Studio: international art (82.1921)

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THE ABERDEEN ART GALLERY

atmospheric planes, is beautifully modelled, pretty picture which adorns with mediocre

It is a fine example of Mr. Steer's vigorous charm the walls of so many art institutions,

method with its effective use of emphatic The picture of Gipsy Life, by Mr. A. J.

impasto. o 0 a 0 a Munnings, bought in 1921, is on a lower

Another masterpiece is Mr. J. S. level. It portrays, in a fashion sufficiently

Sargent's Shoeing the Ox, painted in 1910, brilliant, a scene which has the elements of

and bought from Lord Rothermere's col- the romantic without going very deeply

lection in 1920. It is a wonderfully compact into it. The picture is in essence a sil-

and harmonious whole; not a false note, houette upon a ground without much

there is no concession to cheap effect, no depth. 00000

superficial brilliance. In this quiet interior The characteristic example of Mr. D. Y.

everything proceeds naturally ; it is a piece Cameron's work The Waters of Lome,

of life painted with thoughtful skill yet bought three years ago, and reproduced in

with an appearance of spontaneous ease. The Studio shortly before, has distinction,

Possibly its quality can be fully appreciated because Mr. Cameron is one of the few

only by a painter, yet it is a picture for a painters who select from nature only what

public gallery, for much may be learnt is absolutely essential to their design. He

from it. And who has learnt its secret will uses nature for his purpose rather than

turn with impatience from the superficial surrenders himself to the vast emotional

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' GIPSY LIFE." BY A, J.
MUNNINGS, A.R.A.