Studio: international art (36.1906)

Studio- Talk

medium he is working his pleasure lies in inter-
pretation for its own sake, and not so much in
carrying out a subject. His delight is in his
medium as a means of representing vibration of
light, the juxtaposition of colour, and the mystery
of tone. Mr. Ludovici first attracted attention in
the advance-guard of English painters who declined
to sacrifice principles they considered essential in
art to academic or popular prejudice. A sup-
porter of the late Mr. Whistler in the latter’s daring
innovations at “Suffolk Street,” he was closely
associated with that painter during his lifetime, and
since its formation under Mr. Whistler’s presi-
dency he has remained upon the council of the
International Society of Painters, Sculptors, and
Engravers.

The Winter Exhibition of the Royal Society of
Painters in Water Colours was as interesting as
usual from the fact that its characteristic feature
is an openness to all methods. Sir E. A. Waterlow,
R.A., Professor Le Gros, Messrs. R. Anning
Bell, James Paterson, Robert Little, Alfred
Parsons, A.R.A., H. S. Tate, A.R.A., R. Thorne-
Waite, D. Y. Cameron, J. R. Weguelin, Mathew
Hale, Miss C. Montalba, and Mrs. Allingham

are amongst the names of those who annually
create the high standard of the Society’s Exhi-
bitions. From more recent members the work of
Messrs. Arthur Rackham, Walter Bayes, Herbert
Alexander, Miss E. Fortescue-Brickdale, and Miss
Mildred Butler stood out. Clever drawings were
exhibited by Mr. E. J. Sullivan.

The Society of Portrait Painters’ Exhibition at
the New Gallery could be considered as repre-
sentative as any that has been held by the Society.
A few portraits by Corot, Millet, and Daubigny,
lent by the executors of the late Mr. Staats Forbes,
added to the interest of the exhibition. In addi-
tion two paintings, respectively by Carriere and
Mancini, lent by Madame Marches!, and some
hitherto unexhibited works by the late A. Stuart-
Wortley and Robert Brough were shown. There
was also a girl’s head by Whistler, and a head
drawn by Lenbach. Besides the distinguished
portrait by Mr. W. Q. Orchardson, R.A., notable
contributions were the works of Mr. George
Henry and Mr. William Orpen. In the former
painter’s portraits of women, a sympathy is be-
trayed in the presentment of his subject, which is
indefinable and has been rare enough since the

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