International studio (25.1905)

W IVERPOOL.—The exhibi-
[j tion of students work at
}] the Mount Street School
^ of Art, displays robust
vitality throughout the varied range
of productions of the past session.
One is impressed with the fact that
it is the direction given by the head
master, Mr. F. V. Burridge, R.E.,
to the thoroughly practical study
of the nude figure in the classes



DRAWING
HY D. WATERSON

paintings in oil of the nude figure by
Gilbert Rogers, whose work has been
frequently noticed in THE STUDio ;
other work of a similar kind by
Harry Butler, Margaret McCor-
mack, Charles Hawarth and William
J. Medcalf, shows many excellent
qualities.

Margaret E. Lloyd has a set of
four decorative compositions sten-
cilled in colours. The ties are in no
way a limitation, but rather an agree-
able addition to the design, as will
be noticed in the example here
given, entitled the AiM7-.
Constance Read's colour print
dramatic in composition, is
ably carried out in a refined low-
toned colour scheme.

Another colour print attracts atten-
tion by its broad conventional treat-
ment of a landscape. In this Jessie
Malcolm makes good use of scrap-
ing on the stone, cutting back into
the block, and the value of over-
printing.

for drawing, painting and modelling that forms the
sound foundation upon which is reared the excel-
lence of the decorative design generally.

This quality places the Liverpool School upon
a high plane amongst the
art schools of the country,
and has gained for it a
reputation which attracts
students from a wide and
increasing area.

Coloured stencilled marine and street scenes by
Ethel Stewart have distinction of character, as
in the specimen illustrated in the September
number of THE STUDio; her etchings, too, are
clever and certainly above the ordinary level of

Under the proposed new
organisation and the in-
creased financial support
from the municipality which
it promises, there is every
good prospect for its grow-
ing influence as an art
centre.

In briefly enumerating
some of the exhibits, men-
tion must be made of the
admirable time sketches and


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