Studio: international art (82.1921)

CAPTAIN J. AUDLEY HARVEY'S COLLECTION

"RECARGANDO "
BY R. DOMINGO

the least dependent for its success upon
popularity of subject matter and pretty
graces of treatment. What makes it so
interesting is partly the masculine robust-
ness of its handling and partly the dignity
and restraint with which its grim motive
has been presented—without any theatrical
appeal to the emotions and without any
accentuation of sordid or squalid details.
Again, William Strang's Blind Musicians,
with its Daumier-like manner and more
than a hint of the methods of Strang's
master, Legros, counts among the best
performances of an artist who, earnest
and thoughtful in his effort as he always
was, varied a great deal in the degree of
his achievement. Like Mr. Jack, Strang
90

for this canvas chose a subject which might
easily have been made repellent, and gave
to it by sympathetic management the
right touch of humanity and unexaggerated
sentiment. 00000
Much else could be quoted to emphasise
the quality and variety of the collection
as a whole ; the St. Addresse is one of the
most exquisite things that Boudin ever
painted, delightful in its luminosity, its
fresh purity of colour, and its sense of
spacious atmosphere ; the Eyrden on the
Meuse, by William Roelofs, is a typical
example of the modern Dutch practice,
a painting which has an arresting quality
of execution and a charming simplicity
of effect; and the Recargando, by Roberto