Studio: international art (61.1914)

Reviews ana Notices

trations are excellently produced and the volume
forms a useful handbook to the interesting modern
Belgian school of portraiture.

Thomas Vincotte et Son CEuvre. Par Paul
Lambotte et Arnold Goffin. (Brussels : G. Van
Oest and Cie.) Accompanying a large number of
admirable reproductions of the works of this pro-
lific sculptor are interesting essays by the two
literary collaborators. Mons. Lambotte deals with
the work of Vincotte as Statuaire and Mons.
Goffin writes upon the artist's decorative sculpture.

Memories of My Early Days. By William
MacGillivray, Writer to the Signet. Illustrated
by H. C. Preston MacGoun, R.S.W. (London :
T. N. Foulis.) $s. net.—Eight years ago the
author of these " Memories," already an octoge-
narian, began to set down his early recollections of
rural life in the lowlands of Scotland, and in due
course the first instalment, which came out under
the title of "Rob Lindsay and his School," was
followed by others published anonymously like the
first. These he has now gathered together in one
substantial volume with his name on the title-page.
The pages abound in interesting glimpses of a life
that contrasts very markedly with the life of the
present day. The illustrations are from draw-
ings by the late Miss Preston MacGoun.

The Wild Harp. A selection from Irish poetry,
by Katharine Tynan. (London : Sidgwick and
Jackson.) 7^ 6d. net.—The intention of this
selection is "to capture for English ears sensitive
to a wild music just such strains as might be
sounded by the strings of a harp—something . . .
a little unearthly and exquisite." More than forty
authors are represented in the selection.

The Year's Art for 1914 (Hutchinson and Co.
$s. net) is well up to date with its information, the
return of Mona Lisa to Paris on the last day of
the year being the latest event recorded. In
reviewing the doings of the past year, Mr. Carter
the editor, makes special reference to the McCulloch
sale, in which "the scurvy auction prices of the last
decade for much contemporary work were amended
and we felt that talented British artists could go on
painting without regretting that they had not been
trained as chauffeurs." The section on the Art
Sales of 1913, covers over sixty pages and as he
says, " teems with facts which inspire wonder-
ment."

Grinhng Gibbons and his Compeers is the title of
a Portfolio edited by A. E. Bullock, A.R.I.B.A.
and published by Messrs. Tiranti and Co., con-
taming sixty phototype reproductions of carvings,
c leAy by Grinling Gibbons and his assistants, in St.

Paul's Cathedral and St. James's Church, Piccadilly
—nearly two-thirds belonging to the choir of St.
Paul's. In most of the reproductions the detail is
shown very clearly, and the student of wood-carving
is therefore enabled to study the work to advantage.

A series of very fine reproductions in colour of
famous pictures in the Liechtenstein Gallery, Vienna,
has recently been published by the J. Lowy Kunst
und Verlags-Anstalt of Vienna, with whom the
reproduction of works by the Old Masters is a
speciality. The series already published comprises
fifteen subjects, consisting of two Rembrandts—
the Wife of an Officer and the Self-Portrait of 1656;
two by Rubens—a Portrait of a Child and a group,
The Artist's Three Sons; Vandyck's portrait of the
Princess of Taxis and a Madonna and Child;
Michael Angelo's Lute Player; Sassoferrato's Mater
Dolorosa; a Portrait of a Lady by Leonardo;
Madonna and Child and Portrait of a Young Man
by Botticelli; Franz Hals's Portrait of Willem van
Heythaysen; a portr'ait by Francia; and two
characteristic pictures by Chardin. The prints
are neatly mounted and sold separately at six
shillings each or four guineas for the set—a low
price considering the quality of the reproductions.
A further series from the same gallery is promised,
to be followed later by selections from the Imperial
Gallery and the Academy in Vienna.

The many admirers of the art of Mr. William
Orpen, A.R.A., will be interested to learn that
Messrs. Chas. Chenil and Co. of the Chenil Gallery,
Chelsea, are issuing a portfolio of his drawings
reproduced by the photogravure process under the
close personal supervision of the artist. The
drawings are those with which exhibitions have on
various recent occasions made us familiar, as, for
instance, On the Cliff, The Bather after Bathing,
The Yacht Race Kit, The Draughtsman and his
Model; and though the absence of colour in some
cases makes the prints look a little empty, the
qualities of the artist's draughtsmanship are well
rendered. The portfolio consists of ten plates and
the issue is limited, the price being two guineas net,
but single plates may be had at five shillings each.

The photographing of paintings in oil, water-
colour or pastel is beset with no small amount of
difficulty, but in a little threepenny booklet pub-
lished by Wratton and Wainwright Ltd., of Kodak
House, Kingsway, London, information is given
which will help to make this branch of photography
easier to those who practise it.

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