ROYALTY IN ART

NZ Truth, Issue 1127, 7 July 1927, Page 9

ROYALTY IN ART

Portraits Iti Oils of King and Queen The State portraits rarely warrant so completely as they do thjs year the loyal tradition of taking them first m order of mention. .p-, SIR ARTHUR COPE'S courtly brush has: made a thoroughly human and genial half-length study of King George, but for a three-quarter face f with a sideward light there was no reason to disfigure the nose with such a heavy shadow on the hither side. Richard Jack succeeded so well last • year- with his ■ full-length of His , Majesty— done without sittings m the , last; stages— that a companion portrait !» of the Queen was inevitable. - . .This now makes a handsome, frank • and convincing piece of work. '■■.'.*■ 3 Tlie Garter mantle and ribbon, the i tiara and the festoons of pearls, and the sweep of the imposing costume of • gold biroche Ayith transparent overlay— ''■■ all this is dominated by the womanly head, and this" characteristica.lly is not without plenty of force of mind. The Queen with tired eyes b,ut a. firm mouth and still fresh complexion, looks what she is— old enough to be the mother of several sons as .big as herself, but still young- enough m spirits to. enter into all their' interests. ,' ■ ; And she clearly feels she has found a painter of all-round talent to her mind. : ' • . , , She has given Jack a commission to paint a picture of' each of the more important rooms ,at Buckingham Palace, - and one of the^, the Chinese room, is I quite m the key of the period.— From . "N.Z. Truth's" Special London Rep.