Studio: international art (82.1921)

THE ABERDEEN ART GALLERY

BANDERILLEROS A PIED "
BY ARTHUR MELVILLE

impression of it. His danger is a percep-
tible tendency to fall into a convention a
little too remote from reality and lacking,
therefore, a little in vitality. His strength
lies in design and sensitive handling ; his
weakness in lack of fineness of colour
perception. 00001)
Mr. Charles Sims's special gifts are well
seen in The Shower, presented to the
gallery by Sir James Murray. The subtlety
of his perception is expressed with great
delicacy. The picture is a purely fanciful
creation without any relation to reality. He
seems to be, consciously or unconsciously,
a follower of Tiepolo, and has much of the
Italian painter's decorative fluency. His
subject has rather too strong a literary

interest, and the exigencies of the expres-
sion of this detract from the general
effectiveness of his picture. 0 0

Ploughing, by Mr. George Clausen, has a
simple unaffected solid sincerity thoroughly
in keeping with the English character of
the subject. The figure of the boy is
particularly delightful. 000

Other recent acquisitions which ought
to be mentioned are The Red Jersey, by
Mrs. Mabel Nicholson (bought in 1920)—
a delightful portrait of a small boy ex-
pressed with great tenderness in a few
tones—and Mariana, by D. G. Rossetti
(bought in 1921). The latter is a well-
known picture, luxuriant in colour, graceful
in design, painted in 1870, from Mrs.

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