DOI issue:
No. 217 (April, 1911)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20972#0250
Studio- Talk
his reputation high
among those who can
take up familiar scenes
as subjects and present
them in a new light.
M
ANCHES-
T E R. —
The spring
exhib ition
of the Manchester Aca-
demy maintained prac-
tically the same level
that it has reached in
previous years. On the
whole there was less
endeavour merely to
please or astonish the
general public, and the
absence of many large,
ambitious, and not very-
well painted canvases
seemed to have improved
the quality of the greater
number of smaller pic-
tures which took their
cook-plate for the salters company by r. awing bell, k.w.s. . _, ,
place. Mr. Hugh \\ alhs
was represented by
in London, founded by Mrs. Russell Gurney as three paintings. His Mary, Mary, quite Coti-
a sanctuary where wayfarers might find rest trary, a clever illustration to the old rhyme,
and an opportunity for silent contemplation. was decorative in treatment and fresh and
_ spontaneous in colour. Mr. Bertram Nicholls
The Carfax Gallery recently held an exhi- showed a strong portrait in oils and two fine
bition of drawings by
Mr. C. Maresco Pearce.
Mr. Pearce has a singu-
lar gift of extracting
everything that is of
picturesque significance
at the corner of a street
or market without taking
liberties with architec-
ture. His evident ap-
preciation of architec-
tural qualities seems,
indeed, the foundation
of his pictures, and his
skill in summarising the
effect of the play of
sunlight and shadow
gives suggestiveness and
charm to his subjects.
His drawings are works
of distinction, and his "place du moulin a vent, evening" by c. maresco pearce
recent exhibition places (By permission of Messrs. Ernest Brown and Phillips, Leicester Galleries,)
228
his reputation high
among those who can
take up familiar scenes
as subjects and present
them in a new light.
M
ANCHES-
T E R. —
The spring
exhib ition
of the Manchester Aca-
demy maintained prac-
tically the same level
that it has reached in
previous years. On the
whole there was less
endeavour merely to
please or astonish the
general public, and the
absence of many large,
ambitious, and not very-
well painted canvases
seemed to have improved
the quality of the greater
number of smaller pic-
tures which took their
cook-plate for the salters company by r. awing bell, k.w.s. . _, ,
place. Mr. Hugh \\ alhs
was represented by
in London, founded by Mrs. Russell Gurney as three paintings. His Mary, Mary, quite Coti-
a sanctuary where wayfarers might find rest trary, a clever illustration to the old rhyme,
and an opportunity for silent contemplation. was decorative in treatment and fresh and
_ spontaneous in colour. Mr. Bertram Nicholls
The Carfax Gallery recently held an exhi- showed a strong portrait in oils and two fine
bition of drawings by
Mr. C. Maresco Pearce.
Mr. Pearce has a singu-
lar gift of extracting
everything that is of
picturesque significance
at the corner of a street
or market without taking
liberties with architec-
ture. His evident ap-
preciation of architec-
tural qualities seems,
indeed, the foundation
of his pictures, and his
skill in summarising the
effect of the play of
sunlight and shadow
gives suggestiveness and
charm to his subjects.
His drawings are works
of distinction, and his "place du moulin a vent, evening" by c. maresco pearce
recent exhibition places (By permission of Messrs. Ernest Brown and Phillips, Leicester Galleries,)
228