Art
[Tim LEICESTER GALLERIES, LEICESTER. SQUARE] PICTURES by two artists, Mrs. Laura Knight, A.RA„ and ... . Mr. Mark Gertler, are being shoWn at the Leicester Galleries. One always approaches an exhibition of Mrs, Knight's work with a sense of expectation, for few painters are as versatile as she is, and in this, her first exhibition since she was made an Associate, she maintains her reputation. Here are studies of negroes painted at the Johns Hopkins HosTital at Baltimore; out-of-door subjects mostly froin :Cornwall, circus folk from Olympia, and the , Ballet from Covent Garden. Vivid reality is Mrs. Knight's strong point. " Blue and Gold " (No. 82), the bust of a very fair-haired model, drawn and painted with amazing accuracy, and "The Bedroom" (No: 52), with the :single female figure standing with her baCk to the viewer, stand out prominently as examples - of her realism. " pocks and Mist " (No. 58), with its bright fofe- ground and misty background, his the same realism apPlied to landscaPe. ' Mrs. Knight is 'one of our cleverest painters, and a' visit to the Leicester Galleries 'should convince any disbeliever. Mr. Mark Gertler, Londoner and a Skide scholar, seems monotonous at first sight, because all his paintings are in the same tone; but on further study they sort themaelires out. Hii " Portrait of the Artist's Mother '! (No. 91) is a sympathetic piece of painting.
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