International studio (50.1913)

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will be found that it is in his manipulation of
colour that this designer’s strength lies, and it is
this that accounts for his great success in the
adaptation of his designs to the purpose for which
he intends them in the theatre. His sense of form
is less original than reminiscent, the result of true
artistic scholarship, and this too suits his purpose.
The pendant reproduced here is the gift of the
British Section of the Fourth International Art
Congress to the City of Dresden as a memento of
the hospitality extended by the Municipality to
members of the congress last year. The obverse of
gold enamel set in silver, is the work of Mr. P.
Oswald Reeves of the Metropolitan School of Art,
Dublin. The robe of the figure is a translucent
red with emerald girdle, the deep blue in the lining
of the cloak carrying down the paler colour of the
sky. On the reverse is a dedicatory inscription in
embossed silver. The pendant is intended for the
silver centre-piece which holds the place of honour
at municipal banquets at the Rathaus ; to it are
attached medals and other tokens commemorative of
civic functions and the visits of distinguished
guests. Accompanying the pendant is an inscribed
letter from Mr. Edward Johnston to Prof. Karl
Elssner, chairman of the organising committee of


PENDANT IN SILVER AND ENAMEL FOR THE
DRESDEN MUNICIPAL SILVER TREE. BY P.
OSWALD REEVES


“THE METAMORPHOSIS OF DAPHNE.”
WHITE MARBLE AND COLOURED ALA-
BASTER. BY SIEGFRIED M. WIENS

the congress, to whom, with his able coadjutor
Frau Elssner, much of the success of the congress
was due. The combination of Mr. Johnston’s script
with Mr. Reeves’ enamel has enabled the members
to send to their kind hosts the work of craftsmen
whose exhibits found much favour in the congress.
We give an illustration of The Metamorphosis op
Daphne by Siegfried M. Wiens, an admirable piece
of decorative sculpture which occupied a promi-
nent position in the middle of the Central Hall at
the recent exhibition of the Royal Academy.
The artist is to be congratulated upon having solved

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