Studio: international art (47.1909)

The Royal Academy Exhibition

character study of IV. Hardy Wilson, Esq., Mr.
Waterhouse’s dainty little picture of Mrs. A. P.
Henderson, and Mr. G. Hall Neale’s splendidly
robust portrait of Sir Edward Russell are all special
features of the show ; and Sir William Orchardson’s
supreme technical skill and unrivalled understanding
of the subtlest refinements of his craft are dis-
played to perfection in his portraits of Mrs. Moss-
Cockle and Sir Lawrence Jetikins, Chief Justice of
the High Court of Calcutta. There are other
notable portraits by Mr. H. S. Tuke, Mr. W.
Llewellyn, Mr. Harold Speed, Mr. Glazebrook, Mr.
Stanhope Forbes, and Mr. Charles Sims; and there
is a group, The Golden Age, by Mr. Tom Mostyn,
which can be highly praised for its originality and
power.

The landscapes which rise conspicuously above
the general level are Sir E. A. Waterlow’s Arundel

Park, Mr. Alfred East’s Lavingdon Water, Mr.
Aumonier’s 1 he Castle Valley, lintagrl, Mr.
Hughes - Stanton’s Sunset, Hamble River, and
St. Jean, near Avignon, Mr. James Henry’s In
Flanders, and Mr. David Murray’s In a Grove oj
Grey Olives. Mr. Murray also shows a sea piece
which marks in a very interesting way a successful
departure from his customary type of subject ;
and there are three other canvases by Mr. East
which excellently illustrate his methods. All these
pictures can be sincerely welcomed, and with them
can be associated in this welcome such sound per-
formances as Tue Idlers, by Mr. Fred Stratton ;
The Road to the Marsh, by Mr. Westley Manning ;
Twilight in the Birches, by Mr. Adrian Stokes ;
The River: Afterglow, by Mr. Arnesby Brown;
Early Spring, Rydal, by Mr. Frederic Yates ; and
Mr. W. H. Bartlett’s broad and effective coast

“twilight in the birches
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BY ADRIAN STOKES