DOI issue:
No. 14 (May, 1894)
DOI article:From gallery, studio, and mart, with illustrations, [2]
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17190#0078
From Gallery, Studio, and Mart
accessory in character, as distinct from flashy Some wood carvings shown privately to his
obtrusiveness. If one places a Martin jar or plaque friends by Mr. W. A. Smith, at his studio in
in position upon an oak or walnut shelf, for instance, Newman Street, deserve notice for the vigour
and'freshness of their treatment,
no less than their admirable exe-
cution. Among others who were
specially impressed by their ex-
cellence, we noticed Mr. G. F.
Watts, R.A.
The painting by Mr. W. Rothen-
stein—A Souvenir of Scarborough—
which he has kindly allowed us to
reproduce on page 61, is from a
photograph by Mr. Hollyer, taken
when the painting was shown at the
New English Art Club's exhibition
at the Dudley Gallery.
Mr. Starr Wood has sent us a
COVER OF A PRIVATELY PRINTED MAGAZINE
DESIGNED BY WALTER WEST, R.E.A.
it will at once be seen how admirably adapted it is
for harmonising with a scheme of rich-toned fur-
niture and decoration. Not but what every sepa-
rate piece will repay the closest scrutiny. The
design is varied, and includes figures, heraldic
devices, birds and flower forms, the latter generally
conventional, though erring sometimes on the side
of naturalism. A speciality of this pottery is that
each article is unique in its way, and hence one
source of its estimation in the eye of the connoisseur.
For Martin ware may claim to have a cult of its own
—a cult which grows upon its adherents, and com-
pels them to come again and again for additional
specimens for their collections.
The cover for a privately printed magazine—
The Portfolio—which the designer, Mr. J. Walter
West, has kindly allowed us to reduce, needs no
apology for its presence. So many readers of good-humoured parody of Mr. Aubrey Beardsley's
The Studio are specially interested in decorative earlier manner. It is hardly necessary to say that
black and white, that we are pleased to be able the burlesque is in no way evidence of a lack of
to give wider publicity to this graceful design appreciation of the many charming drawings by
which is admirably adapted to its purpose. the art editor of The Yellow Book.
64
accessory in character, as distinct from flashy Some wood carvings shown privately to his
obtrusiveness. If one places a Martin jar or plaque friends by Mr. W. A. Smith, at his studio in
in position upon an oak or walnut shelf, for instance, Newman Street, deserve notice for the vigour
and'freshness of their treatment,
no less than their admirable exe-
cution. Among others who were
specially impressed by their ex-
cellence, we noticed Mr. G. F.
Watts, R.A.
The painting by Mr. W. Rothen-
stein—A Souvenir of Scarborough—
which he has kindly allowed us to
reproduce on page 61, is from a
photograph by Mr. Hollyer, taken
when the painting was shown at the
New English Art Club's exhibition
at the Dudley Gallery.
Mr. Starr Wood has sent us a
COVER OF A PRIVATELY PRINTED MAGAZINE
DESIGNED BY WALTER WEST, R.E.A.
it will at once be seen how admirably adapted it is
for harmonising with a scheme of rich-toned fur-
niture and decoration. Not but what every sepa-
rate piece will repay the closest scrutiny. The
design is varied, and includes figures, heraldic
devices, birds and flower forms, the latter generally
conventional, though erring sometimes on the side
of naturalism. A speciality of this pottery is that
each article is unique in its way, and hence one
source of its estimation in the eye of the connoisseur.
For Martin ware may claim to have a cult of its own
—a cult which grows upon its adherents, and com-
pels them to come again and again for additional
specimens for their collections.
The cover for a privately printed magazine—
The Portfolio—which the designer, Mr. J. Walter
West, has kindly allowed us to reduce, needs no
apology for its presence. So many readers of good-humoured parody of Mr. Aubrey Beardsley's
The Studio are specially interested in decorative earlier manner. It is hardly necessary to say that
black and white, that we are pleased to be able the burlesque is in no way evidence of a lack of
to give wider publicity to this graceful design appreciation of the many charming drawings by
which is admirably adapted to its purpose. the art editor of The Yellow Book.
64