DOI article:
Baldry, Alfred Lys: Some new decorative panels and fans by George Sheringham
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Decorative Panels and Fans by George Sheringham
it has a right among the many forms .of aesthetic
expression, Mr. Sheringham -would' be doing big
things with the same force and distinction that
make his small works now so remarkable. His
judgment of the meaning of decoration is so acute,
his knowledge of its principles is so profound,
and his powers of invention are so well directed,
that there is hardly any problem within the range
of the art that he could not be trusted to solve
confidently in a way altogether his own. It would
be of the greatest possible interest to see how he,
well equipped at all points as he is, would grapple
with those technical and other difficulties which
have caused to stumble so many men who, with
the best intentions, have attempted more than they
were qualified to perform. A. L. Baldry
“ THE ROSE FAN ”
i86
(By permission oj Miss Moss)
PAINTED ON SILK BY GEORGE SHERINGHAM
it has a right among the many forms .of aesthetic
expression, Mr. Sheringham -would' be doing big
things with the same force and distinction that
make his small works now so remarkable. His
judgment of the meaning of decoration is so acute,
his knowledge of its principles is so profound,
and his powers of invention are so well directed,
that there is hardly any problem within the range
of the art that he could not be trusted to solve
confidently in a way altogether his own. It would
be of the greatest possible interest to see how he,
well equipped at all points as he is, would grapple
with those technical and other difficulties which
have caused to stumble so many men who, with
the best intentions, have attempted more than they
were qualified to perform. A. L. Baldry
“ THE ROSE FAN ”
i86
(By permission oj Miss Moss)
PAINTED ON SILK BY GEORGE SHERINGHAM