Studio: international art (37.1906)

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he left them his oils remain amongst the most
important achievements in contemporary painting.

It is long since art has had such a welcome
event to chronicle as the Turners which have
recently been brought to light from the stores
of the National Gallery. Twenty-one of these
have been removed to the Tate Gallery. They
are examples of Turner at his best in his final
manner. Hitherto condemned to obscurity as
" unfinished," these pictures anticipate to some
extent the study of light which later became
the inspiration of Impressionism.

Mr. A. Lys Baldry held in February a small
exhibition of notes and sketches in oils'and water-

colours, at the Ryder Gallery, for the most part
made in the neighbourhood of Christchurch. Two
portraits and some figure-studies completed the
exhibition. The portraits were possessed of con-
siderable charm, displaying Mr. Baldry's art at its
best. The degree of finish which characterised
them, as compared with the broad treatment in his
landscapes, indicates the range of sympathy that
has been so valuable to Mr. Baldry in his career as
a critic. His well-known admiration for the works
of Albert Moore manifested itself in some of the
figure subjects, as it has often done in his writings.
We noted Christchurch Priory, Rain Clouds, The
Sandpit, amongst the best of the water-colours. In
Christchurch Harbour, Mr. Baldry proved himself
capable of a very sympathetic handling of pastel.

The First Exhibition of
works by artists resident in
Kensington, was held at
Leighton House in January.
The exhibitors included
such prominent artists and
sculptors as Hamo Thorny-
croft, R.A., J. Byam Shaw,
W. Holman Hunt, O.M.,
Walter Crane, George
Thompson, Prof. Moira,
C. H. Shannon, George
Sauter, F. W. Pomeroy,
A.R.A., Miss E. Fortescue-
Brickdale, and many other
well-known painters.

Mr. R. Gutekunst held
in his gallery in February,
an exhibition of original
etchings by Charles Jacque.
It is doubtful if Jacque is
appreciated at his value,
except by connoisseurs.
Beyond his craft as an
etcher, which was of the
highest order, he possessed
a decided temperament as
an artist, which enabled
him to treat with an ima-
ginative sympathy country
life and character. His
etchings deal largely with
the homely side of such
life, but he also rendered
very beautifully the emo-
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