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Brown, Eric: The National Art Gallery of Canada at Ottawa
DOI article:Whitley, William Thomas: The Arts and Crafts Society's exhibition at the Grosvenor Gallery, [2]
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The Arts and Crafts Society's Exhibition
as the claims of the younger men become strong
and urge recognition. There are fine landscapes
by Blair Bruce, Barnsley, Jefferys, Brymner,
Brownell, Beatty, Bell Smith, and Horatio Walker ;
and figure pictures by Paul Peel, Henry Sandham,
Florence Carlyle, Laura Muntz and others. The
diploma pictures are hung in three small galleries
and are principally interesting as showing the great
strides art has made in the last thirty years.
The water-colours are a separate section and
there are interesting examples of the work of
Whistler, Swan, Mrs. Stanhope Forbes, Weissen-
bruch, Van Anrooy, Miss Tully and other Canadian
water-colour painters. We have the nucleus of an
interesting collection of drawings and etchings,
some small bronzes by Swan, and good examples
of the work of Proctor, Tait, Mackenzie, Hebert
and Laliberte.
And what of the future ? To the future belongs the
building of a beautiful and worthy National Gallery
where there will be room for permanent and loan
collections, where the national portraits can be
fittingly seen, and where the history and progress
of Canadian art in its entirety, and that of the
world in lesser degree, can be studied and appre-
ciated. The Galleries now open to the public in
the Victoria Museum, however magnificent com-
pared to those recently vacated, can only be re-
garded as temporary, as they are already crowded
and admit of no expansion. Let us hope that
during the stay in Canada of the Duke and Duchess
of Connaught at least the foundation stone will be
laid of a National Art Gallery which shall be a
worthy memorial both of their official presence and
of their great interest in Canada and her art.
Eric Brown,
Director, National Art Gallery of Canada.
HE ARTS AND CRAFTS
SOCIETY’S EXHIBITION AT
THE GROSVENOR GALLERY.
(Second Article)
The display of metal work was one of the good
features of the recent exhibition at the Grosvenor
Gallery. It was, however, less distinguished for
novelty of design than for sound workmanship,
evidence of which was apparent in the examples
of steel and bronze as well as in those of the more
precious metals. The numerous pieces designed
by Mr. Edward Spencer and shown by the
Artificers’ Guild included the trowel, mallet and
LEVEL USED BY H. M. THE KING IN LAYING THE FOUNDATION-STONE OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF WALES. DESIGNED
BY EDWARD SPENCER; EXECUTED BY FRANK TOBE AND W. GLENNIE, AND EXHIBITED BY THE ARTIFICERS’ GUILD
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as the claims of the younger men become strong
and urge recognition. There are fine landscapes
by Blair Bruce, Barnsley, Jefferys, Brymner,
Brownell, Beatty, Bell Smith, and Horatio Walker ;
and figure pictures by Paul Peel, Henry Sandham,
Florence Carlyle, Laura Muntz and others. The
diploma pictures are hung in three small galleries
and are principally interesting as showing the great
strides art has made in the last thirty years.
The water-colours are a separate section and
there are interesting examples of the work of
Whistler, Swan, Mrs. Stanhope Forbes, Weissen-
bruch, Van Anrooy, Miss Tully and other Canadian
water-colour painters. We have the nucleus of an
interesting collection of drawings and etchings,
some small bronzes by Swan, and good examples
of the work of Proctor, Tait, Mackenzie, Hebert
and Laliberte.
And what of the future ? To the future belongs the
building of a beautiful and worthy National Gallery
where there will be room for permanent and loan
collections, where the national portraits can be
fittingly seen, and where the history and progress
of Canadian art in its entirety, and that of the
world in lesser degree, can be studied and appre-
ciated. The Galleries now open to the public in
the Victoria Museum, however magnificent com-
pared to those recently vacated, can only be re-
garded as temporary, as they are already crowded
and admit of no expansion. Let us hope that
during the stay in Canada of the Duke and Duchess
of Connaught at least the foundation stone will be
laid of a National Art Gallery which shall be a
worthy memorial both of their official presence and
of their great interest in Canada and her art.
Eric Brown,
Director, National Art Gallery of Canada.
HE ARTS AND CRAFTS
SOCIETY’S EXHIBITION AT
THE GROSVENOR GALLERY.
(Second Article)
The display of metal work was one of the good
features of the recent exhibition at the Grosvenor
Gallery. It was, however, less distinguished for
novelty of design than for sound workmanship,
evidence of which was apparent in the examples
of steel and bronze as well as in those of the more
precious metals. The numerous pieces designed
by Mr. Edward Spencer and shown by the
Artificers’ Guild included the trowel, mallet and
LEVEL USED BY H. M. THE KING IN LAYING THE FOUNDATION-STONE OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF WALES. DESIGNED
BY EDWARD SPENCER; EXECUTED BY FRANK TOBE AND W. GLENNIE, AND EXHIBITED BY THE ARTIFICERS’ GUILD
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