DOI issue:
No. 50 (May, 1897)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.18388#0263
Studio- Talk
surely have resulted long before the labour of
judging came to an end. It is quite conceivable
that in such a turmoil many good pictures, suffi-
ciently out of the beaten track to require careful
consideration, should have been misunderstood
and refused. With a less ample supply of raw
material the finished exhibition would be very
much more worth attention ; and if some decided
check were put upon the outsiders' inclination to
regard the Academy as a place where pictorial
rubbish may be freely shot, both the sincere artist
and the general public would gain greatly.
It is a long time since the New English Art
Club has brought together so consistent and
judicious an exhibition as the one which was
opened at the Dudley Gallery in the middle of
last month. The general quality of the work
collected is extremely satisfactory, and the propor-
tion of really memorable pictures is perceptibly
greater than usual. ' There is nothing exhibited
which could be condemned as unreasonably
eccentric, and little to which objection could be
taken on the score of incapacity. Both members
and outside contributors have striven effectively to
do themselves justice, and the result of their
efforts has been to make the show as a whole
exceedingly interesting. The most notable con-
tributions come from Mr. H. Tonks, who shows
even more than his usual ability in the manage-
ment of delicate colour; Mr. P. Wilson Steer, who
is represented by a couple of well-painted heads
and a strong landscape; Professor F. Brown, who
sends a couple of nude figures; Mr. J. E. Christie,
whose large composition, Vanity Fair, has been
lent by the Corporation of Glasgow; Mr. C. Furse,
whose best things are two portraits; and Mr.
George Thomson, who deals with a wide range of
subjects. The best landscapes are those of Mr.
J. Buxton Knight, Mr. Arthur Tomson, Mr. J. L.
Henry, Mr. Moffat Lindner, Mr. H. B. Brabazon,
and the late Mr. C. E. Holloway. Mr. Francis
Bate sends only a small Sketch in Berkshire;
and Mr. R. Anning Bell, one of his delightful
little coloured bas-reliefs.
The Diirer Society, which is just enrolling mem-
bers, bids fair to become a very valuable addition
to the indirect education of the decorative school
of illustrators. Its object is to provide subscribers
with a very generous guinea's worth of fine reproduc-
tions from engravings by Diirer and other German
masters of his time, with possibly occasional ex-
amples by Flemish and Italian contemporaries.
Its committee includes several experts in process
reproduction, who will be able to supplement the
"coucou "
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surely have resulted long before the labour of
judging came to an end. It is quite conceivable
that in such a turmoil many good pictures, suffi-
ciently out of the beaten track to require careful
consideration, should have been misunderstood
and refused. With a less ample supply of raw
material the finished exhibition would be very
much more worth attention ; and if some decided
check were put upon the outsiders' inclination to
regard the Academy as a place where pictorial
rubbish may be freely shot, both the sincere artist
and the general public would gain greatly.
It is a long time since the New English Art
Club has brought together so consistent and
judicious an exhibition as the one which was
opened at the Dudley Gallery in the middle of
last month. The general quality of the work
collected is extremely satisfactory, and the propor-
tion of really memorable pictures is perceptibly
greater than usual. ' There is nothing exhibited
which could be condemned as unreasonably
eccentric, and little to which objection could be
taken on the score of incapacity. Both members
and outside contributors have striven effectively to
do themselves justice, and the result of their
efforts has been to make the show as a whole
exceedingly interesting. The most notable con-
tributions come from Mr. H. Tonks, who shows
even more than his usual ability in the manage-
ment of delicate colour; Mr. P. Wilson Steer, who
is represented by a couple of well-painted heads
and a strong landscape; Professor F. Brown, who
sends a couple of nude figures; Mr. J. E. Christie,
whose large composition, Vanity Fair, has been
lent by the Corporation of Glasgow; Mr. C. Furse,
whose best things are two portraits; and Mr.
George Thomson, who deals with a wide range of
subjects. The best landscapes are those of Mr.
J. Buxton Knight, Mr. Arthur Tomson, Mr. J. L.
Henry, Mr. Moffat Lindner, Mr. H. B. Brabazon,
and the late Mr. C. E. Holloway. Mr. Francis
Bate sends only a small Sketch in Berkshire;
and Mr. R. Anning Bell, one of his delightful
little coloured bas-reliefs.
The Diirer Society, which is just enrolling mem-
bers, bids fair to become a very valuable addition
to the indirect education of the decorative school
of illustrators. Its object is to provide subscribers
with a very generous guinea's worth of fine reproduc-
tions from engravings by Diirer and other German
masters of his time, with possibly occasional ex-
amples by Flemish and Italian contemporaries.
Its committee includes several experts in process
reproduction, who will be able to supplement the
"coucou "
254
FROM A DRY-POINT BY P, HEI.LEU