The Society of Graver-Printers in Colour
Roussel. The artists present, besides Mr. Roussel, at the galleries of Messrs. Manzi, Joyant & Co.
were Mrs. E C. Austen Brown, Messrs. E. L. (successors to Goupil & Co.), of 25, Bedford
Laurenson, J. D. Batten, W. Douglas Almond, R.I., Street, Strand. Its first exhibition will be opened
Sydney Lee, A.R.E., Raphael Roussel and myself, at these galleries on the 20th of this month and
These artists were unanimous in declaring that in continue open for about a month, after which it
the constitution of the society proposed to be will be transferred to Paris.
formed the following conditions should be regarded In the interval that has elapsed since the forma-
as fundamental:— tion of the society half-a-dozen new members have
(a) That all works should be the invention of joined. These are Mrs. Lee Hankey, Mr. F.
the artist, to the exclusion of all copies or repro- Morley Fletcher, Principal of the Edinburgh
ductions of any kind ; College of Art, Mr. Frederick Marriott, Head-
(b) That all prints obtained from original en- master of the Goldsmiths' College School of Art
gravings should be the work of the artist, and at New Cross, Mr. Alfred Hartley, R.E., Mr. W.
should be printed by himself; Giles and Mr. Allen W. Seaby, all of whom are
(c) That all works in the production of which showing at the first exhibition along with the
photography has been employed should be ex- President and other original members.
eluded ; The society puts forward as the raison d'etre of
(d) That all proofs should be guaranteed as its existence the great desirability of showing the
printed in colour by the artist, and not coloured or public and lovers of art the colour print as an
completed by hand. expression of art in contradistinction to the
At the meeting just mentioned it was unani- coloured etching or mezzotint coloured a lapoup'ee
mously resolved that the society should be formed ; —the showing of colour prints and not coloured
and it was arranged that the exhibitions of the prints. Therein lies a great difference. The colour
society should, for a period agreed upon, be held print is obtained by the superimposing of several
"SUMMER NIGHT, BRUGES" (ETCHING)
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BY FREDERICK MARRIOTT
Roussel. The artists present, besides Mr. Roussel, at the galleries of Messrs. Manzi, Joyant & Co.
were Mrs. E C. Austen Brown, Messrs. E. L. (successors to Goupil & Co.), of 25, Bedford
Laurenson, J. D. Batten, W. Douglas Almond, R.I., Street, Strand. Its first exhibition will be opened
Sydney Lee, A.R.E., Raphael Roussel and myself, at these galleries on the 20th of this month and
These artists were unanimous in declaring that in continue open for about a month, after which it
the constitution of the society proposed to be will be transferred to Paris.
formed the following conditions should be regarded In the interval that has elapsed since the forma-
as fundamental:— tion of the society half-a-dozen new members have
(a) That all works should be the invention of joined. These are Mrs. Lee Hankey, Mr. F.
the artist, to the exclusion of all copies or repro- Morley Fletcher, Principal of the Edinburgh
ductions of any kind ; College of Art, Mr. Frederick Marriott, Head-
(b) That all prints obtained from original en- master of the Goldsmiths' College School of Art
gravings should be the work of the artist, and at New Cross, Mr. Alfred Hartley, R.E., Mr. W.
should be printed by himself; Giles and Mr. Allen W. Seaby, all of whom are
(c) That all works in the production of which showing at the first exhibition along with the
photography has been employed should be ex- President and other original members.
eluded ; The society puts forward as the raison d'etre of
(d) That all proofs should be guaranteed as its existence the great desirability of showing the
printed in colour by the artist, and not coloured or public and lovers of art the colour print as an
completed by hand. expression of art in contradistinction to the
At the meeting just mentioned it was unani- coloured etching or mezzotint coloured a lapoup'ee
mously resolved that the society should be formed ; —the showing of colour prints and not coloured
and it was arranged that the exhibitions of the prints. Therein lies a great difference. The colour
society should, for a period agreed upon, be held print is obtained by the superimposing of several
"SUMMER NIGHT, BRUGES" (ETCHING)
290
BY FREDERICK MARRIOTT