International studio (21.1903/1904(1904))

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ONDON.—The exhibition of the Society
of Oil Painters contains a larger number
than usual of pictures which are interest-
ing both in subject and treatment. It is
especiahy strong in landscapes and paintings of
open-air subjects. The most notabie of these are
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; Mr. J. Coutts Michie's luminous note of
coiour, Z?77777<7^'77777 Z77Y/777-77/ Mr. J. S. HiH's Yfi77Vi?r^,
and ^4 iTwif both of which are Anely
composed and broadly handled; Mr. Lesiie Thom-
son's ^7* 777-777- A777Z, a masteriy study of
Nature, and his more subtie arrangement, in deiicate
tones of grey-biue and golden yeHow, which he calls
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Hughes Stanton's masculine canvas, Zf777A77/7-
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able contributions from Mr. Moffat Lindner, Mr. A.
G. BeH, Mr. W. LIeweHyn, Mr. F. F. Foottet, and
Mr. J. Aumonier. Among the hgure pictures
special attention is due to Sir J. D. Linton's
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the delightfully idealised rustic hgure, yf//, by

Mr. G. F. Watts; to the pretty study of a woman's
head, ^4 ^77777'y^ by Mr. Melton Fisher; to
the costume pieces, fF%<?77 Zä// (A/T*, and
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by Mr. Edgar Bundy; to Mr. Arthur Rackham's
brilliant fantasy, Z77777/)/Z/77Z^7'77/ to the exquisite
study of hgures in the open air, ^7/77^^777^ 7?77<s?
by Mr. Charles Sims ; and to Mr. St. George
Hare's accomplished subject-pictures, Z& Z1A/
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A new scheine of decoration has just been
carried out in the galleries of the Royal Society of
British Artists, and as a consequence the exhibition
now open has a much more attractive appearance
than any of those by which it has been preceded
during recent years. The collection brought to-
gether is, moreover, rather above the average ; it
includes much that does the Society ample credit,
and it is pleasantly varied. One of the most
remarkable canvases in the show is Mr. F. F.
Foottet's decorative landscape, a view of the India
Office building from St. James's Park ; and there
is true originality in his fanciful composition 777
Z/777'777'77^'. Mr. G. C. Haite's <2?/7^77 FZZT-fi/'y
yi/Z'/^, is a brilliant record of a remarkable


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