International studio (32.1907)

Studio-Talk

LEADED GLASS TANEL FOR DOME OF LADIES’ ROOM

brush-work of any kind ; made up of Venetian glass,
modelled glass, and Norman slabs. In this parts
are cut and engraved, not by way of indicating a
pattern, but to give that quality of texture so
interesting to a surface.

The latest addition to the list of Glasgow restau-
rants, “The Arcadian Gallery,” at 132 St. Vincent
Street, is likely to be popu-
lar because of the novel
idea of introducing a con-
tinuous exhibition of pic-
tures by contemporary
artists along with a measure
of food reform on vege-
tarian lines. The premises
are bright andf appropri-
ately fitted for the purpose,
and if there be anything
in the theory of the French
scientist that nervous
diseases may be entirely
cured by the use of certain
colours, “ The Arcadian
Gallery ” may work a
marked change in the tem-
perament of its habitues.

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BY OSCAR PATERSON

D

UBLIN.—The
troubled times
which have
fallen upon
the Royal Hibernian
Academy would seem to
have had no injurious
effect upon its annual ex-
hibition. This year the
Academy opened a month
earlier than usual, to enable
exhibitors to transfer their
works, if necessary, to the exhibition of Inter-
national Art now being held in Dublin; and if
unequal in merit the collection included some
works of quite remarkable interest and worth. The
portraits were the chief attraction, and incompara-
bly the finest of these was Mr. Sargent’s presentation
portrait of Mr. Hugh Lane—a magnificent study,
considered simply as a work of art, faultless in

SALOON AT THE ARCADIAN GALLERY, GLASGOW DESIGNED BY HENRY T. WISE

The white wood-work and
brown paper walls have a
soothing effect, and form
an excellent background
for the pictures. A feature
in the permanent decora-
tion of the saloon is the
effective pastel drawing in
the panel over the mantel,
by Henry T. Wise, the
artist who planned the
structural alterations and
the interior scheme also.

J-T.