/V Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2015 https://archive.org/details/catalogueofpaintOOcarn JOHN WHITE ALEXANDER CATALOGUE OF PAINTINGS JOHN WHITE ALEXANDER MEMORIAL EXHIBITION MARCH MCMXVI DEPARTMENT of FINE ARTS CARNEGIE INSTITUTE PITTSBURGH COPYRIGHT. 1916 BY CARNEGIE INSTITUTE JOHN WHITE ALEXANDER AFBTf 0RDS OFAPPMCIfflM Truly, John Alexander's life was the expression of a gentle spirit; and his kindly character, his constant patience and forbearance, his ever-ready helpful- ness and thoughtful consideration for others shone out in every relation of life. His heart went out in sympathy to the student and to the young painter. Never did a boy or girl go to him for a word of advice or an act of helpfulness and come away disappointed. These characteristics bound to him, by an enduring and grateful bond, all with whom he came into personal relationship, 5 and therefore, the memory of his friend- ship is a priceless heritage to very many ; these qualities endeared him to men in every land, and these are the qualities by which he will long be remembered: for, " Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease," but happily the qualities of charity, forbear- ance, and love will continue in the hearts of men forever. As I turn in memory to the years that are past, there come to me pleasant visions and recollections of mutual hopes and am- bitions. As one who has passed through a beautiful valley looks back and sees with distinctness only a few outstanding forms, so these memory pictures appear. I see my friend as a youth of seventeen, graceful and joyous, established in a small studio overlooking a narrow street in Pittsburgh, and beside him is a southern boy of about the same age, a crayon por- 6 trait artist, Robert Burns Wilson, who had but recently appeared in our midst. Wilson will be remembered as a sincere poet, a painter using words as his medium and one whose remarkably beautiful de- scriptions of nature and of nature's moods later won for him an enduring place among men of letters. My next memory glimpse shows me the two lads, each of whom was destined to attain distinction, as they push off from the shore in a tiny boat for a romantic inland voyage down the beautiful Ohio River. And now it is a perfect day in June, and he and I, to- gether, are journeying toward an historic Pennsylvania village called Ligonier, which lies among the foothills of the Allegheny mountains, where we had planned to sketch for a brief time along the shores of a beautiful trout stream which flows past Kissel's Spring. And now I see him at Polling, one of a merry, jovial group of students playing innocent 7 pranks upon a fellow; and again, at Venice, the friend and companion of Whistler, of whose warm affection for the young painter I had personal knowledge. And now I see him in the full realization of his ambition and power at Paris, honored and beloved by the ablest painters of France. Finally I see him in his native land, the recipient of the highest distinction Amer- ican artists can confer upon a fellow- painter, the Presidency of the National Academy of Design, and I think of the very little lad whom I did not know, and who ran hither and thither on the streets of Pittsburgh with a telegraph messenger's bag slung upon his shoulder. Thus do these pleasant visions of the past come to me, recalling incidents of years that are gone. John Alexander's record of achieve- ment is one of the brilliant pages in the history of American art, and the estimate in which he is held by the great painters of our time is the confirmation of the suc- 8 cess he had won. His works possess qualities of refinement and grace, and in the field of portraiture, unerring percep- tion of character and a simple directness which are charming to the last degree. The portrait of Mrs. Wheaton, for instance, is a modern masterpiece, representing, as it does, with unqualified truthfulness and at the same time with the utmost delicacy and precision, the character of a charming personality. The dominating note in John Alexander's painting is the exquisite quality of perfect tone, and this, of course, implies refined and beautiful color. Added to this there is always the expression of grace and beauty of line. These are among the higher qualities in art and they but reflect the innate taste and the power of selection of the painter. His early drawings of famous men made for the Century Magazine will be recalled as masterpieces of simple and direct delinea- tion of character, and his later paintings 9 are notable for the same charms of sim- plicity and directness. More and more he seemed to realize that the interpretation or presentation of character is not dependent upon minute detail, but upon broad and expressive form. His portraits in this respect represent keen insight combined with breadth and power. T ,y» p 10 JOHN WHITE ALEXANDER John White Alexander was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, October 7th, 1856. During his early boyhood he lived with his grandparents, his father and mother having died when he was very young. When he was twelve years old he left school and took a position as messenger in the