DOI issue:
No. 250 (February 1914)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21209#0085
Studio- Talk
" ROSE AND SILVER "
significance and sincerity. Its chief interest rested,
however, in the further evidence it afforded that a
development is in progress which promises to lead
presently to the creation of an art essentially
Canadian in character and feeling. Unfortunately
Mr. J. W. Morrice did not show, and one also
missed the original work of Mr. A. Jackson
and Mr. H. Hewton, young artists of unusual
promise. _
The most powerful and convincing work shown
was that of Mr. Curtis Williamson, of Toronto,
who was represented by four canvases. His por-
traits of a negro woman and girl—in schemes of blue
and bronze and green and deep gold respectively—
were superb in characterisation and colour hand-
ling. A full-length portrait of a lady in black was
also very distinguished; while his Winter Twilight
would have been entirely successful had it been
pitched in a rather higher key. Mr. Williamson
BY NESTOR DE LA TORRE
always paints in tones of the lowest range, and his
pictures can be seen to advantage only under the
most favourable conditions of lighting. It is to be
feared that age will be unkind to them.
The oil paintings of Miss Laura Muntz and of
Mr. Ernest Lawson were likewise eminently
personal. Miss Muntz has of late made a very
notable advance in technical mastery. Her
Madonna with A?igels, which was purchased by the
Dominion Government for the National Gallery, is
an ambitious effort, and probably marks her
highest achievement to the present. Mr. Ernest
Lawson's rhythmical landscapes have a jewel-
like quality, and the artist paints them with joy.
He is equally happy whether painting brilliant
noon-day or falling night. His Summer—Boys
Bathing, aglow with light, breathes of life and
youth, and, in a different mood, his Evening, St,
John's Cathedral, is equally notable.
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(Salon Paris, Barcelona)
" ROSE AND SILVER "
significance and sincerity. Its chief interest rested,
however, in the further evidence it afforded that a
development is in progress which promises to lead
presently to the creation of an art essentially
Canadian in character and feeling. Unfortunately
Mr. J. W. Morrice did not show, and one also
missed the original work of Mr. A. Jackson
and Mr. H. Hewton, young artists of unusual
promise. _
The most powerful and convincing work shown
was that of Mr. Curtis Williamson, of Toronto,
who was represented by four canvases. His por-
traits of a negro woman and girl—in schemes of blue
and bronze and green and deep gold respectively—
were superb in characterisation and colour hand-
ling. A full-length portrait of a lady in black was
also very distinguished; while his Winter Twilight
would have been entirely successful had it been
pitched in a rather higher key. Mr. Williamson
BY NESTOR DE LA TORRE
always paints in tones of the lowest range, and his
pictures can be seen to advantage only under the
most favourable conditions of lighting. It is to be
feared that age will be unkind to them.
The oil paintings of Miss Laura Muntz and of
Mr. Ernest Lawson were likewise eminently
personal. Miss Muntz has of late made a very
notable advance in technical mastery. Her
Madonna with A?igels, which was purchased by the
Dominion Government for the National Gallery, is
an ambitious effort, and probably marks her
highest achievement to the present. Mr. Ernest
Lawson's rhythmical landscapes have a jewel-
like quality, and the artist paints them with joy.
He is equally happy whether painting brilliant
noon-day or falling night. His Summer—Boys
Bathing, aglow with light, breathes of life and
youth, and, in a different mood, his Evening, St,
John's Cathedral, is equally notable.
81
(Salon Paris, Barcelona)