International studio (55.1915)

Shtdio-Talk

fully varied in character, painted mainly in England
and Italy, Venice especially being shown in yet
another aspect free from convention. Mr. Wright
is a colourist who paints with the full range of his
palette, and employs pure touches of colour with
much effect. This sense of colour makes itself
felt in his etchings, which have firmness arid
flexibility of line, as well as that instinct for arrange-
ment which is invaluable to the etcher. Both as
painter and etcher we understand that Mr. Wright
is largely self-taught.
Mr. William A. Wildman, whose effective litho-
graphic study of Fishmongers' Wharf we here re-
produce, is an alumnus of the Royal College of Art,
where he gained a scholarship after studying at the
Manchester School of Art. He has exhibited at
the Royal Academy, the International, the Walker
Art Gallery, Liverpool, as well as other places, and
among his latest productions is a fresco for the

Chapel at Carisbrooke Castle in memory of the late
Deputy Governor of the Isle of Wight.

It is interesting to follow the newspapers with
knowledge of the personality of the generals at the
head of the various divisions of the army. Many
people will therefore be grateful to the Fine Art
Society for endeavouring to bring together a collec-
tion of “Portraits of British Commanders taking part
in the war on sea and land.” Circumstances have
rendered it difficult to make the exhibition as com-
pletely representative as it might be but some im-
portant canvases have been included, notably Mr.
Sargent’s Sir Ian Hamilton, commander of the
fourth army, and a charcoal portrait of Brig.-Gen.
G. H. Fowke of the General Headquarters Staff,
from the same hand. There is also technically an
unusually interesting portrait of Lt.-Gen. Sir
Herbert Miles, Governor and Commander-in-chief

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FROM A DRY-POINT BY JOHN WRIGHT