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Ecvicir of Iievicui<, Ij lljlS, 



ONE SUMMER AFTERNOON. 



AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS. 



Mr. Clewin Harcourt, who painted the 

 picture reproduced above, has just given 

 an exhibition of his work in Melbourne. 

 He purposes showing in Adelaide and 

 Sydney, possibly in Perth also. Al- 

 though a Victorian born, Mr. Harcourt 

 spent several years in West Australia, 

 where he was one of the founders of the 

 Society of Arts. It is twenty years since 

 he left his native town of Melbourne, 

 and during this long absence his work 

 has been almost forgotten by his fellow 

 townsmen. It is good that they have 

 had this opportunity of seein^ his paint- 

 ings, and of learning that this Austra- 

 lian artist has done so well at home. Mr. 

 Harcourt studied at the Melbourne 

 National Art School, where he won a 

 special prize for portraiture. At the 

 famous cloister school at Antwerp he 

 won the coveted annual painting medal. 



Although this has been an annua! com- 

 petition for 300 years, it has never before 

 been won by an Australian. Back in 

 London again Mr. Harcourt devoted 

 himself to black and white work for the 

 press, but ere long the longing to paint 

 became too strong, and he went to Paris, 

 where he studied under Jean Paul Lau- 

 rens. Several of his pictures were hung 

 in the Salon. He was asked to join the 

 Society of Arts and Letters, the most 

 select in France. His best-known pic- 

 ture, " One Summer Afternoon," was ex- 

 hibited at the Royal Academy, and the 

 Salon, and leading galleries at home. 

 Mr. Harcourt specialised in portrait 

 painting, and confines himself largely to 

 women and children Mr Harcourt con- 

 siders that a Continental and English 

 training is absolutely essential, and 

 admits that an artist must go home to 

 get on. 



