International studio (41.1910)

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This group, indeed, is specially worth remark as Pickering; the rugged but expressive Plymouth,
an example of the way in which a very difficult by Mr. Napier Hemy; the well-composed Corfe
kind of portrait composition can be made interest- Castle, by Mr. Arthur Streeton; the delicately
ing, without being too obviously unconventional- suggested Cotswold Summit, by Mr. C. M. Gere;
ised. It can be instructively compared with Mr. the Coming Storm, by Mr. Moffat Lindner; the
G. W. Lambert's Holyday in Essex, another ex- Ports of the West and East, by Mr. Albert Good-
ceedingly clever technical effort, which strains over- win; and the powerful painting of an effect of
anxiously after originality, and loses in consequence gleaming sunlight, Silver Morning, by Mr. Arnesby
some of that dignity which comes from intelligent Brown, which, by the way, has been purchased
regard for tradition. Besides these there are such for the Chantrey Fund collection. Particular note
excellent performances as Mr. Orpen's small full- must also be made of the one picture, The Cold
length of The Hon. Sir Eric Barrington, K.C.B., North, by Mr. J. M. Swan, another master whose
Mr. James Clark's Gift, Daughter of E. G. Baillie, death is not less to be lamented than that of
Esq., Mr. Solomon's William Longair, the Hon. Sir William Orchardson; and the two delicate
John Collier's Mrs. Cyprian Bridge, a full-length little studies, Rainbow, and The Rising Moon, by
treated with a certain classical severity ; Mr. Briton Mr. Lionel Smythe must not be overlooked.
Riviere's The Rev. S. R, Driver, D.D, which In the sculpture rooms there is comparatively
is remarkable for its strength and
shrewdness of characterisation; Mr.
Logsdail's Mary Logsdail, Mr. Glaze-
brook's Lewis Haslam, Esq., M.P., Mr.
Melton Fisher's The Red Cloak, and
the vigorous and finely treated half-
length of Mrs. Alfred Illingworth, by
Mr. Fred Yates.

The landscapes and open-air studies
are, perhaps, not quite as much a
feature of the exhibition as they have
been in previous years, but among them
there are some of unquestionable value.
Mr. East is more than ordinarily suc-
cessful in his two large pictures, The
Green Pool and Autumn in the Valley
of the Seine, which have amply the
charm of design and colour by which
his work is invariably distinguished;
and his smaller canvases are not less
attractive. The Morning Sunshine is
very happy in its quiet harmony of
colour and delicacy of illumination, and
the View from the Bungalow, Rivington,
Lancashire, is exquisite in its subtlety
of drawing. Mr. Hughes-Stanton does
himself complete justice by his large
and impressive landscape, Villeneuve les
Avignon; Mr. David Murray by his
Where the wind and the waves and a
lone shore meet, and Lake Como from
above Menaggio; and Sir Ernest
Waterlow by his Sunset, and the Wind-
swept Hill, and his study of expansive
distance, The River Tcrridge. Notable
also are the sumptuous colour arrange-
ment, Rough Weather, by Mr. J. L "the mackerel shawl" by Algernon talmage
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