Pittsburgh office of the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company. Colonel Allen, the President of the Com- pany, became interested in the boy, and upon the death of his grandfather, adop- ted him and took him into his own home. Perhaps the most important incident of these early years was the trip which he made in a skiff down the Ohio and Mis- sissippi rivers, with Robert Burns Wilson. Alexander lived with Colonel Allen until he was about eighteen, when he went to New York, with the purpose of M studying art. There he secured employ- ment with Harper & Brothers, although it was some time before he was given a place in the illustrating department. Charles Parsons was then at the head of this de- partment, and during those years Mr. Par- sons gave Alexander valuable help and encouragement. At that time illustrations for the magazines were made by working directly upon the wooden block, several men frequently working upon the same block; and this was the work assigned to Alexander when he was transferred to the illustrating department. He usually put in the figures, but such composite illustra- tions w T ere often unsigned. We do not, in turning to the old files of Harper's, find much that throws light upon this period of Alexander's work, although there ap- pear occasional cartoons, signed "Alex- ander," from about September 18, 1875, until the middle of 1877, which are very interesting and amusing. In Harper's 12 Weekly of September 18, 1875, is a car- toon "Rags ! Rags! More Rags! the campaign cry of the Ohio Democracy." Another political cartoon appears on July 29, 1876, and again on February 24, 1877, we find another. In midsummer, 1 877, what is known as the "Great Strike" occurred in Pittsburgh, a tragic event in the history of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Alexander must have been in Pittsburgh at that time, as a number of large full, or half page sketches of the riots and conflagrations, signed "J. W. Alexander," appeared in Harper's Week- ly on August 11, 1 877. "The great strike. The work of destruction in Pittsburgh," "Pittsburgh in the hands of the mob. Burning and sacking freight trains, P. R. R.," "Burning of offices and machine shops, P. R. R.," "Burning of the round- house at Pittsburgh," "Panoramic view of the ruins of the burned district": these titles tell the story, and the sketches are a 13 graphic record of the fearful destruction which occurred. Later on Alexander had frequent signed illustrations in Harper's publications, and also in the Century, but this was after he had gone abroad, and not during those first apprentice years. Thomas Nast, E. A. Abbey, Stanley Reinhart, and A. B. Frost were all work- ing for Harper's when Alexander first went there, and we know that Alexander was in close touch with these men, and that in many cases the friendships which were formed in the old Harper's estab- lishment, lasted throughout his life. Alexander remained for about three years with Harper & Brothers, and until he had saved three hundred dollars. Then, late in the summer of 1877, he and his friend Albert G. Reinhart, sailed from Philadelphia for Liverpool. After a short time spent in London, they went to Paris, where they were disappointed to find the "Ecole des Beaux Arts," which they ex- 14 pected to enter, closed for repairs. Rein- hart suggested that, as he knew a few- words of German — neither of them knew a word of French — they should go to Munich. In Munich Alexander studied for about three months, in the class of Prof. Benz- cur at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts. But the expense of living in the city was comparatively high, and Alexander was not in sympathy with the severe and academic method of the school, so he presently decided to go to Polling in Northern Bavaria, where there was at that time a small colony of American artists, among others J. Frank Currier, Walter L. Shirlaw, Joseph De Camp, and Ross Tur- ner. There Alexander first started to paint. From Polling he sent, at the sug- gestion of Prof. Benzcur, some of his drawings to the Students' Exhibition at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, and he was awarded a bronze medal, his 15 first honor. The time spent in Munich and Polling was just about two years, em- bracing 1878 and 1879. After leaving Polling, Alexander joined a class of art students, which Frank Du- veneck had arranged to take to Florence. Duveneck and Alexander went ahead to find studios, and in the course of a month the others, numbering twenty-three in all, joined them in Florence, where they spent two winters. The summers they spent in Venice, and it was in Venice that Alex- ander first met James McNeill Whistler, who was then making the series of Vene- tian etchings, which have since become so famous. Alexander was working one day, with his easel up, in an out-of-the-way corner of Venice, when a stranger came and looked over his shoulder and made some criticism of his work. It proved to be Whistler, and the acquaintance which developed into a warm and lifelong friend- ship dated from that day. During these years abroad Alexander made his living by sending drawings back to