Studio: international art (46.1909)

The International Society's Ninth Exhibition

to carry on the tradition of the work at Bath so
well known in connection with the houses of Wood
and Ralph Allen.

The Cottage Door and Gate on page 124 is an
attempt to suggest the attainment of a pleasant
and interesting effect by simple and straightforward
means. It must have occurred to many who
deplore the ugliness of the modern cottage that
the exercise of just a little more taste and deli-
beration, and the suppression of the modern
builder’s senseless craze for foolish so-called
ornament, would result in an immense gain
to the countryside. The materials suggested
in this design are those to be found ready at hand
in Norfolk—hand-made bricks and tiles for the
walls and reed thatching for the roof.

The Seaside House (page 125) has been designed
for the same county, and is about to be carried
out at Happisburgh, in Norfolk, as a portion
of a scheme for a seaside village. The house
shown on the left of the sketch is at present
divided into two somewhat disreputable cottages.
It is connected on the north-east side by a cattle-
shelter and an old barn shown on the right of the
sketch; between these two buildings is an old
yard, which is proposed to be changed into the
square-paved garden as indicated. The hovel or
shelter with some slight structural alterations is
made into a verandah, which shelters the garden
from the north-east wind, and the large barn
provides ample accommodation for a covered
children’s play-room, with swings, etc. This room
and the verandah have windows overlooking the sea.

The pencil sketch of the east side of Tirley
Court (page 127) shows another view of the garden
entrance of this house, with the connection by

a stone-paved path, bordered with roses, and the
octagonal garden, which is one of the principal
points of interest in this garden. This has been
built as indicated, except that the hedge, suggested
in yew in the foreground of the sketch as sur-
rounding the octagonal garden, has been changed
to one built of the local stone.

On page xxvii. of the Winter Number of The
Studio reftrence is made to the Dutch Garden at
Eaton Hall. It should have been stated that this
garden was designed by Mr. C. E. Mallows,
F.R.I.B.A, together with other work (including
the bridge over the lake) which he executed at
Eaton Hall for the Duchess of Westminster.

The international

SOCIETY’S NINTH EX-
HIBITION.

Following the precedent of a year ago, the
International Society of Sculptors, Painters and
Gravers has this year divided its exhibition into
two parts, one general and the other special.

It is only with the general section that we propose
to deal now, and in so far as this is concerned, it
has not been one of the best of the series.
Especially, perhaps, is this true of the larger oil
paintings. There are a certain number of the
finest contemporary painters who are members of
this Society, so that it is impossible for the Society
to hold an exhibition which would fail of exciting
interest. Whether all these do their duty by the
Society and send their very finest work of the year,
we have no means of telling. If they do, then
there are cases in which we must decide that no

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