DOI issue:
No. 303 (June 1918)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21265#0034
Studio- Talk
The British Artists were fortunate in having lery in the Adelphi, a collection of water-colours
some work of their President, Mr. Brangwyn, of " London—Old and New," by Mr. A. Ludo-
to show in their Central Gallery—a water-colour, vici, has been on view, the series including half
The Platelayers, a subject handled with charac- a dozen drawings of Hampton Court and its
teristic boldness, though it has not afforded an surroundings, and the whole being marked by
opportunity for that richness of colour treat- a shrewd appreciation of atmospheric tone,
ment which we usually find in the artist's The use of coloured wood prints in domestic
paintings. On the whole, the work shown in decoration is well exemplified at Messrs. Heal
this gallery seemed to lack animation, especially and Son's galleries in Tottenham Court Road,
by contrast with Miss Dorothea Sharp's two where are being shown a number of prints by
canvases, Company and The Wind, on the Hill. Mr. Hall Thorpe, which in their attractive scheme
Mr. E. A. Cox, whose work has in recent years of colour, composition, and simple framing are
imparted an agreeable note to these displays, admirably suited to the purpose.
was not represented in the recent show, his -■
services now being monopolized by the Army. From a friend of the artist we learn with
An excellent example of it is the picture In regret of the death of Lieut. Harry Chamen
Spain, here reproduced. Lintott, a prominent member of the Royal
- Society of Miniature Painters, who died on
Among other recent or current exhibitions to March 22 from wounds received when leading
be noted is one at the Burlington Gallery in his platoon into action on the Western Front
Green Street, Leicester
Square, whose walls
hitherto have been de-
voted chiefly to the dis-
play of excellent colour
reproductions of modern
pictorial work, notably
the set of historical paint-
ings executed some few
years back for the Houses
of Parliament. The pro-
prietors of this gallery
have just lately inaugu-
rated a series of exhibi-
tions of modern original
work and the first show,
opened last month, com-
prised an interesting col-
lection of pictures and
drawings by artists of
diverse methods and aims,
such a.s Mr. J. D. Fergus-
son, Mr. Dudley Hardy,
Mr. S. J. Peploe, Mr. W.
G. Robb, Mr. Murray
Smith. Mr. E. A. Taylor,
Miss Jessie King, and
Mr. Joseph Simpson, of
particular interest being
a collection of chalk
studies of little children
of the last-named artist.
At the Twenty-One Gal- -iN spain" oil painting by e. a. cox, r.b.a.
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The British Artists were fortunate in having lery in the Adelphi, a collection of water-colours
some work of their President, Mr. Brangwyn, of " London—Old and New," by Mr. A. Ludo-
to show in their Central Gallery—a water-colour, vici, has been on view, the series including half
The Platelayers, a subject handled with charac- a dozen drawings of Hampton Court and its
teristic boldness, though it has not afforded an surroundings, and the whole being marked by
opportunity for that richness of colour treat- a shrewd appreciation of atmospheric tone,
ment which we usually find in the artist's The use of coloured wood prints in domestic
paintings. On the whole, the work shown in decoration is well exemplified at Messrs. Heal
this gallery seemed to lack animation, especially and Son's galleries in Tottenham Court Road,
by contrast with Miss Dorothea Sharp's two where are being shown a number of prints by
canvases, Company and The Wind, on the Hill. Mr. Hall Thorpe, which in their attractive scheme
Mr. E. A. Cox, whose work has in recent years of colour, composition, and simple framing are
imparted an agreeable note to these displays, admirably suited to the purpose.
was not represented in the recent show, his -■
services now being monopolized by the Army. From a friend of the artist we learn with
An excellent example of it is the picture In regret of the death of Lieut. Harry Chamen
Spain, here reproduced. Lintott, a prominent member of the Royal
- Society of Miniature Painters, who died on
Among other recent or current exhibitions to March 22 from wounds received when leading
be noted is one at the Burlington Gallery in his platoon into action on the Western Front
Green Street, Leicester
Square, whose walls
hitherto have been de-
voted chiefly to the dis-
play of excellent colour
reproductions of modern
pictorial work, notably
the set of historical paint-
ings executed some few
years back for the Houses
of Parliament. The pro-
prietors of this gallery
have just lately inaugu-
rated a series of exhibi-
tions of modern original
work and the first show,
opened last month, com-
prised an interesting col-
lection of pictures and
drawings by artists of
diverse methods and aims,
such a.s Mr. J. D. Fergus-
son, Mr. Dudley Hardy,
Mr. S. J. Peploe, Mr. W.
G. Robb, Mr. Murray
Smith. Mr. E. A. Taylor,
Miss Jessie King, and
Mr. Joseph Simpson, of
particular interest being
a collection of chalk
studies of little children
of the last-named artist.
At the Twenty-One Gal- -iN spain" oil painting by e. a. cox, r.b.a.
28