Studio: international art (41.1907)

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drawing, brilliant in execution, the tones perfectly desire that the Academy, which has recently shown

balanced, the values subtly indicated, and, besides evidences of a progressive spirit, should receive

this, a remarkably truthful likeness. practical encouragement at the hands of the Govern-

- ment instead of extinction. The one reform that

Some of the other portraits exhibited were also is really needed is the strengthening of its teaching

quite admirable. Notable amongst these were Miss staff. E. D.
Purser's portrait of Dr. Atkinson ; Sir George Reid's

portrait of the late Chief Secretary, Mr. James ~\ ~\ J EI MAR. — The modern art move-

Bryce; Mr. Charles Shannon's portrait of Robert % /\ J ment has developed first of all in

Gregory; Mr. William Orpen's Mrs. Fry; Mr. \l \/ that department of architecture

Lavery's Lady in Pink; and Mr. Dermond * " to which, here in Germany, the

O'Brien's portrait of his father. term "profane" is applied — that is to say, in

- cottages, stores, warehouses, factories, railway

Among the Irish landscape painters represented, stations, interiors of private houses, libraries, and
Mr. Hone took a leading place. His work has generally in that sphere of art covered by the term
the unconcernedness of nature; his temperament " Innenkunst" ; and its most conspicuous trait is a
has become so fused with his subject that his work tendency towards the expression of pure logic and
seems free from all artificial conventions. Mr. common sense, by aiming at simplicity of construc-
Hone reveals not his own temperament alone, but tion. This evolution, which gives rise to problems
an elusive, haunting spirit
that seems to become
almost visible as we gaze
—the very soul of the
country which he has loved
to paint. Amongst the
other exhibitors of land-
scape may be mentioned
Mr. Vincent Duffy, Mr.
Dermond O'Brien, Mr. H.
Scully, and Mr. Henry
Allen.

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Public opinion in Ire- 1
land is overwhelmingly
hostile to the proposal that
the Academy school be
abolished and its place
taken by a Government
school under the control
of the Department of
Agriculture. It is felt that,
however many the short-
comings of the Academy
may have been in the
past, nothing would be 11
gained by the transfer of
its school to a Department
which already has more
irons in the fire than it
can conveniently heat.
There is a strong feeling
against setting up a new
edition of South Kensing-
ton in Ireland, and a strong lobby at mr. gutbier's gallery, Dresden designed by h. van de velde

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