Harper's. Later, in Florence, he started an art class, which proved very success- ful. In fact, so much of his time and strength became absorbed in the task of teaching that he realized that his own work and development were likely to be hampered. This really determined him to return to America. Upon his return he had no money, and he found little or no opportunity in Pitts- burgh, where he went first, to carry on his work. Harper's gave him illustrating to do, and early in the spring of 1881, he and Fred Muller made a voyage down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers in the tow- boat of a large coal fleet. The voyage is described by Mr. Muller in an article called "King Coal's Highway," which ap- peared in Harper's Monthly in January, 1 882, and for which Mr. Alexander made a series of illustrations. 17 Alexander soon returned to New York, where he took a studio in the German Bank Building, on the corner of Fourth Avenue and Fourteenth Street. There Mr. Henry Harper, of Harper & Brothers, gave him his first commission to paint a portrait of his little daughter. He stayed in the German Bank Building studio until he moved into a studio in the Chelsea Building, 222 West Twenty-third Street, which he occupied until 1 890. During this period when he was living in America, after his return from Florence, Alexander spent two summers abroad. The first summer, in 1 884, he went to Spain and Morocco ; the second summer, that of 1 886, he went for The Century Company to do work for the magazine. That was the summer when he did a series of por- traits, among others those of Thomas Hardy, Alphonse Daudet, Austin Dobson, George Bancroft and Robert Louis Ste- venson. Stevenson was living at Skerry- 18 vore, Bournemouth, in the south of Eng- land, and Alexander stayed with him there, having had an introduction to him from Edmund Gosse. On July 11,1 886, Stevenson writes to his family about the portrait, which was published in the Century for April, 1 888 ; and later in a letter written to Henry James, Stevenson again refers to Alexander, this time to 4 'the dear Alexander" whom he says he has just seen. The portrait of George Bancroft appeared in the Century for Jan- uary, 1887, and the Hardy portrait in July, 1 893. Alexander also spent a month or six weeks in Ireland that year, doing a number of illustrations, interesting land- scape sketches, for a series of articles about Ireland, by Charles de Kay, which appeared in the Century during 1 889 and 1 890. A year after Alexander came home from this second summer spent abroad, in 1887, he married Elizabeth Alexan- 19 der. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander lived in New York for three years after their mar- riage. Then, early in 1890, they went abroad, because Mr. Alexander had had a serious attack of grippe, which left him in a much weakened condition. They ex- pected to stay two years and stayed eleven; years rich in happy associations and friendships, and especially notable be- cause of the distinguished honors and pro- fessional recognition which came to the young painter. The Alexanders lived in Paris, first at 3 1 boulevard Berthier, and later at 1 90 boulevard Malesherbes, and they were in touch with French life and French art in a peculiarly intimate sense. Few Americans have more happily taken their place in the social and artistic life of a foreign city. Alexander received marked recognition for the first time in the Spring of 1893, at the exhibition of the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris, to which he had 20 sent three portraits. These appeared un- der the titles of "Portrait Gris," "Portrait Noir," and "Portrait Jaime." This group was the feature of the Salon, the paintings were marked number 1 , were hung to- gether in a panel, and the young painter was immediately afterward elected asso- ciate of the society. This success was followed by the exhibition at the Grafton Gallery in London, of two portraits which were given a place of honor. The next year, in the Spring of 1 894, he exhibited a group of five portraits and two composi- tions at the exhibition of the Societe Nationale des Beaux- Arts; and in June of that year he was elected to full member- ship in that society, being made a "Socie- taire," with the privilege of exhibiting "hors concours," of voting with the society and of serving on its juries. This distinguished honor by the French society placed Mr. Alexander at once in the front rank of the younger painters. 