International studio (56.1915)

National Competition of Schools of Art, 1915


schools in Wales, Scotland,
Ireland, the Isle of Man,
and New Zealand. Nearly
two thousand awards were
made, the great majority
being commendations.
W. T. Whitley.

In their report on the
Board of Education Ex-
aminations in Art for 1915
the examiners state that
although, in spite of the
abnormal circumstances
of the year, the number
of candidates showed an
increase, many of the
better students had ap-
parently been prevented
from entering. They noted
especially a “ sad falling
off” in the work submitted
in the examination in
original design.

DESIGN FOR STENCILLED CUR-
TAIN. BY HILDA BUTCHER
(IPSWICH SCHOOL OF ART)
were sympathetically ex-
pressed. Excellentstudies
from the nude were also
shown by two Birming-
ham (Margaret Street)
students, Mr. Arthur
Mason and Mr. Leonard
A. Eustace.
From an appendix to
the official list of awards
it appears that the num-
ber of works submitted
in the National Competi-
tion for 1915 was just
over eleven thousand, of
which nearly ten thousand
five hundred were con-
tributed by two hundred
and fifty-two schools of
art, or branch schools, art
classes, &c., in England,
out of two hundred and
sixty-seven schools,
classes, &c., which parti-
cipatedin the competition,
the remainder being from
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DESIGN FOR STENCILLED DOOR CURTAIN. BY MAUD M. FOWLEF (CHELMSFORD
SCHOOL OF ART)