The An of Blamire Young. By the Editors of Art
in Australia. (Angus and Robertson,. Sydney. £2 2s.)—The artist who is the subject of this book went to Australia as a young man and lived there for twenty-five years. We are told that he exercised considerable influence by reason of his imaginative qualities. To judge from the reproductions in the book, Mr. Young's work in water-colour might: be described as elaborately accidental, with a tendency towards crinolines. There is a delightfully fresh sketch of Weymouth, for the artist returned to England in 1912, and since then he has become known in exhibitions here. During the War Mr. Young was a musketry instructor, being an expert rifleman, and the emotion of those times is seen in what is the most imaginative picture in the book—a fine figure of a Sussex shepherd against the deep blue of the dawn sky listening to the guns. The work has great beauty and dignity, and is monumental in character.
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