International studio (24.1904/1905(1905))

Studio-Talk



NECKLACE IN SILVER, CHRYSOPRASE AND MOTHER-O’-PEARL
“ DAISY CHAIN,” IN CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL WITH MALACHITE
BY ETHEL KIRKPATRICK

Glazebrook’s Anthony Hope Hawkins, Esq. and
Elsie, Daughter of R. A. Fairclough, Esq., Mr.
George Henry’s The Late J. Staa/s Forbes, Mr. W.
Strang’s Poi'trait Study of Mr. Chamberlain, Mr.
J. J. Shannon’s Daughter of A. Bailey, Esq., and a
charming portraitof a child by Mr.'S. Melton Fisher.
Of excellent quality were also Mr. W. Llewellyn’s
portrait of himself, the Hon. John Collier’s Lady
Buckley, and the works of Mr. Harold Speed, Mr.
Richard Jack, and Mr. Neven du
Mont. A series of remarkable drawings
by Frederick Sandys was included, and
there was some notable sculpture by
Mr. John Tweed, Mr. Basil Gotto,
Mr. A. G. Walker, and Mr. F. Derwent
Wood.

Mr. Clausen’s pictures
and sketches, shown at
the Goupil Gallery, gave a
decidedly pleasant impres-
sion of his capacities as a
sympathetic and accom-
plished painter. A few
pictures on a fairly import-
ant scale were included, and
of these the most deserving
of attention were the land-
scapes, Mowing the Orchard
and Willow Trees at Sunset,
and the cottage interior,
The Sleepy Child. But
the bulk of the collection
consisted of sketches and studies in oil, water-
colour, and pastel, with charming technical
qualities and definite distinction of manner.
Among these smaller examples were several
flower studies of more than ordinary beauty, and
sketches like The Barn Door, The Village
Street, and the pastel Sunset, which, by their
fieshness and spontaneity, merit a place in the
front rank of his achievement.

Mountainous Landscape by
Gainsborough, and some
good canvases by Lawrence
and Morland were also given
places in the collection.

Messrs. Agnew’s annual exhibition
for the benefit of the Artists’ General
Benevolent Institution consisted of
about a score of masterpieces by the
greatest painters of the British school.
Among them were two very fine Rae-
burns, Grace Lockhart Ross of Balgown
and Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie,
Gainsborough’s Duchess of Gloucester,
Romney’s Lady Milnes and Lady
Hamilton as Mirth, a superb full-
length of Lady Elizabeth Compton by
Reynolds, and an unusually grace-
ful portrait by Hoppner of Lady
Caroline Wrottesley. A dignified

MURAL DECORATION

BY W. J. NEATBY
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