21 His ability was recognized and his success as a painter was assured. Recognition in other cities followed closely upon the Paris success. He was invited to contribute to the exhibitions of Europe and of the United States. Medals and awards came to him from most distinguished sources, and, today, scarcely a permanent collec- tion, national or civic, but contains an example of his work. The Luxembourg in Paris; museums in St. Petersburg, Odessa and Vienna; in New York, Chi- cago, Philadelphia, Washington, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Minneapolis and Providence; Stevens Institute of Technology; Princeton, Yale, Harvard, and Colum- bia Universities; the list shows a wide representation. Mr. Alexander took an active interest in the work of various art organizations, and at the time of his death he was associated as officer or member with twenty such art organizations, an unusual record. He was 22 President of the National Academy of Design, the National Institute of Arts and Letters, the MacDowell Club, the National Academy Association, and the School Art League of New York; he was Vice-Presi- dent of the society of Mural Painters; he was a director of the American Federa- tion of Arts, Washington, D. C; he was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the American Fine Arts Society, the Fine Arts Federation of New York, the Architectural League of New York, the National Association of Portrait Painters, the American Academy in Rome, the Paris Society of American Painters, and of the Royal Society of Fine Arts, Brussels. He was a charter member of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters, and Gravers, London; and an honorary member of the Secession Soci- ety, Munich, Secession Society, Vienna, Royal Society of British Artists, London; American Institute of Architects, and of 25 the Society of Illustrators, New York. The list of his medals and awards of honor is further evidence of the recogni- tion which has been accorded to Mr. Alexander as a painter of unusual ability and distinction. In 1 897 the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, awarded him the Temple Gold Medal, and in 1 904 he was awarded, by the same institution, the Gold Medal of Honor. In 1911 he received the Medal of the First Class at the International Exhibition at Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh. At the Exposition Universelle, Paris, in 1 900, at the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo, in 1 90 1 , at the Universal Exposition, St. Louis, in 1 904, and at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition at San Francisco, in 1 9 1 5, he received gold medals of honor. In 1 899 he was awarded the Lippincott Prize by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; in 1 90 1 , the Carnegie Prize by the Society of American Artists, New 24 York; and in I 903, the Corcoran Prize by the Society of Washington Artists, Wash- ington, D. C. His first medal was award- ed to him at the Students Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, about 1879. Princeton University con- ferred upon him the honorary degree of Master of Arts in 1 892, and the honorary degree of Doctor of Literature in 1 909. In 1 90 1 he was made a Knight of the Legion of Honor by the French Government. In the Library of Congress, Wash ington, D. C, are six lunettes, "The Evolution of the Book," and in the Carnegie Institute are forty eight panels, the "Crowning of Labor," which represent his achievement in the field of mural decoration. In 1 90 i Mr. and Mrs. Alexander with their son James, came to America, and from that time until his death, on the 3 1 st of May, 1 9 1 5, Mr. Alexander lived in New York at 1 1 6 East Sixty-fifth Street. Dur- ing those years he gave freely of his time 25 and strength to further the interests of art in America. It would be impossible to estimate the amount of vital energy and of real service which he gave to various art organizations and projects. And es- pecially was he eager and glad to serve in any way the interests of Pittsburgh. Over and over again he came to serve on the international juries of award at Carnegie Institute. Each year he sent important canvases to the exhibition. He was made a member of the Art Commission of Pitts- burgh when it was organized in 1895, and he took an active interest in its work. And he came back always with a feeling of pleasure to his home city. 26 CATALOGUE ACKNOWLEDGMENT The Department of Fine Arts makes grateful acknowledgment to those who have generously lent paintings for exhi- bition. The names of contributors appear in the text of the catalogue. CATALOGUE Portrait of Walt Whitman Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Blue Bowl Lent by the Rhode Island School of Design, Prov- idence Sunlight Lent by The Art Institute of Chicago Phyllis Lent by the City Art Museum, St. Louis Portrait of Rodin Lent by the Cincinnati Museum Association Isabella, or The Pot of Basil Lent by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 7 A Ray of Sunlight Lent by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts 8 A Quiet Hour Lent by The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia 9 A Woman in Rose Owned by Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh 10 Portrait of Mrs. Wheaton Lent by Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts 11 Portrait of Mr. Worthington Whittredge Lent by The Century Association, New York 12 Portrait of Professor Van Amringe Lent by Columbia University Club, New York 13 Portrait of Dr. John F. Weir Lent by Yale University 30 PORTRAIT OF WALT WHITMAN 14 Portrait of Dr. James McCosh 1 5 Portrait of Mrs. James McCosh 16 Portrait of Dr. Francis L. Patton Lent by Princeton University 17 Portrait of Dr. Alexander C. Hum- phreys Lent by Stevens Institute of Technology 18 The Tenth Muse: Portrait of John W. Alexander 19 Portrait of Mrs. John W. Alexander Lent by James W. Alexander 1 1 20 Portrait of Col. George Harvey Lent by Col. George Harvey 21 Portrait of Mr. A. Newbold Morris Lent by Mrs. McDougall Hawkes 22 Portrait of Chancellor William Jay Magie Lent by Miss Magie 31 23 Portrait of Mrs. Langdon Geer Lent by Mrs. Hiiborne L. Roosevelt 24 Portrait of Mrs. Carter Lent by Mrs. William Carter Dickerman. 