Studio: international art (83.1922)

THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF PAINTER-ETCHERS

our most gifted painters, who had long
known and admired his work, turned away
at last with the remark, “ he was a great
artist." 0 0 o a a

If the measure of a man's greatness is
the benefit he confers upon mankind,
Newcastle justly holds in highest honour
the name of George Stephenson, who was
born near that city in 1781 ; but signs
are not wanting that the canny Tyne-
siders are beginning to awaken also to the
importance of Joseph Crawhall (born in
1861 at Morpeth of a Newcastle family), and
to the lustre which such a name, destined
to a high place in the history of British
Art, may confer upon even a great in-
dustrial and commercial community. a
Crawhall, who died in London in
1913, has now (eheu for the poor collector
of taste !) come into his own, and become
a rich man's artist. Mr. Burrell is among
these who can congratulate themselves
on an early prescience. T. C. M.

THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF PAINTER-
ETCHERS AND ENGRAVERS. a

THE fortieth exhibition of this Society,
which occupied the gallery of the Old
Water-Colour Society in Pall Mall for a
month terminating early in March, was in
some respects one of the best which the
Fellows and Associates have held during the
last few years—at least such was the im-
pression left after a careful survey of the
exhibits, and in cases of this kind a general
impression must suffice in the absence of
a more precise method of comparison. In
so far as concerns executive accomplish-
ment the work exhibited appeared to be
well up to the high standard which the
Society has always striven to encourage
and maintain, and in view of the fact that
its membership roll includes a consider-
able proportion of young artists, this com-
mand of the technical processes they
employ is a point of no small significance.

THE SICK MAN." BY
E. BLAMPIED, R.E.

(By courtesy of Messrs.
L. H. Lefevre and Son)