Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.)
Room 69 is made noteworthy by works of three of the nine American
winners of the medal of honor,--Lawton Parker's voluptuous "Paresse"
and two portraits, and single paintings by John W. Alexander and Richard
E. Miller (1035, 2606). Alexander's airy "Phyllis" is his only picture
in the Palace. Miller shows one more canvas, a colorful "Nude" (2607) in
Room 47. Room 70 is entirely devoted to portrait painters, among them
Julian Story, H. G. Herkomer, Robert Vonnoh, and Irving C. Wiles (3668),
the latter two both winners of the gold medal. No. 74 shows admirable
small landscapes, among them the "Group of White Birches" by Will S.
Robinson (silver medal), Charles C. Allen's "Mountain and Cloud," and
land and water views by Charles J. Taylor, especially No. 3404. Room 73
shows good landscapes by Ernest Lawson (gold medal), Paul King (silver
medal), and the two Beals. Gifford Beal's work won a gold medal. Room
72, a gallery in the academic style, contains a variety of portraits,
figure paintings and landscapes, including W. R. Leigh's spirited
"Stampede," and the more conventional work of Walter MacEwen. No. 71 is
another varied room. In addition to some landscapes, the visitor will be
struck by the small but exquisite exhibit in gold, enamel, and precious
stones of Louis C. Tiffany.
The western tier of this section, Rooms 43-51, contains work of all
grades of merit. No. 43 is conglomerate. Perham Nahl's well drawn
"Despair" (2690) is perhaps best worth mention. In No. 44 Putthuff's two
brown western scenes and Clarkson's portrait of E. G. Keith are
interesting. No. 45 is better. Walter Griffin's opulent landscapes
(medal of honor) are well worth studying. Here also are two canvases by
Robert Reid, one almost Japanese in its effect; the restrained
landscapes of William Sartain, and Charles Morris Young's sharply
contrasting "Red Mill' and "Gray Mill," with his characteristic wintry
landscapes. Reid and Young won the gold medal. In No. 46 are a
half-dozen delicately handled landscapes by Frank V. Du Mond, a member
of the jury. In No. 47 E. L. Blumenschein's warm Indian pictures and A.
L. Groll's desert scenes won silver medals. But the best thing here is
Richard E. Miller's "Nude," already mentioned.
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