. Art and criticism : monographs and studies. United States section a broad distinction was madebetween the American artists resident in Europe and thoseresident in America, and the works of each were hung in sep-arate rooms, as if to challenge comparison. It must be saidthat the comparison was disastrous to the American artists res-ident in America, or classed as such. In the rooms occupiedby the pictures of this latter category—mostly works of minorimportance—there were but few exceptional achievements tobe noted. First of all let us mention Mr. Abbott H. Thayers Corps Aile, a white-winged b
. Art and criticism : monographs and studies. United States section a broad distinction was madebetween the American artists resident in Europe and thoseresident in America, and the works of each were hung in sep-arate rooms, as if to challenge comparison. It must be saidthat the comparison was disastrous to the American artists res-ident in America, or classed as such. In the rooms occupiedby the pictures of this latter category—mostly works of minorimportance—there were but few exceptional achievements tobe noted. First of all let us mention Mr. Abbott H. Thayers Corps Aile, a white-winged body on a blue ground, with aface of singular intensity of expression, a beautiful and fascinat-ing vision; Mr. Ch. F. Ulrichs Promised Land, representingimmigrants at Castle Garden, a picture full of character, and AMERICAN ARTISTS AT THE PARIS EXHIBITION. 135 treated with all the skill and strength of the best (iermanwork of the kind; Mr. Frank Fowlers portrait of a lady sittingon a music-stool, with a piano in the background; Mr. K. CORPS AILE.—From the painting by Abbott H. Thayer. 136 ART AND CRITICISM. Brandegees excellent portrait of a young man; Mr. R. Venetian Lace-makers and his charming black-and-white drawings; Mr. W. S. Allens Evening at the Lake;Mr. J. Carroll Beckwiths three portraits, especially that of , Mr. William Chases portraits and landscape notes,Mr. Wyatt Eatons portraits, and Mr. Kenyon Coxs portrait ofthe sculptor Saint-Gaudens, and the same painters landscape Fleeting Shadows, complete the list of pictures that we foundworthy of note in the strictly American room. In the room devoted to black and white the splendid col-lective exhibit of the American school of wood-engravers wasone of the chief features of the section, but the great attractionof this department was Mr. E. A. Abbeys magnificent displayof the original drawings of his illustrations of old Englishsongs. My admiration for this artists work is boundless. Ourcentury
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