Studio: international art (82.1921)

THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT SOCIETY

" LA GRENOUILLE, OU LA COIF-
FURE INTERROMPUE." OIL
PAINTING BY J. G. DOMERGUE

(Photo Bernes and Marcuteau)

ground, so consummately used by Whistler
in his above-mentioned " Arrangement,"
is very little in evidence. While here and
there one sees a background of strong
colour, it is more often painted in a neutral
tone, and sometimes it is an indiscriminate
motley of tones without any apparent
meaning and not always agreeable. As
a pleasant variation a landscape back-
ground is seen in some of the paintings.
There are not many " interior " portraits
in the exhibition—Mr. Shepherd's Bishop
of Winchester and the Hon. Mrs. Talbot
and three by Sefior Guevara being the
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Mr. Dulac's series of Chinese portraits
in water-colour and his remarkable oil
painting of Count John Ostrorog are with

his fantastic group, Messrs. Charles Ricketts
and Charles Shannon, among the works
of chief interest m the display at the Graf-
ton Galleries. He also shows two masks
made for Mr. Yeats's play," At the Hawk's
Well," and a plastic fantasy, Our last Vic-
torian (Mr. George Moore), which do credit
to his versatility. Mr. Munnings, too, has
made a successful departure from his
customary role with his equestrian statue
in bronze, To a Young Lieutenant of
Hussars. On the other hand, Prof.
Derwent Wood, R.A., departing from his
customary role as a sculptor, shows a series
of six caricatures drawn and engraved on
wood by him. 0 0 0 a

The exhibition remains open till early in
the New Year. 0 0 0 0

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