International studio (41.1910)

William Wells, R.B.A.

"harbour with bridge, castletown" (water-colour) by william wells

(In the collection of Arthur Kay, Esq.)

Schools, where he came under the influence of the Those were Bohemian days, with all the freedom
Visiting Professors of twenty years ago. Two and vigour of young colonialism, at times lit by the
decades earlier London students had been caught flash of genius from such a brilliant member as
in a cross-current of criti-
cism, and a group of forty
found the greatest diffi-
culty in reconciling the
different methods of the
eminent Visiting Masters.
Wells, however, was more
fortunate, and, from
London, where he was
thoroughly grounded in
draughtsmanship—a pre-
liminary too often
neglected by the modern
men—he proceeded to
Sydney, where for five
years, as a Member, he
studied at the New South
Wales Art Society's
Rooms, all the time
working hard at the figure.
The Society was then
subsidised by the Govern-
ment, a member was
elected Master, and any

- ... sunlight and shadow" (oil.) by william wells

artist was free to criticise. (J„ the possession of J. How den Hume, Esq.)

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