DOI issue:
No. 135 (May, 1908)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.28254#0262
Studio- Talk
“A DERBYSHIRE STREAM (OIL SKETCH)
Veteran, and some interesting decorative drawings
from Peter Pan, inspirations by Lancelot Roberts,
who sees in a manner similar to the delightful
coloured book illustrations of Oskar Zwintscher.
Among other noticeable exhibitors, the work of
Laurence Warden, Egbert Steinthall, Brookes Hey-
wood, Samuel Knowles’ dainty little water-colour
The Corner of the Harbour, and the black-and-white
work by Vernon Smith should be named. E. A. T.
chancel of St. James’s
Episcopal Church, Edin-
burgh, and this led to his
being entrusted with the
more important work of
embellishing the entrance
hall of the National Por-
trait Gallery. The exten-
sion of the municipal build-
ings of the city, and the
construction, as part of this
scheme, of a banqueting
hall for entertainments,
suggested to some of the
civic dignitaries the idea of
filling in the panels on the
walls with a series of paint-
ings, illustrative of striking
events in the history of
Edinburgh. Mr. Hole was
entrusted with the work,
and the five large panels
of the chamber have now been completed, leaving
only the four small panels over the doorheads to
be done.
The different incidents represented are — the
Presentation of the Charter to the Burgesses of
Edinburgh by King Robert the Bruce, the Coro-
nation of James II. as a boy at Holyrood, the
State Entry of Queen Mary into Edinburgh in 1561,
BY CHARLES OPPENHEIMER
Edinburgh.—
The Reformation
dealt a blow at
the art of mural
decoration in Scotland
from which it is only now
recovering. Symbolic art
has not been used in Scot-
tish church decoration since
the sixteenth century, and
but little of the pre-Refor-
mation work remains. Since
then, the first public build-
ing of note to be adorned
with mural paintings was
the McEwan Hall of Edin-
burgh University, the work
of which was entrusted to
a southern artist. A few
years ago Mr. William
Hole, R.S.A., was com-
missioned to decorate the
“ SUNNY CORNER IN THE VILLAGE”
BY W. NEVILLE DEN BY
24O
“A DERBYSHIRE STREAM (OIL SKETCH)
Veteran, and some interesting decorative drawings
from Peter Pan, inspirations by Lancelot Roberts,
who sees in a manner similar to the delightful
coloured book illustrations of Oskar Zwintscher.
Among other noticeable exhibitors, the work of
Laurence Warden, Egbert Steinthall, Brookes Hey-
wood, Samuel Knowles’ dainty little water-colour
The Corner of the Harbour, and the black-and-white
work by Vernon Smith should be named. E. A. T.
chancel of St. James’s
Episcopal Church, Edin-
burgh, and this led to his
being entrusted with the
more important work of
embellishing the entrance
hall of the National Por-
trait Gallery. The exten-
sion of the municipal build-
ings of the city, and the
construction, as part of this
scheme, of a banqueting
hall for entertainments,
suggested to some of the
civic dignitaries the idea of
filling in the panels on the
walls with a series of paint-
ings, illustrative of striking
events in the history of
Edinburgh. Mr. Hole was
entrusted with the work,
and the five large panels
of the chamber have now been completed, leaving
only the four small panels over the doorheads to
be done.
The different incidents represented are — the
Presentation of the Charter to the Burgesses of
Edinburgh by King Robert the Bruce, the Coro-
nation of James II. as a boy at Holyrood, the
State Entry of Queen Mary into Edinburgh in 1561,
BY CHARLES OPPENHEIMER
Edinburgh.—
The Reformation
dealt a blow at
the art of mural
decoration in Scotland
from which it is only now
recovering. Symbolic art
has not been used in Scot-
tish church decoration since
the sixteenth century, and
but little of the pre-Refor-
mation work remains. Since
then, the first public build-
ing of note to be adorned
with mural paintings was
the McEwan Hall of Edin-
burgh University, the work
of which was entrusted to
a southern artist. A few
years ago Mr. William
Hole, R.S.A., was com-
missioned to decorate the
“ SUNNY CORNER IN THE VILLAGE”
BY W. NEVILLE DEN BY
24O