[ST. GEORGE'S GALLERY, 32A GEORGE STREET, HANOVER SQUARE.]
The Modern English Water-Coloui Society are holding their sixth exhibition at the St. George's Gallery. What the epithet " Modern " implies is not very clear, a freedom of treatment perhaps; • or a searching for methods for treating light. Anyhow the members, judging by their works, are a cheerful crowd. Mr. John Nash deserves first mention. His Whiteleaf (bought by the Victoria and Albert Museum) with its rich tones in the trees, strong contrasts in light and shade, and unpainted sky, is the best of his contributions. Mr. Ginner's Hampstead Roofs in pencil and chalk is carefully draWn. The Nude by Mr. Dundan Grant is ugly but has strength, the purple tone of the flesh being effective at the right distance. Miss Konody's Orchids and Pewter is a distinctly decorative study. Two pictures where light is well handled are Miss Ethelbert White's The Wild Forest; and Mr. Maresco Pearce's Open Window. The latter with its brightly coloured curtains and a view of Douglas Firs is a gay little picture. In The Interior, by Mr. Walter Taylor, though the colours of everything in the room clash amazingly, the picture as a whole is successful. Miss Mavrogordato's September Cubbing shows that she is a votary of Diana as well as of Minerva ; her horses are excellent. The Shower, a cubist work by Miss Ryland, is amusing, and much more under- standable than most of those works where Euclid is called upon to help the artist to deliver his message. Looking at the exhibition as a whole one is reminded of Genesis i. 3, Let
there be light. A very cheerful affair all through. G. G.
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