25 Portrait of A. Barton Hepburn, Esq. Lent by A. Barton Hepburn, Esq. 26 Portrait of Miss Maude Adams, as "L'AigW Lent by Miss Maude Adams 27 Portrait of Col. Edward Jay Allen Lent by Estate of Elizabeth R. Allen. 28 Portrait of Miss Helen Beatty Lent by John W. Beatty, Esq. 29 Portrait of Mrs. Thruston Wright Lent by Mrs. Thruston Wright 32 COP* DET ROH PUBLISHING CO. PORTRAIT OF MRS. JOHN W. ALEXANDER 30 Portrait of Mrs. Helen Abbe Howson 31 Portrait of Mrs. Charlotte Colgate Abbe Lent by Dr. Robert Abbe 32 Portrait of Dr. Henry Van Dyke 33 Portrait of Mrs. Van Dyke and Daughter Lent by Dr. Henry Van Dyke 34 Portrait of Joseph Jefferson, as "Bob Acres" 35 Portrait of Booth Tarkington (Sketch) 36 Portrait of Mark Twain (Sketch) 37 A Flower 38 Peonies 39 June : Flowers. 40 Landscape 41 Landscape painted at Cornish, New Hampshire 42 Landscape painted at Cornish, New Hampshire 43 Landscape painted at Cornish. New Hampshire 33 44 Still Life 45 Primrose 46 A Rose 47 In the Orchard 48 Reflections 49 The Green Gown 50 The Glass Bowl 51 The Mother 52 The Gossip 53 Still Life 54 The Green Bow 55 The Butterfly 56 Memories Lent by the Estate of John W. Alexander 57 Portrait of James W. Alexander II 58 Study in Black and White 59 Girl in Yellow, with Black Cat 60 The Bronze Bowl 61 Girl Reading 62 Juliette Very 63 Study of Old Cole 64 Aurelia 34 65 Marine 66 Landscape Lent by Mrs. John W. Alexander 67 Portrait of Helen Gertrude Lent by Mrs. Henry M. Alexander 68 Child with Doll 69 Eleanor Lent by Mrs. Henry A. Alexander 70 The Guitar 71 Pink Roses Lent by Mrs. James W. Alexander 72 Study in Tone 73 Study in Tone Lent by Mrs. E. H. Harriman 74 Portrait of Miss Annie M. Hegeman 75 Flowers 76 Flowers 35 77 Woman in Black Lent by Mrs. H. Kirke Porter 78 Flowers 79 Spring Flowers Lent by Miss Annie M. Hegeman 80 White Birches Lent by Mrs. A. G. Hoffman 81 Geraldine Lent by Mrs. Charles Howland Russell 82 Portrait of Mrs. James B. Oliver Lent by Mrs. James B. Oliver 36 PORTRAIT OF MRS. WH EATON RECORD OF PAINTINGS BY JOHN WHITE ALEXANDER INCOMPLETE LIST PORTRAITS PAINTED BEFORE 1887 Mrs. Tillin Owned by Mrs. Gustave Schirmer Mr. Max Weyl Owned by Mr. Max Weyl Miss May Harper Owned by Mr. J. Henry Harper Miss Mabel Clarke Owned by Mr. C. J. Clarke Mr. Parke Godwin Owned by Mr. Harold Godwin Oliver W. Holmes Owned by the Medical School of Harvard University Walt Whitman Owned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Miss Eva Palmer Owned by Mrs. Robert Abbe 37 Miss Annie Hegeman Owned by Mrs. H. Kirke Porter Dr. James McCosh Owned by Princeton University Joseph Jefferson, as "Bob Acres" Owned by Estate of John W. Alexander Mrs. Flick Owned by Mr. Flick F. B. Alexander Owned by Mrs. F. B. Alexander Dr. James L. Cabell Owned by Mr. William Alexander Mr. H. M. Alexander, Sr. Owned by James W. Alexander, 1 1 . Col. E. J. Allen Mrs. Allen Miss Edna Allen Edward Allen William Allen Harold Allen Owned by Estate of Col. E. J. Allen Annie Russell Annie Russell, as "Elaine" Owned by Mrs. Oswald Yorke ISABELLA, OR THE POT OF BASIL Mrs. Abbe Miss Abbe Owned by Dr. Robert Abbe Mr. Jack Breck Mr. Larkin G. Meade Miss Colt (Mrs. Ralph Curtis) Thurlow Weed Mr. Cole Man in Fur Cap John Gilbert, as "Sir Peter Teasle" PORTRAITS PAINTED BETWEEN 1887 AND 1891 Thomas Nast Owned by Mr. Thomas Nast Mrs. Henry Draper Owned by New York Public Library Miss Breese Owned by Miss Breese Mr. Cowden Owned by the Chamber of Commerce, New York Colonel Bond Owned by Colonel Bond Mrs. Stuart Owned by Mrs. Stuart Mr. Charles Cooper Owned by Cooper Institute 39 Mr. Cortlandt Palmer Owned by Mr. Cortlandt Palmer, Jr. Palmer Children Owned by Mrs. Robert Abbe Child Owned by Mr. Ives Mr. H. M. Alexander, Jr. Owned by Mr. H. M. Alexander, Jr. Mr. Paul Tuckerman Owned by the Calumet Club, New York F. B. Alexander Owned by Mrs. J. W. Alexander Mr. Robert Hoe Owned by Estate of Mr. Robert Hoe Barnes Baby Owned by Mr. C. W. Barnes Mr. Daniel G. Heald Owned by the Home Insurance Company, New York Mrs. Colgate Owned by Mr. Richard Colgate Mr. George W. Childs Owned by Estate of Mr. George W. Childs Mr. Milbank Owned by Mrs. A. A. Anderson 40 Miss L. H. Ward Owned by Mrs. E. A. S. Clarke James Gordon Benett Owned by Mr. James G. Benett Mr. Marcellus Hartley Mr. Marcellus Hartley, Sr. Child Owned by Estate of Marcellus Hartley Mr. Richard Watson Gilder Mrs. James Cholmondy-Jones Owned by Estate of Miss Jeanette Gilder Mr. Decker Mrs. Decker Owned by Mr. Decker Dorothea Gilder Mr. H. M. Alexander, Sr. Mr. B. F. Manierre Mr. William Dean Howells Mr. A. B. Frost Two Children PORTRAITS PAINTED BETWEEN 1893 AND 1898 James W. Alexander Owned by the University Club, New York Mrs. H. M. Alexander Owned by Mrs. H. M. Alexander 41 Chief Justice Mercer Beasley Owned by