Studio: international art (42.1908)

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LIVERPOOL.—The captious critic attempt- landscapes in oil, reference must be made to Arenig

ing to disparage the Thirty-seventh Fawr, by Thos. Huson, R.T.; Margin of Ihe Mere,

Autumn Exhibition at the Walker Art by J. Follen Bishop; After the Hailstorm, by

Gallery is less likely to find himself in Richard Hartley; Market Place, Honfleur, by Miss

agreement with general opinion the more the M. C. Palethorp, Enid Rutherford's Quai du

exhibition is studied. If no remarkable or am- Miroir, Bruges, David Woodlock's A Venetian

bitious picture can be found eclipsing its neighbours Vista, Joseph Kitchingman's Amidst the Dolomites,

in a marked degree, it is satisfactory to note that the J. Hamilton Hay's Seapiece, also A Lancashire

average capability of the work presented is not Epic, by Robert Fowler, R.I. ; Milking Time, by

behind that of its thirty-six predecessors. Many of J. T. Watts, R.C.A.; and Conway Castle, by

the chief attractions of the London exhibitions Harold Rathbone.

are to be seen, and there is a room devoted to -

Continental art; but only a brief notice can be Together with some of those just named, the
accorded here to a few of the two hundred local following Liverpool artists contribute interesting
exhibitors, who may be seen to advantage in water-colours: Joseph Kirkpatrick, Harold Swan-
well-allotted positions. wick, R.I., Creswick Boydell, W. Egginton, Miss

- B. A. Pughe, Isaac Cooke, R.B.A., Geo. Cockram,

In foremost rank are the portraits of The Rt. R.C.A., John McDougal, R.C.A., F. W. Dawbarn,

Hon. John Japp, Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Sir M.A., and Miss Mary McCrossan.

Thos. Hughes, J. P., and Robt. Gladstone, Esq., -

all by R. E. Morrison ; Sir Wm. B. Fonvood, D.L., Our reproduction of Agriculture on this page is
Alfred Rutherford, Esq., Mayor of Bootle, and one of the groups of sculpture on the Liverpool
Taliesin Rees, Esq., F.R.I.B.A., by Geo. Hall Victoria Memorial by Charles J. Allen; other
Neale. Clerical sitters are
admirably presented by
W. B. Boadle and J. V. R.
Parsons. A Souvenir of the
Liverpool Pageant has af-
forded Frank T. Copnall
an effective portrait-study
of a knight in chain armour;
and notable success has
been attained by Mrs.
Maud Hall Neale in her
fine representations of Mrs.
Tohn Rankin and Mrs.
Oswald Murphy and Little
Girl. Jas. Hamilton Hay,
A. E. Brockbank, and
HelenMcLay each deserve
mention for the excellence
of their portrait work.

The more noticeable of
the oil paintings are The
Golden Legend, by R. G.
Hinchliffe ; Resting, by
Wardlaw Laing; The An-
nunciation, by Miss May
Cooksey; Good Samaritans
by J. Y. Dawbarn, M.A.;
and A Young Fisherman, by

the late John Finnie, R.E. "agriculture": group for Liverpool victoria memorial

Out of the wealth of fine by charles j.

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