International studio (60.1916/1917)

Modern Art in Leeds

affiliates Mr. Senior to the best colourists of the
Flemish School. Unlike Orpen he does not
introduce any literary intention into his pictures.
With him as with Fromentin “ la belle peinture
est sans prix ! ” And like Clausen he possesses

an uncommonly good example of his work and
one of the best of the Collection; the excellent
little canvas of G. W. Lambert, The Pond, and
the Romantic Landscape of James Pryde. Mr.
Wilson is also the happy possessor of works by


“TWYFORD LOCK”

BY BERTRAM PRIESTMAN, A.R.A.

a very poetic feeling for Nature, whose essential
beauties he interprets independently of any theory.
In the Art Gallery at Leeds there is an excellent
example of his work but one which does not give
an adequate idea of his talent. That is best
studied in private collections, and in that with
which we are here concerned, besides the picture
named above, A Flemish Mother and her Child,
and A Sunny Street, testify to the frank
sincerity of the artist, a true painter in the best
sense of the word.
To do justice to all the numerous pictures of
note in the Wilson Collection is impossible within
the limits of this article, but the reproduction
of a few of them fortunately makes comment
superfluous. I should like, however, to cite as
particularly interesting the Clair de Lune of Henri
Le Sidaner, one of those nocturnes of delicate
tonality in which this French master excels ; the
picture of Tzvyford Lock by Bertram Priestman,
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David Muirhead, Wilson Steer, Walter Russell,
Edward Stott and other leading painters of the
modern School to which perhaps I may be able
to refer on a future occasion. In addition various
prominent artists of Continental Schools are re-
presented, such as Mancini and Joaquin Sorolla.
The Belgian school is represented by a picture of
London Bridge by Maurice Blieck, in which this
artist’s impressionistic treatment of atmosphere
and masterly craftsmanship are seen to advantage,
and several landscapes by Heymans, dating from
his best period.
A scheme of mural decoration designed by
Mr. Brangwyn for the Church of St. Aidan, Leeds,
has recently been completed by the placing in the
eastern apse of a large composition, executed in
vitreous mosaic (instead of tempera as originally
contemplated) representing a scene in the life of
the Saint, the effect being very rich.