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Nr. 157 (March 1910)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19866#0069
Studio- Talk
from Mr. Whistler's studio in 1901, and was ex- At the same meeting as that which elected Mr.
hibited at the memorial exhibition of the artist's Forbes three new Associates were appointed—Mr.
works at the New Gallery in 1905. The original William Orpen, painter; Mr. F. Derwent Wood,
is slightly larger than our reproduction. sculptor, and Mr. Ernest George, architect. All
--- three are men who have distinguished themselves
An event of note last month was the resignation jn their respective spheres, but perhaps the most
of Mr. Norman Shaw from membership of the significant of these appointments is that of Mr.
Royal Academy. His action, it is stated, was Orpen, as it affords further proof of the desire of
prompted by the very generous wish to make room tne Academy to adopt into its ranks men who are
for some one else after forty years' membership. wholly free from the so-called " Academic" taint.
As a precedent, we are not sure that it is one that Mr. Orpen is, of course, a member of the New
should be followed, having regard to the essential English Art Club, perhaps the most potent force
character of academic honours. The vacancy in the jn English art at the present time. He is a young
ranks of the members has been filled by the pro- man and his advance has been remarkable, but
motion of Mr. Stanhope A. Forbes, who was born distinguished as is the position he has already
in 1857 and became an Associate in 1892. Mr. attained, we think the future will show that he has
Forbes was the first painter of the Newlyn colony not yet reached the summit of his career,
to gain admission to the Academy, and his election --
to full membership will prove popular not only in Simultaneously with the elections referred to
the colony itself—which, largely owing to his above came the announcement of the presentation
influence and personality, is now far more numerous to the nation by Sir Hubert von Herkomer, R.A.,
than when he became Associate—but among an of his vast portrait group representing the Council
extensive circle of admirers elsewhere. of the Royal Academy. This painting, which it
"snared"
44
by stanhope a. forbes, r.a. elect
from Mr. Whistler's studio in 1901, and was ex- At the same meeting as that which elected Mr.
hibited at the memorial exhibition of the artist's Forbes three new Associates were appointed—Mr.
works at the New Gallery in 1905. The original William Orpen, painter; Mr. F. Derwent Wood,
is slightly larger than our reproduction. sculptor, and Mr. Ernest George, architect. All
--- three are men who have distinguished themselves
An event of note last month was the resignation jn their respective spheres, but perhaps the most
of Mr. Norman Shaw from membership of the significant of these appointments is that of Mr.
Royal Academy. His action, it is stated, was Orpen, as it affords further proof of the desire of
prompted by the very generous wish to make room tne Academy to adopt into its ranks men who are
for some one else after forty years' membership. wholly free from the so-called " Academic" taint.
As a precedent, we are not sure that it is one that Mr. Orpen is, of course, a member of the New
should be followed, having regard to the essential English Art Club, perhaps the most potent force
character of academic honours. The vacancy in the jn English art at the present time. He is a young
ranks of the members has been filled by the pro- man and his advance has been remarkable, but
motion of Mr. Stanhope A. Forbes, who was born distinguished as is the position he has already
in 1857 and became an Associate in 1892. Mr. attained, we think the future will show that he has
Forbes was the first painter of the Newlyn colony not yet reached the summit of his career,
to gain admission to the Academy, and his election --
to full membership will prove popular not only in Simultaneously with the elections referred to
the colony itself—which, largely owing to his above came the announcement of the presentation
influence and personality, is now far more numerous to the nation by Sir Hubert von Herkomer, R.A.,
than when he became Associate—but among an of his vast portrait group representing the Council
extensive circle of admirers elsewhere. of the Royal Academy. This painting, which it
"snared"
44
by stanhope a. forbes, r.a. elect