DOI issue:
Nr. 153 (November 1909)
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19868#0158
26 THE INTERNATIONAL STUDIO November.,
A 1 1 * Information concerning paintings and other objects of
/Air I T^ll 1 Pri »rt,6r the gaUcries from which they may be purchased,
cheerfully furnished by this department on request.
A d d r e s i ART PURCHASING DEPARTMENT,
The International Studio, i 14 WeBt Thirty-second Street, New York.
ARTHUR TOOTH & SONS
(ESTABLISHED 1842)
580 FIFTH AVENUE
N. W. COR. FORTY-SEVENTH STREET
NEW YORK CITY
OIL PAINTINGS
OF THE ENGLISH, BARBIZON
AND DUTCH SCHOOLS
WATER COLOR DRAWINGS
ETCHINGS an.» ENGRAVINGS
r. c. & n. m. vose
High-Class Paintings
Early English Barbizon
American Modern Dutch
BOSTON, MASS. 320 BOYLSTON ST.
ON TII K ARTS-AND-CRAF^
BY MIRA BURR EDSON
ct
It is not I'art nouve.au which is the j' [ |
expression of our art awakening. 3
one of 1 lie symptoms, rather, a style V 1
readies out after newer forms and rep |
sents to some extent, at least, the ternpe
our time—flexible, bold and self consflO 9
The arts-and-crafts is less a style ^r~M
philosophy of life at base. It may i,lC j
adapting, a variety of styles. L'Af'' J
veau desires to leave the old behi'"' "\
reach out into the untried. The arts J
crafts, while it encourages new, but e"Wl
dally sincere forms of expression, w° ■!
with intention, go back to the past f°r ^
struction, that it may choose the bcS
order to eventually vitalize and refine6
and taste.
cushion dusignud by mika iuirR ,
embroidered by mrs. jas. was0n|
national society 01' crafts'
men, new york
IS
Although the apostles and studen'.j
this renaissance would emulate the &' Jj
of tlic past, this docs not mean retr°o J|
sion. This "going back" was the & Jj&
aim, also, of the leaders of the e^M
Renaissance, and, as in that case, 110 |jV
shall be lost that is valuable of the ne
a study of what is best in the old) ° jj
everything properly new is but <l ° (m
branch or flower from a root dec]' "■ (1)f
man nature. All that is vital, true, ™ $
ous and capable of further growth I*
thus securely rooted, and we study ''" • ^
with interest and sympathy becaU^Dn$
look in it for that which essentially t'|,i'ir
to the perfecting of to-day. To cat'"'1 *M
spirit, to test our ideas and ability W Jgju
skilful, painstaking and loving cX«-h*j ^jf
to see where they succeeded so ' jjjt|
their work remains yet fresh and bea fc,
— all this will enrich andjiiake us the1j
not less, modern in the best, the only jy,
able sense in which the word can ' 'I |St
The expression we give to our w° .v |j|fl1''
of necessity belong to our age a'1 rjjffl
We can as little get away from it a°
the earth, our proper planet. j tl>c
This would not seem to imply '? «fl?1
new art is in flower. Our century ^ ^
yet flowered, but it is pregnant
that we may reasonably set oi'r g$|
upon. Flowers at this time must 1
sarily be forerunners, early hi""'' 'jji"
prophecy of a time of greater fulneS eefl,
flowering. Enough of these may "etJe"'
however, to show a tendency and a s,^pv
enough to form a basis for our genf j,t tfe?
tions and to show to the world ' 0uii'
principles which they represent are
A 1 1 * Information concerning paintings and other objects of
/Air I T^ll 1 Pri »rt,6r the gaUcries from which they may be purchased,
cheerfully furnished by this department on request.
A d d r e s i ART PURCHASING DEPARTMENT,
The International Studio, i 14 WeBt Thirty-second Street, New York.
ARTHUR TOOTH & SONS
(ESTABLISHED 1842)
580 FIFTH AVENUE
N. W. COR. FORTY-SEVENTH STREET
NEW YORK CITY
OIL PAINTINGS
OF THE ENGLISH, BARBIZON
AND DUTCH SCHOOLS
WATER COLOR DRAWINGS
ETCHINGS an.» ENGRAVINGS
r. c. & n. m. vose
High-Class Paintings
Early English Barbizon
American Modern Dutch
BOSTON, MASS. 320 BOYLSTON ST.
ON TII K ARTS-AND-CRAF^
BY MIRA BURR EDSON
ct
It is not I'art nouve.au which is the j' [ |
expression of our art awakening. 3
one of 1 lie symptoms, rather, a style V 1
readies out after newer forms and rep |
sents to some extent, at least, the ternpe
our time—flexible, bold and self consflO 9
The arts-and-crafts is less a style ^r~M
philosophy of life at base. It may i,lC j
adapting, a variety of styles. L'Af'' J
veau desires to leave the old behi'"' "\
reach out into the untried. The arts J
crafts, while it encourages new, but e"Wl
dally sincere forms of expression, w° ■!
with intention, go back to the past f°r ^
struction, that it may choose the bcS
order to eventually vitalize and refine6
and taste.
cushion dusignud by mika iuirR ,
embroidered by mrs. jas. was0n|
national society 01' crafts'
men, new york
IS
Although the apostles and studen'.j
this renaissance would emulate the &' Jj
of tlic past, this docs not mean retr°o J|
sion. This "going back" was the & Jj&
aim, also, of the leaders of the e^M
Renaissance, and, as in that case, 110 |jV
shall be lost that is valuable of the ne
a study of what is best in the old) ° jj
everything properly new is but <l ° (m
branch or flower from a root dec]' "■ (1)f
man nature. All that is vital, true, ™ $
ous and capable of further growth I*
thus securely rooted, and we study ''" • ^
with interest and sympathy becaU^Dn$
look in it for that which essentially t'|,i'ir
to the perfecting of to-day. To cat'"'1 *M
spirit, to test our ideas and ability W Jgju
skilful, painstaking and loving cX«-h*j ^jf
to see where they succeeded so ' jjjt|
their work remains yet fresh and bea fc,
— all this will enrich andjiiake us the1j
not less, modern in the best, the only jy,
able sense in which the word can ' 'I |St
The expression we give to our w° .v |j|fl1''
of necessity belong to our age a'1 rjjffl
We can as little get away from it a°
the earth, our proper planet. j tl>c
This would not seem to imply '? «fl?1
new art is in flower. Our century ^ ^
yet flowered, but it is pregnant
that we may reasonably set oi'r g$|
upon. Flowers at this time must 1
sarily be forerunners, early hi""'' 'jji"
prophecy of a time of greater fulneS eefl,
flowering. Enough of these may "etJe"'
however, to show a tendency and a s,^pv
enough to form a basis for our genf j,t tfe?
tions and to show to the world ' 0uii'
principles which they represent are