Studio: international art (27.1903)

Studio- Talk

all his colleagues, and to the world at large ; the The exhibition of pictures of Winter in Teneriffe,

man, and not his habiliments, being the feature of by Mr. James Paterson, A.R.S.A., was of a remark-

the canvas. In this case the latter course seemed able character. Mr. Paterson is a painter of

best both to the artist and the sitter; and so Lord great technical skill. He is a colourist by

Provost Chisholm elected not to be depicted in the instinct, but, more, he is an individualist. He

uniform of the Lord Lieutenant of the county of is no imitator of other men's methods, nor is

Glasgow, but rather chose to stand as in the he content to see things from another painter's

councils of the city, with his robes of office worn point of view; and his Teneriffe drawings, while

over his ordinary morning dress. In the portrait conveying to the beholder an excellent idea of

here reproduced (page 299) the pose is charac- the charm and beauty of that favoured spot, are

teristic, the likeness is most excellent, and the ex- no mere bald transcripts of scenery ; rather are

pression of the face is finely caught; for Mr. they artistic creations, revealing much of the

Henderson possesses to the full the faculty some painter's mind,

portrait painters lack of making a portrait like the -

subject. The colour scheme of the whole work is | 1 DINBURGH.—Mr. James Guthrie's selec-

high note of the Provost's white hair and beard, , Academy has given the liveliest satis-
and contrasting with the quiet purple of the robes faction wherever the needs and possi-
and the sombre black of the workaday garb beneath. bilities of the Academy are fully appreciated and
- Mr. Guthrie is known. He seems to possess all

"whitby jet workers" (See London Studio-Talk) from a drawing by h. s. uopwood

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