Studio: international art (82.1921)

STUDIO-TALK

HEAD OF SPANISH PEASANT
BY GERTRUDE WHITNEY

as well as artists of various other nation-
alities. Not the least interesting section
of the exhibition is that containing draw-
ings and prints, where are to be seen
excellent examples of work by some of the
artists already named and others, such
as Mr. John Copley, Miss N. B. Simon,
Mr. Nelson Dawson, Mr. Russell Flint,
Mr. Mann Livens, Mrs. Burleigh, Miss
Thea Proctor, Miss Gabain, Miss Mabel
Layng, Mr. Blamire Young, and Mr.
George Belcher who, among other etch-
ings, shows an excellent portrait of Mr.
Pryde. The few select examples of
sculpture include two excellent bronze
masks—one of Margaret, by Mr. W. Reid
Dick, the new A.R.A., and the other of
The Jolly Miller, by Mr. E. Whitney
Smith. 0 0 a 0 0

The Council of the Royal Society of
Painter-Etchers and Engravers early last
month unanimously elected Mr. Malcolm
Salaman to fill the vacancy left in the
small and select group of Honorary
Fellows by the death of Sir Frederick
Wedmore. 00000

An exhibition of more than ordinary
interest was that which comprised a col-
lection of sculpture by Mrs. Harry Payne
Whitney, recently displayed at the McLean
Galleries in the Haymarket under the
direction of Messrs. Ernest Brown and
Phillips, of the Leicester Galleries. Mrs.
Whitney belongs to one of the wealthiest
families in America, and when people of
her social standing and affluence take to
art there is a disposition to apply to them
and their efforts the epithets " amateur "

CARYATID." BY
GERTRUDE WHITNEY

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