International studio (60.1916/1917)

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PAGES FROM SHAKESPEARE’S “TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA” WRITTEN AND ILLUMINATED BY JESSIE BAYES
(In the possession of T. W. Lamont, Esq., New York)

The method pursued by Mr. Edmojido Lucchesi
(Brighton) as a wood-engraver was referred to in
an article which appeared in our issue of May
1913, when one of his prints was reproduced.
We now have pleasure in reproducing a more
recent print, in which the decorative feeling charac-
teristic of his work is effectively displayed.
TORONTO.—Canadians interested in
art were much elated recently that De
Profundis, a painting by Horatio Walker,
President of the Canadian Art Club, had
been sold in New York for 15,000 dollars. It is a
canvas seven feet in height, and was purchased by
a New York lady, who prefers to remain anony-
mous, as a gift to the chapel of St. Mary’s Church,
New York. Though symbolizing a religious idea,
it is in a sense realistic, for in certain parts of the

Province of Quebec such shrines as that depicted by
Mr. Walker are frequently seen. The colouring
possesses that peculiarly romantic quality which
Mr. Walker gives to all his pictures, and to which
photographic reproduction fails to do entire justice.
The picture attracted much attention at the last
exhibition of the National Academy in New York.
It is interesting to note that at the University of
Toronto Commencement last May, Mr. Walker had
conferred on him the honorary degree of LL.D.
He is the first Canadian painter to receive such
a scholastic recognition, Mr. Walker began his
career in Toronto when a mere boy and was
almost entirely self-taught, because the opportuni-
ties of study in Europe were rendered impossible
by his poverty and the independence of spirit
which dissuaded him from attempting to secure
a wealthy patron. H. C.

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