International studio (34.1908)

Studio- Talk


“ a view OF LEWES, Sussex” (By permission of R. Ashton Irvine, Esq.)

BY W. L. BRUCKMAN

panels of Japanese scenes made them very attrac-
tive. Near Arundel, A Farm at Dorki7ig, Daffodils
and some flower pieces were all achievements of
great merit by Mr. James S. Hill. Mr. Aumonier’s
distinguished art was represented very beautifully
in Under the Beech Trees. Mr. A. D. Peppercorn’s
canvases were as forceful as ever, gloomy, emo-
tional, sometimes almost eerie impressions of
changeable weathers.

The Royal Academy’s Winter Exhibition of Old
Masters is one of much success this year. It
consists of a collection of all periods. A painting
of the Flemish school, Mary Tudor, by Lucas de
Heere, formerly exhibited at the Guildhall;
a portrait of the painter Chardin, by Fra-
gonard; and the Master Bunbury of Sir Joshua
Reynolds, are among the notable things, besides
an interesting group of Hogarth’s works. A

room is devoted to the canvases of the late J. C.
Hook, R.A.

At the Goupil Gallery last month Mr. Hanslip
Fletcher showed a series of water-colours and
drawings of Oxford and Cambridge, conscientious
studies of architectural and street scenes in these
two cities, which afford so much scope for the type
of art which he practises. He also showed drawings
of interest made in London, Canterbury, Amiens,
Chartres, and other cathedral cities.

Mr. Wynne Apperley’s exhibition at the Leicester
Galleries showed an advance upon an earlier exhibi-
tion of this young artist’s work. Mr. Apperley is
a realist, and his art is at its best when he declines
to force his notes of colour for the sake of effect
and show. Mr. Arthur Rackham’s drawings illus-
trating “Alice in Wonderland,” which we saw here
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