Studio: international art (57.1913)

Studio-Talk

the passing of one of the founders of the New
English Art Club, Mr. W. J. Laidlay, who, how-
ever, withdrew from the Club in 1892 and there-
after became more closely associated with the Royal
Society of British Artists. The foundation and
early history of the New English are again recalled
by the election of Mr. Henry IT. La Thangue,
A.R.A., to full membership of the Royal Academy,
for Mr. La Thangue, too, was among those who
helped to start the Club on a career which has
fully justified the aims of its promoters. He was
elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in
1898, his Man with the Scythe having been acquired
under the Chantrey bequest two years previously.
He resides in Sussex and it is from this county,
so rich and varied in its scenery, that the artist has
drawn many of the subjects of his pictures. The
example we now reproduce formed part of a
representative collection of pictures by British

artists exhibited in Melbourne, Australia, some two
or three years ago, and we believe has found a
home in one of the public galleries in Australia.

The first exhibition of the Society of Humorous
Art in December provided good Christmas fare.
Besides, it was an admirable idea on the part of artist
humorists to link themselves in a society identified
with the aim they all have in common, however
various their styles. An exhibition of this kind
also affords a good opportunity for distinguishing
the characteristics of the individual members. Mr.
Raven-Hill and Mr. Charles Pears penetrate
furthest into reality, thus proving their ability to
support the great traditions of “ Punch,” with which
periodical their names are associated. At the
other extreme in “ farce ” as opposed to “ comedy ”
perhaps Mr. W. Heath Robinson must be admitted
to be the most artistic in method and spontaneous




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