Life of James McNeill Whistler, . and under his Secretaryship the Society heldexhibitions of its English members work in Budapest, Munich, andafterwards in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and St. Louis. OnJune 11, 1903, Professor Sauter was relieved temporarily of the Secre-taryship and J. took his place. Within a few weeks it was his sad dutyto call a meeting to announce to the Society the loss they had sustainedby the death of their President. The Council determined to follow the traditions of Whistler andto honour his memory. Not only were the American exhibitionsheld, but the Society or
Life of James McNeill Whistler, . and under his Secretaryship the Society heldexhibitions of its English members work in Budapest, Munich, andafterwards in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and St. Louis. OnJune 11, 1903, Professor Sauter was relieved temporarily of the Secre-taryship and J. took his place. Within a few weeks it was his sad dutyto call a meeting to announce to the Society the loss they had sustainedby the death of their President. The Council determined to follow the traditions of Whistler andto honour his memory. Not only were the American exhibitionsheld, but the Society organised a show of British art in Dusseldorf,and made arrangements for a Memorial Exhibition of the Presidentsworks in London. In the autumn of 1903 M. Rodin accepted thePresidency, and the fourth exhibition, the first held in the NewGallery, was opened in January 1904, in which the late Presidentwas represented by the Symphony in White, No. III., lent by Davis; Rose and Gold— The Tulip, lent by Miss Birnie372 [1900-04. \ w STUDY OF THE NUDE PEN* DRAWING In the possession of William Heinemann, Esq. {See page 356) The Acad£mie Carmen Philip ; Valparaiso, lent by Mr. Graham Robertson ; Symphony inGrey—Batter sea, lent by Mrs. Armitage ; and Study for a Fan, lentby Mr. C. H. Shannon. In 1905 the most important and successful show in the career ofthe International Society of Sculptors, Painters, and Gravers wasgiven : the Memorial Exhibition of the works of James McNeillWhistler. For complete success it lacked only the co-operation ofWhistlers executrix, which the Council originally understood waspromised, but which was ultimately withheld. Still, it was the mostcomplete exhibition of his works ever given, superior from every pointof view to the small show at the Scottish Academy the previous year,in many respects to the Boston show of the same year, and to the ParisMemorial Exhibition, 1905, which was disappointing. As can be seenfrom the elaborate catalogue, more es
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