International studio (33.1907/1908(1908))

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Bunney, showing a praiseworthy knowledge of local
traditional forms. Theodore Fyfe’s Shaftesbury
Institute was a good example of severe design ;
and the cottages and houses by Mr. Heywood
Haslam and Mr. Antony R. Barker were also
interesting. On the walls were fine etchings by Mr.
Luke Taylor and Mr. Laurence Davis, photographs
after Ostade by Mr. F. T. Hollyer, beautiful minia-
tures by Mr.
LionelFIeath,a
portrait by Mr.
Dudley Heath,
and paintings
by Messrs. F.
W. Carter, Stacy
Aumonier and

F. Tayler.

BRONZE STATUETTE : “ FANCY ”
BY MERVYN LAWRENCE

In the mosaic
panel made by
Mr. George
Bridge from a
sketch by Mr.
Frank Brang-
wyn, shown in
the accompany-
ing coloured
supplement, the
refined colour
scheme and
decorative mas-
sing of form
have received
the ablest in-
terpretation at
Mr. Bridge’s
hands.

BATH.—The Corporation are doing their
best to encourage a serious interest in
art by inviting some of the leading
societies down. With this object they
offered hospitality to the Royal Society of British
Artists who are holding an exhibition in the
Victoria Art Gallery. On the occasion of the
opening Mr. Alfred East, A.R.A., the president,
gave a short address on the society, touching on
its history and its aims. People here are some-
what slow to take advantage of or to realise their
opportunities, but there are decided evidences of a
re-awakened interest in the Fine Arts. The visit
of the New English Art Club gave rise to con-
siderable discussion and is still referred to. It
delighted those who regard painting seriously
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and has
been of
undoubted
education-
al value ;
but certain
works, es-
pecially
those of
vigorously
modern
handling,
met with
marked
disfavour
in some
quarters.


The
R.B.A. ex-
h i b ition,
h o we ver,
has proved
more to the
taste of the
public of
the West.
Of course,
most of the
and criticised

SCENT BOTTLE
AND IVORY

FISHSKIN, SILVER
BY R. GARBE

pictures have already been seen
in London, but there are a few


BOOKBINDING IN GREEN LEVANT
BY F. SANGORSKI AND G. SUTCLIFFE