Studio: international art (42.1908)

H. Hughes-Stanton

reproduction in these pages. The Mouth of the Exe,
from above Exmouth, Devon, was another landscape
conceived on large decorative lines, and showed the
artist, perhaps for the first time, expressing himself
in those distinctive terms to which he has now
accustomed us. A picture of the same year,
bought by the Bradford Corporation and seen at
the Institute, was Evening Twilight: Stud/and,
Dorset, a subtle study of aerial effects treated with
a masculine breadth of statement. Turning his
hand to pastels in the year 1904 we find the artist
exhibiting four works at the Pastel Society : Through
the Rain; Black Hill, Exmouth, Devon; and
Sunrise and Sunset. A signal honour was con-
ferred on the painter the same summer, for the
French Government bought his rendering of
Poole Harbour, which was exhibited at the old
Salon. Entitled Fort de Dorset, Angleterre, the
picture is now to be seen at the Musee du
Luxembourg, where another of the artist's land-
scapes has recently found a home. The latter
canvas, called Sand Dunes, Dannes Camiers, shows
the artist in one of his rare decorative moods—a
subtle blending of strength and quietude, qualities
which make Mr. Hughes-Stanton's work seem more
serene and more monumental than we are accustomed

to on this side of the Channel. Hung in the New
Gallery in the spring of 1906, and in the Salon the
following year, the picture attracted so much
attention in the Champs Elyse'es that it was con-
sidered imperative to acquire it for the French
nation. I should not forget to say that Hampstead
Heath : a viezv looking towards Highgate, and The
Lighthouse, Etaples, were efforts of the preceding
year and were exhibited at the Royal Academy,
the latter picture finding its way to the International
Exhibition at Venice.

Of other important pictures by Mr. Hughes-
Stanton there is little space to speak. Through the
Rain was recently seen at the New Gallery, Corfe
Castle at Burlington House, and The Pas de Calais
(depicting a sandy common, a long line of shadowed
trees, and the silvery stretch of La Canche) at the
Institute. The Sand Dunes, Pas-de-Calais, another
conspicuous work exhibited in Regent Street, is
conceived with subtle individuality and insight.
Setting aside the question of scale, and the ability
with which the lighting of the middle distance is
managed, the delicacy and restraint of the colour
scheme is remarkable. Of equally rare beauty
is The Gorge, Fontaineb 'eau, a canvas exhibited
in the New Gallery last year, and purchased

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'THE GORGE, FONTAII* EBLEAU "
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(By permission of G. McCulloch, Esq.)

BY H. HUGHES-STANTOX