International studio (34.1908)

Studio- Talk

in his elevated art, yet there is some monotony in
the colour of his pictures, and his drawing is not
without hesitation.

The Carfax Gallery have just closed an exhibition
of paintings by W. G. von Glehn. Mr. von Glehn
follows closely in the wake of Mr. Sargent in choice
of subject and in style. Especially in his water-
colours has he borrowed the spectacles of the
master, and we must say much of his courage and
skill as well, but we preferred The Oliveto, The
Cypresses, or the portrait called The Letter, for in
these his own individuality was asserted, and in the
latter picture with much charm.

The painting by Mr. Robert W. Allan, R.W.S.,
called Temple at Nikko, Japan, which we reproduce
in colour, was a feature of the recent exhibition of
landscape paintings at the Old Water-Colour
Society’s Galleries, to which reference was made in
our February number.

The old Dudley Art Society’s Exhibition was an
advance upon preceding ones, containing many
attractive pictures, notably Summer-Time at Stan-
bridge, Essex, by Mr. Burleigh Bruhl, the President,
purchased by the Queen ; Apricale, by Sir Wm.
Eden; Summer Noon, by F. Stratton ; The Sky
and Sea, F. M. Bennett ■ Near Hambledon, Surrey,
J. Paul Brinson ; St. Lauds from the River, by
G, C. Haite, and A Good Breeze, by F. J. Aldridge.

At the Feicester Gallery Mr. James Aumonier
held what was, we believe, his first exhibition of
water-colours. His art is one of great sincerity.
He never “vamps,” as the saying is, by forcing a
note of colour for the sake of effect. His aim is
for sober truth, and it is on this account he com-
municates pltasure, there being apparent in his
art that love of the country which inspired the
older water-colourists. Mr. Herbert Marshall also
exhibited at the same gallery water-colours showing
the sympathy for the properties of the medium which
is to be noted in his work, if it is, perhaps, some-
times lacking in strength. In both these respects
his work is not dissimilar to that of Mr. Hugh
Norris at the Fine Art Society’s Gallery, whose
art there formed a strong contrast to the bold and
experimental touch of G. Aristide Sartorio. M.
Sartorio is always varied and imaginative in com-
position as in treatment. Her Majesty the Queen
bought a work from his exhibition, choosing one of
the two sea-pieces, which wrere of the best things
in the room. At these galleries were water-colours
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by Mr. H. Bellingham-Smith, remarkable for the
unfailing instinct for composition displayed.

In recording the election of Mr. Francis E. James
to Associateship of the Old Water-Colour Society
and in congratulating him, we may add that there
is no recent election upon which the Society itself
has been so entitled to congratulation.
ANCHESTER.—With the herald of
spring comes the re-awrakening of the
Manchester art-wrorld, the Graphic
Club being the first to hear the call
and open its exhibition to an increasing local
interest. Though an unpretentious body of busy
workers, one feels the true spirit of art inspiring its
members through the chaos of time and its limits,
and must congratulate them on being able to
show 141 works and having gallantly made the
best of their available space in a badly-lit hall
with its unsympathetic colour and distracting
ornamentation.

The work of the President, Hugh Paton, A.R.E.,
is always attractive, but in the present exhibition


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BY HUGH PATON, A. R. E.