DOI issue:
No. 214 (December 1914)
DOI article:Taylor, J.: The fifty-third exhibition of the Royal Glasgow Institute
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.43457#0170
Exhibition of the Roy at Glasgow Institute
the Coolins, the austerity of which, cleverly con-
veyed, is almost repelling. Most interesting of
the works shown by Mr. Fra H. Newbery,
A.R.C.A., the Director of the Glasgow School of
Art, is The Oriental, which, alike in technique,
tone, and sartorial fidelity, is convincing. A
recently elected member of the Royal Scottish
Society of Painters in Water Colour sends a large
oil, The Mirror, an ambitious and successful
study of the reflected nude in a decorative en-
vironment, marked by admirable freedom and
abandon. Pleasingly decorative also is Margery,
by Miss Cecile Walton ; while the extremely
clever interiors by Mrs. A. R. Laing serve to
emphasise the prominent position taken by
women in the field of art. An agreeable reminder
of earlier character and custom is the charmingly
toned study, Lady Betty, by Mr. Andrew Law,
whose versatility is exemplified in the clever
architectural'sketch hanging in an adjoining room.
1). Forrester Wilson is skilled in the art of'
mural decoration ; his work in the City Banqueting
Hall is testimony in this direction. At the Institute
his Spirit of the Night is pregnant with genuine
decorative feeling ; it is in every respect a com-
plete aesthetic success.
Mr. George Pirie, A.R.S.A., adopts subject and
treatment peculiarly his own. He studies penetra-
tively the barnyard fowl, the dog, and the pack-
horse, and expresses himself with all but monochro-
matic restraint. Yet without adventitious aid from
colour, his compositions convince by reason of
absolute sincerity and genuine Realism. His
Drake is a typical example of his method, inspired
as it is by intimate sympathy between painter and
subject.
Interesting by reason of a new departure, and
from inherent qualities are Alterations, an archi-
tectural demolition subject by Mr. Tom Hunt,
R.S.W., and A Summer Day, by Mr. Hamilton
Mackenzie, A.R.S.A., a liberally scaled sketch of
a well-known woman artist drawing on the rocky
beach at Kirkcudbright.
Two seascapes are expressive of the style of two
most noted marine painters. The Approaching
Gale shows all the intimate knowledge and un-
the Coolins, the austerity of which, cleverly con-
veyed, is almost repelling. Most interesting of
the works shown by Mr. Fra H. Newbery,
A.R.C.A., the Director of the Glasgow School of
Art, is The Oriental, which, alike in technique,
tone, and sartorial fidelity, is convincing. A
recently elected member of the Royal Scottish
Society of Painters in Water Colour sends a large
oil, The Mirror, an ambitious and successful
study of the reflected nude in a decorative en-
vironment, marked by admirable freedom and
abandon. Pleasingly decorative also is Margery,
by Miss Cecile Walton ; while the extremely
clever interiors by Mrs. A. R. Laing serve to
emphasise the prominent position taken by
women in the field of art. An agreeable reminder
of earlier character and custom is the charmingly
toned study, Lady Betty, by Mr. Andrew Law,
whose versatility is exemplified in the clever
architectural'sketch hanging in an adjoining room.
1). Forrester Wilson is skilled in the art of'
mural decoration ; his work in the City Banqueting
Hall is testimony in this direction. At the Institute
his Spirit of the Night is pregnant with genuine
decorative feeling ; it is in every respect a com-
plete aesthetic success.
Mr. George Pirie, A.R.S.A., adopts subject and
treatment peculiarly his own. He studies penetra-
tively the barnyard fowl, the dog, and the pack-
horse, and expresses himself with all but monochro-
matic restraint. Yet without adventitious aid from
colour, his compositions convince by reason of
absolute sincerity and genuine Realism. His
Drake is a typical example of his method, inspired
as it is by intimate sympathy between painter and
subject.
Interesting by reason of a new departure, and
from inherent qualities are Alterations, an archi-
tectural demolition subject by Mr. Tom Hunt,
R.S.W., and A Summer Day, by Mr. Hamilton
Mackenzie, A.R.S.A., a liberally scaled sketch of
a well-known woman artist drawing on the rocky
beach at Kirkcudbright.
Two seascapes are expressive of the style of two
most noted marine painters. The Approaching
Gale shows all the intimate knowledge and un-