International studio (53.1914)

Architecture and Imagination

The cuts show a number of aspects
of the home of Dr. Gardner, at Dun-
woodie, Yonkers, to the north of New
York City, not far from Fieldston,
and even the most captious critic
must concede that the architectural
imagination which conceived this
delightful country house could be
equalled only by the architectural
ability which executed it. And it is
interesting to note, in the detail of
half-timber work, that the rare and
excellent element of craftsmanship in
architecture which has usually char-
acterised Wilson Eyre’s work is ap-
parent here.
The lines of the house are pleasant
and harmonious, the planting and
gardening most happy in adding to
the quality of domesticity expressed
by the house itself; the details are
quaint and interesting, and the whole
appears to be inevitably picturesque—and yet this
picturesque quality, as in any work of art, has

ANOTHER CORNER OF THE DINING ROOM
resulted only from a high order of creative im-
agination, partly instinctive and partly cultivated



WINTER IN JACKSON PARK BY RALPH M. PEARSON

Chicago society of
ETCHERS
Three associate members of this
Society added to the interest of their
fifth annual exhibition of etchings
by offering prizes for the best etch-
ing in landscape, architecture and
figure. In our last issue was repro-
duced the architecture subject by
Ernest D. Roth, and in this issue
are shown the figure subject by
William A. Levy (on page lxi) and
the landscape by Ralph M. Pearson.
ARNEGIE INSTITUTE
Mr. John W. Beatty, Direc-
tor of Fine Arts, has announced that
Pittsburgh will not hold its annual
exhibition this coming year, so as
not to conflict with the Panama-
Pacific Exposition. This resolution
will be a bitter disappointment to
thousands who have no intention of
visiting San Francisco and who re-
gard the Pittsburgh International as
an inviolate fixture. In spite of the
committee’s verdict it would appear
feasible to hold the two exhibitions.


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