Studio: international art (80.1920)

REVIEWS

The premier place at the old salon must
be given M. Henri Martin's rural scene,
so fresh and so sound in composition, so
brilliant and so true in colour. Nothing
could be compared to it here, for the
painters who show at this salon keep to
their groove even more than those of the
neighbouring salon. One of the successes
of this year were the contributions of M.
Jean Gabriel Domergue—seductive can-
vases astonishing in their technical
dexterity and rare virtuosity. 0 0

There remains little to be said about
the contents of these forty and odd galleries,
but I must mention the landscapes of MM.
Boggio, Morchain and Flores (the last a
young artist of great promise) ; the por-
traits of MM. Ernest Laurent, Joseph
Bail, Pierre Laurens, Auguste Leroux,
Jonas aad Humbert, and the various con-
tributions of MM. Flameng, Devambez,
Fouqueray, Grun, Xavier Bricard, Camus,
P. Chabas, Adler, Synave, Biloul and
Berthon, and no doubt there are others
that ought to be named, but the ex-
amination of such a vast expanse of
painted canvas is really very trying. One
can understand why many artists of taste
shun such a noisy orchestra of colour
and form. G.M.

REVIEWS

The Art of Arthur Streeton. Special
Number of "Art in Australia." (Sydney:
Angus and Robertson ; London : Oxford
University Press.) Mr. Streeton, like
many other artists who began their careers
" down under," has lived and worked so
long in England as to be regarded as one
of our own, but his reputation as a painter
of rare sensitiveness was already firmly
established ere he migrated to the northern
hemisphere, more than twenty years ago.
The change of environment has, it is
hardly necessary to say, slowly modified
his art in the course of these years, and
Mr. Konody, who reviews his English
paintings, claims him now as "a typical
English landscape painter." However,
his work from the outset down to the
present day is so amply and so admirably
presented in this volume, which contains
reproductions in colour of more than
thirty characteristic examples as well as

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many in monochrome, that his develop-
ment can be studied without the aid of an
interpreter. The volume as a whole is an
example of high-class book production,
which reflects great credit on the printers
and publishers. 0000
Strategic Camouflage. By Solomon
J. Solomon, R.A. (London: John
Murray.) This expose of German camou-
flage methods made by a distinguished
Academician who, as a military officer,
was especially occupied during the war
with this subject has provoked a great
amount of discussion, and there has been
a disposition in official quarters to pooh-
pooh his conclusions, based on a patient
and searching analysis of aerial photo-
graphs. In a note issued since its publica-
tion, the author sets forth various items of
evidence yielded by a recent visit to the
areas photographed, which unmistakably
confirm the conclusions deduced from the
photographs as to the existence of an
extensive system of structures designed to
represent agricultural land and other
landscape features, and intended to cover
huge and rapid concentrations of
troops. 00000
The Charm of Oxford. By J. Wells.
M.A., Warden of Wadham College,
(London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co.)
Twenty-seven pencil drawings by Mr.
Blackall, excellently reproduced and em-
bracing many interesting views of Oxford
Colleges, and a panoramic view of the City
from the east, reproduced twice as an end
paper, furnishes the raison d'etre for this
attractive volume. Those who know and
revere this ancient seat of learning, which
as Mr. Wells reminds his readers is, apart
from its associations with great men and
great movements, a paradise for the art
student, will discern in Mr. Blackall's
drawings something more than a literal
rendering of the subjects he has selected,
though he has paid considerable attention
to detail. The reproductions, which
look well on their mounts of light fawn
cover paper, are accompanied by descrip-
tive letterpress pertinent to the various
subjects, and for those who may desire to
have them in a form suitable for framing
a separate portfolio edition of them is
available, in which all the drawings are
furnished with cut mounts. 0 0