The International Exhibition
BY STUART PARK
interesting achievements must certainly be counted three of his pictures are hung together at the end
Mr. Peppercorn's impressive composition, A Corner of the west room—an unfinished full-length of a
of the Common, Mr. Bertram Priestman's broadly- lady in an exquisitely suggested costume of rosy
painted riverside subject, The Lock Pool, Mr. Oliver pink, the famous Symphony in White, and the not
Hall's Old Quarry, and Mr. Buxton Knight's less famous Valparaiso.
sunny and atmospheric picture, The Marsh Mill; The room devoted to drawings and engravings is
and there are by Matthew Maris two small not the least of the attractions of the show. In it
canvases, Souvenir of Amsterdam and Montmartre, are hung water-colours and pastels of the highest
which are veritable masterpieces. M. Thaulow's importance by Professor von Bartels, Mr. J. Craw-
Le Degel is one of his best records of a wintry hall, Mr. A. Rackham, M, Luigini, and Mrs.
effect; and Mr. Macaulay Stevenson's Old Mill, Sutro ; memorable drawings by Mr. A. S. Hartrick,
Mr. Mark Fisher's Return from Pasture, M. Breit- Mr. F. Mura. M. Vierge, Mr. Anning Bell, Mr.
ner's Old Amsterdam, Mr. Whitelaw Hamilton's E. J. Sullivan, and Phil May; etchings, aquatints,
The Harbour, Mr. Grosvenor Thomas's Old Blanket and lithographs by M. Chahine, Mr. Koussel, M.
Mill, Chagford, and the gay colour note, Welcome Thaulow, M. Legrand, and Professor von Menzel;
Spring, by Mr. James Charles, all help to give the and some notable wood engravings by Mr. Timothy
exhibition a character that is most convincing. A Cole, with many other things of the greatest
flower group, Camelias, by Mr. Stuart Park, must interest. The sculpture section is dominated by
be noted for its rare technical quality and subtlety M. Rodin's vast statue, Le Grand Penseur, one
of colour. As a tribute to Mr. Whistler's memory, of a series of characteristic works which he has
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BY STUART PARK
interesting achievements must certainly be counted three of his pictures are hung together at the end
Mr. Peppercorn's impressive composition, A Corner of the west room—an unfinished full-length of a
of the Common, Mr. Bertram Priestman's broadly- lady in an exquisitely suggested costume of rosy
painted riverside subject, The Lock Pool, Mr. Oliver pink, the famous Symphony in White, and the not
Hall's Old Quarry, and Mr. Buxton Knight's less famous Valparaiso.
sunny and atmospheric picture, The Marsh Mill; The room devoted to drawings and engravings is
and there are by Matthew Maris two small not the least of the attractions of the show. In it
canvases, Souvenir of Amsterdam and Montmartre, are hung water-colours and pastels of the highest
which are veritable masterpieces. M. Thaulow's importance by Professor von Bartels, Mr. J. Craw-
Le Degel is one of his best records of a wintry hall, Mr. A. Rackham, M, Luigini, and Mrs.
effect; and Mr. Macaulay Stevenson's Old Mill, Sutro ; memorable drawings by Mr. A. S. Hartrick,
Mr. Mark Fisher's Return from Pasture, M. Breit- Mr. F. Mura. M. Vierge, Mr. Anning Bell, Mr.
ner's Old Amsterdam, Mr. Whitelaw Hamilton's E. J. Sullivan, and Phil May; etchings, aquatints,
The Harbour, Mr. Grosvenor Thomas's Old Blanket and lithographs by M. Chahine, Mr. Koussel, M.
Mill, Chagford, and the gay colour note, Welcome Thaulow, M. Legrand, and Professor von Menzel;
Spring, by Mr. James Charles, all help to give the and some notable wood engravings by Mr. Timothy
exhibition a character that is most convincing. A Cole, with many other things of the greatest
flower group, Camelias, by Mr. Stuart Park, must interest. The sculpture section is dominated by
be noted for its rare technical quality and subtlety M. Rodin's vast statue, Le Grand Penseur, one
of colour. As a tribute to Mr. Whistler's memory, of a series of characteristic works which he has
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