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The Glasgow Herald, 26 February 1925

ART IN PERTH

ATTRACTIVE EXHIBITION

The Perthshire Art Association, in seeking to carry out one of its main objects—that of fostering a taste for fine art—has arranged a varied and attractive exhibition of paintings, water-colour drawings, etc., in the gallery of the Sandeman Library, Perth. The wqorks [sic] on view have been selected with discrimination and taste, and although the collection contains a number of pictures by local artists, it is not in any sense merely a parochial show. The promoters are to be congratulated on securing a number of pictures on loan which would give distinction to any exhibition, while a good many prominent Scottish artists have contributed recent examples of their art. A pleasing feature of the collection is that it is not too large. About 80 paintings and a number of watercolour drawings are attractively hung in the large gallery, while an additional group of drawings are displayed in the ante-room. The exhibition will be opened tomorrow afternoon by Mr. James Paterson, R.S.A., president of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Water Colour.

The loan pictures are not numerous, but they include several notable works, and among the painters represented are Albert Cuyp, Adrian van Ostade, B. J. Blommers, Sir D. Y. Cameron, Leon Lhermitte, Gustave Courbet, Frank Brangwyn, and P. de Laszlo. A pastoral scene, said to be by Cuyp, has been lent by Mr. J. H. Galloway, Ayr. Like most of the works by this artist, it is low in tone but true in harmony, and rich with warm, reflected light [...] Of great interest also are several works in portraiture by P. de László. A portrait of the Hon. John Dewar [5273], and another of Lady Forteviot [5199], have been lent by Lord Forteviot; and there is a portrait of Mrs. J. M. Fraser by the same artist [4727], lent by Mr. Fraser, Invermay.

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