International studio (34.1908)

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FIRE-DOGS IN BRIGHT STEEL

PIERCED AND CHASED BY ERNEST W. GIMSON

We reproduce this month some examples of the
art of Mr. W. L. Bruckman, whose exhibits in the
International Society’s and other prominent exhi-

The Landscape Exhibi-
tion of the six painters
who annually exhibit at the
Galleries of the Old Water-
colour Society is always one
of the most interesting fea-
tures of the winter season.
Sir Ernest Waterlow used
to exhibit amongst them,
and the absence of his art
is greatly felt. Mr. Leslie
Thomson's Sunset: Poole
Harbour and Night were
two canvases which at once
attracted attention. Mr.
Austen Brown was at his
best in Low Tide Gleaners,
or in At Pasture or A
Market Morning. His
handling was a litt’e too
easy and suave in A Cloudy Evening, giving the
impression of a not very valuable effect too cheaply
obtained. Mr. Robert W. Allan’s Boddam was a

bitions will already be familiar to the majority of noteworthy canvas, and the spontaneity of his small
our readers. Whilst quick
to perceive the decorative
possibilities of his subject,
Mr. Bruckman has always
been extremely successful
in placing a picturesque
composition upon his can-
vas without sacrificing the
multitude of atmospheric
subtleties which belong to
work carried on in the open
air. It is perhaps this
aptitude on the artist’s
part which gives to his work
its individual character ; for
whilst no one can dispute
the sense of good com-
position which belongs to
his art, it is this sense that
so often leads its possessor
into contentment with land-
s capes that are wholly
studio-made, and which, by
the methods of their pro-
duction, fail to contain all
the necessary accents of
tone upon which the

“WAREHOUSES AT GREENWICH

BY W. L. BRUCKMAN

(By permission ot R. Ashton Irvine, Esq.)