DOI Heft:
No. 262 (January 1915)
DOI Artikel:MacTavish, Newton: Notes on some canadian etchers
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21211#0265
Canadian Etchers
"bedford row, halifax (nova scotia) "
aquatint by gyrth russell
The work of Mr. Precy Grassby is as yet not
well known in Canada. Although by birth an
old-countryman, he has made Canada his home.
His work is more unusual than any of the others
of this group, as may be seen by the reproductions.
Indeed, it has a delightfully mediaeval flavour, the
same as is imparted by an antique bit of porcelain
or tapestry. But its chief charm is its distinctive-
ness. Even an unskilled eye could pick it out
from among many others, and, good or bad, that
always is a point in'its favour. Should he remain
in Canada and exhibit freely, his work is likely to
have an influence on etching in the Dominion.
The three hundreth Anniversary of the advent
into Ontario of the White Race is to be celebrated
next August at Orillia, a town situated near the
place where Samuel de Champlain and his party
entered the province in 1615. In commemoration
of the event a monument to Champlain is to be
erected from the design of Mr. Vernon March, an
English sculptor, whose model was unanimously
adopted by the Jury of Award which included Sir
Edmund Walker, Chairman of the National Com-
mission on Memorials, Mr. Eric Brown, Director
of the National Gallery, and Mr. Brymner, Presi-
dent of the Royal Academy of Canada.
He is also an enthu-
siastic painter in oils,
and last year was made
a member of the
Canadian Art Club.
Mr. Gyrth Russell
is the youngest of them
all, and yet his work
shows, even now,
marks of individuality.
It is, above all other
things, original m con- aHp^^B yftffiHwBJKp^Bi Iviflia
ception, interesting in mmT I 1 SyljB^ , «i. «■»,/
treatment, and expres- jtwL , J JB m f^^%f^WHlP^jpiy
sive of a singular per- 'M t,, Jfjff
sonality. Whatever Be. f #Ir ~~'tlm3u^
else he may do, he is Sit B^ | |1 ■ ^HPtM
not likely to inflict jfl WjfcfP^MMMEL' %
anything savouring ot wJkTJ;. tfji ~ PA.
and in the old wharves li-^' ^Lg»'*^ I ''.^^R^ :^B£Kr"^tSB*'~'.
and corners of his ':f '"""^Sr5^ * '^mr^^' ^B*" m.
home city he has
found many subjects
suited to his taste. <.an idyll 0f east anglia" (dry-point) by percy grassby
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"bedford row, halifax (nova scotia) "
aquatint by gyrth russell
The work of Mr. Precy Grassby is as yet not
well known in Canada. Although by birth an
old-countryman, he has made Canada his home.
His work is more unusual than any of the others
of this group, as may be seen by the reproductions.
Indeed, it has a delightfully mediaeval flavour, the
same as is imparted by an antique bit of porcelain
or tapestry. But its chief charm is its distinctive-
ness. Even an unskilled eye could pick it out
from among many others, and, good or bad, that
always is a point in'its favour. Should he remain
in Canada and exhibit freely, his work is likely to
have an influence on etching in the Dominion.
The three hundreth Anniversary of the advent
into Ontario of the White Race is to be celebrated
next August at Orillia, a town situated near the
place where Samuel de Champlain and his party
entered the province in 1615. In commemoration
of the event a monument to Champlain is to be
erected from the design of Mr. Vernon March, an
English sculptor, whose model was unanimously
adopted by the Jury of Award which included Sir
Edmund Walker, Chairman of the National Com-
mission on Memorials, Mr. Eric Brown, Director
of the National Gallery, and Mr. Brymner, Presi-
dent of the Royal Academy of Canada.
He is also an enthu-
siastic painter in oils,
and last year was made
a member of the
Canadian Art Club.
Mr. Gyrth Russell
is the youngest of them
all, and yet his work
shows, even now,
marks of individuality.
It is, above all other
things, original m con- aHp^^B yftffiHwBJKp^Bi Iviflia
ception, interesting in mmT I 1 SyljB^ , «i. «■»,/
treatment, and expres- jtwL , J JB m f^^%f^WHlP^jpiy
sive of a singular per- 'M t,, Jfjff
sonality. Whatever Be. f #Ir ~~'tlm3u^
else he may do, he is Sit B^ | |1 ■ ^HPtM
not likely to inflict jfl WjfcfP^MMMEL' %
anything savouring ot wJkTJ;. tfji ~ PA.
and in the old wharves li-^' ^Lg»'*^ I ''.^^R^ :^B£Kr"^tSB*'~'.
and corners of his ':f '"""^Sr5^ * '^mr^^' ^B*" m.
home city he has
found many subjects
suited to his taste. <.an idyll 0f east anglia" (dry-point) by percy grassby
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