Studio: international art (39.1907)

Studio-Talk

income of ^1,000, by no means a princely sum
for the purpose.

To the recent exhibition of the Royal Scottish
Society of Painters in Water Colours, held at the
Institute Galleries, sixty-six out of seventy-eight
members contributed, besides a few outsiders.
Amongst the notable contributions of the latter
were The Onlookers, by Robert Anning Bell,
R.W.S., a powerfully-drawn group of figures in clear,
rich, harmonious tones of colour ; In a Hayloft, by
John S. Sargent, R.A.; two gem-like drawings
of curious effigies in Westminster Abbey, by
William Nicholson; a well-drawn Interior of a
Windmill, by Curnow S. Vosper; and a power-
ful handling of a difficult subject, The Interior of a
Sailmaker's Loft, by the late Miss C. P. Ross,
which inspires a deep regret that her undoubted
influence on contemporary art should have been
so prematurely withdrawn.

One of the features of the Exhibition was the

position occupied by the lady members. The canal
sketches by Miss Emily M. Paterson, with skilful
effects of light and shade and pleasing harmony of
colour; a naturalistic flower study and clever
examples of book-illustrating by Miss Katherine
Cameron ; the charming rendering of a white rose
by Miss Constance Walton ; the decorative and
imaginative panel The Youngest Princess, by Mrs.
Macdonald Mackintosh ; the strongly drawn and
tenderly coloured figure-studies by Miss H. C.
Preston Macgoun, were all, in their various
methods, interesting.

The president, Sir Francis Powell, was repre-
sented by a refined example of his work, depicting
the well-wooded, smoothly-running Esk, under the
glow of the golden light of afternoon. This picture
has been purchased by the Corporation for the
permanent collection. Close by there was one of
those bright, sparkling, animated scenes now ex-
pected from the brush of R. M. G. Coventry, in
which is caught the lazy activity of a Loch Fyne

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BY JAMES KAY