DOI Heft:
No. 268 (July 1915)
DOI Artikel:Eddington, A.: The Royal Scottish Academy exhibition
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21213#0122
The Royal Scottish Academy
“REV. DR. ALEXANDER WHYTE ” BY PAUL WISSAERT
on the banks of the East Lothian Tyne. The re-
markable feature of the use that he makes of two
or three hundred yards of river scenery is that he
does not repeat himself as the years go by. In his
Berwickshire Headlands Mr. J.
Whitelaw Hamilton presents this
rugged, indented coast-line under
an evening light that casts its
warmth on the bold cliffs and veils
the mid-distance, while at their base
the sea surges and swirls. The
Glengarnock Castle landscape of
Mr. George Houston pictures
billowy uplands with the soft purple
of the soil appearing through a
powdering of snow; Mr. Campbell
Mitchell’s Kintallen Mill, with its
foreground of mud flats, has a re-
markable sky in which, however,
one might question the wisdom of
the arrangement of the cloud forms,
and Mr. W. M. Frazer’s Peace
realises the spirit of a stretch of
river scenery with a Corot-like
rendering of the trees. Mr. Walton
has an imposing study of an ash
tree, Mr. Robert Burns a large
seascape with billows breaking on
a rocky coast, a striking departure
from former work, Mr. R. B.
Nisbet two good landscapes, Mr.
W. D. Mackay a common with
gorse in bloom, Mr. Charles
Mackie a strongly coloured
Venetian scene and an equally
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effective picture of Swing Boats in a village by
night.
Three studies of animals are shown by Mr.
George Smith; the largest—a group of Highland
ponies—is too large for its interest. Better work is
shown in his picture of cattle, which has a very
charming background ; and his Dutch Pastoral,
which is the smallest, is also the finest of the series.
Mr. Walls exhibits a study of a lioness and cubs,
not quite so convincing as most of his previous
work, and Mr. Andrew Douglas two sunny cattle,
pictures.
The Water-Colour Room is more than usually
attractive. The outstanding exhibit is a very large
drawing on linen of a dead peacock by Mr. Edwin
Alexander, a type of work in which he is jadle
princeps in Scotland at least. For brilliancy of
colour and perfection of detail, yet retaining the
impression of a broad and untrammelled treatment,
it takes high rank. Mr. Henry Kerr has two-
excellent figure studies, Mr. R. B. Nisbet a charm-
ing drawing of fishing-boats on a calm sea, Mr.
Marshall Brown a small but characteristic picture
“LA FLANDRE ” BY W. PITTENDRIGH MACGILLIVRAY, LL. D., R.S.A.
“REV. DR. ALEXANDER WHYTE ” BY PAUL WISSAERT
on the banks of the East Lothian Tyne. The re-
markable feature of the use that he makes of two
or three hundred yards of river scenery is that he
does not repeat himself as the years go by. In his
Berwickshire Headlands Mr. J.
Whitelaw Hamilton presents this
rugged, indented coast-line under
an evening light that casts its
warmth on the bold cliffs and veils
the mid-distance, while at their base
the sea surges and swirls. The
Glengarnock Castle landscape of
Mr. George Houston pictures
billowy uplands with the soft purple
of the soil appearing through a
powdering of snow; Mr. Campbell
Mitchell’s Kintallen Mill, with its
foreground of mud flats, has a re-
markable sky in which, however,
one might question the wisdom of
the arrangement of the cloud forms,
and Mr. W. M. Frazer’s Peace
realises the spirit of a stretch of
river scenery with a Corot-like
rendering of the trees. Mr. Walton
has an imposing study of an ash
tree, Mr. Robert Burns a large
seascape with billows breaking on
a rocky coast, a striking departure
from former work, Mr. R. B.
Nisbet two good landscapes, Mr.
W. D. Mackay a common with
gorse in bloom, Mr. Charles
Mackie a strongly coloured
Venetian scene and an equally
102
effective picture of Swing Boats in a village by
night.
Three studies of animals are shown by Mr.
George Smith; the largest—a group of Highland
ponies—is too large for its interest. Better work is
shown in his picture of cattle, which has a very
charming background ; and his Dutch Pastoral,
which is the smallest, is also the finest of the series.
Mr. Walls exhibits a study of a lioness and cubs,
not quite so convincing as most of his previous
work, and Mr. Andrew Douglas two sunny cattle,
pictures.
The Water-Colour Room is more than usually
attractive. The outstanding exhibit is a very large
drawing on linen of a dead peacock by Mr. Edwin
Alexander, a type of work in which he is jadle
princeps in Scotland at least. For brilliancy of
colour and perfection of detail, yet retaining the
impression of a broad and untrammelled treatment,
it takes high rank. Mr. Henry Kerr has two-
excellent figure studies, Mr. R. B. Nisbet a charm-
ing drawing of fishing-boats on a calm sea, Mr.
Marshall Brown a small but characteristic picture
“LA FLANDRE ” BY W. PITTENDRIGH MACGILLIVRAY, LL. D., R.S.A.