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No. 291 (June 1917)
DOI Artikel:The Royal Academy exhibition, 1917
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21263#0032
The Royal Academy Exhibition, 1917
THE ROYAL ACADEMY EXHIBI- is accompanied by some reduction of quality,
TION IQI7 ^e arnrjiti°us an(i inspired works are few, and
' . the rank and file stuff is rather commonplace
THERE is little in the atmosphere of and unattractive,
the present Academy exhibition to In the picture galleries the interest is well
suggest that it has been arranged in apportioned between the different types of
the midst of a war of unprecedented expression—landscapes, figure pictures, and
magnitude which is tax- portraits, and there are
ing to the utmost the some noteworthy things
resources of Great H as well which do not fall
Britain. In its main HHB SumT^ exactly into any of these
features it is hardly at H jV . three categories. Among
all different from those H / jJH the landscapes Mr.
which have been seen ■Mrik JL^^H Arnesby Brown's large
there in the peaceful and Hr^."tI canvas, In June, is very
placid years of what convincing in its robust -
seems now to be a re- • ness of statement, and
mote past. Military por- WW the three smaller works
traits are, perhaps, a I ^L* . . 0, he has sent are hardly
little more numerous ' . j^jjf*-- v'/H^V^f less vigorous in hand-
than usual, the battle f""***; ■■, *1ii^gS5Si<i^fl^fcff^^^ ling. Mr. Bertram Priest-
pictures have taken on W- i^^Ka^^HB^''WMj man is another painter
a new note and have with a distinctly stren-
acquired a more modern j^B ■ uous technical manner;
aspect, but otherwise the Hj he shows an impressive
show with its variety of aft I W ft II picture, The Sun-veiled
outlook and diversity of i 1 I\S| Hills of Wharfedale, but
intention is very much 1 l|^H it is not so attractive as
what we have come to H his much smaller Snow
regard as an annual H "-"I jli JW Buckden Vale. Mr.
matter of course. Few 1 | 1 Jj^H Hughes-Stanton, too,
of the things in it stand touches his highest level
out as remarkable in one of his lesser
achievements, but there contributions, Winter:
is a good deal of solid Hants, which is especi-
work which does credit . U|. y^s. 1 auY naPPY m its sug-
to the artists by whom JH gestion of wintry colour
it was produced, and H ^^J* I .* \ and atmosphere; and Sir
there is not much that ■ lpp« Ernest Waterlow is far
deserves to be dismissed ^^Br W^SEi*'491 better represented by his
as wholly incompetent. sunny study, A Southern
Most of the contributors ~^^**m***: EjH Shore, and his gently
seem to have tried to do ^^^^m^^^^^^^^^^^^^mh j^^^^H reticent Winter's Day
the best of which they than by his ambitious
"a wreath of roses. by sir george . . „-
are capable, and as the frampton, r.a. Alpine subject, 1 he Jung-
exhibition includes con- frau.
siderably less works than usual, the result is that Mr. David Murray is still occupied with
the show is reasonably satisfying technically problems of delicately iridescent colour and
and more than ordinarily agreeable in effect— subtle atmospheric tone, and has found some
the reduction in the number of canvases hung admirable material in the English Lake District,
has made better spacing possible and has dis- In Mr. Leslie Thomson's Loch Bracadale sound
tinctly improved the appearance of the galleries. design is combined with very true and appro-
In the sculpture rooms the decrease in numbers priate sentiment; and Mr. D. Y. Cameron's The
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THE ROYAL ACADEMY EXHIBI- is accompanied by some reduction of quality,
TION IQI7 ^e arnrjiti°us an(i inspired works are few, and
' . the rank and file stuff is rather commonplace
THERE is little in the atmosphere of and unattractive,
the present Academy exhibition to In the picture galleries the interest is well
suggest that it has been arranged in apportioned between the different types of
the midst of a war of unprecedented expression—landscapes, figure pictures, and
magnitude which is tax- portraits, and there are
ing to the utmost the some noteworthy things
resources of Great H as well which do not fall
Britain. In its main HHB SumT^ exactly into any of these
features it is hardly at H jV . three categories. Among
all different from those H / jJH the landscapes Mr.
which have been seen ■Mrik JL^^H Arnesby Brown's large
there in the peaceful and Hr^."tI canvas, In June, is very
placid years of what convincing in its robust -
seems now to be a re- • ness of statement, and
mote past. Military por- WW the three smaller works
traits are, perhaps, a I ^L* . . 0, he has sent are hardly
little more numerous ' . j^jjf*-- v'/H^V^f less vigorous in hand-
than usual, the battle f""***; ■■, *1ii^gS5Si<i^fl^fcff^^^ ling. Mr. Bertram Priest-
pictures have taken on W- i^^Ka^^HB^''WMj man is another painter
a new note and have with a distinctly stren-
acquired a more modern j^B ■ uous technical manner;
aspect, but otherwise the Hj he shows an impressive
show with its variety of aft I W ft II picture, The Sun-veiled
outlook and diversity of i 1 I\S| Hills of Wharfedale, but
intention is very much 1 l|^H it is not so attractive as
what we have come to H his much smaller Snow
regard as an annual H "-"I jli JW Buckden Vale. Mr.
matter of course. Few 1 | 1 Jj^H Hughes-Stanton, too,
of the things in it stand touches his highest level
out as remarkable in one of his lesser
achievements, but there contributions, Winter:
is a good deal of solid Hants, which is especi-
work which does credit . U|. y^s. 1 auY naPPY m its sug-
to the artists by whom JH gestion of wintry colour
it was produced, and H ^^J* I .* \ and atmosphere; and Sir
there is not much that ■ lpp« Ernest Waterlow is far
deserves to be dismissed ^^Br W^SEi*'491 better represented by his
as wholly incompetent. sunny study, A Southern
Most of the contributors ~^^**m***: EjH Shore, and his gently
seem to have tried to do ^^^^m^^^^^^^^^^^^^mh j^^^^H reticent Winter's Day
the best of which they than by his ambitious
"a wreath of roses. by sir george . . „-
are capable, and as the frampton, r.a. Alpine subject, 1 he Jung-
exhibition includes con- frau.
siderably less works than usual, the result is that Mr. David Murray is still occupied with
the show is reasonably satisfying technically problems of delicately iridescent colour and
and more than ordinarily agreeable in effect— subtle atmospheric tone, and has found some
the reduction in the number of canvases hung admirable material in the English Lake District,
has made better spacing possible and has dis- In Mr. Leslie Thomson's Loch Bracadale sound
tinctly improved the appearance of the galleries. design is combined with very true and appro-
In the sculpture rooms the decrease in numbers priate sentiment; and Mr. D. Y. Cameron's The
16