International studio (24.1904/1905(1905))

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tions, Mr. J. R. Weguelin’s The Garland, Mr. J.
Walter West’s The Quakeress and A Silver Cord,
Mr. Anning Bell’s The Sestina and The Magic
Crystal, and the exquisite fantasies of Mr. Arthur
Rackham. Mr. J. M. Swan’s Jaguars, Mr.
Reginald Barratt’s Summer Evening, Venice, and
Mr. Napier Hemy’s sea piece, The Reef, have also
a particular claim to be remembered.

Although the recent
show of the New English
Art Club was a little un-
equal and to some extent
spoiled by the admission
of a certain number of
obviously misdirected
efforts, there was in it a
quite reasonable proportion
of pictures and drawings
which were quite in accord-
ance with the best tradi-
tions of this association of
young artists. Mr. P. W.
Steer contributed two ad-
mirable landscapes, Twi-
light and The Storm, and
a cleverly handled Portrait
in Black; Mr. W. W.
Russell an excellent study
of low life, In the Queen’s
Arms, Chelsea, and a
graceful landscape, The

Edge of the Wood; Mr.
Francis Bate a very sound
and sincere portrait study,
The Fan; and Mr. J. S.
Sargent a couple of bril-
liant and expressive
sketches astoundingly
direct in handling and
sensitive in their manage-
ment of tone relations. A
note must also be made
of Mr. L. A. Harrison’s
Hydi-angeas, Mr. James
Henry’s Yorkshire Moor-
land Village, Mr. Mark
Fisher’s A Garden Walk,
Mr. Bernhard Sickert’s The
Butts, Brentford, Mr. A. S.
Hartrick's Playmates and
Crowning the May Quee?i,
Mr. W. Rothenstein’s De-
serted Quarry, Mr. W.
Orpen's Improvisation on the Organ, and the portrait
of Mrs. Jervis White Jervis by the late C. W. Furse ;
and of the drawings by Mr. Tonks, Mr. F. E.
James, Mr. George Thomson, Mr. Brabazon, Mr.
A. W. Rich, and Mr. Muirhead Bone.

Some really remarkable achievements gave
importance to the exhibition of the Royal Society

BY A. M. FOWERAKER

“ THE AFTERGLOW,” THE ALHAMBRA AND
SIERRA NEVADA, FROM THE ALBAIAN, GRANADA


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