Studio: international art (7.1896)

Studio- Talk

length of the Bishop of Southward wearing his
episcopal robes of white and black with touches of
scarlet; a half-length of Mrs. Frances Swanzy
in a black evening dress; and a life-size full-length
of a child, Miss Cleaver, sitting smilingly in a
swing against a background of foliage, a quaintly
treated study of a pretty, chubby girl. He has
also two panels, three-quarter-length, of a Wood
Nymph and a Water Nymph in delicate tones of
grey and green ; and a pretty half-length of a
girl which he has treated somewhat after the
manner of Gainsborough (see page 240).

Serious study of the nude figure in water-colour
is so infrequently attempted that special attention
may fairly be called to a drawing which Mr. Percy
Buckman has recently completed. This graceful
piece of fancy, with its flow of lines and unconscious-
ness of posing, has a decorative quality in its com-
position which is carried out admirably in the
vigorous colour scheme. A certain happy audacity
in the relief of the warmly tinted and sunlit flesh
against the deep blue of the sea, the orange and
purple sand, and the golden brown of the seaweed
trails behind the figure, makes this drawing one to
note among the pictures of the year. It is one of
the best of the many good things which Mr. Buck-
man has produced. Our illustration on page 241
is reproduced from a monotint sketch of the original
painting executed expressly for The Studio by the
artist.

Mr. D. Y. Cameron has collected in the gallery
of Mr. R. Gutekunst, 16 King Street, St. James's,
twenty-seven delightful etchings of North Italian
subjects. They show quite admirably the strength
of his technique and the originality of his point of
view. The best are his studies of Venetian bits;
Venice from the Lido, San Giorgio Maggiore, with
a group of skilfully drawn boats in the foreground;
Tintorefs House, excellent in precision of architec-
tural line; the Harbour, and the finely arranged
interior of St. Mark's. There is, too, a study of a
man's head, Paolo Salviati, which is in qualities of
drawing and of rich tone suggestion even more
remarkable than his Veronica.

Mr. G. Mellin, of Peckham, has sent us particu-
lars of a series of art competitions which he is
inaugurating, the prizes for which amount to
^1000. There are sections for original paintings
in oil and water-colours, black and white, and
photography, and each section is subdivided into
classes. In the painting section there are classes
for open competition, for art students and
amateurs, for competitors under the age of 18
years, and for children under 12 years. The
judges are Messrs. Solomon J. Solomon, A.R.A.,
L. Rivers, and J. Fraser, and the exhibition of the
work sent in will be held at the Queen's Hall,
Langham Place, W., early in January next.

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