Studio: international art (87.1924)

THE ROYAL ACADEMY EXHIBITION, 1924

marked by his usual scholarly precision;
and Mr. Solomon J. Solomon four por-
traits of which perhaps the best is the
Lady Swaythling. Prominent also are Rear-
Admiral Sir Percy Grant, by Mr. Gunning
King ; Major-General the Earl of Athlone,
by Mr. Glazebrook ; C. H. Bailey, Esq.,
by Mr. Stanhope Forbes; Mrs. Ernest
Makower, by Mr. Glyn Philpot; Miss
Doris Jack, by Mr. Richard Jack ; and The
Saddler’s Daughter, by Mr. Spencer Wat-
son, a portrait study which charms by its
refinement of manner and delicacy of
handling ; and there are several equestrian
groups by Mr. Munnings, who has lost
none of his masterly facility. a a
Among the figure compositions. The
Lemnians, by Mr. Russell Flint, is the
most ambitious ; it is exceedingly dramatic,
and it is not only painted with great tech-
nical power, but it has a sureness of
draughtsmanship and a sumptuousness of
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“ DREAM ISLAND.” (LAKE ORTA BY

MOONLIGHT.) BY J. WALTER WEST

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colour quality that can be found only too
infrequently in the work of the younger
artists of to-day. Mr. Spencer Watson's
Chiron and His Pupils is another ambitious
canvas which has considerable originality;
it is frankly a deliberate academic exercise,
but it is neither dull nor conventional,
and it is as cleverly designed as it
is ingeniously imagined. Mr. de Glehn's
decorative panel Leda is a pleasant fancy
attractively treated ; Mr. W. E. Webster’s
Souvenir of Schumann’s “ Carnaval ” makes
a real appeal by its daintiness of sentiment
and delicate freshness of execution; and
Mr. Harold Speed’s Daphnis and Chloe has
a certain distinction of style that deserves
full recognition. Then there must be noted
the rather grim little picture, The Resting
Acrobats, by Mr. Glyn Philpot; the stirring
Close Action, by Mr. Fred Roe; The Pedlar,
by Mr. Harry Morley, and the two delight-
ful open-air subjects, Dieppe ; Morning and