DOI issue:
No. 347 (February 1922)
DOI article:Manson, James Bolivar: Some pictures and drawings an Sir James Murray's collection
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21395#0085
SIR JAMES MURRAY'S COLLECTION
“ girl's head.” drawing by
AUGUSTUS E. JOHN, A.R.A.
The pastel of The Carpenter's Shop
embodies most of the qualities of Mr.
Edward Stott's work. The drawing is
particularly good ; the figure of the
Carpenter is expressive and alert, and there
is a pleasing contrast in the crispness of
the drawing of his figure with the softer
and more indefinite drawing of the Child
and the Mother. The scene is set in the
twilight, which Mr. Stott painted so well.
The Girl's Head, by Mr. Augustus
John, is a typical example of his clear,
open drawing, vividly expressed with a
minimum of labour. It is one of several
drawings by this artist in Sir James
Murray's collection, the others being
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some of those romantic drawings of figures
in landscape which, in treatment, have a
certain affinity to Oriental art. Sir William
Orpen's Mother, has a finish and com-
pleteness characteristic more of his earlier
than his later work. There is also a fine
drawing of the Colosseum at Rome by
Mr. Muirhead Bone, which is monumental
in effect and not burdened with excessive
detail. 0 0 0 0 0 0
A considerable number of pictures from
his collection were presented by Sir James
Murray to the Aberdeen Art Gallery, and,
recognising his own early liability to error,
he has given collections of fine reproduc-
tions of great masterpieces and drawings
“ girl's head.” drawing by
AUGUSTUS E. JOHN, A.R.A.
The pastel of The Carpenter's Shop
embodies most of the qualities of Mr.
Edward Stott's work. The drawing is
particularly good ; the figure of the
Carpenter is expressive and alert, and there
is a pleasing contrast in the crispness of
the drawing of his figure with the softer
and more indefinite drawing of the Child
and the Mother. The scene is set in the
twilight, which Mr. Stott painted so well.
The Girl's Head, by Mr. Augustus
John, is a typical example of his clear,
open drawing, vividly expressed with a
minimum of labour. It is one of several
drawings by this artist in Sir James
Murray's collection, the others being
68
some of those romantic drawings of figures
in landscape which, in treatment, have a
certain affinity to Oriental art. Sir William
Orpen's Mother, has a finish and com-
pleteness characteristic more of his earlier
than his later work. There is also a fine
drawing of the Colosseum at Rome by
Mr. Muirhead Bone, which is monumental
in effect and not burdened with excessive
detail. 0 0 0 0 0 0
A considerable number of pictures from
his collection were presented by Sir James
Murray to the Aberdeen Art Gallery, and,
recognising his own early liability to error,
he has given collections of fine reproduc-
tions of great masterpieces and drawings