Studio: international art (38.1906)

Reviews and Notices

been more the servant of the painter than ever
before.

Groll’s development has been marked by three
distinct periods. Up to 1900 conscientious work-
manship and successful interpretation of simple
motives characterised his work. His Sandy Hook
Cedars (at the Lotus Club, New York) is an excel-
lent example of this style. Then he took to paint-
ing colour for colour’s sake, and subordinated
subject to colour arrangement. His Symphony in
Gold and his Nocturne in Green and Silver were
the best products of this period. His Symphony in
Gold is a lour de force in all varieties of yellows
known to the painter’s palette, and yet it looked
in no way forced, but absolutely true to nature.
From these experiments and uncertainties his
annual visits to Arizona have freed him. They
have taught him to seek again inspiration in Nature,
rejecting all models save her living and ever-
changing forms. S. H.

REVIEWS AND NOTICES

The Royal Collection of Paintings at Buckingham
Palace and Windsor Castle. With an Introduction
by Lionel Cust, M.V.O., and 180 Mezzogravure
reproductions. (London : Heinemann.) In cloth
portfolios, 20 guineas; bound in two volumes, full
morocco, 26 guineas.—This volume on the
treasures at Windsor Castle completes a work that
reflects great credit on all who have been concerned
in its preparation. The mezzogravures, for which
the Fine Art Publishing Company are responsible,
render with rare skill the distinctive qualities of the
examples selected, and the letterpress gives, in every
case, much interesting information concerning the
artists and their subjects. Mr. Cust, who has the
care of the King’s works of art, has spared no
pains in tracing their history from the time when
the nucleus of the Collection was formed, early in
the sixteenth century, to the present day. In his
Introduction to this volume he explains the causes
for the long neglect of Windsor Castle, pointing

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