DOI Heft:
No. 201 (December, 1909)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20968#0255
Studio- Talk
" MOORLAND "
where the members make their appeal to the public.
This year it was a broad-based appeal as the ex-
hibition was made an open one, and the display
of work in the first three galleries of the Royal
Scottish Academy consisted of 327 drawings, of
which no less than 131 were by non-members. A
purely water-colour exhibition is such a rarity in
Edinburgh, where space limitations are at present
unfortunately rather pronounced, that the public
have little opportunity of properly appraising the
value of water-colour art, and thus the opportunity
given by this exhibition was doubly valuable.
Under Mr. E. A. Walton's supervision the heavy
wall decoration of the galleries was superseded by
a white scrim, to which the under colour of deep
red gave a soft, warm tint that formed an admirable
background, more especially for the many drawings
which were mounted in white.
The collection was one of the finest the society
has placed before the public. No attempt was
made to widen the scope so that it might be
BY JAMES CADENHEAD, A.R.S.A., R. S. VV.
more than a record of contemporary work, for
the few loan drawings on the walls were but
notes by the way without historic importance.
The brilliant style and astonishing craftsman-
ship of Arthur Melville were displayed in his The
Procession, and two small drawings by Joseph
Crawhall, notably the Spangled Cock, were in-
stances of studied precision of touch so utilised as
to convey a sense of beauty and distinction to the
commonplace. Two honorary members contri-
buted, Sir James D. Linton showing a picture of a
Spanish woman burnishing armour, and Prof, von
Bartels a rather too strongly coloured drawing of
Dutch fisherwomen seated on the sand dunes
watching for the boat that perchance may never
come to land.
The veteran President of the Society, Sir Francis
Powell, showed a tenderly painted Highland land-
scape, and the Vice-President, Mr. W. McTaggart,
three drawings not taken beyond the stage of
colour notes, but impressive even at that. Three;
233-
" MOORLAND "
where the members make their appeal to the public.
This year it was a broad-based appeal as the ex-
hibition was made an open one, and the display
of work in the first three galleries of the Royal
Scottish Academy consisted of 327 drawings, of
which no less than 131 were by non-members. A
purely water-colour exhibition is such a rarity in
Edinburgh, where space limitations are at present
unfortunately rather pronounced, that the public
have little opportunity of properly appraising the
value of water-colour art, and thus the opportunity
given by this exhibition was doubly valuable.
Under Mr. E. A. Walton's supervision the heavy
wall decoration of the galleries was superseded by
a white scrim, to which the under colour of deep
red gave a soft, warm tint that formed an admirable
background, more especially for the many drawings
which were mounted in white.
The collection was one of the finest the society
has placed before the public. No attempt was
made to widen the scope so that it might be
BY JAMES CADENHEAD, A.R.S.A., R. S. VV.
more than a record of contemporary work, for
the few loan drawings on the walls were but
notes by the way without historic importance.
The brilliant style and astonishing craftsman-
ship of Arthur Melville were displayed in his The
Procession, and two small drawings by Joseph
Crawhall, notably the Spangled Cock, were in-
stances of studied precision of touch so utilised as
to convey a sense of beauty and distinction to the
commonplace. Two honorary members contri-
buted, Sir James D. Linton showing a picture of a
Spanish woman burnishing armour, and Prof, von
Bartels a rather too strongly coloured drawing of
Dutch fisherwomen seated on the sand dunes
watching for the boat that perchance may never
come to land.
The veteran President of the Society, Sir Francis
Powell, showed a tenderly painted Highland land-
scape, and the Vice-President, Mr. W. McTaggart,
three drawings not taken beyond the stage of
colour notes, but impressive even at that. Three;
233-