Studio: international art (58.1913)

The Public Art Galleries of Australia

has, however, been very successful as an adviser to partner of the firm of Felton, Grimwade and Co.,
the trustees. We are indebted to him for recom- manufacturing chemists) left over ^7000 a year for
mending some of the most attractive works in the the purchase of works of art for the gallery. He
gallery. His group in- also bequeathed a
eludes: Waterhouse's __ number of paintings,
Ulysses and the Sirens, including Bonington's
a decorative composi- Low Tide at Boulogne,
tion distinguished by one of the gems in the
its rich harmonious gallery, and Une Fete
colour and its masterly Champetre, attributed
drawing ; The Right of to Rubens. The
Way, Fred Walker's method of buying
last work, which in spite works in connection
of its trivial incident with the Bequest is a
has much to attract in very cumbrous one.
its atmospheric back- Under the conditions
ground; Swan's African of the will, the trustees
Panthers, our best of the Gallery and the
animal painting; and Felton Bequest Corn-
North's An English mittee cannot delegate
Summer Day, a spon- their powers to any one
taneous rendering of an H outside these bodies,
outdoor scene. He HIBwHS^W^^W* They alone must
also chose two excellent . 'A "select" the works
water-colours by North VCJ purchased for the

and Lionel Percy Gallery, so the pur-

Smythe, and the etch- chases are conducted

ings by Rembrandt, from Melbourne on the

Van Dyck, Diirer, strength of reports

Meryon, Max Klinger, (usually accompanied

Seymour Haden, and by photographs) which

Whistler. Five prints are received from ex-

by the last named were perts in London and

secured each for a Paris. Judging by the

guinea. As the best purchases made by the

have been mentioned, administrators of the

there is no necessity to Bequest it would ap-

discuss several meri- pear that the Gallery

torious works which is still without a policy,

stand midway between its destinies still ruled

the important pictures by chance. We have

and the dull canvases had the good fortune

which take up much to secure The Bent

valuable space. Tree by Corot, Boule-

The works so far vard Montmartre by

mentioned are in the .....- • ^: -- Pissaro, Femme Couehie

Government collection, by E. F. Aman-Jean,

which is approximately "nearing the camp" by j. ford paterson water-colour drawings

^ ' (National Gallery, Sydney) .

valued at ^100,000. by 1 urner, isomng-

Since 1905 purchases ton, and Jacob Maris,
have been made with the income from the Felton a still life by Vollon, two drawings by Vierge,
B equest, which is more than double the Chantrey and a small but excellent collection of Japanese
Bequest and is probably the largest art bequest in prints. On the other hand, there are the un-
the world.- The late Mr. Alfred Felton (who was a representative works by Watteau, Hoppner,
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