International studio (24.1904/1905(1905))

Studio-Talk


An advance has been made,
and the Arts and Crafts
Society of Ireland may be
congratulated on having
helped materially to bring
about a renaissance of Irish
art industries. E. D.
KIEL.—There are,
perhaps, few pro-
vinces in North
Germany so at-
tractive for the purpose of
artistic exploration in regard
to their local character as
the county of Schleswig-
Holstein “ Meerumschlun-
gen.” Ocean-embraced by
the rolling breakers of the
North Sea and the soft
ripples of the Baltic, the
landscape presents nearly

Beatrice Elvery’s small
statuettes and a panel in
relief were charming in
their naivete and grace.
In marble inlaying there
were two important ex-
hibits—marble mantel-
pieces—shown by Messrs.
Sharp and Emery, who
claim to have discovered
the lost method of Bossi,
the great Italian who de-
signed and carried out so
many of the beautiful
mantelpieces one finds
scattered throughout Ire-
land. Some mosaic work
by students of the Dublin
School of Art, where this
craft is now being taught,
was also worthy of praise.
Enamelling is another art
that has been recently
revived in Ireland, and
quite a number of enamels
were shown.

On the whole, the ex-
hibition was a most interest-
ing and suggestive one.


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BY H. P. FEDDERSEN
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SUNDAY MORNING