Studio: international art (33.1905)

Dutch Art at St. Louis

coming out of the picture. The colours in this by Hendrik Willem Mesdag. On the Dutch Coast
work were neutral but quite definite. A particularly was full of fresh, breezy movement. A Stormy Bay
forceful portrait was presented by Miss Therese was also a notable production.
Schwartze. The salt brine of the sea was characteris- Among the works of deceased masters, James
tically expressed in some oils and a water-colour Maris's remarkable View of Amsterdam was shown.

In this painting such a
collection of sails, hulls,
piers, and distant architec-
ture are brought together,
that, if the values were
not so perfect, the result
would be bewilderment,
instead of simplicity.

Upon the occasion of
the opening of the Dutch
section, Francis Wilson,
the actor, who was one of
the guests of honour,
purchased some choice
works, among them being
the water-colour by Johan
Hendrik Mastenbroek,
called Unloading. This is
a subject which is ap-
proached in a large way,
both in respect to colour
and to form, and still it is
not at variance with the
medium. But the real gem
of the water-colour collec-
tion was The Violin Player,
by Albert Roelofs, one of
the very youngest men ex-
hibiting—a significant fact,
since Israels, the oldest of
the group, leads in the oils.
One cannot but reflect

'PORTRAIT OF MR. WOLMARANS" BY 'IHERESE SCHWART/.E aS to what SUch Virile