DOI Heft:
No. 260 (November 1914)
DOI Artikel:Taylor, J.: The fifty-third exhibition of the Royal Glasgow Institute
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21211#0120
Exhibition of the Royal Glasgow Institute
the Coolins, the austerity of which, cleverly con- his Spirit of the Night is pregnant with genuine
veyed, is almost repelling. Most interesting of decorative feeling ; it is in every respect a com-
the works shown by Mr. Fra H. Newbery, plete resthetic success.
A.R.C.A., the Director of the Glasgow School of Mr. George Pirie, A.R.S.A., adopts subject and
Art, is The Oriental, which, alike in technique, treatment peculiarly his own. He studies penetra-
tone, and sartorial fidelity, is convincing. A tively the barnyard fowl, the dog, and the pack-
recently elected member of the Royal Scottish horse, and expresses himself with all but monochro-
Society of Painters in Water Colour sends a large matic restraint. Yet without adventitious aid from
oil, The Mirror, an ambitious and successful colour, his compositions convince by reason of
study of the reflected nude in a decorative en- absolute sincerity and genuine Realism. His
vironment, marked by admirable freedom and Drake is a typical example of his method, inspired
abandon. Pleasingly decorative also is Margery, as it is by intimate sympathy between painter and
by Miss Cecile Walton; while the extremely subject.
clever interiors by Mrs. A. R. Laing serve to Interesting by reason of a new departure, and
emphasise the prominent position taken by from inherent qualities are Alterations, an archi-
women in the field of art. An agreeable reminder tectural demolition subject by Mr. Tom Hunt,
of earlier character and custom is the charmingly R.S.W., and A Summer Day, by Mr. Hamilton
toned study, Lady Betty, by Mr. Andrew Law, Mackenzie, A.R.S.A., a liberally scaled sketch of
whose versatility is exemplified in the clever a well-known woman artist drawing on the rocky
architectural' sketch hanging in an adjoining room, beach at Kirkcudbright.
D. Forrester Wilson is skilled in the art of Two seascapes are expressive of the style of two
mural decoration ; his work in the City Banqueting most noted marine painters. The Approaching
Hall is testimony in this direction. At the Institute Gale shows all the intimate knowledge and un-
E.A CHEERY SALUTE" BY E. A. HORNEL
Ir5
the Coolins, the austerity of which, cleverly con- his Spirit of the Night is pregnant with genuine
veyed, is almost repelling. Most interesting of decorative feeling ; it is in every respect a com-
the works shown by Mr. Fra H. Newbery, plete resthetic success.
A.R.C.A., the Director of the Glasgow School of Mr. George Pirie, A.R.S.A., adopts subject and
Art, is The Oriental, which, alike in technique, treatment peculiarly his own. He studies penetra-
tone, and sartorial fidelity, is convincing. A tively the barnyard fowl, the dog, and the pack-
recently elected member of the Royal Scottish horse, and expresses himself with all but monochro-
Society of Painters in Water Colour sends a large matic restraint. Yet without adventitious aid from
oil, The Mirror, an ambitious and successful colour, his compositions convince by reason of
study of the reflected nude in a decorative en- absolute sincerity and genuine Realism. His
vironment, marked by admirable freedom and Drake is a typical example of his method, inspired
abandon. Pleasingly decorative also is Margery, as it is by intimate sympathy between painter and
by Miss Cecile Walton; while the extremely subject.
clever interiors by Mrs. A. R. Laing serve to Interesting by reason of a new departure, and
emphasise the prominent position taken by from inherent qualities are Alterations, an archi-
women in the field of art. An agreeable reminder tectural demolition subject by Mr. Tom Hunt,
of earlier character and custom is the charmingly R.S.W., and A Summer Day, by Mr. Hamilton
toned study, Lady Betty, by Mr. Andrew Law, Mackenzie, A.R.S.A., a liberally scaled sketch of
whose versatility is exemplified in the clever a well-known woman artist drawing on the rocky
architectural' sketch hanging in an adjoining room, beach at Kirkcudbright.
D. Forrester Wilson is skilled in the art of Two seascapes are expressive of the style of two
mural decoration ; his work in the City Banqueting most noted marine painters. The Approaching
Hall is testimony in this direction. At the Institute Gale shows all the intimate knowledge and un-
E.A CHEERY SALUTE" BY E. A. HORNEL
Ir5