The exhibition of paintings, of flowers, and English gardens, by News and 
Mr. Frank Galsworthy, held at the Anderson Galleries in New York Vlews 
under the auspices of the Garden Club of America was unusually 
attractive from the point of view of both artist and lover of flowers. •^^- Gals- 
The paintings divide themselves into two groups: first, the studies of worthy s Ex- 
flowers; and second, the paintings of English gardens and landscape hibition of 
with numerous architectural subjects. Flower 
Mr. Galsworthy's flower studies are delightfully fresh and clear Paintings 
in color, drawn with great precision and fidehty, and expressing the 
delicate character of each blossom with a truth and beauty very rare 
in these days when flowers are too often treated as merely decorative 
spots of color. The "Perennial Phlox" in many shades of pink, pur- 
ple, and white; the "Azalea MoUis" with its delicate variations of 
pink and yellow; the red and yellow "Zinnias" so successfully giving 
the vigorous color and texture of the flowers; the exquisite pink Car- 
nation, called Frank Galsworthy, and the "Spring Flowers from My 
Garden," one of the most charming in color and treatment of all the 
studies in the Exhibition, are only a few of the paintings that attract 
attention immediately among many others so remarkable even in 
merit. Mr. Galsworthy is equally successful with "Wall Flowers," 
"Delphiniums" (one of the most satisfying things in color and hand- 
Hng of the whole Exhibition), and with "Dahlias," of which he gives 
these brilHant and vigorous studies. 
The decorative panels present a very interesting arrangement of 
flowers on a black background, the only examples he gives us of a 
purely conventional treatment of that character. The studies of Nar- 
cissus, TuHps, and Rhododendron for which Mr. Galsworthy was 
awarded a medal by the Royal Horticultural Society in November, 
1919, show how satisfactory such studies of the many varieties of a 
single flower can be, from the botanical point of view, without sacri- 
ficing artistic truth or beauty. 
The paintings forming the second group of the Exhibition, which 
represent Eliglish gardens and landscapes with a number of architec- 
tural subjects, contain many valuable suggestions for us in America, 
where the lessons of the English garden can be more satisfactorily put 
into practice than the more imposing arrangements we derive from 
Italy. The numerous views of the exquisite gardens at Walhampton, 
the herbaceous borders of various kinds so easily produced and so sel- 
dom seen in America and many views of EngHsh cottages are all charm- 
ing as pictures and full of useful hints for the less formal American 
garden. Mr. Galsworthy has included in his Exhibition a number of 
delightful landscapes, such as "My Orchard in April" and "Crocuses 
in Surrey," and many subjects of a larger character, such as the beau- 
tiful "Laleham Corner on the Thames," "Boston, Lincolnshire," "An 
Old Windmill," and several charming views of Surrey done with great 
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