"PROBLEM PICTURE."
     The show boasts at least one "problem picture." It is entitled "Pilgrimage," which can mean anything, and is the work of J.W.G. Macdonald. its central feature is a path of seemingly limitless extent but the surrounding detail and the significance of the whole thing can puzzle visitors for hours. Technically it is of a high standard.
     On the other hand, there are three works by Art Calder which are more in the classical tradition. One deals with a symphony concert in Stanley Park and is itself a symphony of blues and greens, remarkable for sheer beauty and careful detail. The other two, "Suburban Gardens" and "Farm In August," are luminous brown tones, marked by the same attention to detail.
     An oil by R. Davidson, done in bold and humorous vein, deals with a woman hanging her washing. It is called "Threatening Clouds" and should attract widespread attention. In the same category is Jane Billaux's "Sun Bather," a painting of vivid, almost startling pigments, showing a man lying on a beach.

"SCULPTURE INCLUDED."
     L. Juliet Young is represented by four fine works. One is an oil entitled "Dolls"; two are portraits in pastels - "Lillian" and "Mr. R.J. Roxburgh" - both of which show sympathetic treatment and sound technique; and one water color, "Still Life."
     Altogether there are 165 works in the exhibition, including fifteen pieces of sculpture, which were selected from the record number of 407 entries.
     The B. Stone and bronze medals will be presented to the successful contestants next Friday at 4:30 by Mrs. W.H. Malkin, following a lecture by Arthur Lismer, educational supervisor of the Toronto Art Gallery, on "Creative Education." Judging will begin on Sunday.
     Portraits are fairly numerous and some of them are very good. Two good character studies by Robert S. Alexander, "Ukrainian Dancer" and "Deck Hand," will be found interesting. Two careful and very able portraits by Nan Cheney, "Bobsy" and "Miss Mary R. Lawson, M.B.E."; a very nice "Gertrude" by James H.O Amess; two faithful works by Colin Cameron Ramsay, one a self-portrait and the other entitled "Traviata," and Alice R. Williamson's "Vincent," a happy achievement, stand out among the others.
     Three of the pleasantest paintings are the work of Beulah Jaenicke, who has confined herself to the North Shore and captured much of its charm and grandeur. Charles F. Barker, dealing vigorously with the Rockies, has two arresting canvases - "Maligne Lake" and the more successful "Mystery."

"BURRARD BRIDGE STUDY."
     "The Bridge Pier," a placid study of sunlight on the Burrard bridge, by J. van der Gracht, will attract many visitors, and it has the added virtue of authenticity. Ronald Jackson, whose sure touch in wild life has made him well known, has two graceful studies of wild ducks and geese.
     J.A. Radford, one of the pioneer artists of the city, is represented for the first time with three large and excellent watercolours. This division is large and of an unusually high standard.
     In the black and white section, a large "Sundial" by J. Peter Frank, two attractive animal studies by Beatrice Burroughs, a portrait of "Japanese" by Leslie Bateman, and P. v. Ustinow's "Old Ranger Bill" will be found interesting.
     Leslie Bateman and Miss Burroughs are also represented in the sculpture section. where the former has an ambitious "Head Modelled in Metal." An unusual group, "Modern Problem, Host and Parasite," by Olea M. Davis, should attract considerable attention.

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