SHOW SUNDAY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11650, 11 May 1901, Page 6 (Supplement)

SHOW SUNDAY.

; ACADEMY PICTURES OF THE R.A.'S. AND A.ILA.'S. ! Sunday, March 31, was ".Show .Sunday." ' and the studios were thronged, the usual j amenities of conversation and tea being ex- | changed. The titles of a few of the works j which will grace the walls of Burlington j House may be of interest. The president, Sir Edward Poynter, semis ! a picture illustrating the lines: — j We lieruiia. like two artificial gods, I Have with our ncelds created both one flower, ! liuth on one sampler, sitting or,, one cushion, | Both warbling <>1 one son';, both in one key. Mr. Briton Riviere has painted "To the | Hili.s, ' a shepherd with three collies all | eager for a am. and with expectancy in every I movement. Mr. Arthur Hacker .sends a j nude study, "The Cloud, and three men's j portraits—Messrs. Morgan, Dewey, and ! lininntr. Mr. Frederick Uoodall has subi rniiied his large canvas o; "'Hie Snake- ' Channel.' an Egyptian .street scene, to the ; King at Marlborough House. Mr. John i Brett will be represented by six works: "A Squally Day at Swanage,"' " L'ateclew I Point. •'.Some Fell on Stony Ground,' i " Loch Neil. ' " K'deshorne islands,'' and I "Irevose Head." j "A Mountain Torrent'' and a very fine ! seascape are the contributions of Mr. i'eter i Graham, and Mr. Stanhope Forbes has a ; dramatic figure picture, entitled "1 he j 2oid January, 1901, ' showing a group of i cottager-: round a table listening to an old i ini'.H leading the direful news of the day. J Mr. .-inred Fast has painted "The Citadel :at Cairo,' and two landscapes. Mr. B. \V. ; Leader hangs lour typical works : " A Gleam ; Before the Storm, "An Old Port on the : South toast, liitiiehaiujitoii, "Our South 1 Coast.'' and " 'i he Weald of Surrey."

Mr. Orchardsoß's pictures are untitled I ".Memories, ' and "(cue Summer's Day. ! J lis third work is a portrait of Captain j Blunt, who helped to relieve Matching. 1 A couple of Scotch landscapes come from ; Mr. Anted Parsons, and Mr. Napier Hemy ; has seapieces painted in Cornwall : " Hints j of Frev, and "A Stormy Sea. Oil Lanu s i End. ' ! Sir '{~ Alrna'J'adema has painted Professor ! George Aitchison, K.A., late President ol j the Koyai institute of British Architects, I and a very wonderful work which he rails ! " Under the P.oof of Blue lonian Weather." ! Mr. M'». hirter sends four works: "A fal- ! len Giant," "A . lowery Path'' (Switzer 1 land in .lone |. " Fdinburgh. the Old Town.' ami " Fdinburgh, the New Town." Mr.

i David Murray's contributions are three I large finished 'landscape studies of the Test ' Valley. Hampshire, and "A View near I Windsor."

A portrait of the Duchess of Buckingham hits been painted by Mr. Frank Dickscc, whose other work is a picture of " i'seult i-.i King Marc's Palace.' I'rofessor von 11<-i----komer has painted a portrait group of students in his studio with the artist playing the zither. The work was painted entirely at night ; he also hangs a portrait of Heir Fndc. President of the Berlin Academy. Another portrait in enamel will be interesting as evidence of the methods of the German Kmperor's picture. Mr. Colin Hunter, besides his "Isle of Arran," has painted the Victory anchored off Walmer, bearing the body of Admiral Lord Nelson. Mr. Sargent's portraits this veer will include one of the daughters of Mr. Wertheimer, another of the Hon. Mrs. Charles Hussell. end possibly others. Mr. (J. I). Leslie is represented by only one picture this year: "The Wishing Well," a ■.'ill at a woodland well. Mr. Kdwin Abbey also has one work, "The Three Crusaders," who have climbed to the to)) of a hill to get the first glimpse of Jerusalem,