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#0122
Exhibition of the Royal Glasgow Institute
"in France" by vv. a. gibson
Mr. Hornel, with amazing industry considering by Mr. David Murray, R.A., in a sunlit Venetian
his elaborate technique, sends three important waterway with shipping; by Mr. J. S. Hill, R.I., in
pictures, the principal being A Cheery Salute, a wonderfully atmospheric transcription of Durham;
Subject with Hornel is a secondary matter, the by Mr. Hugh Munro in Resting, subjectively and
prime factor is extraction from a wonderful palette tonally reticent, and promising as the work of a
of a magical mosaic. There were never such tints young artist; and by Mr. A. R. W. Allen, whose
on canvas, such combinations, such harmonies. February is charged with the poetry of the fields.
They are visions of a wonderland, arranged and If there be paucity of interest it is to be found in
presented by perhaps the most original-minded 01 the water-colour section. Is the delicate medium
living painters. Original his work may be, and is, out of favour locally, when this room is dominated
but it carries a message of more significance than in interest by a German professor, and an English
mere originality, rare though that quality be. It water colourist ? There are two choice productions
sets the children in a realm of beauty and delight, by Mr. A. K. Brown, R.S.A.; a church interior and
and dares any man to say such is not their natural, a seascape of distinguished quality by Mr. James
their rightful environment. G. Laing ; a sympathetic drawing of the old Cinque
Other notable landscapes are contributed by Port, " Rye," with evening effect, by Miss Katherine
Mr. J. Whitelaw Hamilton, A.R.S.A., whose work Cameron, R.S.W., and characteristic drawings by
is charged with poetic sensibility; by Mr. E. A. Mr. Ewan Geddes, Mr. Nisbet Bain and Miss
Walton, R.S.A., whose Rainbow shows fine com- Jessie M. King, but for the most part, aquarelle
position, tender tonal harmony, and clever diffusion as a medium seems unhappily neglected,
of light in cloudland; by Mr. David Gauld, who The Sculpture section is distinguished by
succeeds in capturing the atmospheric distinction examples of the art of Rombaux, Krieger, and
of France in his Pastoral and Montreuil-sur-Mer; Meunier, lent by the Belgian Government, a
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"in France" by vv. a. gibson
Mr. Hornel, with amazing industry considering by Mr. David Murray, R.A., in a sunlit Venetian
his elaborate technique, sends three important waterway with shipping; by Mr. J. S. Hill, R.I., in
pictures, the principal being A Cheery Salute, a wonderfully atmospheric transcription of Durham;
Subject with Hornel is a secondary matter, the by Mr. Hugh Munro in Resting, subjectively and
prime factor is extraction from a wonderful palette tonally reticent, and promising as the work of a
of a magical mosaic. There were never such tints young artist; and by Mr. A. R. W. Allen, whose
on canvas, such combinations, such harmonies. February is charged with the poetry of the fields.
They are visions of a wonderland, arranged and If there be paucity of interest it is to be found in
presented by perhaps the most original-minded 01 the water-colour section. Is the delicate medium
living painters. Original his work may be, and is, out of favour locally, when this room is dominated
but it carries a message of more significance than in interest by a German professor, and an English
mere originality, rare though that quality be. It water colourist ? There are two choice productions
sets the children in a realm of beauty and delight, by Mr. A. K. Brown, R.S.A.; a church interior and
and dares any man to say such is not their natural, a seascape of distinguished quality by Mr. James
their rightful environment. G. Laing ; a sympathetic drawing of the old Cinque
Other notable landscapes are contributed by Port, " Rye," with evening effect, by Miss Katherine
Mr. J. Whitelaw Hamilton, A.R.S.A., whose work Cameron, R.S.W., and characteristic drawings by
is charged with poetic sensibility; by Mr. E. A. Mr. Ewan Geddes, Mr. Nisbet Bain and Miss
Walton, R.S.A., whose Rainbow shows fine com- Jessie M. King, but for the most part, aquarelle
position, tender tonal harmony, and clever diffusion as a medium seems unhappily neglected,
of light in cloudland; by Mr. David Gauld, who The Sculpture section is distinguished by
succeeds in capturing the atmospheric distinction examples of the art of Rombaux, Krieger, and
of France in his Pastoral and Montreuil-sur-Mer; Meunier, lent by the Belgian Government, a
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