International studio (23.1904)

Studio-Talk

The picture by C. H. Shannon was a fine ex-
ample of that painter’s distinguished work, and
was lent from the collection of the late Mr. Forbes.
Altogether, the committee of the Bristol Academy
are to be congratulated upon the fact that so many
collectors and painters, responding to their invita-
tion, enabled them this year to hold an exhibition
remarkable for its representative character.
T. M. W.
GLASGOW.—From the Spring Exhibition
of the Institute no fewer than seven
pictures have been acquired for the
permanent municipal collection of
Kelvingrove. Three of these have been obtained
through the generosity of a donor who prefers to
remain anonymous ; while the others have been
purchased by the Corporation, which is thus
placing itself in line with the great municipalities
of England. The first three comprise A Provencal
Winter by Mr. H. H. La Thangue, A.R.A.; Dur-
ham—Evening by Mr. W. Y. Macgregor, A.R.S.A.;

and An Ayrshire Landscape by Mr. George Houston.
The first is an excellent picture, which would pro-
bably have been purchased by the Chantrey trustees
last spring had it been within their power; but as
it was not painted in Britain it was ineligible in the
terms of their trust. This was Glasgow’s oppor-
tunity, and the committee were quick to avail
themselves of the chance of securing so notable a
canvas. _

The Durham is a very fine example of Mr.
Macgregor’s work—almost epic in its inspiration,
painted with much simplicity, finely composed,
and exhibiting all the artist’s well-known feeling
for massive and stately themes, and all his accus-
tomed skill in their presentment. Mr. Houston’s
picture is very interesting from many points of
view. The artist is one of the ablest and sincerest
of the younger generation of Glasgow painters ; his
work for some time past has been marked by
genuine effort and real achievement, and in this
large and important canvas he has reached a notably


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BY R. MACAULAY STEVENSON