Studio: international art (76.1919)

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decorative panel . by c. a. wilkinson

drawings from the Western Front, both from and rightly occupies the chief place in the
the vicinity of Bourlon; Mr. Lamorna Birch, principal gallery. Apart from pictures of the
whose response to the charms of colour is par- traditional type, the things of chief interest
ticularly expressed in Lamorna's Rocky Cove are those of Miss D. W. Hawksley, Mr. Fred
and The Heart of Devon ; Mr. J. Walter West, Taylor, and Mr. Frederic Whiting.
Mr. Harry Watson, and Mr. Reginald Smith.
Prominent among the drawings in which the
human figure is the chief motive are Mr. W. T.
Wood's Nude Study and The Star of Eve (also
a nude), Mr. Cadogan Cowper's Sheherazade,
Mr, Anning Bell's The Alarm, Mrs. Laura
Knight's The Ballet School, Mr. Hartrick's The
Marriage Settlement, and Mr. Claude Shepper-
son's Stage Ball at the Albert Hall, St. Agnes'
Eve, and various scenes inspired by stage
representations. Among other works of interest
are flower-pieces by Miss Katherine Turner and
Miss Swan, Mr. James Paterson's November 21,
1919, the German Fleet after Surrender, Mr.
Henry A. Payne's Woodchester and other draw-
ings, Miss Rose Barton's Constitution Hill, and
Mr. Cayley Robinson's Going Out with the Tide.

The Spring Exhibition of the Royal Institute
of Painters in Water Colours presents much the
same aspect as its predecessors, the majority
of the drawings on the walls being in spirit
and technique near akin to those seen in the
same place on past occasions. Of its kind the
President, Sir David Murray's In the Bay at

Stornoway is the most important contribution, decorative panel by c. a. Wilkinson

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