International studio (21.1903/1904(1904))

ot merit, themain interestcentres
in the landscapes. Mr. Campbell
Mitchell sends three refined and
seriously studied effectsof atmo-
sphere over widely different types of
landscape; Mr. C. H. Mackie, a
charming dra^ing of a cottage
garden; Mr. Afarjoribanks Hay, a
tiny but exquisite water-
colour : Mr. Marshall Brown, a sea
study of considerable power; while
Mr. James Paterson, Mr. J. C.
Noble, Mr. R. B. Nisbet, Mr.
Cadenhead, Mr. Riddel), and others
are represented by characteristic
work. Miss Meg Wright's ry
Vt7p<?7* and are
touched with an imaginative sense
of landscape beauty which redeems
their incomplete and somewhat
slovenly handling; and much the
same may be said of
by Mr. Harry MacGregor. As a
piece of direct and masterly paint-
ing, nothing in the roomsisquite
so convincing as Mr. S. J. Peploe's
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and afascinating piece, decorative in intention,
and perhaps unhnished, and rather different
from his typical work.

Although several of the portraits, notably two or
three in subdued colour and low tone by Mr. A. E.
Borthwick and a charming bust of a lady by Mrs.
Nisbet, are admirable in their own way, while
Mr. Edwin Alexander, Mr. George Pirie, and Mr.
George Smith have excellent animal pictures, and
there are a considerable number of figure subjects

IRMINGHAM. — Mr.
Arthur J. Gaskin, who
has recently been ap-
pointed headmaster of
the Jewellers and Silversmiths' Art
School, in place of Mr. Catterson
Smith, inaugurated his reign with
an exhibition of his work, held at
the School in Vittoria Street.
Most readers of THE STUDto are
familiär with Mr. Gaskin's work, and
his versatility and resource were well
shown in the the examples on view.
Designs for book illustration in his
well-known style covered one side of the roorn,
and as interesting work as any in the exhibition
were some very good pencil drawings. His grasp
of colour, too, was well demonstrated in his pic-
tures, which, although displaying some mannerisms,
are very rieh and decorative.

Naturally, main attention was centred upon his
exhibit of jewellery. Rather a revival in spirit
of the old Italian jewellery than any striking
innovation, it possesses many points of merit of its
own. The choice and arrangement in pleasing
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