DOI issue:
No. 38 (May, 1896)
DOI article:Baldry, Alfred Lys: Private schools of art, [2], the studio of Mr. Francis Bate and the South-West London Polytechnic Art School
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17296#0247
Private Schools of Art
particular lines of study may join the classes for those ability to fulfil its purpose as a centre of modern
days only, or for those parts of days, on which the art teaching, and has already made the first step
special practice they desire is obtainable. During towards success by gathering under its roof a very
the summer months a separate arrangement is made considerable array of pupils. At least another
to enable those of his pupils who wish to work at year must pass before these pupils can begin to
landscape to sketch out of
doors under Mr. Bate's direc-
tion.
There results from this all-
round system, with its many
branches and wide scope, a
considerable variety in the
types of the artists who have
acquired their knowledge in
Mr. Bate's studio. He has
produced among them land-
scape painters of considerable
note, a promising illustrator
who has already made his
mark, and more than one
portrait painter; and he has
besides influenced many of
the younger artists of the
present day in the direction
of more thoughtful and sen-
sitive expression. It is good
for the future of art in this
country that artists who them-
selves hold positions of pro-
minence should be ready to
help on beginners in the
struggle for recognition.
Another school which bears
testimony to the growth of
this liberal spirit among the
successful members of the
artistic profession is the one
which has during the last few
months been established as a
department of the South-West from a pencil drawing by c. l. burns
London Polytechnic. It is a
visible outcome of the efforts
which are being made by Professor Herkomer to show in a manner intelligible to the lay mind how
extend the scope of the educational scheme which they are affected by the teaching which Mr. Burns
he is controlling with such energy at Bushey ; for and his assistants are giving them ; but if Professor
it is to be conducted, in all the details of its work- Herkomer's system succeeds as well in London as
ing, on the lines which he has already in his own it has at Bushey, we may reasonably expect the
teaching found to lead to excellent results, and it South-West London Polytechnic to rank eventually
is presided over by one of the Professor's best among the greater art schools of the metropolis,
pupils, Mr. C. L. Burns. It is, perhaps, too soon The main principle of the school as set forth in
to discuss the school as if it were a completed and the prospectus is that from the earliest stage to the
thoroughly ordered organisation, for it is as yet most advanced all study shall be from natural
little more than a good intention. It promises to forms. Even in the elementary class the students
give before long some admirable evidences of its have to draw from reproductions of leaves, flowers,
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particular lines of study may join the classes for those ability to fulfil its purpose as a centre of modern
days only, or for those parts of days, on which the art teaching, and has already made the first step
special practice they desire is obtainable. During towards success by gathering under its roof a very
the summer months a separate arrangement is made considerable array of pupils. At least another
to enable those of his pupils who wish to work at year must pass before these pupils can begin to
landscape to sketch out of
doors under Mr. Bate's direc-
tion.
There results from this all-
round system, with its many
branches and wide scope, a
considerable variety in the
types of the artists who have
acquired their knowledge in
Mr. Bate's studio. He has
produced among them land-
scape painters of considerable
note, a promising illustrator
who has already made his
mark, and more than one
portrait painter; and he has
besides influenced many of
the younger artists of the
present day in the direction
of more thoughtful and sen-
sitive expression. It is good
for the future of art in this
country that artists who them-
selves hold positions of pro-
minence should be ready to
help on beginners in the
struggle for recognition.
Another school which bears
testimony to the growth of
this liberal spirit among the
successful members of the
artistic profession is the one
which has during the last few
months been established as a
department of the South-West from a pencil drawing by c. l. burns
London Polytechnic. It is a
visible outcome of the efforts
which are being made by Professor Herkomer to show in a manner intelligible to the lay mind how
extend the scope of the educational scheme which they are affected by the teaching which Mr. Burns
he is controlling with such energy at Bushey ; for and his assistants are giving them ; but if Professor
it is to be conducted, in all the details of its work- Herkomer's system succeeds as well in London as
ing, on the lines which he has already in his own it has at Bushey, we may reasonably expect the
teaching found to lead to excellent results, and it South-West London Polytechnic to rank eventually
is presided over by one of the Professor's best among the greater art schools of the metropolis,
pupils, Mr. C. L. Burns. It is, perhaps, too soon The main principle of the school as set forth in
to discuss the school as if it were a completed and the prospectus is that from the earliest stage to the
thoroughly ordered organisation, for it is as yet most advanced all study shall be from natural
little more than a good intention. It promises to forms. Even in the elementary class the students
give before long some admirable evidences of its have to draw from reproductions of leaves, flowers,
231