Mrs. Ed. C. Delafield Chief Justice Mercer Beasley (Copy) Owned by Court House, Trenton, New Jersey Mr. Henry Marquand Owned by Mr. Henry Marquand Miss Frances Alexander Owned by Mr. William Alexander Henry Baldwin Hyde Owned by the Equitable Life Insurance Company, New York Portrait of a Child Owned by Mrs. John F. Draper Portrait of a Child Owned by Mr. Marcellus Hartley Portrait of a Lady Owned by Mrs. Leavenworth Louise White Owned by Mrs. J. J. White James W. Alexander II James W. Alexander 1 1 Owned by Mrs. J. W. Alexander Child's Head Mrs. Hopekirk Wilson 42 PORTRAITS PAINTED IN 1898 Hon. Levi P. Morton Owned by State House, Albany, New York Dr. D. H. Haight Owned by D. H. Haight Coi. E. J. Allen Owned by Estate of Col. E. J. Allen Mrs. A. Newbold Morris Mr. A. Newbold Morris Owned by Mrs. McDougall Hawkes PORTRAITS PAINTED IN PARIS BETWEEN 1898 AND 1900 Mrs. Burke Owned by Mrs. Burke Miss Clara Clemens Owned by Mrs. Gabrilowich Mrs. P. W. Bartlett Owned by Mrs. P. W. Bartlett Mrs. Ivan PranishnekofT Owned by Mrs. Ivan Pranishnekoff Mrs. Randolph Coolidge, Jr. Owned by Mr. Randolph Coolidge 43 Mr. Fritz Thaulow Owned by the Wilstach Gallery, Philadelphia Miss Eleanor Alexander (Child with Doll) Owned by Mrs. Henry A. Alexander Mrs. Eleanor Sears Owned by Mrs. F. Sears Mrs. William M. Wood Owned by Mrs. William M. Wood Mrs. R. Coolidge, Jr. (Sketch) Owned by Mr. E. W. Longfellow Mrs. Helen Hopekirk Owned by Mr. Hall Joseph Mosenthal Owned by Mendelsohn Glee Club, New York James W. Alexander II James W. Alexander 1 1 Owned by Elizabeth A. Alexander Elizabeth A. Alexander Elizabeth A. Alexander Owned by Elizabeth A. Alexander Elizabeth A. Alexander Elizabeth A. Alexander Owned by Mrs. James W. Alexander 44 PORTRAITS PAINTED IN 1900 IN PARIS AND SCOTLAND Auguste Rodin Owned by the Cincinnati Museum Association Mr. Scranton Owned by Mr. Scranton Mile. Edith Revil Owned by Mme. Fernand Revil Mile. Jourdain Owned by M. Franz Jourdain President Loubet Owned by M. Loubet Mr. J. J. Cowan Mrs. J. J. Cowan Miss Cowan Miss K. Cowan Miss M. Cowan Child (Laura) Master Cowan Owned by J. J. Cowan, Esq., Edinburgh PORTRAITS PAINTED BETWEEN OCTOBER 1901 AND 1902 Miss Dorothy Roosevelt (Mrs. Langdon Geer) Owned by Mrs. Hilborne L. Roosevelt 45 Mrs. C. Ledyard Blair Owned by C. Ledyard Blair, Esq. Gen. Louis FitzGerald Owned by the Mercantile Trust Company, New York Miss Maude Adams, as "L'Aiglon" Owned by Miss Maude Adams Miss Ethel Barrymore, as "Mme. Trentoni" Owned by The Players Club, New York Mr. William G. Dominick Owned by the 7th Regiment of New York Dr. Francis L. Patton Owned by Princeton University Mr. George Bliss Owned by Mrs. George Bliss Dr. Henry Van Dyke Mrs. Henry Van Dyke and Daughter Owned by Dr. Henry Van Dyke Edwin A. Abbey John W. Alexander Owned by the National Academy of Design, New York Mr. E. A. Sothern, as "Hamlet" (Destroyed) 46 PEONIES PORTRAITS PAINTED BETWEEN OCTOBER, 1902, AND OCTOBER, 1903 Mrs. Thomas Hastings Owned by Mrs. Thomas Hastings Mrs. Herman Duryea Owned by Mrs. Herman Duryea Mrs. Homer Gage and Son Owned by Mrs. Knowles Girl with Dog Owned by Mrs. Dudley M. Waters Mr. Andrew Carnegie Owned by Estate of John W. Alexander Elizabeth A. Alexander Owned by James W. Alexander, II. Mr. William C. Denny Owned by Mrs. William C. Denny Mrs. Oliver Mrs. Johnson Owned by Mrs. Oliver Geraldine PORTRAITS PAINTED BETWEEN OCTOBER, 1903, AND OCTOBER, 1904 Mrs. Eliza B. Wheaton Owned by Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts 47 Mrs. Samuel Untermeyer Owned by Mr. Samuel Untermeyer Mr. King Owned by Mr. King Mrs. Clarence Webster Owned by Dr. Webster Dr. Jillson Owned by the Pittsburgh High School Peggy Owned by Mr. Laselle Mr. Charles H. Russell Owned by Mrs. C. H. Russell Miss Stanton Owned by Mrs. J. S. Stanton Boy with Ball Mrs. Waters Owned by Mrs. Dudley Waters Mr. Chadbourn Mrs. Chadbourn Mr. Chadbourn, Jr. Owned by Mr. Chadbourn PORTRAITS PAINTED BETWEEN OCTOBER, 1904, AND OCTOBER. 1905 W. B. Gunnison Owned by Erasmus High School, Brooklyn 48 Col. George Harvey Owned by Col. George Harvey Mr. McCurdy Owned by Mr. R. McCurdy, Jr. Chancellor William Jay Magie Owned by Miss Magie Judge Van Sycle Owned by Trenton State House, Trenton, N. J. Judge Van Sycle Owned by Elizabeth Bar Association, Elizabeth, N. J. Judge Van Sycle Owned by the Van Sycle family Mr. Bronson Owned by the Knickerbocker Club, New York Prof. C. Chandler Owned by Columbia University, New York Mrs. Clarence Mackay Owned by Mr. Clarence Mackay Mrs. Sara Whitman Owned by Radclitfe College, Cambridge, Mass. Mr. Spellman Owned by Mt. Auburn Association, Boston, Mass. Mrs. Haven Owned by Mrs. Haven 49 Mrs. Ryerson Miss Ryerson Owned by Mr. Edward Ryerson PORTRAITS PAINTED BETWEEN OCTOBER, 1905, AND OCTOBER, 1906 Mrs. Carter Owned by Mrs. William Carter Dicker man Mrs. William Carter Dickerman Owned by Mrs. Carter Mr. C. N. Bliss Owned by the New York Hospital Mr. William Bunker Owned by Mr. William Bunker Mrs. William J. Curtis Owned by Mrs. William J. Curtis Miss Wheeler Owned by the Wheeler School, Providence Mr. W. Van Orden Owned by Miss Van Orden James W. Alexander II Owned by Mrs. John W. Alexander Miss Helen