NEW WATER-COLOURS
BY MR. MARCUS KING
. All who take.'ah: interest in the work of New Zealand artists are conversant \vith the paintings in oils by : Mr. Marcus King. But more recently he has been devoting his attention to the use of water colours as a medium'for the expression of his art, and the result can be seen in the exhibition now being-held in the Bowen House gallery under the auspices of the New Zealand Artists' Group. What is there ' displayed is very, interesting, for these pictures show that: the artist can attain in his water colours the, richness and. luminosity of colour which characterise his oils. The majority of the sketches are scenes in and around Wellington, but not entirely so, for the country - round Palmerston North has been explored by the artist in his search for subjects as well as other parts of the Dominion. There is a softness in all these water colours which is absent from oil paintings, and all of them are pleasing in both composition and colou-. In addition to scenery, Mr. Marcus King has painted a very attractive frog in a water-lily pond and a striking still life study. Included: in the exhibition are several portraits executed by him, and all these recent examples of his work v combine to make a very interesting exhibition.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue CXXIII, 10 April 1937, Page 24
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