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Studio-talk
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Studio-Talk
STATUETTE BY EDITH DOWNING
organised annually by the directors of the Gallery,
and it is wanting neither in variety nor interest.
A few things of unquestionable importance are
included in what is really a very representative
collection of modern works of art; a few notable
performances by men like Mr. J. S. Sargent, Mr.
J. J. Shannon, Mr. J. L. Pickering, Mr. Alfred
East, Mr. Leslie The mson, and Sir George Reid ;
but there are, besides, many excellent canvases by
artists of repute who are regular supporters of the
Gallery. Mr. Sargent’s portraits of Sir Frank
Swettenham and Mrs. Adolph Hirsch—the first an
amazing piece of sumptuous detail painting, and
the other a most graceful and dainty picture—are
the best examples of his brilliant work that he is
exhibiting this year ; and Mr. Shannon, too, in his
Alexander, Son of J. Wernher, Esq., and Miss Kitty
Shannon, is seen to much better advantage than in
anything that he is showing at the Academy. Sir
George Reid’s The Right Rev. James Moorhouse is
a splendid portrait, handled with masterly certainty,
and splendid in its shrewd characterisation. Mr.
Pickering’s romantic landscape, His Psalm of Life,
amply justifies his claim to be considered one of
the best painters we have of the more impressive
aspects of nature; and Mr. Leslie Thomson’s
Near Malmesbury shows delightfully both his
subtlety as an observer and his strength as an
executant. Mr. East is commendably true to his
traditions in his Village in Picardy and The Road
to Longpre, both of which are charming decorative
exercises, with attractive qualities of colour arrange-
ment.
Among the other features of the exhibition must
certainly be counted Mr. James Clark’s admirable
decorative compositions Unto One of the Least
and A Summer Pilot, Mr. W. Llewellyn’s pretty
fantasy Blowing Bubbles, Mr. Austen Brown’s
robust pastorals Spring Pasture — Morning, and
Autumn Pasture—Twilight, Mr. Lavery’s elegant
portrait study Chou Bleu, Mr. George Plenry’s The
Satin Gown, and Sir J. D. Linton’s dramatic com-
position The Cardinal Mi?iister—The Interview.
Then there are some memorable landscapes like
Mr. J. Coutts Michie’s Eventide, Mr. Arnesby
Brown’s After Rain, Mr. R. W. Allan’s Montrose,
Mr. Tom Robertson’s exquisitely subtle twilight
BRONZE BUST: “MUSIC” BY EDITH DOWNING
67
STATUETTE BY EDITH DOWNING
organised annually by the directors of the Gallery,
and it is wanting neither in variety nor interest.
A few things of unquestionable importance are
included in what is really a very representative
collection of modern works of art; a few notable
performances by men like Mr. J. S. Sargent, Mr.
J. J. Shannon, Mr. J. L. Pickering, Mr. Alfred
East, Mr. Leslie The mson, and Sir George Reid ;
but there are, besides, many excellent canvases by
artists of repute who are regular supporters of the
Gallery. Mr. Sargent’s portraits of Sir Frank
Swettenham and Mrs. Adolph Hirsch—the first an
amazing piece of sumptuous detail painting, and
the other a most graceful and dainty picture—are
the best examples of his brilliant work that he is
exhibiting this year ; and Mr. Shannon, too, in his
Alexander, Son of J. Wernher, Esq., and Miss Kitty
Shannon, is seen to much better advantage than in
anything that he is showing at the Academy. Sir
George Reid’s The Right Rev. James Moorhouse is
a splendid portrait, handled with masterly certainty,
and splendid in its shrewd characterisation. Mr.
Pickering’s romantic landscape, His Psalm of Life,
amply justifies his claim to be considered one of
the best painters we have of the more impressive
aspects of nature; and Mr. Leslie Thomson’s
Near Malmesbury shows delightfully both his
subtlety as an observer and his strength as an
executant. Mr. East is commendably true to his
traditions in his Village in Picardy and The Road
to Longpre, both of which are charming decorative
exercises, with attractive qualities of colour arrange-
ment.
Among the other features of the exhibition must
certainly be counted Mr. James Clark’s admirable
decorative compositions Unto One of the Least
and A Summer Pilot, Mr. W. Llewellyn’s pretty
fantasy Blowing Bubbles, Mr. Austen Brown’s
robust pastorals Spring Pasture — Morning, and
Autumn Pasture—Twilight, Mr. Lavery’s elegant
portrait study Chou Bleu, Mr. George Plenry’s The
Satin Gown, and Sir J. D. Linton’s dramatic com-
position The Cardinal Mi?iister—The Interview.
Then there are some memorable landscapes like
Mr. J. Coutts Michie’s Eventide, Mr. Arnesby
Brown’s After Rain, Mr. R. W. Allan’s Montrose,
Mr. Tom Robertson’s exquisitely subtle twilight
BRONZE BUST: “MUSIC” BY EDITH DOWNING
67