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Studio-Talk
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STUDIO-TALK.
(From Our Own Correspondents.)
E”DON.—The most prominent characteristic
ot the exhibition of the National Portrait
Society, held at the Grosvenor Gallery
last month, was its variety of intention
and achievement, and also to some extent the
display of vivid colour, the show in this respect
reflecting the current taste. A great deal of very
good work was included in it, and there were not
many things which were unworthy of places in an
important show, though there were certainly several
which, because of their technical extravagance, one
could only accept with considerable reservations.
Among the conspicuous successes of the exhibition
must be counted Mr. Glyn Philpot’s masterly
canvases Man in Black and Lady in Rose and
Silver; Mr. W. Orpen’s fine study of Leonard Stokes
and his delightful interior
illustration of Mr. Reynolds-Stephens’s memorial
to Sir W. Q. Orchardson, R.A., which having
been placed in position in the crypt of St. Paul’s
Cathedral, was unveiled early in February by Earl
Beauchamp in presence of a distinguished company.
The composition hardly calls for any explanation,
especially as regards the figure of Napoleon, which
is of course from the well-known picture in the
Tate Gallery, the other being from The Farmer's
Daughter in the Glasgow Corporation collection.
At the Leicester Gallery Mr. Oliver Hall has
been holding an exhibition of cabinet pictures in
oil. The cabinet size suits his genius-—the charm
of his style and his fastidious execution. Mr.
Hall’s art has a very personal character; it does
not strike us as intimate or profound in its inter-
pretation of nature, but it is directly inspired
by nature; there is absolutely nothing of studio¬
portrait, The Countess Craw-
ford, certainly one of the most
charming works of the kind
that we have had so far from
this master of interior painting;
the three accomplished paint-
ings, La Maja, Portrait, and
The Sisters, by Mr. Gerald
Kelly, The Late Joseph Craw-
hall by Mr. W. W. Russell;
Lynn Bristowe, Esq, by Mr.
W. Nicholson; the Lady in
White, by Mr. P. W. Steer;
and the excellent study of Lord
Chelmsford, by Mr. P. A. de
Laszlo. Besides these, how-
ever, there was plenty to
praise ; the contributions, for
instance, of Mrs. Swynnerton,
Mr. Dacres Adams, Mr. Fiddes
Watt, Mr. A. McEvoy, Mr.
Philip Connard, Mr. Harold
Speed, and Mr. L. Campbell
Taylor : and the well-known
portrait of Mr. W. Nicholson
by Mr. Augustus John. Some
good sculpture, by M. Rodin,
Mr. Basil Gotto, Mr. Derwent
Wood, and Mr. Epstein was
shown, and there were a few
memorable drawings and
water-colours.
We give on this page an
MEMORIAL TO SIR W. Q. ORCHARDSON, R. A., IN ST. PAUL’S
CATHEDRAL. BY W. REYNOLDS-STEPHENS
STUDIO-TALK.
(From Our Own Correspondents.)
E”DON.—The most prominent characteristic
ot the exhibition of the National Portrait
Society, held at the Grosvenor Gallery
last month, was its variety of intention
and achievement, and also to some extent the
display of vivid colour, the show in this respect
reflecting the current taste. A great deal of very
good work was included in it, and there were not
many things which were unworthy of places in an
important show, though there were certainly several
which, because of their technical extravagance, one
could only accept with considerable reservations.
Among the conspicuous successes of the exhibition
must be counted Mr. Glyn Philpot’s masterly
canvases Man in Black and Lady in Rose and
Silver; Mr. W. Orpen’s fine study of Leonard Stokes
and his delightful interior
illustration of Mr. Reynolds-Stephens’s memorial
to Sir W. Q. Orchardson, R.A., which having
been placed in position in the crypt of St. Paul’s
Cathedral, was unveiled early in February by Earl
Beauchamp in presence of a distinguished company.
The composition hardly calls for any explanation,
especially as regards the figure of Napoleon, which
is of course from the well-known picture in the
Tate Gallery, the other being from The Farmer's
Daughter in the Glasgow Corporation collection.
At the Leicester Gallery Mr. Oliver Hall has
been holding an exhibition of cabinet pictures in
oil. The cabinet size suits his genius-—the charm
of his style and his fastidious execution. Mr.
Hall’s art has a very personal character; it does
not strike us as intimate or profound in its inter-
pretation of nature, but it is directly inspired
by nature; there is absolutely nothing of studio¬
portrait, The Countess Craw-
ford, certainly one of the most
charming works of the kind
that we have had so far from
this master of interior painting;
the three accomplished paint-
ings, La Maja, Portrait, and
The Sisters, by Mr. Gerald
Kelly, The Late Joseph Craw-
hall by Mr. W. W. Russell;
Lynn Bristowe, Esq, by Mr.
W. Nicholson; the Lady in
White, by Mr. P. W. Steer;
and the excellent study of Lord
Chelmsford, by Mr. P. A. de
Laszlo. Besides these, how-
ever, there was plenty to
praise ; the contributions, for
instance, of Mrs. Swynnerton,
Mr. Dacres Adams, Mr. Fiddes
Watt, Mr. A. McEvoy, Mr.
Philip Connard, Mr. Harold
Speed, and Mr. L. Campbell
Taylor : and the well-known
portrait of Mr. W. Nicholson
by Mr. Augustus John. Some
good sculpture, by M. Rodin,
Mr. Basil Gotto, Mr. Derwent
Wood, and Mr. Epstein was
shown, and there were a few
memorable drawings and
water-colours.
We give on this page an
MEMORIAL TO SIR W. Q. ORCHARDSON, R. A., IN ST. PAUL’S
CATHEDRAL. BY W. REYNOLDS-STEPHENS