Studio: international art (78.1919)

STUDIO-TALK

being among the leading contributors in
this field, but the most conspicuous work
is Mr. Guevara’s large portrait of The
Editor of “ Wheels ” (Miss Edith Sitwell),
which dominates the large gallery, and
makes most of its neighbours look a little
old-fashioned. Close by hangs Mr. Glyn
Philpot’s dramatic interpretation of the
ancient myth of Melampus and the Centaur,
and the same room contains a sensitive
work by Whistler, the Society’s first
president, called Almond Blossom, lent by
Lord Aberconway for the occasion, and
several interesting studies of the boxing
arena and theatrical stage, by Mrs. Laura
Knight. Mr. William Nicholson and Mr.
Munnings, too, are well represented in this
show. 0 0 0 0 0

At the exhibition of the Royal Society of
Portrait Painters, held last month at the
Grafton Galleries, military portraiture was
much in evidence, but most of the works of
this kind seemed to follow a convention
which allows but little scope for real
characterization. Among the few excep-
tions was Mr. James Quinn’s portrait of
Lieut.-General Monash, the Australian
Commander-in-Chief in France. The por-
traits of Sir Johnston Forbes Robertson by
Mr. George Harcourt, A.R.A., of M. Clem-
enceau by Mr. Neville Lytton, J. G. Hodg-
son, Esq., by Mr. Oswald Birley, The Vis-
count Grey of Falloden by Mr. Fiddes Watt,
and Mrs. G. by Mr. A. Wolmark, were
among the principal features of the display,
which, however, lacked any work of unusual
significance. 00000
The same has to be said of the collection
of work presented by the Royal Institute of
Oil Painters in the Piccadilly Galleries.
Most of the painters who contribute to this
show seem to be content to tread well-
worn paths. There was a lavish display
of colour, but few signs of any real under-
standing of its potentialities. Some of the
best things in this respect were to be found
in the room assigned to work of small di-
mensions. Among the few portraits of
interest we noted Mr. Lee Hankey’s C. F.
A. Voysey, Esq., Mr. Vivian Forbes’s Ber-
tram Arkwright, Esq., and Mr. Quinn’s
Major Sewart Balmain. 000
The Goupil Gallery Salons, inaugurated
by Mr. Marchant in 1906, have been in
suspense since 1913, owing, of course, to

the war. The careful discrimination always
exercised in the organization of these shows
gave them a high place among the events of
the year, and the same care is evident in the
ninth exhibition of the series now in pro-
gress. Sir William Orpen is not repre-
sented on this occasion, but Mr. Pryde,
Mr. Augustus John, Mr. Wilson Steer, and
Mr. William Nicholson, among the notable
contributors to previous salons, are all re-
presented by characteristic works. Por-
traits and figure studies by Mr. Guevara,
Mr. B. Meninsky, Mr. Howard Somerville,
Mr. Wyndham Lewis, and Mr. Philip
Connard ; interiors by Mr. Patrick Adam;
landscapes by Mr. David Muirhead, Mr.
Walter Russell, Mr. Walter Sickert, Mr. G.
W. Lambert; and still-life and flower
pieces by Mr. Sickert, Mr. Meninsky, Mr.
Davis Richter, Miss Anna Airy, are among
the attractions in this exhibition. 0 0

The painting by Mrs. Mayer, reproduced
on this page, has been executed with the
beneficent aim of enlisting sympathy for
the American campaign on behalf of perse-
cuted Armenians and other inhabitants of
the Near East. In the words of the author,
it represents ** the great spirit of Charity
overwhelming all space and pleading for

“DOUR” (GIVE). BY AGNES
E. MAYER

(Presented by Mrs. Oliver Harri
man to the American Committee
for Relief in the Near East)

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