International studio (16.1902)

Studio-Talk


ticularly as regards design, was also evident.
Enamels were a new feature, Mrs. Traquair and
Lady Gibson Carmichael showing some interesting
work. J. L. C.
BERLIN.—Jacob Alberts may be reckoned
amongst those artists who have struggled
on heroically, making their own art, not
caring whether they were designated
modern painters, impressionists, or whether their
work was given any of the numerous appella-
tions applied nowadays to painting, paying no heed
to public opinion, but working on steadily with
sincerity and earnestness for art’s sake alone.
Born on the Schleswig coast in i860, Alberts was
originally intended for the Church, but following
his own inclinations, he soon turned his attention
to art, joining the Diisseldorf Academy when he
was twenty-one years of age. From there he went

A few weeks ago the
Edinburgh Arts and Crafts
Club held an exhibition in
its studios near the Dean
Bridge. Although the Club
consists, for the most part,
of amateurs interested in
the decorative arts, a num-
ber of its members possess
considerable talent, and a
few distinct gifts, and in the
two years that have elapsed
since its last show the
workers as a whole have
made appreciable progress.
Amateur a considerable
proportion of the exhibits
are almost bound to be,
and, in the metal-work
especially, greater refine-
ment and precision of hand-
ling is much to be desired ;
but, compared with previous
exhibitions, the technique
in such crafts as bookbind-
ing and woodcarving, em-
broidery and lacemaking,
showed distinct advance,
while greater initiative, par-

Mr. Campbell Mitchell, and Mr. Mackie are, in
their several ways, conspicuous. Few West-
country painters, unconnected with the Academy,
have sent, and none of them, except Messrs. John
and Morris Henderson, and George Pirie, are
adequately represented.

Although Sir Noel Paton’s art was completely
out of touch with the ideals of contemporary
Scottish painting, and his work was finished ten or
fifteen years ago, his death at Christmas - time
removed the most conspicuous figure from
amongst resident Scottish artists. In the Academy’s
exhibition he is represented by three oil pictures
in his earlier style. None of them is large, but the
Luther of 1861 is one of his finest works, and the
Lullaby, of the following year, and / wonder who
lived in ihere are, in different ways, characteristic
of his talent. These are supplemented by a
number of beautiful draw-
ings, but the special ex-
hibition at Messrs. Dott’s
gallery gave a far fuller
survey of his tendencies.

BY J. ALBERtS

“A hallig islander