International studio . GIRL WITH THE CASKETBY CARLE J. BLENNER Pennsylvania Academy, igzo. THE OFFERING BV HOFFMAN P ENNS\XVANIA ACADEMY, 1920BY W. H. DE B. NELSON February 8th saw the iisth openingof the Pennsylvania Academy, March28th being the closing date. It must be regret-fully affirmed that the display as a whole isdisappointing in spite of the fact that it includesmany first-class canvases. An to beeminently successful demands that a high standardbe maintained throughout the galleries and thatseveral pictures should be rallying points ofemotional interest steadily
International studio . GIRL WITH THE CASKETBY CARLE J. BLENNER Pennsylvania Academy, igzo. THE OFFERING BV HOFFMAN P ENNS\XVANIA ACADEMY, 1920BY W. H. DE B. NELSON February 8th saw the iisth openingof the Pennsylvania Academy, March28th being the closing date. It must be regret-fully affirmed that the display as a whole isdisappointing in spite of the fact that it includesmany first-class canvases. An to beeminently successful demands that a high standardbe maintained throughout the galleries and thatseveral pictures should be rallying points ofemotional interest steadily subserved by the otherexhibits. This is not the case, and in Gallery Fwhere one is wont to find a work of great carry-ing force is hung The Sisters by the late J. AldenWeir, as a mark of respect to a great painterwho has so recently passed away, but, in otherrespects, an example of ill-judged hanging, forthis picture, the property of Mrs. MarshallField, whilst of compeHing beauty and quality, is no more fit to dominate a gallery than a flutecould control an orchestra. Last years sensat
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