[THE LEFEVRE GALLERIES, KING STREET, ST. JAMES'S.]
Mr. Keith Murray is holding his first one-man show, an exhibition of drawings of Spain, at the Lefevre Galleries. Mr. Murray must have studied as an architect, as both in treatment and choice of subject he is purely architectural. He is a very capable draughtsman, chooses his subjects well, and manages nearly always to get a good balance no matter how unwieldy some of his buildings are. It is a pity that he did not employ tinting a bit more, as it would have taken away the rather rigid and cold look of his exhibition as a whole. San Miguel, Segovia, may be mentioned as a well chosen subject. Here he shows the church with houses built up against it, street booths, and all the untidiness one sees in every Spanish town. San Martin, Salamanca, though over-full of subject, is very well balanced. San Gil, Burgos, is softer than many of his drawings, and Old Houses, Salamanca, with its tinting, shows how great an improvement such tinting brings. This last picture with its curving street is perhaps the best of all his drawings. On the whole it is
a successful first exhibition. G. G.
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