ROYAL ACADEMY.
FEATURES OF EXHIBITION. MUCH-DISCUSSED PICTURE. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 5.5 p.m.) LONDON. May 3. The pictures exhibited at the Royal Academy this year are fewer and smaller than last year. Naturally attention is attracted to the late John S. Sargent's portrait of the Marchioness Curzon of Kedleston, beneath .which a laurel wreath has been placed. This is one of the last portraits Sargent painted. The most-discussed picture is Sir William Orpen's, "Man Versus Beast." This shows the interior of a booth, in which a man is vanquished by a bear. The most prominent figures are those of the tamer and a monkey, but the beasts appear to be. idealised compared with the men and women spectators, who are portrayed as the real beasts of the scene. It was difficult to get near this picture yesterday. The general comment was that the bear is the must decent thing in the picture. Sir William says the picture is intended to convey only what it portrays.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19008, 4 May 1925, Page 9
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