DOI issue:
No. 202 (January, 1910)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20968#0332
Studio-Talk
welsh national war memorial at cardiff
designed and modelled by albert toft
to the appreciation which
our own period has given to
painting which long suffered
neglect at the bands of con-
noisseurs. Hals painted for
a public who were not to
come into existence until
two hundred and fifty years
after his death. He is the
supreme prototype of the
modern freedom of style,
and he anticipated the ob-
servation of natural, or acci-
dental gesture, which the
modern vision has identified
with itself.
occupy. In this latest display Mr. Wilson Steer's
picture, The Horse-Shoe Bend of the Severn, was
the most notable contribution. Such instinctive
self-expression as is evident in this painting is the
thing that saved its painter from the sheer intellec-
tualism into which he has sometimes been betrayed
by his all-round genius. The exhibition was too
rich in a variety of intentions to be even sum-
marised in the space at disposal. Personality has
always found its native element in this club; the
names of the personalities and the art that is part
of the names, are very familiar to our readers.
We must mention the exceptional strength of the
water-colour and other drawings, which included
a little masterpiece by Prof. Tonks, Scarborough
Harbour. _
The National Welsh War Memorial, of which
we give illustrations, is the work of Mr. Albert
Toft, and is a fine example of monumental sculp-
ture. The three figures are in bronze, the rest of
the memorial being of Portland stone, except the
steps and corner pillars, which are of granite. The
simple dignity of the entire monument is in
keeping with its object, which is to commemorate
The last exhibition of the
New English Art Club, like
the previous one, was held
in the galleries of the Royal
Society of British Artists,
where the work of the club's
members shows to much
greater advantage than in
° d welsh national war memorial: figure symbolizing "grief
the rooms they used to by albert toft
310
welsh national war memorial at cardiff
designed and modelled by albert toft
to the appreciation which
our own period has given to
painting which long suffered
neglect at the bands of con-
noisseurs. Hals painted for
a public who were not to
come into existence until
two hundred and fifty years
after his death. He is the
supreme prototype of the
modern freedom of style,
and he anticipated the ob-
servation of natural, or acci-
dental gesture, which the
modern vision has identified
with itself.
occupy. In this latest display Mr. Wilson Steer's
picture, The Horse-Shoe Bend of the Severn, was
the most notable contribution. Such instinctive
self-expression as is evident in this painting is the
thing that saved its painter from the sheer intellec-
tualism into which he has sometimes been betrayed
by his all-round genius. The exhibition was too
rich in a variety of intentions to be even sum-
marised in the space at disposal. Personality has
always found its native element in this club; the
names of the personalities and the art that is part
of the names, are very familiar to our readers.
We must mention the exceptional strength of the
water-colour and other drawings, which included
a little masterpiece by Prof. Tonks, Scarborough
Harbour. _
The National Welsh War Memorial, of which
we give illustrations, is the work of Mr. Albert
Toft, and is a fine example of monumental sculp-
ture. The three figures are in bronze, the rest of
the memorial being of Portland stone, except the
steps and corner pillars, which are of granite. The
simple dignity of the entire monument is in
keeping with its object, which is to commemorate
The last exhibition of the
New English Art Club, like
the previous one, was held
in the galleries of the Royal
Society of British Artists,
where the work of the club's
members shows to much
greater advantage than in
° d welsh national war memorial: figure symbolizing "grief
the rooms they used to by albert toft
310