Studio: international art (30.1904)

The London Sketch Club

JOHN HASSALL BY W. TRUE

and captivates our senses, and the endless possibilities for
breaking out into fresh surprises mark this society as specially
commendable for its versatile cleverness. The man who
paints the mongrel dog interests us quite as much, though in a
different way, as the one who does eighteenth-century idealism,
and both productions receive equal courtesy at the hands of
the club hanging committee—evidence of the sound constitu-
tion of the Society.

When Dudley Hardy was chosen to fill the presidential
chair at the last election, it was merely an outward expression
of the real affection the whole body of men entertain for him ;
for Dudley Hardy is not only admired as an artist, but he
is loved as a man by every member of the club. Whole-
souled and big-hearted, always ready with a good word for
everyone, and never with a bad one for anybody, the club feels
that it might search the whole world over and not find another
man so wholly satisfying for its helmsman as Dudley Hardy.
D.uring the two hours when everyone is busy, Hardy is the

busiest of them all, dashing off
his wonderful touches of colour,
and when the brushes are put
aside and the pipe reigns supreme
he proves the very best of good
fellows.

To talk of Dudley Hardy's
work it is necessary to touch
upon some dozen or more decided
bents of artistic expression, for
he is one of the most versatile
artists living. His versatility is,
in fact, to speak paradoxically, a
strong factor against his success;
for he is known to the art-loving
few in one light, and to the
general public in quite another,

"THE RABBIT BOY" BY TOM BROWNE

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