Beatty Owned by Mr. John W. Beatty 30 Mrs. McMurtry Mr. McMurtry Owned by Estate of Mr. McMurtry PORTRAITS PAINTED BETWEEN OCTOBER, 1906, AND OCTOBER, 1907 Mr. Worthington Whittredge Owned by The Century Association, New York Mr. Charles Lanier Owned by Mr, Charles Lanier Mr. Charles Lanier Owned by the Chamber of Commerce, New York Sketch of Booth Tarkington Owned by Estate of John W. Alexander Miss Eilene Osborne Owned by Mr. William C. Osborne Master John Duncan Owned by Mrs. Stuart Duncan The Tenth Muse: Portrait of J. W. Alexander Owned by James W. Alexander, II. PORTRAITS PAINTED BETWEEN OCTOBER, 1907, AND OCTOBER, 1908 Sisters Owned by Miss Skinner 51 Mrs. William Roelker Owned by Mr. William Roelker President Arthur Owned by the Chamber of Commerce, New York Miss E. B. Alexander Owned by Mrs. Henry A. Alexander Portrait Owned by Mr. Edward Bok Mrs. Borden Harriman Owned by the Colony Club, New York PORTRAITS PAINTED FROM 1908 TO 1909 Mrs. James McCosh Owned by Princeton University PORTRAITS PAINTED FROM 1909 TO 1910 Dr. Hyde Owned by Bowdoin College Mr. H. H. Porter Owned by G. F. Porter Mr. Hanna Owned by Mr. Hanna 52 PORTRAITS PAINTED FROM 1910 TO 191! Miss Mary Emma Woolley Owned by Mt. Hoi yoke College Mrs. F. W. Hallowell Owned by Mrs. Hallowell Ex-President Grover Cleveland Owned by the Chamber of Commerce, New York Mrs. Ambrose Monell Owned by Mr. Ambrose Monell Mr. A. Barton Hepburn Owned by Mr. A. Barton Hepburn Mr. Lowe Mrs. Lowe Owned by Mr. Houston Lowe Judge Rollins Judge Fitzgerald Owned by City of New York, City Hall PORTRAITS PAINTED FROM 1911 TO 1912 Two Kilbourn Children Owned by Miss Skinner Mr. Garman Owned by Mrs. Garman 53 Miss Maude Adams Owned by Miss Maude Adams Mrs. Hunt Henderson Owned by Mr. Hunt Henderson Mr. H. H. Porter Owned by Mr. H. H. Porter, Jr. McLean Portrait Owned by Carnegie Library, Fort Worth, Texas Mrs. John W. Alexander Owned by Mrs. James W. Alexander, Jr. Judge Ward Owned by the City of New York, City Hall Helen Gertrude Owned by Mrs. Henry Alexander Mrs. Mitchell PORTRAITS PAINTED FROM 1912 TO 1913 Dr. John F. Weir Owned by Yale University Mrs. Thruston Wright Owned by Mrs. Thruston Wright Dr. Manning Owned by Trinity Chapel, New York 54 MEMORIES Dr. Slocum Owned by Columbia University, New York Dr. Alexander C. Humphreys Owned by Stevens Institute of Technology General Scofield Owned by U. S. Military Academy, West Point Mrs. Potter Mrs. Goodyear Mrs. Daniels with two Children Owned by Mrs. Goodyear PAINTINGS Study of Old Cole. 1881 Owned by Mrs. John W. Alexander Pink Roses. 1885 Owned by Mrs. John W. Alexander White and Pink Roses. 1886 White Birches. 1890 Owned by Mrs. A. G. Hoffman Landscape Painted at Cornish, New Hampshire. 1890 Landscape Painted at Cornish, New Hampshire. 1890 Landscape Painted at Cornish, New Hampshire. 1890 Landscape. 1890 Owned by Estate of John W. Alexander 55 Landscape. 1890 Owned by Mrs. John W. Alexander Reflections. 1893 Owned by Estate of John W. Alexander Woman in Gray. 1 893 Owned by the Luxembourg Museum Sunlight in Mirror. Painted at £tretat. 1894 Girl in pale green with sash ends. Painted at £tretat, 1894 Owned by M. O. Saincere Girl in black with red bows in hair. Painted at £tretat, 1894 Owned by Mr. Elkins In the Orchard. Painted at £tretat, 1894 Owned by Estate of John W. Alexander Girl with reflection in mirror. Painted at Etretat, 1894 Owned by J. J. Cowan, Esq., Edinburgh Girl in green, in orchard. Painted at Etretat, 1894 Woman in black. Painted at £tretat, 1 894 Owned by Estate of Col. E. J. Allen Girl in red, on divan. Painted at Etretat, 1 894 Owned by Mrs. John W. Alexander Study in Tones. Painted at £tretat, 1894 Owned by Knoedler & Company 56 Juliette Very. 1895 Owned by Mrs. John W. Alexander Alethea (in blue). Painted in Paris, 1895 Repos. Painted in Paris, 1895 Justine. Painted in Paris, 1895. Owned by Mile. Rachel Boyer Dancing Girl. Painted at Seabright, 1895 Owned by Miss Edna Allen The Bronze Bowl. 1896 Owned by Mrs. John W. Alexander Woman in Black. 1896 Owned by Mrs. H. Kirke Porter Spring Flowers. 1896 Owned by Miss Annie May Hegeman Girl in yellow, with cat. 1896 Owned by Mrs. John W. Alexander Girl in figured black. 1896 Owned by Mr. H. K. Porter Black and Red. 1896 Juliette. 1896 Owned by Miss Annie May Hegeman The Black Cat. 1896 Owned by gallery in Odessa, Russia 57 The Mirror. 1896 Owned in St. Petersburg Isabella, or The Pot of Basil. 1897 Owned by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Juliette in green. 1897 The Blue Bowl. 1897 Owned by the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence The Green Bow. 1898 Owned by Estate of John \V. Alexander Still Life (on wood). 1898 The Rose. 1898 Owned by Mrs. William Thaw The Cafe. 1898 The Toilet. 1898 Pandora. Painted in Paris, 1898 Peonies. 1898 Owned by Estate of John W. Alexander A Ray of Sunlight. 1898 Owned by the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts A Flower. 1899 Owned by Estate of John W. Alexander The Mother. 1899 Owned by Estate of John W. Alexander 58 Autumn. 1899 Owned by Mrs. C. L. Blair A Woman in Rose. 1902 Owned by Carnegie Institute Memories. 1904 Owned by Estate of John W. Alexander The Mother. 