The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-14
CANADA NATIONAL
 CALLER ACQUIRES
 NEW WORKS OF ART
Include Paintings By Fisher And Moira; Drawings By
 Arnesby Brown

Ottawa. Ont August Although war .econom1es have so greatly cur taIfed the purchasing power of the N4tional Gallery of Canada for the moment, the past year was not entire Kfbarren of acquisition of other than Canadian works of art. and what was advent in the quantity of these for ei&n purchases was certainly to some extent made up by their quality.
 Mark Fisher. IA R. A. wne nos many people reafixe is an American born in Boston, has been painting Engiish landscape for generatiou, and his deliEhtful studies of Essex IoVianda where cattle crop the heavy marsh gfass or sheep are herded into old tmbered barns. have been the un- defhy and other exhibition. and have slowly and steadily won special niche for themselves in the hearts sof contemporary art lovers They are one and all rarely intimate and ear nest studies of nature painted with loving insiSht into her truths and have no affinity with the modern pie ture of striking design and absence of all subtle tonality which welcomes thS approaching visitor from the oth- erEend of the gallery ss
 5heep sheartng in a Barn" was ex- < hibited in the Royal Academy in 1918 and the National Gallery. of Canada was fortunate to be able to secure it in sHptte cf the Chantrey Bequest's de- sire to secure it for the nation. It is not easy to lend worde to a description of the peculiar beauties of the pic- ture which caused the discerning to declare tt to be the artists best pic- tl1T0 up to date It is neither gtrfk- tnE nor brilliant in color or design: 1t only depicts-tWo or three sheep shear ers at work in the shadcuy depths of a greet barn. but through 1t all and over 1t all there is the feeling of Eng land; Of the farm, and tho heavy scents of9the early summer, in fact, exactly fhs impression the painter tried to znouvey. And here Hes its succeas, flor there can be no higher etandard of achievement in any art than to succeed in corvcv1nx an i'm pressfcni of nature. Tho picture ffs admirably, even wonderfu1ly painted: :: the dim spaces of tho barn are 1ur1fr,- ote with, vibrating shadows: the oc- oupatior and attitudes of ths shearers {. and their victims. and even of the sheepd6g. snatching n rest In tiae fore ground. are rendered with know. ledge of color values and harraoiss, the result of iifstimAa Of patient study,
 Gerald Meira is Al teacher at the Royal College Of Art in London and his work Is in aeatA contrast to ths foregoing. It is mural work, for Mr. Moira is professor of murai painting. and whstheF he ia concerned wifi, what Is known as tho easel picture or the dec@rAdon of some vast interior. striking design and simple color values, visible ct 6 distahea, are his methodsf A July Day" which was exhibited in the Reyaf Academy in 19 M and yves bought by the National Gallery ofS Canada the foilowiHe year, E is sxpfessivs of this eesHbiHatieH of strong design with 8 feFeefHi eeief scheme which cheers the eaaas,aeF i,,
 to giadness like tic sound and sisht of the summer sea. 1t is a, esmmeH syerdiet te dub such work sspsstarish. ', and so 1t Is, but such a dssigHatien is Sf nere value as a classification than q Criticism. foF the Haissiea of the poster is not opposed to that of tfae picture, but is only a degeiepHe,at ef 1t for special purpese-te tell soaae- thing so plainly and strikingly that even The who runs may read" "A July Days is a cheerful subject, paint. Ad Ia glad azaG gay egieF. the drawing anu ursi8H HF5 B06d, ana Whifa there Is nc subNety Of tsass eF atmosphere it is an uAfsFssttabia eaii te the joys of &sumneE days by ths sea.
 Tha eHe thing which tas Natisaai GaiisFys ef 6aHada has baea able te eeRtiRua with less eHrtaiiaaaat thar et8eFs Is its acquisition ta prints and dr4wiagss RFineipaiiy because, so long as uRiqus sxamPies age not being seoght aftss 1t Is possible ta buy many fH& PFiHts and drawings fer the price pf Rna picture, aRd for student, artist anN anaatusE alike tRa drawings bs 2 faastss hand possess 9 special at. fraettea EasatisfIsa by ths csm pietse