International studio (35.1908)

The National Competition, igo8


EMBOSSED LEATHER BOX, BY JOSEPH F. BENNETT
(MARGARET ST., BIRMINGHAM)
Street), sent designs for book illustration of
stronger quality, though less diversified in style,
than those that gained for him a gold medal last

year. Mr. Carter is a dexterous draughtsman, and
something more. There are many clever young
artists who have learnt to speak with the pen or
the brush only to find that they have nothing to
say. But Mr. Carter is not of this type. He has
ideas to express and the means of expressing them.
The influence of Aubrey Beardsley is less evident
in his work this year, but it is still there, and may
possibly be responsible for the note about the

HAIR-COMB IN SILVER
ENAMELLED AND JEWELLED
BY BERNARD L. CCZNER
(VITTORIA ST., BIRMINGHAM)

VELLUM BOOK-COVER WITH GOLD TOOLING
BY IDA M. THOMPSON (MARGARET ST., BIRMINGHAM)

“ weird and morbid fancy ” in the
report of the examiners. One of
the des'gns in colour, by Miss
Evelyn Maude Paul, of Islington
(Camden) School of Art, was of un-
common interest. It is a study in
water-colour of a brown-skinned

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