1904 Aurora Leigh. 1 904 ^ ^ M*"* The Green Gown. 1905 Owned by Estate of John W. Alexander Study in Tone. 1905 Owned by Mrs. E. H. Harriman Girl Reading. 1905 Owned by Mrs. John W. Alexander A Rose. 1906 Owned by Estate of John W. Alexander The Butterfly. 1906 Owned by Estate of John W. Alexander A Quiet Hour. 1906 Owned by The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Marine. 1907 Sunlight. 1907 Owned by the Art Institute of Chicago 59 Phyllis. 1907 Owned by the City Art Museum, St. Louis Aurelia. 1908 Owned by Mrs. John W. Alexander The Glass Bowl. 1908 Owned by Estate of John W. Alexander Study in Tone. 1908 Owned by Mrs. E. H. Harriman Study in Green and Black. 1908 Study in Black and White. 1 909 Owned by Mrs. John W. Alexander June: Flowers. 1911 Owned by Estate of John W. Alexander The Gossip. 1912 Owned by Estate of John W. Alexander Primrose (panel). 1912 Owned by Estate of John W. Alexander A Summer Day. 1912 The Ring. 1913 Owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Fine Arts, New York Her Birthday. 1913 Sketch of Mark Twain Sketch (unfinished) 60 Flowers Owned by Miss Annie May Hegeman Flowers Flowers Owned by Mrs. H. Kirke Porter Juliette in pink (on wood) Owned by M. Clement MURAL DECORATIONS "Evolution of the Book" Six lunettes in the corridor of the Library of Congress, Washington, D. C. "The Crowning of Labor.'* Forty eight panels, in Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh. 61 BIBLIOGRAPHY A FEW REFERENCES ON JOHN WHITE ALEXANDER AND HIS WORK MAGAZINE ARTICLES— Arts and decoration: Feb., 1911. v. 1 , pp. 147-149, 1 78. John W. Alexander, by C. H. Caffin. Century magazine: Oct., 1915. v. 90, pp. 957-958. A true servant of art. Cosmopolis: June, 1897. v. 6, pp. 672-674. Criti- cism by D. S. MacColI. Craftsman: April, 1910. v. 10, pp. 46-53. John W. Alexander; a study in determination, by P. T. Farns worth. Critic: July, 1899. v. 35, pp. 609-615. John White Alexander, portrait-painter, decorator, illustrator. Critic: March, 1905. v. 46, p. 239. John W. Alex- ander, by Homer St. Gaudens. Fine arts journal: Jan., 1911. v. 24, pp. 13-21. The career of J. W. Alexander, by Grace Whitworth. 63 Fine arts journal: April, 1913. v. 28, pp. 245-246. Paintings by Alexander and the Scandinavian art- ists. Contrasts Alexander, " the regular," with the Scandinavian "rebels." Harper's monthly: Oct., 1899. v. 99, pp. 694-704. John W. Alexander, by Armand Dayot. Harper's weekly: Dec. 13, 1902. v. 46, pt. 2, pp. 1 970- 1971. The pictures of John W. Alexander. House beautiful: Jan., 1904. v. 1 5, pp. 67-74. John W. Alexander, his paintings, by Harriet Monroe. International studio: May, 1908. v. 34, sup. pp. 85-97. John W. Alexander, by Arthur Hoeber. International studio: July, 1915. v. 56, sup. p. 21. John White Alexander. Literary digest: June 19, 1915. v. 50, pp. 1466- 1467. John W. Alexander. Munsey s magazine: Sept., 1908. v. 39, pp. 744- 755. The art of John W. Alexander, by Christian Brinton. New York — Public library. Bulletin: July, 1915. v. 19, pp. 539-541. John White Alexander, artist and citizen, by F. Weitenkampf. Outlook: March 6, 1909. v, 91 , pp. 522-523. Mr. Alexander's pictures. 64 Outlook: May 28, 1910. v. 95, pp. 170-178. John W. Alexander, painter, by E. F. Baldwin. Outlook: June 9, 1915. v. 1 10, pp. 298-299. John W. Alexander. Scribner's magazine: March, 1899. v. 25, pp. 340 348. The portraits of John W. Alexander, by H. S. Morris. Scribner's magazine: Sept., 1915. v. 58, pp. 385- 388. Alexander, the man and his work; symposium. Tributes by Edward Robinson, Edwin H. Blashfield, Kenyon Cox, Howard Russell Butler and Harry W. Watrous, with list of Alexander's best-known works. Studio: July, 1900. v. 20, pp. 71-77. An Ameri- can painter in Paris: John Alexander, by Gabriel Mourey. World's work: Jan., 1905. v. 9, pp. 5682-5698. John W. Alexander, the painter of idealized sentiment, by C. H. Caffin. World's work: March, 1905. v. 9, pp. 5993-5994. How Whistler posed for John W. Alexander. NEWSPAPER ARTICLES— New York Evening Post: June 1, 1915, p. I, col. 2; p. 3, col. 3-5. Sketch and criticism. 65 New York Sun: June 2, 1915, p. 7, col. 7. Sketch and criticism. New York Times: June 2, 1915, p. 13, col. 3. Sketch and criticism. MURAL DECORATIONS IN THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTE, PITTSBURGH American architect: Nov. 11, 1908. v. 94, pt. 2, p. 155. Alexander's "Crowning of labor." Current literature: June, 1907. v. 42, pp. 639-642. A portrayal of Pittsburgh's labor travail. Harper's monthly: May, 1907. v. 114, pp. 845-856. The new mural decorations of John W. Alexander, by C. H. Caffin. Scribner's magazine: Jan., 1909. v. 45, pp. 45-57. Alexander's decorations, the Crowning of labor, in the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, by William Walton. MURAL DECORATIONS IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, WASHINGTON, D. C. King, Pauline. American mural painting. 1902. pp. 184-188. Harper's weekly: Jan. 23, 1897. v. 41, pt. 1, pp. 82-83. The decorations of Mr. Alexander, by Royal Cortissoz. 66 / Murdoch- Kerr Press Pittsburgh 8' BW I GETTY RESEARCH INSTITUTE i II I I i Ml ! 3 3125 01203 5750