B.B.C. European Service and Other Exhibitions
ART
AT Bush House, in the B.B.C. canteen on the lower ground floor, there is an interesting exhibition of works by members of the European Service of the B.B.C. The contributors are all in various stages of professionalism and amateurism, and the exhibits naturally vary considerably in quality, though the general impression made upon the visitor is, perhaps surprisingly, good. By one of those fortunate chances which rarely, if ever, fall to groups of painters exhibiting in art galleries the number of works submitted to the hanging committee—so we are informed—exactly filled the bare walls of the canteen. Nobody, therefore, has been excluded, so there is no possibility of secessionists, or of talent being overlooked ; unless, indeed, some member of the staff was too modest to send in anything. Looking through my catalogue I notice I have marked exhibits of Joanna Savage, Russell Page, M. Zulawski, Lindley Royer, J. Gardini and P. Sansalvadore as being outstanding. I liked particularly Miss Savage's and Mr. Sansalvadore's paintings. The canteen is greatly embellished by these pictures and it is very encouraging to find so much artistic activity in the European Staff of the B.B.C. Whoever had the idea of making the exhibition is to be commended. Other big employers of labour ought to follow suit, because here is a most admirable example of how to use the leisure that, even in war-time, must be available to many and should be truly recreative.
The Lefevre Gallery has an unusually good exhibition of modern French art owing to the excellence of the pictures representing Camille, Renoir (a superb landscape), Degas, Sisley and Dufy. There is also there an exhibition of paintings by a number of Northumbrian miners calling themselves the Ashington Group. There is considerable competence and real freshness in their work. Particularly interesting are My Uncle's Hobby, by James Floyd,
and Fish Sale, by Harry Wilson. W. J. TURNER.
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