22 JANUARY 1954, Page 12

ART

Old and New

subjects appear to derive from mathe- matical and laboratory sources ; taken in conjunction with the unforced academicism of his manner they suggest nothing so much as the Italian ' metaphysical ' school. Nevertheless these big compositions have considerable inner conviction. At Gimpel's, Pic and the honeyed simplicities of Potwo- rowski. At the Marlborough Gallery, landscapes and flower pieces by the least influenced painter in the country—The Times' art critic, Alan Clutton-Brock.

M. H. MIDDLETON