEL GARBER decorative deserves display drawing Dutch Duveneck easel easily entirely etchings ETTORE TITO EUGEN NEUHAUS excellent exhibition feeling figure pictures French section GALLERY 67 genre gives group of pictures Henry historical impressionistic interest Italian Japanese John lady landscape painting large number Liljefors marine Mary Cassatt matter McComas medium merit methods modern art nude OIL PAINTING older one's opposite wall original outdoor Palace PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION particularly poetic portrait richness of colour Ritschel scape sculpture sense shows sketches small canvas small gallery still-lifes style subjects suggestion Swedish sympathetic technical technique things tion tonality typical unusual vases watercolour Whistler WILLEM WITSEN WILLIAM MCGREGOR PAXTON William Ritschel Winter
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Page 70 - American small plastic art his works are somewhat dry, though always conscientiously done. body, to the professional man, the highest principle of technical perfection, without falling into a certain physical coarseness so much in evidence in most of our modern work.
Page 60 - Among others Jean McLane, Mr. Johansen's wife, and Annie Lang excel in a certain breadth of style; while Mrs. Richardson charms by the sympathetic rendering of the pride and happiness of the young mother. The composition of this picture, while it is unusual, is successfully managed. The...
Page 77 - It tells something beyond mere colour, form, and composition, while McComas' art is mostly technical, in the clever manipulation of a very difficult medium.
Page 60 - ... the honors of the exhibition. On two opposing walls, Mary Cassatt and Cecilia Beaux give full expression of their very vital work. Miss Beaux's work is compelling in its vigorous technique, fine colour, and daring composition. Her study in purple and yellow is bold and unusually successful. On...