Studio: international art (37.1906)

Studio-Talk

also seen in his portraits of My Mother and The
Lady with the Glove, and in a wonderfully brilliant
bit of colour Romanza, all achievements securing
him more than a local reputation. The romantic
character of the work of J. De Wit Van der Hoop
is particularly exemplified in The Windmill, Dawn,
Moonlight Study, and in a fine charcoal, The Wood-
land. High praise is due to Miss Enid Jackson
for her clever studies and portraits of young children
and adults. Alison Martin's contributions include
a few which might be considered fantastic expres-
sions of the painter's art; it is certain, however,
that the number of admirers of this young aspirant
is increasing.

During a round of local studio exhibitions one
is impressed by the preponderance of interest in
portraiture as much as by the skill with which this
interest is sustained by notable exponents such as
R. E. Morrison, G. Hall Neale, Mrs. Maud Hall
Neale, W. B. Boadle, T. Copnall, J. V. R. Parsons
and others. A principal attraction in Mr. Morrison's

studio is a tri-panelled picture The Misses Woodsend,
and his portraits of Mr. E. H. Harrison, and Sir
Thomas B. Royden, Bart, are vigorous in execution
and subtly characteristic. Mr. Hall Neale's reputation
gains by the advanced skill displayed in his portraits
of Mr. Thomas Brocklebank and grandchildren,
Mr. J. P. Rylands, Dr. Buchanan, and Dorothy
and Gwynedd, daughters of Mr. R. C. Beazley,
together with several more of his recent works. Mrs.
Hall Neale's industrious brush is wielded with
increasing refinement of delineation, as proved
more especially in her portraits of Mrs. Chas. J.
Allen, Mrs. D. A. Quiggin, and Doris and Nancy,
daughters of Mr. George Edgecombe.

Of the works which will surely be afforded
prominence in forthcoming exhibitions may be
counted: A Landscape by John Finnie, R.E., a
fine view of Welsh country looking towards
Conway ; a large water-colour, by A. E. Brockbank,
entitled The Workers; J. Y. Dawbarn's Haymakers,
R. G. Hinchliffe's The White Hen, Richard Hartley's

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