Society for Contemporary Art Displays New Exhibition of English and Irish Painters and Sculptors Including "AE"

A valuable and interesting exhibition of contemporary English and Irish pictures and sculptures opened yesterday at the gallery of the Harvard Society for Contemporary Art, and will continue until Saturday, April 18. The exhibition, which includes the works of 28 artists, is taking the place of the contemporary American exhibition, which closed about a week ago.

The best known painter in the exhibition is probably George Russell. A. E. who is represented by two oil paintings. Foremost among the other Irish painters are John Keating, and Jack Yeats, brother of the poet.

The English are represented by a large number of paintings which include the works of such men as Spencer Frederick Gore, Duncan Grant. Augustus John, and Bernard Meninsky. Of these, Augustus John is represented by the largest number paintings, including three oils, three drawings, and one watercolor. Many of the paintings in the exhibition we lent by the Fogg Art Museum, Brooklyn Museum and the Hackett galleries.

Of special interest are the works four English sculpters including two bronzes and a drawing by Jacob Epstein, Epstein. who was born in New York, and went afterwards to London, has been the center of much discussion recently as a result of his weird, futuristic figures in Hyde Park and Public buildings in London. Erie Gill is another exceptionally good seulptuler, who now has one of his works in Westminster Abbey, London.