DOI issue:
No. 109 (April, 1902)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19875#0220
Studio- Talk
Mr. Walton's work—and
the drawing is good and
the colour sweet as well.
Another portrait that calls
for attention is that of Mr.
Toseph Henderson, R.S. W.,
by his son, Mr. John Hen-
derson. The sitter is the
doyen of Glasgow artists,
who is himself represented
by a vigorous portrait of
historic importance, Dr.
Ross Taylor, the last
Moderator of the Free
Church of Scotland; and
His son shows him in this
admirably painted canvas
as he is at the end of
"CALVES BY DAVID GAULD
hair a century s practice
of his art in Glasgow —
refined portrait of the Sheriff of Fite—simple in alert, strenuous, and full of life.
pose, harmonious in colour, and full of character -■
and individuality. Mr. R. W. Allan's beautifully Among the figure painters, characteristic work is
composed picture, In from the Sea, shows fishing sent by Messrs. W. Strang, E. A. Hornel, David
smacks beside a small jetty. It is full of the Fulton, D. Mackellar, T. McEwan, P. Orr, Millie
chill light of a grey day and instinct with the Dow, and J. Lochhead, the last contributing The
atmosphere of the sea. Mr. David Murray's Garden by the River, a canvas of refined colour,
Gentle streamlet, willow-wooed, was one of the sweet sentiment, and real decorative beauty,
successes of last year's Academy, and it is not Landscape, as is usual in a Scottish exhibition,
necessary to expatiate here on its delicate charm; is strong. Mr'. P. Downie sends A Winter
while Mr. McTaggart's rendering of sunshine,
cloud, wave and wind is as marvellous as ever in
Crofter Emigrants leaving the Hebrides. Turn-
ing to the painters more intimately associated
with Glasgow, the President of the Glasgow Art
Club, Mr. George Henry (recently elevated to
the honours of " R.S.A.") is represented by two
works—one a portrait of Mr. James Macfarlane,
the other a charming panel, Springtime (typified
by a fair damsel pacing through a woodland
glade), which is good in colour, with its delight-
ful harmonies of blues, violets, and sober and
varied greens, though the hypercritical might
carp at the drawing in parts. Mr. John Lavery
sends The White Duchess, a somewhat ghostly
lady, rather angular in pose and drawing ; and
opposite hangs one of the most charming portraits
in the exhibition, Miss Margaret Macfarlane, by
Mr. E. A. Walton. Seldom has Mr. Walton
painted a more beautiful portrait, good as a
work of art, and fine as a rendering of the
elusive charm of childhood. Needless to say
the relative tones of the work are exquisitely
balanced—that is almost always the case with iosi:rH Henderson, r.s.w. by john Henderson
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Mr. Walton's work—and
the drawing is good and
the colour sweet as well.
Another portrait that calls
for attention is that of Mr.
Toseph Henderson, R.S. W.,
by his son, Mr. John Hen-
derson. The sitter is the
doyen of Glasgow artists,
who is himself represented
by a vigorous portrait of
historic importance, Dr.
Ross Taylor, the last
Moderator of the Free
Church of Scotland; and
His son shows him in this
admirably painted canvas
as he is at the end of
"CALVES BY DAVID GAULD
hair a century s practice
of his art in Glasgow —
refined portrait of the Sheriff of Fite—simple in alert, strenuous, and full of life.
pose, harmonious in colour, and full of character -■
and individuality. Mr. R. W. Allan's beautifully Among the figure painters, characteristic work is
composed picture, In from the Sea, shows fishing sent by Messrs. W. Strang, E. A. Hornel, David
smacks beside a small jetty. It is full of the Fulton, D. Mackellar, T. McEwan, P. Orr, Millie
chill light of a grey day and instinct with the Dow, and J. Lochhead, the last contributing The
atmosphere of the sea. Mr. David Murray's Garden by the River, a canvas of refined colour,
Gentle streamlet, willow-wooed, was one of the sweet sentiment, and real decorative beauty,
successes of last year's Academy, and it is not Landscape, as is usual in a Scottish exhibition,
necessary to expatiate here on its delicate charm; is strong. Mr'. P. Downie sends A Winter
while Mr. McTaggart's rendering of sunshine,
cloud, wave and wind is as marvellous as ever in
Crofter Emigrants leaving the Hebrides. Turn-
ing to the painters more intimately associated
with Glasgow, the President of the Glasgow Art
Club, Mr. George Henry (recently elevated to
the honours of " R.S.A.") is represented by two
works—one a portrait of Mr. James Macfarlane,
the other a charming panel, Springtime (typified
by a fair damsel pacing through a woodland
glade), which is good in colour, with its delight-
ful harmonies of blues, violets, and sober and
varied greens, though the hypercritical might
carp at the drawing in parts. Mr. John Lavery
sends The White Duchess, a somewhat ghostly
lady, rather angular in pose and drawing ; and
opposite hangs one of the most charming portraits
in the exhibition, Miss Margaret Macfarlane, by
Mr. E. A. Walton. Seldom has Mr. Walton
painted a more beautiful portrait, good as a
work of art, and fine as a rendering of the
elusive charm of childhood. Needless to say
the relative tones of the work are exquisitely
balanced—that is almost always the case with iosi:rH Henderson, r.s.w. by john Henderson
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