The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-17
CANADIAN ART ON EXHIBITION
PRAISE ron Pitt RES NOV TO
M SEEN Ar LII ERPOOL.
Fr~a~h aud F:nEIlsh Names In the Cata-
IoEue Lansiscape the Dsn'inani Nste
iced Portraits NfsO IN tndiN lsisi-
atty OG ITS own In canadian art.

NN~"~EN-~-~-"
iced Portraits Nlso An tndiN lsiti-
atty sG It's own In canadian Art.
LoSpoN. July ! Chance couple Of
days aRo brought together Ave men at q
certain spot on the strand whsrs In the
hour hetwe.n ONCE and dinner you may
be sure Of seeing very cosmopolitan
assembly OF the five three were Cana
dams, one an American and one an Eng
lizhman
After tho three introductions which
brought the third Canadian into tn" fold
had been effected one 81 the Canadians
said:
We'll. when I came To London first
Id scarcely run up against a Canadian
once IN a ~ eek or two but now meet them
every day and everyw here
And ~ 1t H. In the last few years
few things have been more apparent in
lnndon than the steadily growing promi-
hence 81 Canada and Canadians Nor II
this confined to London alone In Liver
pool. for example. there is to-day an eX-
hibition 81 Canadian art which IL compel
ling the attention Of those Interested in art
throughout the kindgom.
Opened a couple OF DAYS ago by the
Hon Sidney Fisher. Canadian Minister OF
Agriculture. IL IL, as the Times says. "a
remarkable evidence Of Canadian pro-
gr"ssivene~s. such a display OF high
achievement would probably have been
, impossible ten or twenty years ago. and
IL would have been impossible to-day II
the Canadian Government had not in every
way generously encouraged artistic in
stinct in the country
IL * certainly noteworthy that whereas
Mather In his History Of Modern Art. :
published in 1893. does not mention n
single Canadian artist. yet, as tho Times
points out. IN any future history Of this
description the Canadian section must
occupy n conspicuous place. Regret Is
felt that the work Of two commanding
figures in Canadian art Is not represented
in tho exhibition. that Of Horatio Walker
and John Wilson Morrice. They have
lived ~ long abroad. the one In New York
and thu other in Paris. that the selection
COMMITTEES. considered that II would not
bs fair either to Canadian artists or Ia
Canadian art Of to-day 20 include their
work. but IL - not forgotten that both
ara Canadian born and that both received
their early art training in Canada.
To quots further from tho apprecihtive
article in the Times
one extraordinary IeatuTs Oh TINS
exhibition is revealed in looking over the
, pages of the catalogue. We have here
the names not only % Canadians by
birth. English and French. but On an
Australian like T.. W. Gru.r. "A Frenchman
like r.. Dyounet tan excellent portrait
! painter. o. whom. with T.. X. Dibdin. the
curator II the gallery. So much Of the sue
cess ~ the exhibition - duel. and many
knRlshmcn, all Of whom or whose parents
settled an Canada when the future artists
were In their infancy.
We may 60 even further hack. for
", hAv. two capital Landscapes. typical
a Canadian scenes, Ivy the late o X jacob.
. the master az Ludwig knaus. who was
born 81 Jewish parents early IN the last
century and who died at IN" great age
81 - few y"ars ago after having settled
in Canada Tor half a century or NOR"
? He was one Of Ia" first msmi@Ts Of the
a ROYAL Canadian Academy. founded IN
lSSD Ivy Princess LOUIS Duchess Of Ar
gyll and the Duke uf Argyll
But. CuTlou-ly enough. while tn"
Z father ~ Canadian art was a Gerrua n
: by birth and training, Canadian art 81
to-day pos-eS-@s an individuality of it,
= own IN which IN" Influences ~ modern
!, German art have small part, for after
, arriving ut 4 certain stag" IN their artistic
= career the students who pas through
tho. art schools of Toronto and Montreal
= finish their studies not at Munich or
. rSeWh"rr IN Germany but in London
, or PARIS
The dominau' notr ~ Canadian art
is land-cap. particularly IN" wonderful
: autuuna' and winter effects which Urr
< - characteristic - the country and
, can -. sr.n nuWh-r" els" +.
RnyG n Red Autumn conveys the Etrik
ng effect - sunset IN m. rcd tiuts % H."
maple which ~ windy suggest f"r"-'
q Ilu1" IA IN" distance 4 Suzor
> COTS j. On" e tho most successful II the
l. many aTtists who find inspiration ia n"
y Canadian winter, ~ witness his stream
; in wnt"r' and h,- early -uring pictur"
~ Primitive Sugar Camp. forest -
n mani, tr,..= whoncN IN" natIv" obtains
= q plentiful supply 81 sap. which makes
70 such d"licin'is sugar
- Harry Britt1n. CllrrnC' GaRnon Cwho
! ranks easily first a. an "'chcrl and
= Gordon ir" also suCr'"ssf'Il IN
'rarscrihlug IN" MANY moods - our
Il LADY ~ Snows' Homer Watson. th'
ra-t president ~ IN" Roval Canadian
|, ACADEMY - .r's finds much ~ his inspI.
/, ration in th" earlier char tiers Canadian
. history. IA H." VlDr"-r work NJ the carly
u s.ftl.rs whom they had 20 hath" with 'h'
4 Imposing forces " man md nature hut
h ,Wo - his pictures. Lon. Ha''l" Shad
- and Tn" Dry Creek ar" tyuiCal taund AT
n -o"u"- e to-day The -I'"~. ~" lax
: ard 'h. -.a ar. 90" sui isoiz u caui'r
' rfr''ir's ~ Arrh'lai Ilr.wn". + "
#" ~, yi"u ard " Smith
u" III" pr'raits ~" fav hU "N~sllarf
+ IN addition 70 two pictures " o"' ~ dor'
n N" ~" president ~ Oh" 1oad'wv. W
, Bfvrun"r "a SCOT ~ h'r'hl = -"rr"
s"rf..i ~ q vigorous pnr'vait e Na,S
u foot Indian and w an admirable r~uuI
- ~ ~" Misses Dorothy and Irene Naurhan
u Nr Nvppusf' two ~" r'~'-aCf 'Hlv =
q Prof. = pliV"rf = Laval University uu'
: Il Pirk"-'Dn. = WHY C-i"- !. r"pr"
y, s"nt"d ~ a whole lcngfh - sirS Aga
IL Adauson. RoNert Narr's VI ~ ~
; on. ~ -" Countess - Mimic and Nv an
II other - Mr. Rnl"r' Harri- vhil'
~ portrait - the lat" Charl"s Alexander
-" Nv q Horne Ru~s"ll aud ono ~ Archi
- bald Frovne. N" Artist Nv Curtis VIII
. hanson. Drovs that Canadian artists
10 ar" oarahla - good. soid. cnnscisntiou,
r work IN pprtrai'urc
:, This. Eve eJhilitS in the SCULPTURE SOC
= 'ion are hy two arts ~ French de-cont
u Three by PhiliDr. Hilbert include
(. statueti" ~ Nile do Narchera- the story
II IL who's" offence - her HON. against Z
m horde . Indians - on" ~ the most thrill
- ing chapters m the early annals ~ what
}" may - de-crih..i a. tho French history
~ Canada The artists daughter W.