DOI issue:
Nr. 43 (October 1896)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17298#0082
Studio- Talk
gleam of light along the horizon, harbinger of of the great art world, the best men here possess,
another day to dawn ; and although the bending in a high degree, the necessary powers to produce
figures of the women still working in the garden are pictures, which will leave their impress upon art
turned from the light, they are now so close to their in Australia long after the personal influence of the
homes that one feels their rest is assured. The men themselves shall have passed away, and these
whole treatment of this pastoral story is sweet and pioneers of art shall hereafter see of the travail of
strong and true. their souls, and shall be satisfied.
A large seascape by Mr. Tudor Tucker is a pleas- The "one-man show" has not yet been accli-
ing sunset effect, not strong in technique, but very matised in Australia, although at times a " one-man
effective in colouring, the figures of the children auction " has a considerable pecuniary success,
telling the story of childhood's delight in the open The pioneer in the latter field was a prolific Angli-
air and sunny sea. This picture is, on the whole, cised-Italian-Australian, Signor Rolando, who settled
perhaps, Mr. Tucker's happiest inspiration. A blue, here some ten or twelve years ago, after exploiting
blue sea and rocky shores is the subject of the the Cape Colony. He probably did more towards
President, Mr. John Mather's picture, which was forming the character of Australian art than any
purchased by the sea-loving representative of her man who had preceded him. His pupils were num-
Majesty, Lord Brassey. bered by hundreds all over the country. His art
- was serious, not deep ; but being pleasant, pictur-
Mr. John Ford Paterson contributes an upright esque,. and pictorial, it appealed to a very wide
landscape with the ambiguous title of The Dawn public, so that the week's view which used to precede
of Night. It is a typical
bush scene, painted in Mr.
Paterson's best manner.
Mr. J. C. Waite is repre-
sented by only one small
landscape, painted after the
early English school. Miss
J. Sutherland's contribu-
tion is a landscape, the work
of which is far in advance
of anything she has yet
done; and amongst other
exhibits worthy of a special
word of mention are a sea-
scape by David Davies, a
small landscape by Dela-
field Cooke, the head of a
lion by Loureiro, and some
charming water-colours by
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Boyd.
There is also a promis-
ing school of black-and-
white coming on. The
director of the National
Gallery, Mr. Bernard Hall,
is upon this occasion un-
represented. Taking the
best work of this Exhibi-
tion, a visitor from the Old
World would be surprised
to find that, though cut
adrift from the influence portrait by john longstaff
70
gleam of light along the horizon, harbinger of of the great art world, the best men here possess,
another day to dawn ; and although the bending in a high degree, the necessary powers to produce
figures of the women still working in the garden are pictures, which will leave their impress upon art
turned from the light, they are now so close to their in Australia long after the personal influence of the
homes that one feels their rest is assured. The men themselves shall have passed away, and these
whole treatment of this pastoral story is sweet and pioneers of art shall hereafter see of the travail of
strong and true. their souls, and shall be satisfied.
A large seascape by Mr. Tudor Tucker is a pleas- The "one-man show" has not yet been accli-
ing sunset effect, not strong in technique, but very matised in Australia, although at times a " one-man
effective in colouring, the figures of the children auction " has a considerable pecuniary success,
telling the story of childhood's delight in the open The pioneer in the latter field was a prolific Angli-
air and sunny sea. This picture is, on the whole, cised-Italian-Australian, Signor Rolando, who settled
perhaps, Mr. Tucker's happiest inspiration. A blue, here some ten or twelve years ago, after exploiting
blue sea and rocky shores is the subject of the the Cape Colony. He probably did more towards
President, Mr. John Mather's picture, which was forming the character of Australian art than any
purchased by the sea-loving representative of her man who had preceded him. His pupils were num-
Majesty, Lord Brassey. bered by hundreds all over the country. His art
- was serious, not deep ; but being pleasant, pictur-
Mr. John Ford Paterson contributes an upright esque,. and pictorial, it appealed to a very wide
landscape with the ambiguous title of The Dawn public, so that the week's view which used to precede
of Night. It is a typical
bush scene, painted in Mr.
Paterson's best manner.
Mr. J. C. Waite is repre-
sented by only one small
landscape, painted after the
early English school. Miss
J. Sutherland's contribu-
tion is a landscape, the work
of which is far in advance
of anything she has yet
done; and amongst other
exhibits worthy of a special
word of mention are a sea-
scape by David Davies, a
small landscape by Dela-
field Cooke, the head of a
lion by Loureiro, and some
charming water-colours by
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Boyd.
There is also a promis-
ing school of black-and-
white coming on. The
director of the National
Gallery, Mr. Bernard Hall,
is upon this occasion un-
represented. Taking the
best work of this Exhibi-
tion, a visitor from the Old
World would be surprised
to find that, though cut
adrift from the influence portrait by john longstaff
70