Studio: international art (18.1900)

A rtists Treasures

in the water of a river running between high banks. But of all the portraits the most delightful, and
The effect is one calculated to tax to the uttermost the most persuasive by its beauty of treatment
the energies of the painter, and yet it is well fitted and exquisite appreciation of character, is the full-
for pictorial representation by its gorgeousness of length of Miss Phyllis Waterlow by Mr. J. W.
colour and deep mystery of tone. Waterhouse. It has all that perfect refinement of

With these more fully stated avowals of artistic style and sincerity of feeling which make his
belief are associated a number of notes that are pictures incomparable among modern canvases, but
quite appropriately placed in the house of an artist it is marked also by a sense of the grace and deli-
who is himself a close student of nature, such cacy of childhood and by a knowledge of youthful
examples as the studies of cloud forms by Vicat individuality that hardly any other painter of our
Cole, the vivacious Study of Vessels at Sea by Mr. times can be said to possess. Not the least of the
Edwin Hayes, the exquisite grey sketch, A Butch merits of the picture is its perfect simplicity; the
River, by Mr. W. L. Wyllie, the study for The Cast reticence with which the whole scheme has been
Shoe by George Mason, or the
frame of four little colour blots
which represent delightfully the
dainty capacity of Mr. Lionel
Smythe. Of the same order are
Mr. R. W. Allan's Kirkwall, with
its breezy strength and richness of
colour, the low-toned cottage in-
terior, A Girl Knitting, Newlyn,
by Mr. W. C. Symons, and the
romantic composition, fine in style
and unhesitating in touch, by John
Varley.

Mr. Waterlow has gathered to-
gether quite an array of portraits
of various members of his family.
His own portrait, painted by Sir
Laurence Alma-Tadema, is one of
the best efforts ever made by that
able artist in a branch of art that
he has followed with much success.
It is commendable especially for its
vivid realisation of the character of
the sitter, and for the easy uncon-
vention of the pose ; but it is also
noteworthy for its merit as a piece
of texture painting and on account
of its freshness and brilliancy of
colour. Of excellent quality, too,
are the portraits of Mr. Waterlow's
mother by Mr. Arthur Hacker, of
his wife by Mr. W. Holyoake, and
of one of his daughters by Mr. A.
S. Cope; and in the drawings in
red chalk of Miss Elsa Waterlow
by Miss M. MacDonald, and in
pastel of Miss Phyllis Waterlow by
Mrs. Adrian Stokes, there is real
charm of manner as well as evi-
dence of artistic capacity beyond
the average. portrait of miss phyllis waterlow by j. w. waterhouse, r.a

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