The canadian magazine of politics, science, art and literature, November 1910-April 1911 . lity. His versatility was an out-standing feature of his exhibitions lastmonth at New York and Toroniio.where, besides portraits, at which heexcels, there was a notable display of 3—557 still-life and figure subjects, marines,and landscapes. The exhibition in New Y^ork was inmany respects a noteworthy under-taking, and it rather astonished someof the academicians over there to seea young Canadian conduct a one-manexhibition in a high-class Fifth avenuegallery and make a display of aboutfifty canvases of

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The canadian magazine of politics, science, art and literature, November 1910-April 1911 . lity. His versatility was an out-standing feature of his exhibitions lastmonth at New York and Toroniio.where, besides portraits, at which heexcels, there was a notable display of 3—557 still-life and figure subjects, marines, and landscapes. The exhibition in New Y^ork was inmany respects a noteworthy under-taking, and it rather astonished someof the academicians over there to seea young Canadian conduct a one-manexhibition in a high-class Fifth avenuegallery and make a display of aboutfifty canvases of excellent and con-sistent merit. It would have aston-ished them all the more had theyknown that owing to physical diffi-culties, almost one hundred canvaseshad to be left in Toronto, and there-fore could not be exhibited in NewYork at all. I well remember the occasion onwhich I finst heard of John Pussell.A group of paintere were dining togeth-er in Toronto two years ago last aut-umn, when some one casually remark-ed that young Jack Kussells con-tributions to the next Club exhibition. BOY WITH PHEASANT would stir tbem up. I asked what(kind of pictures he painted, and wastold that his preference was for life-size figures, pretty women and uglymen. At once I was interested. Thefijnst and only pictures that he ex-hibited in Toronto thereafter untilthis year were Mother and Son, Boy and Pheasant, and the nudefigure of a boy on a couch suiTOundedby fruit and flowers, with a white andblack poodle dog in the foreground.These examples of Mr. Russells artconvinced most persons who fiaw themthat their author was an accompli^hod(^naftsnnan a.s well as a painter of diS- tinctive character and depth of feel-ing. Of Mother and Son it can besaid that it is admirably executed, dig-nified in conception, simple in arrange-ment, and harmonious in tone, whileBoy with Pheasant is as fine an ex-ample as one could wish for of out-and-out spontaneity in the figure andsheer quality in the painting of