International studio (44.1911)

Art School Notes


ART SCHOOL NOTES.

water-colour

note were Phillips
Coates, and A. H.

and Queen on the occasion of
Majesties’ coronation by the staff
of the School of Art Wood-
Kensington. This excellent piece

once purchased for the
Collection. It ranks
most successful achieve-
any of the younger

the president, Mr.
with some fine oil and
Macedon, and

“THE POEM” BY CHARLES WHEELER
( Purchased by the Trustees of the Felton Bequest)

consignment of pictures by Australian artists
resident in London. The most noticeable or
these works was undoubtedly Max Meldrum’s fine
Rembrandtish study of an old man—a marvel
of drawing. This artist was a gold medallist
from the Melbourne National Gallery, and the
travelling scholarship accompanying it enabled
him to perfect his training in Europe. The
Squire's Daughter, by James Quinn—-acquired by
the Geelong Art Gallery—was one of the most
popular pictures in the exhibition. Arthur Streeton
—always interesting and vigorous—showed a dainty
Opal and Rose, Warbarrow Bay, Dorset. G. W.
Lambert’s The Shop, recently reproduced in The
Studio, found a purchaser and many admirers.
Other absentee exhibitors of
Fox, Rupert Bunny, George
Fullwood.

Local exhibitors included
Mather,
landscapes, Evening,
Study of White Gums, being espe¬

cially fine. Mr. F. McCubbin had a
fine Summer Idyll, noticeable for its
bold, free handling. A new arrival
from European training, Mr. Ambrose
Patterson, showed a fine Boulevard
Waterloo, Brussels—curiously re-
miniscent of Camille Pisarro. The
Trustees of the Felton Bequest so
highly appreciated Charles Wheeler’s
graceful composition, The Poem, that
it was at
National
among the
ments of
generation of artists trained out
here. McClintock vied with Herpen
in his mastery of the water-colour
medium, the latter’s Thrashing
Peas being especially good. Mrs.
Tweddle showed a fine still-life
study, Venetian Glass, and Ford
Patterson, Delafield Cook, and
Enes were also strongly in evi-
dence. Walter Withers showed
The Headland and Landscape,
both strong in character and colour.
Some miniature paintings by Ada
Whiting, and two excellent bronze
heads by C. W. Gilbert, were
decidedly good.

10ND0N.—We give on p. 255 an illustration
of a cabinet or armoire presented to the
King
—«/ their
and students
carving, South
of furniture was designed by the headmaster, Mr.
Grimwood, and carved by the students of the
school. The wood used is French walnut, and the
design is carried out on the lines of the Transitional
Gothic of the “Frangois Premier” period. The
details are modern, but treated somewhat severely in
accordance with the style. The cabinet stands 4 feet
6 inches high, and is 2 feet 9 inches wide, the
upper portion forming a cupboard. Beneath the
centre of the cupboard is a small drawer, and in
the carved panel on the front of this drawer the
royal monogram is introduced. On either side of
the centre panel, richly carved with the royal

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