International studio (16.1902)

Awards in “The Studio ” Prize Competitions

ment ” the author tells us that the verses first
appeared in a Paris newspaper, and that they
“ achieved the execration of the brushmen in a
manner so complete, so unalloyed and perfect, as to
make me the pariah of my parish.” This untoward
state of affairs probably arose from the fact that
Mr. Ford lacks the bump of reverence. His
criticisms do not err on the side of lenience.
They are full-blooded, forcible, pungent, sometimes
sound and well-considered, sometimes acrimonious
and undisciplined. The reader is conducted by
the versifier through various picture galleries,
notably the salons of the Champs Elysees and the
Champ de Mars, and the exhibitors are pilloried
or patted as the critic’s soul dictates. For the
group of painters known as the “ Glasgow School ”
he has nothing but eulogy.
“No group’s more free of unpictorial claim—
Pictorial magic is its only aim.”
These “ Scots whose rounded grace Can add a
charm to any time or place ” have mastered
“The Art, so little known, of Leaving Off.”
He can, however, find no word of praise for the
“short-lived, puerile, ‘pictures of the year.’” One
estimable gentleman is told that
“The old, good rule suffices for his ken—
If at first you don’t succeed, fail, fail again.”
An American artist is twitted with painting
“ Some posing peasant in crude colour drest
To witch the proud pork-packers of the West.”
A lady’s effort is summed up thus :—
“ Her ‘ soulful ’ goats of grim metallic hue
On giddy mountain-tops of Reckitt’s blue
Still charm the crowd as when, in other days,
De Goncourt gave her of his painful praise.”
And so on through one hundred and ninety pages.
Apart from certain unfortunate deviations from the
Path of good taste the book is amusing enough to
Serve as entertainment for an idle hour. We must
be excused, however, if we express a hope that this
tiew form of art-criticism may not become fashion-
able.

Awards in “ the studio ”
PRIZE COMPETITIONS.
(A XXII.)

Sketch Design for Applique Needlework.
The work in this competition, apart from the
Prize-winning design, shows but little appreciation
the special needs of applique embroidery for
teHgious purposes. Even the design by Fox,
^ough good in many respects, is weakened by the
Schpt-hand style of the lettering, which does not

accord at all well with the breadth required in such
a large panel of decorative needlework.
The First Prize (Seven Guineas') has been
awarded to Myosotis Palustris (Phcebe McLeish,
71, Egerton Road, Liverpool).
The Second Prize (Three Guineas) to Fox
(F. Edith Giles, 25, Ospringe Road, St. John’s
College Park, London, N.W.).
(A XXIII.)
Design for a Panel in Enamels.
The First Prize- (Theee Guineas) has been
won by Nick (Maria L. Kirby, Villa Giordano,
Cornigliano Ligure, Italy).
The Second Prize (Two Guineas) by Isca
(Ethel Larcombe, Wilton Place, Exeter).
Honourable Mention is given to Tramp (David
Veazey), and Brush (Percy Lancaster).
(B XV.)
Design for the Cover, or Front Page, of
a Christmas Card.
The First Prize (Three Guineas) has been
awarded to West Countryman (E. H. Atwell,
Barfield Cottage, Fog Lane, Didsbury).
The Second Prize (Two Guineas) to Isca
(Ethel Larcombe, Wilton Place, Exeter).
Designs by the following have been purchased :
—Black Spean (Marjory Parke Rhodes); Forres
(Jean Mitchell); Guinea Pig (Margaret Clayton);
Isca (Ethel Larcombe) ; Meta (whose present
address is required); Meets (Mrs. A. Y. Whishaw);
Pan (F. H. Ball); Was ha du Wash (H. W. Koch).
The following gain Honourable Mention :—
A. J. Rose (A. Wilson Shaw) ; Chat Noir (A.
Leate) ; Chatto (Jessie Mitchell); Kaa (Sybil
Barham); Nelson (C. E. Roe) ; Orthodoxy (Claire
Murrell); and Rosemary (Maud T. Atkinson).
(B XVI.)
The First Prize (Two Guineas) is awarded to
Orienta (Scott Calder, 3, McLaren Road, Newing-
ton, Edinburgh).
The Second Prize (One Guinea) to Isca (Ethel
Larcombe, Wilton Place, St. James’s, Exeter).
Honourable Mention is given to Titch (Malcolm
Osborne).
(C XVII.)
The First Prize (One Guinea) is won by Light
(C. E. Collings, 93 Victoria Road, Scarborough).
The Second Prize (Half-a-Guinea) by Quarley
(Bessie Stanford, Amfort, Andover, Hants).
Honourable Mention is given to Cadzow (W. H.
Lindsay) ; to Natur (Mrs. Caleb Keene); and to
Sunday Morning (J. C. Rutgers).

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