COLOUR-NOTHING ELSE.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1876, 9 October 1913, Page 2

COLOUR-NOTHING ELSE.

The Royal Academy is closed, and futurist and post-impressionist shows aro being arranged for tho autur.in, states a London correspondent. A useful hint to anyono who has not beon to one of these affairs is—always admire tlio colour, and novor ask what anything is. "Lovely colour, lovely, lovely colour!" is all you need say, iu varied tones of heartfelt admiration. If a tiling looks liko a real picture, and you know tho artist well, you will provo yourself an expert by remarking casually, "Nice lino about that, but a scrap too academic, chP" How littlo what a thing looks liko matters is shown by the following, related by a well-known Australian artist. An exhibition of futurist pictures was hold in' Pans. When the affair was over, tho manager was removing them, and on seeing tho hacks of tho frames ho discovered that several had been hung upside down. It's tho colour, the colour of tho thing. Tliero are several of those pictures which really look best sideways on. A London artist, ono of tlie futurist group and not unknown iii Australia, recently finished a nude study, and was warmly congratulated on it by his Philistine friends. Next time they saw the picture the lady's pretty pink skin had lieen painted pale green. "Nicer colour," was the only explanation _ho would give; and tho fact that ho is a very clever draughtsman, has a fine souse of perspective, and is a- sympa- ' thotic portrait painter when, he chooses, makes ono wonder what this new school ,is really endeavouring to interpret. I