. Studio international . W. HOLMAN HUNT, SIR GEORGE REID. THE REV. PROF. MITCHELL, , OFST. ANDREWS. BY SIR GEORGE REID Sir George Reids Portraits directions—one by the subtle insights into highmoments of spiritualisation, wedded to an un-erring capacity of presenting delicate tonal har-monies ; the other by his vice-like grip of the moreevident likeness of the sitter, combined with a powerand a mastery of his medium, which names him asone of the greatest constructive draughtsmen thatScotland has ever produced. Of modern portraiture that counts we findvaried tendencies. There is the
. Studio international . W. HOLMAN HUNT, SIR GEORGE REID. THE REV. PROF. MITCHELL, , OFST. ANDREWS. BY SIR GEORGE REID Sir George Reids Portraits directions—one by the subtle insights into highmoments of spiritualisation, wedded to an un-erring capacity of presenting delicate tonal har-monies ; the other by his vice-like grip of the moreevident likeness of the sitter, combined with a powerand a mastery of his medium, which names him asone of the greatest constructive draughtsmen thatScotland has ever produced. Of modern portraiture that counts we findvaried tendencies. There is the purely decorativepainter who is scarcely troubled at all with theproblems presented by the character of the sitter,but is content if he can produce an attractivecolour-scheme with a note of distinction. Thelate Robert Brough, in most of the phases of hisbrilliant art, was one of these, and it is expressedmarkedly by many of the young men of to-day,notably Mr. Glyn Philpot. Mr. J. J. Shannon,Mr. George Henry, and Mr. John Lavery, keenlyalive to decorative qua
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