DOI Heft:
Nr. 220 (July 1911)
DOI Artikel:Some decorative panels by George Sheringham
DOI Artikel:Peasant art in Austria-Hungary
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20973#0159
Decorative Panels by George Sheringham
such a surface. He has used the peculiar ab-
sorbent qualities of the silk very judiciously to
gain effects of soft, blurred colour in the places
where the blurring of the washes would help to
give the right character to his painting, and in
other places he has set down with full precision
the crisp, sharp touches necessary for the correct
definition of his design; and in both the soft
washes and the sharply stated details he shows
that he has studied the mechanism of his craft
with intelligence. It is, in fact, this knowledge of
what he should do and of the way in which he ought
to do it that provides him with the firm foundation
upon which he is building up his reputation as one
of the ablest of our younger decorative painters.
It may be added that the entire series of panels
—ten in number—is now on exhibition at the
Ryder Gallery in Albemarle Street.
Mr. J. C. J. Drucker has issued a printed
statement showing the donations and contributions
received in connection with the John M. Swan
Memorial Fund, and the allocation of the drawings
purchased therewith. The total sum raised and
paid to Mrs. Swan's account was ^3164 \bs. od.,
and the drawings, &c, purchased have been
distributed among nineteen public collections at
home and abroad, the chief recipients being the
Guildhall, London, the Art Galleries at Manchester
and Aberdeen, the British Museum, and the Mel-
bourne National Gallery.
133
PEASANT ART IN AUSTRIA-
HUNGARY
The second volume of the series ot special
numbers of The Studio devoted to the Peasant Art
of Europe will be ready about the end of September.
It will deal with one of the most interesting ethno-
graphical districts of the Continent, embracing as it
does the provinces of Upper and Lower Austria,
Salzburg, Tyrol, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, I stria,
Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia, Galicia, the Bukovina,
Dalmatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, together with
the Kingdom of Hungary and its dependent pro-
vinces Croatia, Slavonia, and Transylvania. Some
hundreds of interesting examples of the peasant
art of these countries have been photographed for
reproduction in the volume. These illustrations
will include examples of furniture, wood-carving,
metal-work, lace, embroidery, pottery, jewellery,
and other branches of handicraft. The book will
also contain numerous plates in colour, and articles
by experts will be included. The reception accorded
to the first volume of the series (devoted to Sweden,
Lapland, and Iceland), of which there are only a
few copies left, was such that intending subscribers
for the second volume should place their orders
without delay, as,the edition will be limited and
the work will not be reprinted. It will be uni-
form in price and format with other special numbers,
and may be obtained through any bookseller or
direct from the publishing office of The Studio.
such a surface. He has used the peculiar ab-
sorbent qualities of the silk very judiciously to
gain effects of soft, blurred colour in the places
where the blurring of the washes would help to
give the right character to his painting, and in
other places he has set down with full precision
the crisp, sharp touches necessary for the correct
definition of his design; and in both the soft
washes and the sharply stated details he shows
that he has studied the mechanism of his craft
with intelligence. It is, in fact, this knowledge of
what he should do and of the way in which he ought
to do it that provides him with the firm foundation
upon which he is building up his reputation as one
of the ablest of our younger decorative painters.
It may be added that the entire series of panels
—ten in number—is now on exhibition at the
Ryder Gallery in Albemarle Street.
Mr. J. C. J. Drucker has issued a printed
statement showing the donations and contributions
received in connection with the John M. Swan
Memorial Fund, and the allocation of the drawings
purchased therewith. The total sum raised and
paid to Mrs. Swan's account was ^3164 \bs. od.,
and the drawings, &c, purchased have been
distributed among nineteen public collections at
home and abroad, the chief recipients being the
Guildhall, London, the Art Galleries at Manchester
and Aberdeen, the British Museum, and the Mel-
bourne National Gallery.
133
PEASANT ART IN AUSTRIA-
HUNGARY
The second volume of the series ot special
numbers of The Studio devoted to the Peasant Art
of Europe will be ready about the end of September.
It will deal with one of the most interesting ethno-
graphical districts of the Continent, embracing as it
does the provinces of Upper and Lower Austria,
Salzburg, Tyrol, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, I stria,
Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia, Galicia, the Bukovina,
Dalmatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, together with
the Kingdom of Hungary and its dependent pro-
vinces Croatia, Slavonia, and Transylvania. Some
hundreds of interesting examples of the peasant
art of these countries have been photographed for
reproduction in the volume. These illustrations
will include examples of furniture, wood-carving,
metal-work, lace, embroidery, pottery, jewellery,
and other branches of handicraft. The book will
also contain numerous plates in colour, and articles
by experts will be included. The reception accorded
to the first volume of the series (devoted to Sweden,
Lapland, and Iceland), of which there are only a
few copies left, was such that intending subscribers
for the second volume should place their orders
without delay, as,the edition will be limited and
the work will not be reprinted. It will be uni-
form in price and format with other special numbers,
and may be obtained through any bookseller or
direct from the publishing office of The Studio.