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No. 11 (February, 1894)
DOI Artikel:Scotch art notes
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17189#0194
Scotch Art Notes
the first break for a number of years takes place in office-bearers with other members ; new mode of
the list of Scottish Academicians. The vacancy electing the council, the old style of election by
will not be filled up for some time. Owing to the rotation being a most effete one, and also changing
dispute, which is still unsettled, between the mem- the style of electing new members. Sixteen candi-
bers of the R.S.A. and its President, there will be dates were nominated at the meeting for election
no associates elected this year. to the Society, which takes place on 21st inst. in
The sixteenth annual meeting of the Royal Glasgow. The annual dinner will be held on the
Scottish Water-Colour Society was held last month same day.
in Edinburgh. The annual report submitted shows It is extremely gratifying to chronicle the activity
the Society to be in a good position financially, the and interest evinced by the members in the affairs
accounts for the year showing a balance at the of their Society, and it may confidently be expected
credit of capital account of about £fioo. The that the up-to-date policy which is evident in the
office-bearers elected were :—President: Sir Francis proposed working of the Society will bear good
fruit, causing the artistic public in Scotland to look
forward with interest to the next annual exhibition,
which is to be held in the Fine Art Institute
Galleries in October. This exhibition will be an
" open " one.
Mr. D. S. McColl has had on exhibition in Mr.
Paterson's Art Gallery, Glasgow, his collection of
water-colours recently shown in London. Con-
siderable diversity of opinion is expressed in local
art circles regarding the work, but, for or against,
they show the painter to have considerable artistic
instinct and ability to select a purely artistic motif,
failing only in the matter of accomplishment.
The fifth exhibition of pictures which forms the
present collection at the Kilmarnock Art Galleries
is neither better nor worse than previous exhibitions
held in the same town. Until a more careful
selection of the pictures be made, little good can
result artistically, and in the matter of hanging
exception must be taken to the continued bad
arrangement of placing row upon row of pictures
on the walls till they reach the cornice. The loan
pictures, which embrace examples of Corot, Rae-
burn, Herdman, Noel Paton, Machee, Fraser, John
Burr, &c, and a handful of exhibits by Glasgow
and Edinburgh artists, form the backbone of the
exhibition. _ D. M.
The reproduction of Mr. M'Gill's fine group—
which won the gold medal at the Royal Academy
prize-giving—is from a photograph kindly lent us
by the sculptor. _
Not merely artists, but all who are concerned
with drawing for reproduction will welcome a very
useful pocket diminishing glass, lately made by
" iphigenia and her attendants removing Messrs. Carpenter and Westley, opticians, of Regent
st. Sebastian.' david m'gill (r.a. gold medal and Street, W. This, as the annexed diagram shows,
travelling scholarship) has a square lens, permitting a large field of
vision, and is most conveniently
Powell, R.W.S.; Vice-Pres.: Mr. W. McTaggart, arranged to fold within a case of
R.S.A.; Treasurer : Mr. A. K. Brown, A.R.S.A.; vulcanite. To estimate rightly the
Council: Dr. Blatherwick, Messrs. J. E. Laing, R. changes produced in a drawing
B. Nisbet, P. S. Nisbet, Tom Hunt, G. W. John- by the reduction which is almost
stone, James Paterson, H. W. Kerr, Mason Hunter, invariable to-day, is a matter of
S. Ferrier, Duncan McKellar, and A. McBride. long experience; and even then
At the special meeting held, the Revised Con- not quite easily realised without
stitution and Rules were confirmed. The principal some such optical assistance as a
alterations made are—the reduction of the annual reversed opera-glass ; here is an
subscription from £2 to £1 is.; raising the accurate and handy instrument,
entrance fee for new members to £10 \os.; placing costing about 8*. 6d., which needs no more praise
the lady members on an equal footing as to attend- than a bare mention, since its usefulness is appa-
ing meetings and being eligible for election as rent at a glance to all who are likely to need it.
