Studio: international art (46.1909)

Studio-Talk

judge removed to a house near Newbury, in Berk-
shire, especially well arranged for the display of
pictures. In a spacious dining room, lighted from
the top, the gems of his collection could be seen
to the best advantage, and he was always willing
to allow anyone seriously interested in art to
examine the works.

Appropriately with the Spring came the fourth
Annual Exhibition of flower paintings at the Baillie
Gallery. Amongst the most successful were Mr.
W. Paddock’s Cherry Blossom; Boses and Phlox,
by Fred Mayer; Zinnias, by H. D’Arcy Hart;
Narcissus and Carnations, by J. D. Fergusson ;
Campamda and Pansies, by Laura Knight; A
Formal Garden, by Albert Cox ; Chrysanthemums
and Michaelmas Daisies, by Arthur Rackham,
RAV.S. ; Darwin Tulips,
by Margaret Waterfield ;

Sunlight on a Rose, by
Katherine Cameron ;

Tulips, by A. E. Guyon;

Herbaceous Border in my
Garden, and Cypripe-
diums: a study, by Francis
E. James; Flowers, by
M. E. Atkins, and Roses,
by W. Westley Manning ;

White Roses, by Stuart
Park ; Dahlias, by Gerard
Chowne; Sweet Sultan,
by A. F. W. Hayward;
and lithographs of flowers
by T. R. Way.

Mr. Arthur Streeton’s
Venice pictures seemed to
bring sunlight into the
shaded premises of the
Alpine Club Gallery last
month. There were also
some Chelsea scenes of
much interest, The Un-
employed at Chelsea being
the title of a canvas ad
mirably representing the
grey monotonous colour
—but colour all the same
—of a thin London fog.
But Venice, Bride of the
Sea and Palaces in Sun-
light were the key to the
character of the exhibi-
tion.

In our paragraph referring to Mr. Arnold
Mitchell’s design for a church at Berndorf, of
which we gave an illustration in March, the place
was spoken of as being in Germany, whereas it is
in Lower Austria. Nor, it appears, is Herr Krupp,
who commissioned the design, connected with the
Essen firm in Germany; he is the proprietor of
the Berndorf Metal Works.

Preparations for the next London Salon at the
Albert Hall are nearly completed, but we are asked
to state that there is still room for some architects
and sculptors and a very limited number of
painters. The membership of the Association
now numbers several hundreds, and judging by the
report presented to the annual meeting of share-
holders at the end of March the venture is proving

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“the goose girl”

(In the late Sir John Day s Collection) BY J. F, millet