International studio (16.1902)

Studio-Talk



“CALVES”
refined portrait of the Sheriff of Fite—simple in
P°se, harmonious in colour, and full of character
aud individuality. Mr. R. W. Allan’s beautifully
composed picture, In from the Sea, shows fishing
Srnacks beside a small jetty. It is full of the
chill light of a grey day and instinct with the
at»osphere of the sea. Mr. David Murray’s
Gentle streamlet, willow-wooed, was one of the
Successes of last year’s Academy, and it is not
uecessary to expatiate here on its delicate charm;
"'bile Mr. McTaggart’s rendering of sunshine,
cloud, wave and wind is as marvellous as ever in
Crnfter Emigrants leaving the Hebrides. Turn-
‘Ug to the painters more intimately associated
Wlth Glasgow, the President of the Glasgow Art
Club, Mr. George Henry (recently elevated to
honours of “ R.S.A.”) is represented by two
"'orks—one a portrait of Mr. James Macfarla7ie,
tlle other a charming panel, Spritigtime (typified
^ a fair damsel pacing through a woodland
glade), which is good in colour, with its delight-
lul harmonies of blues, violets, and sober and
varied greens, though the hypercritical might
carp the drawing in parts. Mr. John Lavery
Sends The White Duchess, a somewhat ghostly
lady, rather angular in pose and drawing ; and
°Pposite hangs one of the most charming portraits
’U the exhibition, Miss Margaret Macfarlane, by
‘'l'- E. A. Walton. Seldom has Mr. Walton
Painted a more beautiful portrait, good as a
'v°rk of art, and fine as a rendering of the
elusive charm of childhood. Needless to say
|lle relative tones of the work are exquisitely
danced—that is almost always the case with

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Mr. Walton’s work—and
the drawing is good and
the colour sweet as well.
Another portrait that calls
for attention is that of Mr.
Joseph Hetiderson, R.S. W.,
by his son, Mr. John Hen-
derson. The sitter is the
doyen of Glasgow artists,
who is himself represented
by a vigorous portrait of
historic importance, Dt.
Ross Taylor, the last
Moderator of the Free
Church of Scotland; and
his son shows him in this
admirably painted canvas
as he is at the end of
half a century’s practice
of his art in Glasgow —
alert, strenuous, and full of life.

BY DAVID GAULD

Among the figure painters, characteristic work is
sent by Messrs. W. Strang, E. A. Hornel, David
Fulton, D. Mackellar, T. McEwan, P. Orr, Millie
Dow, and J. Lochhead, the last contributing The
Garden by the River, a canvas of refined colour,
sweet sentiment, and real decorative beauty.
Landscape, as is usual in a Scottish exhibition,
is strong. Mr. P. Downie sends A Winter