International studio (36.1908/1909(1909))

of Antwerp; tater, in 1885, he became a pupii of
Caroius Duran in Paris. For four successive years
foilowing his study in Paris he exhibited oniy
water-colours ; but this medium was entirely aban-
doned later on, and he then occupied most of his
time with portraits in oii. In his lithographs Mr.
Becker recognises fuily the iimitations of his
medium as weil as its charms, that of a quick,
forceful expression which of necessity must go in
oniy for essentials. Those reproduced are but a few
of an extensive coHection we saw at Mr. Baillie's
Gaiiery. Mr. Becker has also done a number of
important subject pictures. One of these executed
some time ago was done for the town haii at
Coichester, the subject being the .<4?-7W<3/ c/ /<%«
Z?z//<r/% This is perhaps Mr.
Becker's most characteristic piece. It is admirably
composed, and painted in a strong virile manner.

A coliection of contemporary water-colour draw-
ings brought together iast month by Messrs. Dow-
desweil contained work so diverse in aim and
characterised by such differences of styie as Mr.
W. L. Bruckman's C7w'.x-r%!-1% and the paintings,
say, of Mr. Aifred Parsons, A.R.A. There was
characteristic work by Mr. Roger Fry and Mr. D.
S. MacCoil and by the Hon. NeviHe Lytton.
Another kind of work, as if in a different medium,
was that by Mr. Lee Hankey. His A/i77z;'7Y'M'As'M7--
A^7- inclined too much to the pretty in its colour
unfortunately, but, for all that, was interesting for
its wonderfully skilful management of water-colour.
The drawings of Mr. Ernest Parton, Albert Good-
win, Mr. David Murray, R.A., and Mr. Eyre
Walker, R.W.S., gave variety to the exhibition, and
yet another note was supplied in the work of Mr.
Hughes-Stanton, and the comprehensiveness of the

At the Rowley Gallery last month
were to be seen further studies in
charcoal by Mr. H. Becker, and
pastels lively and pleasant in colour
character by Mr. H. M. Livens.
There were also some landscape
studies in charcoal by Mr. F. Mura
havirg a very high rank; some
animal drawings in colour by Mr.
W. D. Adams, designed within a
convention which originated, we
believe, with Mr. William Nichol-
son, but full of many other qualities
that commend them to us, and
which are the artist's own. The
most important feature of the exhi-
bition, however, was the series of
drawings by Mr. Frank Brangwyn,
A.R.A., many of them preparatory
work for etchings, some of them
with more force and vigour and
subtlety than he can carry over
into the etching, but all of them
representing work of the highest
order of this kind produced to-day.

Our illustration opposite is fromg
the wood-engraving of I%'7Z;r/;MA?7-
CaA%M?7*a/, -/?<M27/i?7-/'.s' C%<273/7-qy, by
Mr. W. Herbert Durst. A student
at " The Siade" and of J. Paul
Laurens, Mr. Durst has with his
brother produced many beautifully
executed engravings cut upon box-
wood and Hnished entirely by hand. '
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"WEED BURKEKS" (LITHOGRAPH)

BY HARRY BECKER