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the first break for a number of years takes place in office-bearers with other members ; new mode of
the list of Scottish Academicians. The vacancy electing the council, the old style of election by
will not be filled up for some time. Owing to the rotation being a most effete one, and also changing
dispute, which is still unsettled, between the mem- the style of electing new members. Sixteen candi-
bers of the R.S.A. and its President, there will be dates were nominated at the meeting for election
no associates elected this year. to the Society, which takes place on 21st inst. in
The sixteenth annual meeting of the Royal Glasgow. The annual dinner will be held on the
Scottish Water-Colour Society was held last month same day.
in Edinburgh. The annual report submitted shows It is extremely gratifying to chronicle the activity
the Society to be in a good position financially, the and interest evinced by the members in the affairs
accounts for the year showing a balance at the of their Society, and it may confidently be expected
credit of capital account of about £fioo. The that the up-to-date policy which is evident in the
office-bearers elected were :—President: Sir Francis proposed working of the Society will bear good
fruit, causing the artistic public in Scotland to look
forward with interest to the next annual exhibition,
which is to be held in the Fine Art Institute
Galleries in October. This exhibition will be an
" open " one.
Mr. D. S. McColl has had on exhibition in Mr.
Paterson's Art Gallery, Glasgow, his collection of
water-colours recently shown in London. Con-
siderable diversity of opinion is expressed in local
art circles regarding the work, but, for or against,
they show the painter to have considerable artistic
instinct and ability to select a purely artistic motif,
failing only in the matter of accomplishment.
The fifth exhibition of pictures which forms the
present collection at the Kilmarnock Art Galleries
is neither better nor worse than previous exhibitions
held in the same town. Until a more careful
selection of the pictures be made, little good can
result artistically, and in the matter of hanging
exception must be taken to the continued bad
arrangement of placing row upon row of pictures
on the walls till they reach the cornice. The loan
pictures, which embrace examples of Corot, Rae-
burn, Herdman, Noel Paton, Machee, Fraser, John
Burr, &c, and a handful of exhibits by Glasgow
and Edinburgh artists, form the backbone of the
exhibition. _ D. M.
The reproduction of Mr. M'Gill's fine group—
which won the gold medal at the Royal Academy
prize-giving—is from a photograph kindly lent us
by the sculptor. _
Not merely artists, but all who are concerned
with drawing for reproduction will welcome a very
useful pocket diminishing glass, lately made by
" iphigenia and her attendants removing Messrs. Carpenter and Westley, opticians, of Regent
st. Sebastian.' david m'gill (r.a. gold medal and Street, W. This, as the annexed diagram shows,
travelling scholarship) has a square lens, permitting a large field of
vision, and is most conveniently
Powell, R.W.S.; Vice-Pres.: Mr. W. McTaggart, arranged to fold within a case of
R.S.A.; Treasurer : Mr. A. K. Brown, A.R.S.A.; vulcanite. To estimate rightly the
Council: Dr. Blatherwick, Messrs. J. E. Laing, R. changes produced in a drawing
B. Nisbet, P. S. Nisbet, Tom Hunt, G. W. John- by the reduction which is almost
stone, James Paterson, H. W. Kerr, Mason Hunter, invariable to-day, is a matter of
S. Ferrier, Duncan McKellar, and A. McBride. long experience; and even then
At the special meeting held, the Revised Con- not quite easily realised without
stitution and Rules were confirmed. The principal some such optical assistance as a
alterations made are—the reduction of the annual reversed opera-glass ; here is an
subscription from £2 to £1 is.; raising the accurate and handy instrument,
entrance fee for new members to £10 \os.; placing costing about 8*. 6d., which needs no more praise
the lady members on an equal footing as to attend- than a bare mention, since its usefulness is appa-
ing meetings and being eligible for election as rent at a glance to all who are likely to need it.
182