Studio: international art (78.1919)

STUDIO-TALK

"SOLITUDE.” BY SIR
WILLIAM ORPEN, R.A.

the womanhood of the Near East.” It was
bought by Mrs. Oliver Harriman, chair-
man of the New York campaign, and pre-
sented by her to the American Relief
Committee, a a 0 a a
Mr. Keith Henderson, after long service
in the fighting-line in France, was attached
to the Air Force as an observer, and in a
little book he has given a thrilling account
of his first experience in this capacity. In
the drawing reproduced opposite he pays
tribute to the memory of a gallant and
genial colleague. 0000
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GLASGOW.—At this year’s exhibition
of the Royal Glasgow Institute,
sculpture gives the first welcome and
claims the first notice. This is appropriate,
for it is the oldest of the plastic arts and
the most expressive, though it receives but
scant attention, and it suffers most from
international and national upheavals. Pro-
minent amongst the eighty modelled sub-
jects, mostly on a moderate scale, are
contributions from Mr. Alfred Drury,
.R.A., Mr. Percy Portsmouth, A.R.S.A.,
Sir W. Hamo Thornycroft, R.A., Sir