Studio: international art (67.1916)

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Mrs. L. Paterson, and a crayon study of a head
by Mr. J. St. Charles also are deserving of praise.
The examples of sculpture displaying individuality
and originality included work by Mr. Emile Brunet,
Mr. Emanuel Hahn, Mr. A. Laliberte, Mr. J. A.
Leger, Miss Florence Wyle, and by the distin-
guished veteran Mr. Philippe Hebert, C.M.G.

“youth,”

BY MARGARET FOOTE HAWLEY
(See p. 7 2)

suggestive of twilight, the latter representing a young
girl standing at an open doorway in brilliant
sunshine, the shimmering contrasts in light and
shade being interestingly emphasised.

It is very gratifying to record that Canadian Art
is now receiving considerable encouragement from
the Dominion Government; and from the present
exhibition no fewer than twenty works were pur-
chased by the Commissioners for addition to the
National collection at Ottawa.

H. Mortimer-Lamb.

Philadelphia.—Following close upon
the Prince Troubetzkoi Exhibition of
Sculpture, with only a few days interval,
the Art Club of Philadelphia opened its
Annual Show of Oil Paintings by Members on

The President of the
Academy, Mr. W. Brymner,
exhibited a Nude Figure,
in which his sound crafts-
manship was well exempli-
fied. Very delightful in
feeling was Mr. Charles de
Belle’s ChildretlsJoy, while
other pleasing work was
the Black Cat by Miss
Mabel Lockerby, Brittany
Children by Miss C S.
Hagarty, Sisters by Miss
Marion Long, Waiting for
the Picnic Boat by Miss
H. Mabel May, and The
Price of Victory by Mr. E.
Hodgson Smart. The two
paintings exhibited by Miss
Dorothy Stevens, who has
just been awarded the
Academy’s travelling
scholarship, showed evi-
dence of real talent.

In the black and white
section, the etchings of
Mr. Walter R. Duff and of
Mr. Herbert Raine call
for special remark, while
The Fiver, a mezzotint by
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PORTRAIT OF MRS. RADITZ

(Philadelphia Art Club)

BY LAZAR RADITZ