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332 THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEWS. [May 1, 1891. he has sent besides some landscapes that show distinct artistic feeling, and of these, “Evening on the River” deserves special notice. A tree-covered bank of a stream runs away into perspective, and long streaks of evening clouds back the scene. A lazy ripple on the water breaks up the lights and shadows, and carries them on to the extreme foreground—or, in this case, fore-water, for the want of a better expression. The white sails of a yacht are most useful in carrying on light through the picture. There are some lovely cats sent by Mr. Lord, but surely it was not necessary to touch them up. They are much too good to need the brush work. An extremely effective landscape is completely spoiled by the awkward introduction of a figure. The photograph is of large proportions, and shows a tempest-worn water course. It is winter-time, for the trees are bare, and there is an expression of desolation over all. Unfortunately, exactly in the middle of the picture, a figure with his back to the beholder is busily occupied in doing nothing in particular, and completely destroys an otherwise good picture. Mr. C. W. Huson’s “Early Morning” is a street scene of large dimensions, and the picturesque element is fur nished by a quaint, octagon-roofed market house on the right. The whole picture is low in tone, but artistic in treatment, the time of day being well chosen for the sub ject. Mr. J. M. Nicholson has sent a frame of six small marine studies taken with hand-camera, that are so well selected and admirably carried out that one could well imagine that the camera-stand had been used, and the most deliberate preparation adopted before the exposure of the plate had been attempted. They are all distin guished by great breadth—a quality often absent when very quick exposures are made—and perfect keeping. Indeed, they are as true to nature as monochromes can ever be. Sky and sea are in harmony, and the chiaroscuro would satisfy even a fastidious marine painter. Perhaps the importance of the sky in landscape has never been better shown than in one of Mr. H. P. Robinson’s pictures hung on the lecturer’s rostrum. It is called ‘ ‘ What Sport ? ” A mass of willow pollards form an important feature on the right of the picture, and furnish a strongly marked diagonal, running from right to left, where dark trees and dark shadows on the water support and give solidity to the composition. Figures are introduced with Mr. Robinson’s usual skill, and the light dress of the woman tells with great effect against the dark masses of the trees. The whole is put into perfect harmony by the grand masses of clouds, which are exactly in the right place to complete the composition. The whole picture is characterised by great breadth, and we cannot help regarding it as one of the most perfect land scapes ever produced by photography. Mr. W. H. Kitchen’s “On the Lynn, Clovelly," is an enlargement of one of the most photographed spots in England, and this is not to be wondered at by those who know all the possibilities of the subject; but, notwith standing the extreme beauty of the surroundings, there are more bad than good photographs of this lovely spot. This picture is fortunate in being one of the good ones. The foreground of brambles helps immensely in giving point to the whole scene. Mr. Martin J. Harding has produced some extremely good small landscapes; but one of them is very striking —a pebbly watercourse, on the banks of which are stunted trees torn by angry winds. Distant mountains bound the distance, and force is given to the foreground by the dark shadows from the trees on the left. There is no black-and-white anywhere, and yet it is a very harmonious photograph. Mr. Ernest Beck has several artistic pictures. “At Eventide” may be mentioned as one of them, for the mystery of twilight is well expressed. Praise must also be given for “ Turning the Corner,” a good picture composed of slender materials, for it is simply a ploughing scene; but the light and shade is well distributed, and clearly shows artistic feeling. Mr. Carl Greger’s little views are of unusual excellence. They are, unfortunately, hung very high, and, at a dis tance, the almost Bartolozzi red colour is not quite agree able, but on a closer inspection their beauties become manifest, and they must be put in the very front rank among the many very artistic pictures sent to this Exhibi tion. “ The Mountain Solitudes of the Tyrol ” resemble the monochrome work of Turner, and it is difficult to give higher praise than this. Among the others sent by this gentleman, a delightful little picture of boys bathing in a stream is most attractive, but it is feared that its exalted position will cause it to be overlooked. Mr. J. E. Austin is rapidly taking the very first rank as an artist, and many of his pictures seen at Gloucester would, by their extreme excellence, furnish a fitting answer to the unworthy carping of Mr. J. Pennell in his paper recently read at the Conference. They all have extreme individuality, and show, especially in the posing and grouping of his figures, that the artist, even when he has the misfortune to use the camera to express his art, still has command over his materials. 1 ‘ The Road by the Sea ” is a complete illustration of this, and so is “The Last of the Ebb.” The first is a little fishing hamlet, and the cottages are built above the wash of the waves on the debris formed by the crumbling away of the storm-worn cliff above. A fisherman witli basket on shoulder pauses to gossip with two women who are resting half way up the steep path that leads from the shore. Magnify this little picture and supply the colour, and then there would be a picture worthy a place on the line at any picture exhibition. The second is simply a boat securely fastened to piles that throw strong shadows to the edge of the picture. The scum on the oily water indicates the turn of the tide. The distance is soft and indistinct, and the attention is arrested by the forcible light and shadow from the boat and its surroundings. Surely these are simple materials, but they were selected by an artist. Enough has been said to show that the workers in the Gloucestershire Society have reason to congratulate them selves on the striking character of many of the pictures which have been brought together through their energy, and it is to be hoped that the Exhibition has been a financial success. It only remained open ten days in all, and lantern exhibitions were held every evening until the close, which took place on April 20th. PHOTOGRAPHERs' Benevolent Association.— At a meeting on April 24 th, Mr. A. Mackie chairman, two applications for grants were considered and assisted ; and Messrs. F. Cherry and Ed. Hobbs were elected subscribers. Croydon Camera Club.—At the meeting on the 27th April a demonstration of carbon printing was given by representatives of the Autotype Company. Excursions are now arranged to be held every Saturday, and instruction classes on Thursdays.
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