DOI Heft:
No.9 (December, 1893)
DOI Artikel:The Birmingham Municipal School of Art, with many illustrations of its students' work, I
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17189#0109
The Birmingham Municipal School of Art
similar methods. Not merely is drawing accom- New, and Mr. Gere—have given a new start to the
plished, in several cases the blocks are cut in the art of book-decorating."
School. One It would be easy to point out that the market for
we are per-
mitted to re-
produce on
this page, the
work of a pu-
pil after six
weeks' prac-
tice, speaks
well for the
vigour and the
quality of its
lines. Among
works illus-
trated by mem-
bers of this
School, apart
from various
pages of
The English
111u s t rated
a woodcut by mildred peacock. % and other
from " Christmas carols " (allen) popular maga-
zines, are a
new edition of Andersen's Fairy Stories (Mr. Geo.
Allen), by Mr. A. Gaskin, two illustrations from
which were given in our Arts and Crafts number ;
Russian Fairy Tales, illustrated by C. M. Gere;
a book of poems, decorated and illustrated by Miss
Bradley (Mr. David Nutt); illustrations by Georgie
Cave France for " The Leadenhall Press " ; " Lily
and Water-Lily," by Winifred Smith (Innes & Co.) j
" Songs for Somebody," by Dolly Radford, illus-
trated by Gertrude Bradley ; " New Pictures and
Old Frames," written and illustrated by Gertrude
Bradley and Amy Mark (Mr. David Nutt); also
a volume of Christmas Carols, with illustrations
by many members of the School, just pub- ■■ spring," woodcut by g. c. France, for a work on
lished by Mr. George Allen. In an inter- the old english hornbooks, by andrew tuer, f.s.a.
view, published lately, Mr. William Morris is
reported to have said, "The only thing that is new, this class of design is limited, and that the subjects
strictly speaking (in the Arts and Crafts Exhibition), suited to it by no means reflect the average taste of
to-day. A daily paper
illustrated in this man-
ner would be an affec-
tation ; to ignore the
delicate nuances im-
possible in this school,
which follows the
blocks of the early
days of woodcutting,
is to deliberately fore-
go much dramatic
force and to narrow
the range of the illus-
trated book. Even if
the perfect relation of
the picture to the type
of the pages can be
accomplished in no
other way, a claim
is the"; rise of the Birmingham school of book- one is by no meaus ready to allow, despite the
decorators. These young men—Mr. Gaskin, Mr. high authorities that put it forward; yet any
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similar methods. Not merely is drawing accom- New, and Mr. Gere—have given a new start to the
plished, in several cases the blocks are cut in the art of book-decorating."
School. One It would be easy to point out that the market for
we are per-
mitted to re-
produce on
this page, the
work of a pu-
pil after six
weeks' prac-
tice, speaks
well for the
vigour and the
quality of its
lines. Among
works illus-
trated by mem-
bers of this
School, apart
from various
pages of
The English
111u s t rated
a woodcut by mildred peacock. % and other
from " Christmas carols " (allen) popular maga-
zines, are a
new edition of Andersen's Fairy Stories (Mr. Geo.
Allen), by Mr. A. Gaskin, two illustrations from
which were given in our Arts and Crafts number ;
Russian Fairy Tales, illustrated by C. M. Gere;
a book of poems, decorated and illustrated by Miss
Bradley (Mr. David Nutt); illustrations by Georgie
Cave France for " The Leadenhall Press " ; " Lily
and Water-Lily," by Winifred Smith (Innes & Co.) j
" Songs for Somebody," by Dolly Radford, illus-
trated by Gertrude Bradley ; " New Pictures and
Old Frames," written and illustrated by Gertrude
Bradley and Amy Mark (Mr. David Nutt); also
a volume of Christmas Carols, with illustrations
by many members of the School, just pub- ■■ spring," woodcut by g. c. France, for a work on
lished by Mr. George Allen. In an inter- the old english hornbooks, by andrew tuer, f.s.a.
view, published lately, Mr. William Morris is
reported to have said, "The only thing that is new, this class of design is limited, and that the subjects
strictly speaking (in the Arts and Crafts Exhibition), suited to it by no means reflect the average taste of
to-day. A daily paper
illustrated in this man-
ner would be an affec-
tation ; to ignore the
delicate nuances im-
possible in this school,
which follows the
blocks of the early
days of woodcutting,
is to deliberately fore-
go much dramatic
force and to narrow
the range of the illus-
trated book. Even if
the perfect relation of
the picture to the type
of the pages can be
accomplished in no
other way, a claim
is the"; rise of the Birmingham school of book- one is by no meaus ready to allow, despite the
decorators. These young men—Mr. Gaskin, Mr. high authorities that put it forward; yet any
97