Studio: international art (81.1921)

STUDIO-TALK

William Nicholson, of one of which a
reproduction is here given. An accom-
plished painter of human portraiture, as
his Pamela in this exhibition proved, this
artist is in the realm of nature morte
without a compeer, and the five paintings
■of this description which he contributed
at this exhibition—The Silver Casket,
The Broken Jug, The Striped Shawl, Rose
Lustre, and The Magenta Feather—rank
among his best achievements. Three
marine paintings by Mr. Wilson Steer,
all admirable as studies of atmospheric
effects, were among the chief features of
interest on this occasion. The sole ex-
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ample of Mr. Augustus John's painting
was a Motif pour Decoration, but else-
where in the exhibition his genius as a
draughtsman was evinced in a dozen
characteristic studies of various types of
humanity, nude and otherwise. Mr.
Glyn Philpot's virile art was likewise
exemplified by a single painting—the
vigorously characterized head of Ali ben
Amor ben M'rad No. 2, reproduced
among our illustrations. The number
of paintings and drawings of interiors in
this exhibition may be taken as an in-
dication that this class of subject is
attracting increased attention among artists.