THE BAILLIE PICTURES

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2181, 20 June 1914, Page 18

THE BAILLIE PICTURES

■ A PRIVATE VIEW. To those who wore privilcgod -to inspect Mr. John Oaillie's tollvsctimi' <sf pictures at the private view ki U Slvpd, Jervois Quay, yesterday, the paintings afforded keen enjoyment. The exhibition might with advantage, have been deferred for a day or two, uiitil the catalogues were ready, and tho fa»gr,itg had been completed. In the cireuinstances a detailed analysis of the pictures 'cannot be attempted, but a few passing impressions, may lie of interest. Three large- oils—'"'Ott the Liffey, Dublin" (William Orpen, A.R.A., K.H.A.); "AVhere Larks Sin-g and.Sea Birds Call" (E. A. Honiel);" a.»d Gerald Kelly's (A.R.H.A.) study, "Mrs, Harriscn," invite .attcnttsn by "thrii' imposing size and breadth of* treatment. The eye lingered with deep'atteution en Sir Alfred East's fme study., "The Land Between the Lodis," exhibited at the Royal Academy 'ii 3857. The artist here lias haJwllott his stiljject with rare skill. 'OveJ.iiead arc flung tho. drifting dark grey eloirfs of ;t passing squall.-casting a s<s-i : nlbi'c tint on the distant lu'lls. and the dull light on the foreground is a very fine pieeo ivf work. "Sheltering," i by'W, FraiA Cal' deron, is another fine' laniTstapo, dt'ptet-' ing a ploughman, with his team and. dog,.huddled in n group niKlof a clutep of trees, while in the middle d'istaJioe the driving storm sweeps past in a furious tempest of the elenifnts. The cowering dog, the patieat lWs.vs. and the rugged philosophy which o'?rt)asts .the-ploughman's face, are excellently achieved hy the artist. 'Tucked away in a corner, probably ttnswiieed l?r many, is ,a small study hy IJi-iton Rcviere. the animal painter,' The stwdy, J'Master of Kings," is full of char"actor, and instinct with meaning—Cupid on a lion. The crouching- tread of tlw' monarch of the wild is iV itself a fe* tnarkahly fine study, whib lyiij.n; efire- ' tessly _ athwart his back is a Csjpu!— aii inimitable conception. Other pictures that cauglit the eye wftn< a verv line woodbind scene In- In-ai.ik WaltcM ; : "A Wreck at Bude"—an ew-ell'" : watsr-colour by )•. I', ha.nfy, R. 1,, Hubert All'in's iiis!riii ,! ccKt oil-'Kijiitinjj, "On the Look-out,',Peterhead'' ; ''t.i's Raux, Proveiios. I'laif"' ill. Hlighpft Stautnii); and l'"ied Kop'r stsidy <if girls feasting at the table, with wistful poverty at the gate. ■ - ' '