International studio (23.1904)

Studio-Talk


NECKLACE IN DIAMONDS AND OPALS

DESIGNED BY EDWARD SPENCER

way. It is a notable arrangement of long, sweep-
ing lines composed with admirable sensitiveness,
and with a true sense of style. In its fortunate
combination of vigour and
subtlety, it is exceptionally
successful; and, though it
has unquestionable indi-
viduality, it shows a very
intelligent respect for the
best traditions of English
landscape. Such examples
of our modern school will
certainly do us no discredit
at the Luxembourg.

Mr. Tom Mostyn’s Geth-
semane, which has lately
been put on view at the
Dore Gallery, belongs to a
class of art which, on the
whole, has not been very
happily dealt with by English artists. Our religious
pictures are too apt to be either insincere or incap-
able, either absurdly sentimental or lamentably

The third picture, the
figure subject, is A Ricstic
Toilet, by Mr. Lee Hankey
•—• one of those cleverly
handled paintings which
have put him during the
last few years in the front
rank of our younger artists.
He has latterly developed
a very distinct style of
his own, which is wholly
commendable on account

FIRE-SCREEN

DESIGNED BY EDWARD SPENCER
EXECUTED BY THE ARTIFICERS’ GUILD

of its strength and fresh-
ness, and because it com-
bines in the right pro-
portion good qualities of
thought and practice. It
is interesting to see how
well appreciated abroad
are the productions of
these younger painters;
for this foreign judgment,
unaffected by the preju-
dices which in this country
are so apt to control the
popular opinion about art
work, may fairly be used to
guide us to a better under-
standing of the men who
are on their merits entitled
to count as leaders of the
British school.

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