Studio: international art (37.1906)

Studio- Talk

Graham, George Douglas Brown, Win. Sharp
(Fiona McLeod), and Lord Justice Lindley; while
in many of the others, notably in The Back of
Beyond, there is a rare poetic fancy, such as could
only come from an artist of strong imagination.

J.T.

DUBLIN.—Looked at as a whole, the
Royal Hibernian Academy Exhibi-
tion, which opened on March 19, is
a stronger and better one than we
have had for some years. The most striking

; interior of st. maclou, rouen " by j. g. laing

of the most hopeful auguries for the future of art
in Ireland.

It is hardly necessary to mention Mr. William
Orpen, who is already recognised as one of the
ablest of the younger painters of the day. Mr.

"a mystery by miss h. c. preston macgoun

characteristic of the work
exhibited is its variety.
There are apparently but
few points of contact
between contemporary
Irish painters, and the
expression of a tempera-
ment is more in evidence
at the R.H.A. than
fidelity to any accepted
principles, ideals, or in-
fluences. The strongly
marked individuality of
the younger Irish artists,
who are well to the fore

at this exhibition, is one " springtime, galloway " by Alexander macbride

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