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Awards in " The Studio" Prize Competitions
Design for the Decoration of a
Fireplace during the Summer
Months (C. V.).
This subject as set was not limited to lH
a screen or any ordinary method, but |
intended to provoke novel subnotions
for a somewhat difficult problem in the I
decoration of the home. For this
reason, no details of the existing mantel- j
piece or hearth were given, as the j. 1 i I 1 1
object was to allow each competitor to
choose the fireplace he planned to
decorate.
We regret to say that no design
sent in was deemed worthy of a prize. ^WSit'1
Mulberry and April sent schemes for *!'jlk 'L-
hiding the fireplace, which were pos St
sible, but not very novel or attractive. ijjJRPIfc ..' j" ' m/Km
The arrangement of bamboos, screens, ^1 * fiB
[lots, brackets and draperies which dis ■ £ "fl _J*mBA iJiPW
tinguished most of the others, represent '^HH^fifH^HL H
no doubt the prevailing fashion HP W&r |||.!;
stretch could the) bMt ^" WSr
be considered worthy according to the S. HV •
standard of good taste in the decoration -- W
of the home, which it is our purpose to 1SL, r^Slljllfl !' lil
maintain. - Ml iI\\. j!'}j
For process work it is a truism to insist
that positively black ink is best. Many \
good preparations already exist, but .'^v-Sc } ;i| | f! 11 . ; j
Messrs. Reeves new Artists' Black may second prize -aixibiades"
be fairly said to equal the best, and in
some respects to offer special advantages of its We are glad to note that Mr. Matthew Webb, a
own. In wash drawings for half-tone work, the very competent authority on gesso-work, is arrang-
greater scale of colours permitted delude many ing to hold a series of afternoon classes for teach-
draughtsmen into employing pigments of various ing, modelling, and painting in gesso, at his studio,
colours on the same subject. This is a dangerous Adie Road, The Green, Hammersmith, at most
habit for, in the more perfect processes, the actual moderate terms.
colour influences the result, apart from the depth of -
tone; and effects not contemplated by the artist Mr. C. H. Shannon and Mr. Will Rothenstein
appear only too vividly upon the proof impression, will show together a number of original lithographs
_ that are specially interesting in view of the revival
At Messrs. George Houghton & Son's, 89 High of this medium, so long abandoned by artists of the
Holborn, there is to be seen a most ingenious first rank> which now seems destined- both here and
reflector electric lamp which lights a full-length on the Continent, to become once more a very
figure without unpleasant shadows. Although P°Pular medium for the multiplication of drawings,
intended for photographers, to whom it must be -
simply a necessity, it is worth consideration for An interesting collection of some fifty pictures
life classes, as by its diffused and evenly reflected of Egypt, by Mr. Mortimer Mempes, will open for
light it gives an open-air effect, in place of the a week only at Dowdeswells in mid-June. In these
usual unpleasant " studio lighting " which imparts the artist has carried still farther the elaborate finish
an artificial look to a study in oils, or to a and brilliant colour of his later method, and pro-
photograph, duced work worthyof more than usual consideration.
Design for the Decoration of a
Fireplace during the Summer
Months (C. V.).
This subject as set was not limited to lH
a screen or any ordinary method, but |
intended to provoke novel subnotions
for a somewhat difficult problem in the I
decoration of the home. For this
reason, no details of the existing mantel- j
piece or hearth were given, as the j. 1 i I 1 1
object was to allow each competitor to
choose the fireplace he planned to
decorate.
We regret to say that no design
sent in was deemed worthy of a prize. ^WSit'1
Mulberry and April sent schemes for *!'jlk 'L-
hiding the fireplace, which were pos St
sible, but not very novel or attractive. ijjJRPIfc ..' j" ' m/Km
The arrangement of bamboos, screens, ^1 * fiB
[lots, brackets and draperies which dis ■ £ "fl _J*mBA iJiPW
tinguished most of the others, represent '^HH^fifH^HL H
no doubt the prevailing fashion HP W&r |||.!;
stretch could the) bMt ^" WSr
be considered worthy according to the S. HV •
standard of good taste in the decoration -- W
of the home, which it is our purpose to 1SL, r^Slljllfl !' lil
maintain. - Ml iI\\. j!'}j
For process work it is a truism to insist
that positively black ink is best. Many \
good preparations already exist, but .'^v-Sc } ;i| | f! 11 . ; j
Messrs. Reeves new Artists' Black may second prize -aixibiades"
be fairly said to equal the best, and in
some respects to offer special advantages of its We are glad to note that Mr. Matthew Webb, a
own. In wash drawings for half-tone work, the very competent authority on gesso-work, is arrang-
greater scale of colours permitted delude many ing to hold a series of afternoon classes for teach-
draughtsmen into employing pigments of various ing, modelling, and painting in gesso, at his studio,
colours on the same subject. This is a dangerous Adie Road, The Green, Hammersmith, at most
habit for, in the more perfect processes, the actual moderate terms.
colour influences the result, apart from the depth of -
tone; and effects not contemplated by the artist Mr. C. H. Shannon and Mr. Will Rothenstein
appear only too vividly upon the proof impression, will show together a number of original lithographs
_ that are specially interesting in view of the revival
At Messrs. George Houghton & Son's, 89 High of this medium, so long abandoned by artists of the
Holborn, there is to be seen a most ingenious first rank> which now seems destined- both here and
reflector electric lamp which lights a full-length on the Continent, to become once more a very
figure without unpleasant shadows. Although P°Pular medium for the multiplication of drawings,
intended for photographers, to whom it must be -
simply a necessity, it is worth consideration for An interesting collection of some fifty pictures
life classes, as by its diffused and evenly reflected of Egypt, by Mr. Mortimer Mempes, will open for
light it gives an open-air effect, in place of the a week only at Dowdeswells in mid-June. In these
usual unpleasant " studio lighting " which imparts the artist has carried still farther the elaborate finish
an artificial look to a study in oils, or to a and brilliant colour of his later method, and pro-
photograph, duced work worthyof more than usual consideration.