Studio: international art (37.1906)

Independent British Art at Messrs. Agnews

work always repays attention, for
it bears upon it the mark of earnest
thought and careful study. By
sheer ability and a certain distinc-
tion of style he has worked his way
into the foremost rank of present-
day artists ; and, being still a young
man, his future is anticipated with
considerable interest. Tibullus in
the House of Delia displays all his
best qualities, including admirable
composition and a fine feeling for
the disposition and harmonising of
rich mellow tones. Conceived in
the spirit of the old masters, it has
a distinct Venetian tendency, both
in colour and general arrangement,
and its decorative qualities are of
a high order. Mr. Will Rothenstein's
fine picture recently exhibited at the
New English Art Club is surpassed
by his work of a similar nature at

AT THE WINDOW, MOONRISE " BY ROBERT BURNS

Messrs. Agnew's. It is
called Jeius in the Spital-
felds' Synagogue, and as a
study of Jewish character is
worthy to rank with Josef
Israel's famous Old Pedlar
at Amsterdam. On the
earnest faces of the three
poor old men at prayer, with
their blue praying shawls
thrown about their shoul-
ders, is written the tragedy
of their long-suffering race.
The subject is treated with
that lofty simplicity and
„ reticence we are accustomed
to find in Mr. Rothenstein's
work, and it is undoubtedly
one of the most successful
and impressive pictures he
has yet produced.

Though Mr. Lavery was
born in Ireland he received
some of his art training in
Glasgow and is usually as-
sociated with that school.
He is well represented in
this exhibition by a charm-
■ the newhaven'fishwife " by Alexander roche ing three - quarter - length

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