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James, of Washington, an oil painting, " View up the Hudson," by 

 Eobert Weir. From Mr. William D. Wheeler, of Washington, a 

 portrait in oil of the artist's daughter, Mrs. John H. Wheeler, and 

 her sons, by Thomas Sully. 



The Gallery was fortunate in being able to arrange for two im-' 

 portant loan exhibitions, which were successfully carried out and 

 proved exceedingly attractive. They were held in the large central 

 room of the Gallery inclosure in the new Museum building, which 

 they fully occupied, and followed one another closely, only two days 

 intervening. Each was inaugurated by a special evening view, to 

 which invitation was by card, and printed catalogues were issued for 

 both. The first, extending from March 21 to April 21, 1914, was 

 given in the name of the National Association of Portrait Painters, 

 an organization formed for the advancement of art in the United 

 States, the holding of exhibitions, and the ultimate establishment of 

 permanent galleries for the exposition of its own and allied branches 

 of art. The second, which continued from April 23 to June 15, con- 

 sisted of the works of a single person, the well-known marine painter, 

 Mr. William F. Halsall, of Boston and Provincetown, Mass. 



The exhibition by the National Association of Portrait Painters 

 comprised 25 portraits in oil by members of the Association, con- 

 stituting the third annual exhibition of the Association in New York, 

 and also shown at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, Pa. The 

 artists and the paintings by which they were represented were as 

 follows : 



John W. Alexander. Portrait of Alexander C. Humphreys, LL. D., 

 president, Stevens Institute of Technology. 



Cecilia Beaux. Portrait of Mrs. William McL. Ritter. 



Frank W. Benson. Portrait. 



Adolphe Borie. Portrait of Mr. Eckley Brinton Coxe, jr. 



William M. Chase. Portrait of the Artist, and Portrait of Mrs. 

 Hall. 



Brenetta Herrman Crawford. Portrait of Sarah Guernsey 

 Bradley. 



Earl Stetson Crawford. Portrait (lent by Countess Santa Eu- 

 lalia), and Signorina Marguerita. 



Howard Gardiner Gushing. Portrait of Miss Euth St. Denis. 



Lydia Field Emmet. Portrait of a Lady. 



Charles Dana Gibson. Study. 



Victor D. Hecht. Portrait of Mr. Charles Knoedler. 



Eobert Henri. " Pat." 



Henry Salem Hubbell. Portrait of George Harris, D. D., presi- 

 dent emeritus, Amherst College. 



John C. Johansen. Portrait of Miss Virginia G., and Portrait of 

 Mr. James Howard Kehler. 



