DOI Heft:
No. 7 (October, 1893)
DOI Artikel:Vallance, Aymer: The Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society at the New Gallery, 1893
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17189#0024
The Arts and Crafts Exhibition, 1893
at least indicated therein. These do not merely way, one doubts if these drawings have ever been
represent the school which has played so large surpassed, or if they have been equalled; but as
the vision" of dante. needlework panel in flax thread and filoselle on tinted linen.
designed by walter crane, executed by mrs. walter crane
a part in English art for some thirty or forty may be seen in The Coronation and The Slaying
years, but prove that at its outset it touched the of Cadwallader, even in their reduced form,
highest point of its achievement. In their own the strongly imaginative qualities expressed within
the limits of decorative art may he
fairly offered as typical specimens of the
English school which has tardily
aroused the curiosity and admiration
of continental artists. Its ideal, bad
or good, is at least the property of
Great Britain under Victoria, and will
probably be remembered long after
much derivative work that catches the
public taste to-day is forgotten. The
designs by T. M. Rooke, for Aucassin
and Nicholete, the studies by Christo-
pher Whall (which an accident pre-
vents our reproducing this month), also
deserve a far longer notice. One of
the disappointments of the exhibition
is the comparatively few designs by the
latter artist, whose work has a naive
beauty of its own that is rare. The
designs by Louis Davis, notably a group
of singing urchins, are also distin-
guished. The Angels Adoring, by Mrs.
Reginald Hallward, and The Angels in
Adoration, by William Morris, must be
passed with silent appreciation. The
large plaster of the Annunciation, by R.
Aiming Bell, is represented in a re-
duced size on page 11 ; it is very de-
corative, and proves that the many ad-
mirers of this rising young artist are
not likely to be disappointed ; the con-
stant advance in his art is exemplified
in manv exhibits this year. The large
lady's work cabinet in oak, stained green. j * ., ...
designed by c. f. a. voysey window, by Henry Holhday, with its
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at least indicated therein. These do not merely way, one doubts if these drawings have ever been
represent the school which has played so large surpassed, or if they have been equalled; but as
the vision" of dante. needlework panel in flax thread and filoselle on tinted linen.
designed by walter crane, executed by mrs. walter crane
a part in English art for some thirty or forty may be seen in The Coronation and The Slaying
years, but prove that at its outset it touched the of Cadwallader, even in their reduced form,
highest point of its achievement. In their own the strongly imaginative qualities expressed within
the limits of decorative art may he
fairly offered as typical specimens of the
English school which has tardily
aroused the curiosity and admiration
of continental artists. Its ideal, bad
or good, is at least the property of
Great Britain under Victoria, and will
probably be remembered long after
much derivative work that catches the
public taste to-day is forgotten. The
designs by T. M. Rooke, for Aucassin
and Nicholete, the studies by Christo-
pher Whall (which an accident pre-
vents our reproducing this month), also
deserve a far longer notice. One of
the disappointments of the exhibition
is the comparatively few designs by the
latter artist, whose work has a naive
beauty of its own that is rare. The
designs by Louis Davis, notably a group
of singing urchins, are also distin-
guished. The Angels Adoring, by Mrs.
Reginald Hallward, and The Angels in
Adoration, by William Morris, must be
passed with silent appreciation. The
large plaster of the Annunciation, by R.
Aiming Bell, is represented in a re-
duced size on page 11 ; it is very de-
corative, and proves that the many ad-
mirers of this rising young artist are
not likely to be disappointed ; the con-
stant advance in his art is exemplified
in manv exhibits this year. The large
lady's work cabinet in oak, stained green. j * ., ...
designed by c. f. a. voysey window, by Henry Holhday, with its
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