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Mr. A.N. St. John Mildmay, M.A., whose sound scholarship in
the classics is generally regarded as ably carrying on the tradition of his alma mater,
Oxford, was revealed in a new light yesterday as a facile wielder of the brush. To his
intimate friends Mr. Mildmay's flair for water color painting is a matter of common
knowledge, but the private view he gave yesterday of a number of recent studies made his
gift more generally known. Charming prospects of forest, sea and land, for the most part
local, are set down with a sureness and a keen eye for pictorial effect that brings out all
the native charm of atmosphere and interplay of light and color. The seven sisters of Stanley
Park, beloved of the Indian poetess, Pauline Johnson, find effective delineation in a large
work, instinct with feeling, in which shafts of light penetrating the cathedral-like
dimness of the forest have been subtly caught. One or two small seascapes showing a
cleverly achieved sense of free airy distance, give a vivid impression of the sea.
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