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The Leicester Galleries have a triple bill. There is a retrospective exhibition of pictures by Alfred Wolmark, whose part in English post-Impressionism is too often overlooked; commencing with his revelation at the beginning of the century, this contains a number of excellent things in his later style.

A collection of recent paintings by John Aldridge shows how greatly he has developed. His lowered tone values are sometimes forced to the point of theatricality, but he is exceedingly workmanlike, his sense of composition and design is sure, and his feeling for the countryside is admirable. These pictures are straightforwardly pleasant and honest, painted without tricks of technique.

And finally to be seen here are drawings and paintings by a newcomer, Miss Betty Shaw-Lawrence. Her pen line has a mean quality, but one or two pictures like No. 31 suggest possible lines of development.