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artist's work was to follow in 1930.
^a.o s, j.xi and had worked in Florence the following .year* C.R.
1 Grundy noted in his review of the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1929 that Marioris attained ’a certain decorative ensemble* a comment which certainly sums up the elegantly styled mannerism of the hair style, which is so obvious a feature. Marjorie, for all its degree of finish, remains a modelled piece in contrast to the fine carving of Richard Garbe’s Sea Lion (Plate 43) which was also shown at the Academy. Grundy, in the same article commented upon the way in which the subject was expressed ’with simplicity and largeness of feeling . . . distinguished by a certain quiet humour.’ Certainly the animal’s evident expression of expectancy is beautifully real ized* Kineton Parkes, who was at this time campaigning for greater emphasis upon carving in m o dem sculpture appreciated the piece
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which he thought repeated Garba's success of 1925"• The treatment of the theme has managed to avoid the more commonplace circus image- of the animal, and once again Garbe has used the natural qualities of the material to advantage.
James Bateman’s six feet long Pastoral (Plate 44) is an import ant work by an artist who later became a member of the Royal Acad—
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emy * He had studied sculpture and painting, and after a period at the Slade (1919-1921) had taught at Cheltenham (1922-1928). The Pastoral represents s. farm at Little Whitcombe, between Cheltenham and Stroud. Mary Chamot, in Country Life , noted the picture’s
’sound qualities’ as evident in the competent handling of a compos ition which, by its very dimensions, makes demands upon the artist’s ability in containing the implications of the perspective. The pic torial structure, as revealed by the disposition of the trees, is
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strongwithout being obtrusive . The painting is certainly the 1 C.R.Grundy in the Connoisseur, vol.84, July 1929 PP 49—58•
2 Kineton Parkes Rights and Wrongs of Academy Sculpture in Apollo vol.9 June 1929 pp 341-345* ~
3 See above, Garbe’s Brake, Chantrey Purchase 1925*
4 James Bateman Associate of the- Royal Academy 1935? Royal Acad emician 1942.
5 Country Life May 11,
1929
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Bateman’s work was described as ’quite definitely arranged’ by Robert Swann in an article on the artist published in The Studio XCVI Ho.427 October 1928, pp 270-273* Swann also comm ented on the fact that Bateman had absorbed the theories of Roger Fry and Clive Bell without falling into the 'abysm of absurdity’ into which they had lured other artists.dication that those criticisms previously levelled against the Roy-
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al Academy's acceptance of large works for exhibition in1920
were no longer pertinent* By coraparisonwithBateinan’s picture Ernest Dinkel's The Deluge (Plate 45) is a small work and, moreover,painted in a curious, almost oriental, manner using a very high view
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point and a technique of egg tempera and lacquer varnish* Dinkel had studied at the Royal College of Art (1921-25) and had benefitted from a travelling scholarship to Italy* He started exhibiting, at both the Hew English Art Club and the Royal Academy in 1927? although he has remained an Academy ’outsider.’ This painting’s stylised, decorative quality is representative of an artist who is known for his biblical subjects and design work in various media.
Despite the fact that ten works were bought in
1929
the total cost to the fund only amounted to £2,648, a figure well within the accumulated figure deriving from two years during which no purchases had been made* Indeed the accumulation of funds may in part have been responsible for the fact that in 1930 there were again a high number of purchases made at an even greater cost of £4,825-10s for eleven works.Although all the purchases of 1930 were exhibited at the Royal Academy, or in one case at the Royal Hater Colour Society exhibition
that summer, Alfred Thornton’s Saint, Germans (Plate 4o) had already been shown the preceeding November at the New English Art Club* The future author of Pifty Years of the New English Art Club 1886-1935, had been associated with that institution since he first started exhibiting there in 1892. He was listed as a member in '1395,
was also a member of the London Croup in 1924* He was the Secretary of the New English Art Club from 1928 to 1935« Thornton’s landscape represents a view of the viaduct at St.Germans, where the Plymouth railway line crosses the River Tiddy. The picture received comp aratively little attention in the reviews, and the critic of the
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Museums Journal drily remarked, in the context of that year’s C.R.Grundy had implied that ’outsiders’ were unlikely to have large works accepted for exhibition.
The Royal Academy lists the painting as an oil, but the Tate Gallery Catalogue information is based upon corresponds.noe with the artist who continues to work in Bussage, Gloucestershire. Museums Jonmal vol.29, June 1930 pp 430-433* Article init ialed""* S. R,D. '
Chantrey purchases, that 'St.Germans' by Alfred Thornton did not at first sight explain why it was selected. Thornton’s work cert ainly lacks the interest and vitality of either of the two other landscapes bought this year. P.W.Steer's Paddlers (Plate 47) had been painted at Harwich and the Museums Journal critic called it a
’perfectly magical colour-blot.’ With great economy of means, using a few washes and quick notations of form, Steer has created in this small water colour a- delightful evocation of sky, sand and water, sparsely populated by small figures, a sail, and the line of the beach. Alfred Munnings' From my Bedroom Window (Plate
48), is a
much more carefully defined work than either Steer’s or Thornton's, and despite the nearly inevitable inclusion of horses, reveals Mun nings as a very professional landscape painter. Snow scenes can too easily become.trite in- their handling, and Munnings managed to re tain an immediacy and spontaneity in the work which emphasizes the reality of a cold winter's day.There are two of the 1930 purchases which may be. called genre paintings. The largest of these (over six feet long) is Sir John Lavery’s The Chess Players (Plate 49) which attracted much comment, not-least because of the fact that the chess players are two child—
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ren. C.]R.Grundy in the Connoisseur was impressed'by the fact that Calm, self-possessed, and equally at home in the drawing room as in the playing field, they are true representatives of the modern child, accustomed to consort on equal terms with their
elders and share in the letter's pastimes.’
It was, however, the nature of the 'modern' element in this painting that clearly worried Herbert Furst in his review of the Academy ex-
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hibition in Apollo . Furst was of the opinion that Lavery*s picture fulfilled ’the purpose of a snapshot’ with infinitely more labour,
'But why the British: public and the foreign visitors to the Tate Gallery should have to contemplate this domestic idyll in saecula saeculorum is- surely a matter.’ that needs explaining.' Furst argued that this 'modem* realism, predominant as it appeared
to be in the Royal Academy, was no longer relevant. He sought an 'organic vitality' which he considered to be much more important than pictorial composition or structure. The spontaneity of I Connoisseur vol.86, June 1930, pp 43-46.
0 Anollo vol.11, June 1930 pp 477-480. Herbert E.A.Furst was known for his numerous art publications including volumes on Chardin, Durer, and Brangwyn, He sometimes used the no in de plume of 'Tis.'
Lavery*s technique was no adequate substitute. Furst may well have been similarly disappointed with Philip Austin’s Le Bain' de Pied
(Plate 50)* Austin was a graphic artist, trained as a draughtsman and engraver at the Royal College of Art (1914-16 and 1919-22) where at this time he was employed as an engraving tutor