Studio: international art (89.1925)

LONDON

some of his most interesting works are
to be found amongst his drawings, and I
regret that some of those were unavailable
to accompany this appreciation. He felt
the direct appeal of line to the imagination
and its emotional significance to the
design, realising that the more complete
the actual scene is represented the more
liable is the mind to be led away from art
to be merely interested in the truthful
appearance of things : so he was content to
leave to the photographer that which could
best be done by him. a 0 0
One cannot but feel that although
Macgregor's hands did not always obey
the dictates of his brain, there was always,
even in the least of their work, something
big to admire. To quote from a letter
written in Oban a few days before his
death, he writes : " Here I can only crawl
out for an hour or so, but I was greatly
interested in the landscape about Kilmartin
and the head of Loch Craignish. Of
course, effect is everything, and it was a
perfect day with fine skies. I hope to be
home next week." But his home-coming
was to a resting place for a tired body,
where the hill of Demyat looks down on
one of the most beautiful of God's acres in
Scotland, Logie churchyard.

LONDON.—Among the more notable
of the exhibitions opened at the end
of 1924 was one of drawings and etchings
by Mr. G. L. Brockhurst at Messrs.
Colnaghi's gallery. It showed most con-
vincingly the capacities of an artist who
has exceptional powers as a draughtsman
and whose acuteness of observation and
subtlety of interpretation deserve the
sincerest recognition. In his drawings,
Agalia, Study : Head of a Girl, and The
Lace Hat, and his etchings Genevieve, An
Old Corsican, and Yolande, he reached,
perhaps, the highest level of his achieve-
ment, but in the collection he had brought
together there was nothing that did not
represent him adequately or that was
not distinguished by admirable technical
qualities. 0000a
Of much importance, also, were the
exhibitions of pottery by Mr. R. F. Wells
at the Beaux Arts Gallery and of works by
members of the Society of Wood En-
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gravers at the St. George's Gallery. Mr.
Wells has developed the artistic possi-
bilities of the potter's craft in a way of
his own and combines with originality
of design and treatment a very thorough
knowledge of the processes by which the
finest results can be attained in his work.
As a consequence, the personal note in
everything he does is given its full value,
and his productions are as satisfying
technically as they are attractive artistic-
ally. The show of the Society of Wood
Engravers included many things that were
of great interest as executive examples,
but in some instances excellent engraving
was wasted upon subject matter that was
either ill-chosen or of a perverted type.
It seems a pity to use a charming art as a
means of realising extravagances and
eccentricities. 0000
The Pastel Society held its annual
exhibition in the Royal Institute Galleries
during January and brought together a
very varied collection of pastel paintings

"THE MONUMENT, LOWER
THAMES STREET." WATER-
COLOUR BY W. DACRES ADAMS

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